American White Pelicans and Ring-billed Gulls show up to quickly handle all the leftovers. For them, nothing is wasted.

Did you know Lake of the Woods is the 6th largest freshwater lake in the US after the 5 Great Lakes? Located between Minnesota & Ontario, carved by the Laurentide Ice Sheet's retreat 14,000 years ago, has 15,000 islands, 1,700 sq mi, 85 miles long, and has more shoreline than Lake Superior.

Devils Tower in NE Wyoming got its name from an inaccurate translation. During an 1875 scientific expedition, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Dodge's journal entry recorded that "the Indians call this place 'bad god's tower,'" which he then modified to "Devil's Tower".

Old Faithful does indeed dominate every 90 minutes.

I discovered that Yellowstone National Park is miles of boiling cauldrons, over 10,000 hydrothermal hot springs, geysers, mud pots, and LONG traffic jams.

The view on the Madison River when fly fishing.

45 minutes from Seattle, the Twin Falls Natural Area.

Can you find the eggs? Joel Soisson gives a wildlife lecture on the invisible eggs of a killdeer (charadrius vociferus). Its two-syllable bird call reportedly sounds like "kill deer."

Near Seattle, enjoy the Bainbridge Island retreat of Joel and Claudia Soisson. The front yard is filled with Joel's driftwood sculptures (which is what happens when there is too big a gap between Trekkies sequels).