Dear B-,
How have you been doing? I hope it hasn't been too hot this week!
Yesterday, I arrived in Yellowstone. It's my first visit here. I entered the park through the entrance at West Yellowstone, Montana. Many years ago, a train used to take some visitors to the park. The train went through West Yellowstone. Can you imagine what it would be like to ride a train for many hours to get to the park?
After entering the park, I went south toward Old Faithful, the famous geyser. There is actually a lot of geothermal (heat inside the earth) activity in the park. There are many geysers, fumeroles (holes near a volcano where steam comes from), mud pots (hot springs filled with boiling mud) and hot springs. The best geothermal sight was definitely Old Faithful. It was impressive, even though it didn't erupt when it was predicted to. Old Faithful was nine minutes late!
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| hot springs |
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| This is actually a mud pot, you just can't see the boiling mud |
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| hot springs |
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| Old Faithful |
Your teacher,
Elaina
P.S. I just read an interesting fact. Two-thirds of the world's geysers are in Yellowstone!
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