Monday, July 12, 2010

Another travel day, made our way from Cody Wyoming to Devils Tower KOA campground. I just read the earlier post about Yellowstone and it sounded as if there wasn't anything to enjoy. There was plenty to see and enjoy and make you think. The place was huge so we didn't drive the whole park. There is so much more to the park than Old Faithful. Everywhere we drove there were basins with steam escaping through the earth's surface. I will post pictures, but they really don't display the beauty. The basins we stopped at all had wooden walkways above the ground and warned all to stay on these walkways. You look around and wonder what is going on underneath me right now and I hope I am not here when this thing decides to blow. One sign even read that if that particular sight happened erupt, they would not be able to predict. Jake and Craig's response to that was, "cool". If I remember correctly, the steam is from water that is being heated beneath by magma. Isn't magma that red flowy stuff that comes out of volcanoes? Is volcanoes supposed to have the letter e in it? While the rest of us went back to the RV to escape the rain, Craig and Jake walked around a little more, I suppose to see if they could get caught in an eruption. You could literally spend days in Yellowstone and not see everything you would want to see, but we only had the one. The crowds and the rain kinda put a damper on our fun that day. As we rode, we observed plenty of evidence left of a forest fire from the 1980's that had burned 800,000 (we think) acres and had started with a discarded cigarette. Idiots!! Apparently, there have been several major forest fires in this park. It really is a beautiful place and we are pleased we didn't skip it. The bison sighting that day, just before we left the park, was the highlight. We entered the park through the west entrance and left through the east on our way to Devils Tower KOA. The drive from Yellowstone to Devils Tower was outstanding. Having to climb the hills and maneuver the RV through the pass wasn't that great, according to Sammy, but the landscape was gorgeous. Sammy says that Wyoming is his favorite state, besides North Carolina, of course. I agree with him, this time. YellowstoneYellowstone

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