Yellowstone, Day 1


We should start by saying this blog is being very tricky on the old iPad and won’t let us do much editing or formatting! So it won’t be a thing of beauty. Today’s quirk is to block the end of the text and hide it from our view so we know there is an unfinished sentence down there and can’t get back to it! Just in case you thought we were trying something interesting there!

Up early as usual, and off to Yellowstone National Park. We learned this World Heritage site was formed from a volcano 630,000 years ago which left hot springs, geysers and mud pools. Well we read that, but were in no way prepared for the extraordinary sights we saw today, so we’ll just post some pictures and you can see for yourself...








Steam rises from pools of boiling water, bright colours appear depending on the minerals present, sometimes great gushes of hot water burst out of the ground.  It is completely alien and fascinating landscape. And we got up to altitudes of over 10,000 feet today (about twice the height of Ben Nevis so pretty high).



What you blog readers will not be getting though is the strong sulphur fumes everywhere. And you won’t be getting how flipping freezing it was today either. Luckily we had some real hot steam to huddle round for warmth. 

We saw some bison and elk in the park, but no bears. We think they’re hanging out with the whales.

When it came to home time, Pa was given the chance to drive the two hours back to Katie’s. And what did Montana decide to chuck at us? Yep, a blizzard of real cold snow! In the middle of June. 



Home safely though, to be treated to the promised elk steaks, which were the most delicious things ever and we will certainly be looking for them in Morrisons when we get back.

Back to Yellowstone tomorrow to see ‘Old Faithful’, a very famous geyser.

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