Bring on America's most famed national park...after the Grand Canyon. And maybe Yosemite. When you think of Yellowstone, you probably immediately focus on Old Faithful, but really, as we all learned, a geyser is only one of the four geothermal events that occur in the geologically active underground super volcano that we call Yellowstone. The others are mudpots, hot springs, and fumaroles. The Martins and Laura learned these facts and many others as we all toured through the park on Friday, the 25th. We employed a semi-park ranger/self-claimed naturalist to take us all throughout the sites in a company SUV. It was great to have a knowledgeable tour guide taking us through Yellowstone because we didn't have to pick and choose what to see- we could sit back and ride...until we got a flat tire. Thank goodness we had Laura and Jeremy, because Laura proved she could change a tire while Jeremy proved he could take a phone call from a Boston real estate agent.
The rest of the trip went smoothly and we saw some rarities. We witnessed an unprecedented three Grizzly Bears, lots of elk, deer, bison, and geyser eruptions. One of the Grizzlies was about 10 yards from an elk, but unfortunately they didn't go all Discovery Channel on us...still neat to see. One of the coolest and most unique things we saw were the dueling geysers- Old Faithful and Beehive geyser went off simultaneously. Old Faithful erupts every 50-90 minutes, while Beehive geyser, a few hundred yards away and even more powerful, can erupt anytime from every 5 hours to 10 days. Therefore, according my regression analysis plot, that's pretty rare. After a picnic in a bison-loaded valley and a few more stops to a spectacular falls and wildlife lookouts, we called it a successful day and went back to the cabin/condo/cabondo.
-Jonathan Martin
Beehive and Old Faithful (in the background) going off simultaneously
The rest of the trip went smoothly and we saw some rarities. We witnessed an unprecedented three Grizzly Bears, lots of elk, deer, bison, and geyser eruptions. One of the Grizzlies was about 10 yards from an elk, but unfortunately they didn't go all Discovery Channel on us...still neat to see. One of the coolest and most unique things we saw were the dueling geysers- Old Faithful and Beehive geyser went off simultaneously. Old Faithful erupts every 50-90 minutes, while Beehive geyser, a few hundred yards away and even more powerful, can erupt anytime from every 5 hours to 10 days. Therefore, according my regression analysis plot, that's pretty rare. After a picnic in a bison-loaded valley and a few more stops to a spectacular falls and wildlife lookouts, we called it a successful day and went back to the cabin/condo/cabondo.
-Jonathan Martin
Old Faithful
Beehive and Old Faithful (in the background) going off simultaneously
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