Hello to everyone who follows this rather sporadic blog—
Did you know that:
Yellowstone National Park was governed for 30 years by the US Army? Our first national park was then turned over to the National Park Service when it was created.
Missoula, Montana has one of the top smokejumper training facilities in the country? The visitor center runs a great tour. We have a lot of respect for those young men and women who fight wildfires in our wilderness areas.
You really can overnight in your RV in Walmart’s parking lot? They even have electronic surveillance, and nobody bugs you. Butte, MT
Black bears can either have a black, brown, or cinnamon colored coat and still be called black bears? We were on a hike above Mammoth Hot Springs yesterday, and we saw a sow bear with a cinnamon coat and her 2 black coated cubs. They were close however the mother bear seemed unconcerned. We were very cautious anyway. Got some pictures!
The geothermal features of Yellowstone come from snow runoff seeping into cracks in the earth and becoming superheated by a huge dome of magma? We’re actually camping within the boundaries of a caldera, the remains of an ancient super-volcano. And guess what—this is one of the most active places on earth when it comes to geothermal/volcanic activity. Are we crazy, camping in a super volcano?
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