Some facilities of the hotel which I didn't use.
See on the far right the computer and printing services. There's free wireless internet from the room too!
Breakfast is provided today!
Bye to the newly built humble lodging.. it would have been almost perfect if there were no blackout last night..
On road 90 to Montana state, also known as the Big Sky Country because of the vast 360degrees horizon without mountains.
Billing is the biggest city in Montana with a population of 100,000 people.
Snacking on a pastry which I took from the breakfast bar this morning =P
And a bun.
Toilet break at Sheridan county.
Enjoying a slice of apple from a filipino couple.
Munching on home roasted groundnuts from a taiwan family.
Eating is what we do when we have a long journey..
Looking in front, the Rockies ice mountain spread across Montana and Colorado. The photo here is the most outer layer of the ice capped mountain. The ice-capped mountains are surrounding us 360degrees. The temperature is 49 Fahrenheit.
While enjoying the view of the endless ice capped mountains (suddenly the Himalayan range isn't all that great afterall), I learnt about the Black Hills where the white men chased the Native Indians away when they found gold and lead.
We also passed by Sundance, a Native Indian tribe, which were not afraid of sword and bullets and able to walk on fire. The white men entered till Midwest, but were afraid to cross the Sundance tribe. In the end, the white men used canons to bomb the whole place and Sundance tribe succumbed.
We also passed by Devil’s Tower but didn’t get to visit it. We would have to wake up at 3am to see it before continueing on the same journey. The Devil’s Tower is a ‘volcano’ which didn’t have enough pressure to spill out the lava. As time passes, the lava which rose halfway became a hardened rock.
The Yellowstone River travels NE to Missippi River.
We were on the way to Yellowstone which has 5 entrances; N, S, E, W and NE. We will be entering from the north, staying in the west, and exiting from the south of Yellowstone.
We were on the way to Yellowstone which has 5 entrances; N, S, E, W and NE. We will be entering from the north, staying in the west, and exiting from the south of Yellowstone.
More than 55% of the world’s Geysers are found in Yellowstone, where 60% of the geysers are found in Wyoming, 30% Montana and 10% Idaho. As for the size of Yellowstone, at 2.2million acres, it is literally the size of Taiwan.
The Indianas found Yellowstone about 10,000 years ago (based on carbon dating of bones found). Lois & Clark, expedition team formed in 1801 by the US government, only reached about 50 miles before the north Yellowstone. It was John Colter who became the first whiteman explorer to discover Yellowstone. He had wanted to find the Native Indians, but instead he was surprised when he saw geysers, hot springs and stalamites. He thought he saw heaven, but when he went back, nobody believed. They thought he was was either lying or hallucinating and gave him a nickname Colter’s Hell.
In 1872, Yellowstone became the 1st National Park in US (and the World) to preserve natural environment. It is an active volcano which hasn’t erupted since 60,000 years ago.
After a glimpse of the Roosevelt country, we went to our first stop at Mammoth hot springs. It is called Mammoth because the hot spring is gigantic and it has cascading layers. The bottom layers has dried up, thus there’s nothing to see. If we were to walk/hike up from the bottom, it would have taken us about 45mins to 1 hour to get to the top.
The Yellowstone park is divided into 4 country. Roosevelt country - historical, Mammoth country – hot springs, Canyon country – Yellowstone and waterfall, Geyser country – waterfalls and Old Faithful, more hot springs, and eventually leading to Grand Teton Mountain and Jackson Hole.
Hot springs and geysers are different.
We cannot enter this hot spring as there are too much sulphur content.
So here we are at the “top”. It is important to walk on the wooden board! The hot springs are deep beneath and stepping on the ground is like stepping on quicksand with hot boiling water beneath!
Water comes from the clouds as rain from the mountain top. As the water flows down, it hits the lava (molten magma) and turns into steam, penetrating through cracks. As the steam rises up, it will melt minerals and other substances up along the way, thus resulting in the varying colours we see.
The difference between Yellowstone and China’s JiuZhaiGou? JiuZhaiGou is a dead volcano.
Minerals form the different colors in the lake. Red, yellow, blue and green, Yellowstone is more colourful because of the warmth from the bottom layer.
No, I didn't touch the waters. We were warned against touching the water as all basic bacteria can be found in the Yellowstone Lake.
The whole lake along the road is hot water spring, we can see water steaming out, as we walk in the midst, I was wondering, it is fog or steam?
See the cascading layers formed over the years.
Native Indian Language for "Yellowstone", when translated to English, is actually "Yellow Rock", but the White men call it "Yellowstone"; stone being more rounder, smoother and more precious.
This is a place where you can see all seasons in a day, and the various form of water: rain, snow, clouds, hail, fog, geysers, hot spring, lake, stream, river, waterfall, seas.
This is a place of natural habitat for bisons, elks, deer, buffalo, bears, wolves (which was almost extinct at a point of time and quickly introduced back into the habitat), and bald-headed eagle. 95% of Yellowstone is made of large pine trees. Wait, was that a pair of squirrels? Someone said it was a couple of chipmunks!
Waterfall is caused by volcano eruptions resulting in concave and uneven sand.
Because the ground beneath is hot water, the tree naturally learns to extend its roots horizontally..
Woot! It's the first time I have touched and played with snow!!! I hadn't expected this before the trip! Afterall, this is late summer already!
I must have been blessed. Two more weeks, all the snow would have melted.
Along the way, we can see steam coming up from the ground. It is an amazing sight, with the hot spring, steam and snow side by side.
You see the water as green because it is a reflection of the trees and mountains.
I'm enjoying the breeze, the cool air, the gushing of the waters.
Look at the flowing water, the evergreen trees and the melting snow.
More, more, more photos please!
You can't see it here. But whether from the dry ground, the stream of water, or the pieces of snow, there are steam, mist arising. It is indeed a rare phenomenon.
Pretzels, anyone?
Oops, is that a jam ahead? Give way to the Bisons crossing the road. What's the difference between a Bison and a Buffalo? Our tour guide says they are the same..
just like white people and black people-- they are all people.
Existing the west entrance of Yellowstone, we reach our humble but still very well provided lodge. =)
Taking an evening stroll around this cowboy town.
And finally settling down in a cafe for dinner.
USD29 for a taste of buffalo steak? Think I'll settle for a USD13 buffalo burger.
It's huge!
Tasting a small morsel of the buffalo steak. hmmm... seriously I can't taste the difference between the beef of a cow and that of a buffalo. And one thing that intrigues me.. if there are so many buffaloes that the government has legalised the hunting,killing and sale of the buffalo meat, why is it more costly than beef?
The shopowner says Buffalo meat is tastier and has more health value.. Me says it's tourism economics..
After a simple tour of the simple supermarket nearby, I headed back to my room for a good night's rest. =)
The Indianas found Yellowstone about 10,000 years ago (based on carbon dating of bones found). Lois & Clark, expedition team formed in 1801 by the US government, only reached about 50 miles before the north Yellowstone. It was John Colter who became the first whiteman explorer to discover Yellowstone. He had wanted to find the Native Indians, but instead he was surprised when he saw geysers, hot springs and stalamites. He thought he saw heaven, but when he went back, nobody believed. They thought he was was either lying or hallucinating and gave him a nickname Colter’s Hell.
In 1872, Yellowstone became the 1st National Park in US (and the World) to preserve natural environment. It is an active volcano which hasn’t erupted since 60,000 years ago.
After a glimpse of the Roosevelt country, we went to our first stop at Mammoth hot springs. It is called Mammoth because the hot spring is gigantic and it has cascading layers. The bottom layers has dried up, thus there’s nothing to see. If we were to walk/hike up from the bottom, it would have taken us about 45mins to 1 hour to get to the top.
The Yellowstone park is divided into 4 country. Roosevelt country - historical, Mammoth country – hot springs, Canyon country – Yellowstone and waterfall, Geyser country – waterfalls and Old Faithful, more hot springs, and eventually leading to Grand Teton Mountain and Jackson Hole.
Hot springs and geysers are different.
We cannot enter this hot spring as there are too much sulphur content.
So here we are at the “top”. It is important to walk on the wooden board! The hot springs are deep beneath and stepping on the ground is like stepping on quicksand with hot boiling water beneath!
Water comes from the clouds as rain from the mountain top. As the water flows down, it hits the lava (molten magma) and turns into steam, penetrating through cracks. As the steam rises up, it will melt minerals and other substances up along the way, thus resulting in the varying colours we see.
The difference between Yellowstone and China’s JiuZhaiGou? JiuZhaiGou is a dead volcano.
Minerals form the different colors in the lake. Red, yellow, blue and green, Yellowstone is more colourful because of the warmth from the bottom layer.
No, I didn't touch the waters. We were warned against touching the water as all basic bacteria can be found in the Yellowstone Lake.
The whole lake along the road is hot water spring, we can see water steaming out, as we walk in the midst, I was wondering, it is fog or steam?
See the cascading layers formed over the years.
Native Indian Language for "Yellowstone", when translated to English, is actually "Yellow Rock", but the White men call it "Yellowstone"; stone being more rounder, smoother and more precious.
This is a place where you can see all seasons in a day, and the various form of water: rain, snow, clouds, hail, fog, geysers, hot spring, lake, stream, river, waterfall, seas.
This is a place of natural habitat for bisons, elks, deer, buffalo, bears, wolves (which was almost extinct at a point of time and quickly introduced back into the habitat), and bald-headed eagle. 95% of Yellowstone is made of large pine trees. Wait, was that a pair of squirrels? Someone said it was a couple of chipmunks!
Waterfall is caused by volcano eruptions resulting in concave and uneven sand.
Because the ground beneath is hot water, the tree naturally learns to extend its roots horizontally..
Woot! It's the first time I have touched and played with snow!!! I hadn't expected this before the trip! Afterall, this is late summer already!
I must have been blessed. Two more weeks, all the snow would have melted.
Along the way, we can see steam coming up from the ground. It is an amazing sight, with the hot spring, steam and snow side by side.
You see the water as green because it is a reflection of the trees and mountains.
I'm enjoying the breeze, the cool air, the gushing of the waters.
Look at the flowing water, the evergreen trees and the melting snow.
More, more, more photos please!
You can't see it here. But whether from the dry ground, the stream of water, or the pieces of snow, there are steam, mist arising. It is indeed a rare phenomenon.
Pretzels, anyone?
Oops, is that a jam ahead? Give way to the Bisons crossing the road. What's the difference between a Bison and a Buffalo? Our tour guide says they are the same..
just like white people and black people-- they are all people.
Existing the west entrance of Yellowstone, we reach our humble but still very well provided lodge. =)
Taking an evening stroll around this cowboy town.
And finally settling down in a cafe for dinner.
USD29 for a taste of buffalo steak? Think I'll settle for a USD13 buffalo burger.
It's huge!
Tasting a small morsel of the buffalo steak. hmmm... seriously I can't taste the difference between the beef of a cow and that of a buffalo. And one thing that intrigues me.. if there are so many buffaloes that the government has legalised the hunting,killing and sale of the buffalo meat, why is it more costly than beef?
The shopowner says Buffalo meat is tastier and has more health value.. Me says it's tourism economics..
After a simple tour of the simple supermarket nearby, I headed back to my room for a good night's rest. =)
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