6.26.15
We made it!! All five of us, complete with all of our limbs and most of our luggage. We slept in at Cody and then drove through some beautiful scenery to arrive in Yellowstone around 12:30. We checked in and set up our tent in a spacious campsite adjacent to the restrooms and the trash bins. Alex went through his typical "death, destruction, we're all doomed" spiel which everyone is getting quite used to. He's worried about bears. I think he should be more concerned with the active super volcano boiling right below us. That's another thing about humans that makes us so hardcore: we vacation to potentially apocalyptic venues just for the heck of it.
Lunch was eaten and we made out way to the visitors center to get the junior ranger books. Of all the breathtaking sights, amazing wildlife, and jaw dropping geysers, why did this place earn the name Yellowstone? Why not Geyser Nation, Volcano Land, or something almost as dramatic as the sights found inside the park?
We drove to Norris Geyser Basin. I thought I'd be ready for anything after the geographical anomaly that is the Badlands, but I was wrong. The Geyser Basin blew everything else out if the water. No pun intended. Yeah, it reeked of sulphur, but on the bright side, you could fart and nobody would notice. I still can't believe people leave this place after they've seen it. I could stay forever and still not get enough. The colors and the geysers and the heat created this mirage-like viewing. It didn't seem real. I'm still in awe of this place. I tried to take pictures, but they don't really do any of this justice.
We made it!! All five of us, complete with all of our limbs and most of our luggage. We slept in at Cody and then drove through some beautiful scenery to arrive in Yellowstone around 12:30. We checked in and set up our tent in a spacious campsite adjacent to the restrooms and the trash bins. Alex went through his typical "death, destruction, we're all doomed" spiel which everyone is getting quite used to. He's worried about bears. I think he should be more concerned with the active super volcano boiling right below us. That's another thing about humans that makes us so hardcore: we vacation to potentially apocalyptic venues just for the heck of it.
Lunch was eaten and we made out way to the visitors center to get the junior ranger books. Of all the breathtaking sights, amazing wildlife, and jaw dropping geysers, why did this place earn the name Yellowstone? Why not Geyser Nation, Volcano Land, or something almost as dramatic as the sights found inside the park?
We drove to Norris Geyser Basin. I thought I'd be ready for anything after the geographical anomaly that is the Badlands, but I was wrong. The Geyser Basin blew everything else out if the water. No pun intended. Yeah, it reeked of sulphur, but on the bright side, you could fart and nobody would notice. I still can't believe people leave this place after they've seen it. I could stay forever and still not get enough. The colors and the geysers and the heat created this mirage-like viewing. It didn't seem real. I'm still in awe of this place. I tried to take pictures, but they don't really do any of this justice.