Yellowstone day 1

yellowstone day 1

First day, awesome! First of all if you want to see more pictures just click on the picture above, and then on slide show. You can also click on order photo and have them printed(your dime) Second this journal is being written after I have return home( no internet in Yellowstone) from notes taken during the day. I will try to stay in the day it happened and not look ahead but it will be tempting. I stray from that formula this once though. This was a fantastic adventure, a life changing experience. Teachers you need to think about applying to the NC museum of Natural Science. For the proper effect go from day 1 to day 9.
Left Raleigh early on a NC hot and muggy day, five hours later we are in snowy cold Bozeman, Mt. and two hours from Yellowstone. Stopping for a geology lesson even before we reach Yellowstone, this place is remarkable. Huge, beautiful, breath taking awe inspiring and I just got here. We reach Gardiner turn the corner and there is the Roosevelt Arch we are at the park.
Just inside the park in Gardiner Valley, Bighorn sheep, the landscape only increases the wow factor. Getting to know the group, our teammates and talking partners, what a great start.
Arrive at Mammoth, check into our cabins at Fort Yellowstone, boy it is a chilly walk from our cabins to the bathroom and shower. We visited Mammoth Terraces. The Terraces are created by calcium carbonate deposited by the magma heated water flowing down the hill side. Check the pictures to see the name of the calcium carbonate and how it forms. Check out the sheer beauty of Mammoth and everything around. After a long day of travel and getting starting on our adventure, journaling, working on team project, and group meetings, we were ready for sleep, all five hours of it. Eighteen hour day will not be unusual, but once you are here you do not want to waste time sleeping. The high today was in the forties, the low below freezing and overcast, much like a NC February day. What a great start. Scott is my roommate, Amy and Karen are my teammates, and Susan is my talking partner. I am blessed with all three groups. Well tomorrow is a new day.