It’s fall, and seniors everywhere are up and about, harassing teachers and counselors with rec forms and brag sheets. The colleges are up about as well, just this morning alone, I’ve received over 2 dozen unique emails from colleges looking for applicants, giving me the ever-slightest hint that they would gladly have me apply, but would just as gladly reject me as soon as I do so.
But some of us are having a late start to all that craziness. I’m sitting here with a warm cup of hot chocolate in my hands watching the serene scenery in the far off distance as I type this entry up. With a smile on my face and no worries whatsoever, the last thing that I want to think about is school.
Wyoming has its own charms. From what I can understand from our bus driver, Clay (or as he likes us to call him, Sexy Bitch), the lazy town atmosphere of the state and its agriculturally subsidized economy makes the place feel far removed from civilization. If there’s one place to go to in the United States to be as close to nature as possible, Wyoming is the place.
Wait, did I just say that Wyoming is agriculturally subsidized? That was actually a lie, Wyoming and its 600,000 residents are almost completely financially supported by the bouts of tourism both in Summer and in Winter. Yellowstone, the first national park created under Teddy Roosevelt, is the jewel of North Western United States.
Completely unique in its own regards, Yellowstone holds around 97% of all thermal features in the world. And of those thermal features, the most spectacular are the geysers. Just watching one erupt in bouts of steam (actually sulfuric acid) and water is just undescribable.
Now what did I ever do to be lucky enough to come here? Well it all started when I was born. God was grumpy on that fateful day in fall and I was born to the most uptight asian parents that you could ever find on this side of earth. 18 years later and boom, I was forced to take AP Geo because I’ve already taken all of the AP classes that they can offer and this is the only one left for me to take.
It turns out that Geo was more then just textbooks and topo maps (yes, I can just hear people cringe at the mention of topo maps). Field experience is apparently a must for any good social science students, and after nearly 3 weeks of prep work and introductory geography (oh am I ever tired of identifying the differences between rhyolite and basalt) we finally hopped on the first plane that we could catch on the last morning of summer and left for the middle of nowhere.
Well, what can I say, Yellowstone is a blast. Its scenery is indescribable. The hikes and wildlife is a refreshing alternative to the mundane life sitting in front of a computer (holding a laptop in a log cabin is completely different for your cynic people) and the natural tan that I’m getting is definitely a plus.
Yellowstone can not be described by words.
But pictures can 
