Why is it I can't seem to escape paint? We just returned from our camping trip. We went to Idaho and made a day stop in Yellowstone. We spent a large part of the day driving, as one is wont to do in Yellowstone, being grumpily caught in several traffic jams caused by people in SUVs gawking at, say, a moose, on the side of the road.
You ain't never seen a bunch of fools until you've seen grown men climbing through underbrush at the side of the road to videotape a moose standing in mud.
Nevertheless, Yellowstone is not Disneyland, and even with the crowds, there is indeed a reason why it was our nation's first national park. Most of the park is inside a caldera of an old volcano, and the ground is unstable, shooting up steam and geysers, pooling boiling-hot water in springs all over the park. One can see waterfalls caused by lava flows and their damage to underlying rock, the earth stripped bare and cut apart into layers, and impossible lakes and plains and flowers in the middle of it all.
But back to remodeling. Nature has some pretty fantastic color combinations. Check 'em out. Blues and oranges, whodathunk it?
2 comments:
Great photos! Getting me all excited for our trip in September. I'm glad we decided to backpack our way through so we don't have to deal with all the moose tapers.
Good idea, Julie! Just watch your footing around those hot spots. :) I'm sure the crowds will be more manageable in September. Are you staying in the park? We camped for two nights on the Idaho side of West Yellowstone at a place called Buffalo, which was (I think) nicer and less crowded, but we did have a drive of maybe 20 minutes to the park.
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