September 8, 2006: Yellowstone Nat'l Park, WY.This park is not overrated. We cannot say enough about the things we saw here. A week here might be described as a visit to a zoo on Mars.
Much of the park sits within an ancient volcano, which exploded and left a crater about 40 miles across. The "thermal areas" all over the park spew boiling water, sulfur, silica, and other minerals, and breed large bacterial mats (on which, as you can see, wild buffalo graze).
posted by Thomas and Stacey at 7:46 PM
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We were in Yellowstone at just this time last year. I'm glad to see that things haven't changed too much.
Did Old Faithful look a little anemic to you? Supposedly it's been fading in the past few decades. I know that the geysers shift and change from time to time; I wouldn't be surprised if the Park Service hooked up some secret hydraulics to keep their big draw going.
Enjoy the trip! Where are you headed, by the way? And how long do you have for the trip?
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