Shoutout from Yellowstone
September 27th, 2009 0 CommentsIt’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.










