Last post I told you how we arrived at印度溪露营地下午中午,抓住了最后一个地点。我没有告诉你,这是我们有史以来第一个引发的网站。起初,感觉就像是作弊 - 没有支持?但是随后我们意识到,如果我们沿着单向露营道的方向拉动,我们的门将面对错误的道路(朝着道路而不是进入我们实际地点的位置)。幸运的是,我们正好在循环的边缘,所以我们开车向前,转过身,以错误的方式拉动,所以我们的门现在正朝向。足够容易,除了即使使用所有的平衡块,我们仍然很严重地倾斜至侧面。猜猜这就是为什么它是最后一个网站。自从我们只呆了一个晚上以来,就没有任何大型,但是下坡的一面位于床的头部,所以睡觉很有趣。我们没有为露营地拍照,但这是一个非常典型的无加货币国家公园露营地,树木中间有很多帐篷,以及在拉动景点周围的所有房车。我们步行参观了露营地,然后带芬沿着Tothe River散步,在那里他溅了一段时间。
我们晚上目击的野生动植物是yellow bellied marmot。No camera with us, so no pictures, but it basically looks like a ground hog with a yellow belly. After dinner, we drove the short distance down to the Mammoth Hot Springs area. Wow! I’m not even sure how to describe this feat of nature except to say that we were both blown away by this rocky wonderland.
At first, it looks like ice, like a great sheet of ice has crept in and covered the land. Except that there’s a hot steam radiating out of the earth and a foul smell permeating the air. What you’re actually seeing is cooled and deposited calcium carbonate that has seeped out of the earth from the hot springs below over thousands of years.
Here’s a closer shot where you can see the hot steam rising out of the top of the falls.
该区域处于恒定状态。有时,视图每天都在变化。下一张照片显示了一个未冷水的热水区域,渗入了石灰华岩石。当您沿着木板路走时,您会感觉到从地面流动的强烈热量。
在某些斑点中,碳酸钙是在巨大的土墩中建立的,这些土墩像巨大的土壤一样从地球伸出。
After touring the upper loop of Mammoth Springs the sun was pretty low in the sky so we headed back to the campground for the night. The next morning we packed up and headed out early to hike to the top of the 8, 527 ft Bunsen Peak. Before you go getting all impressed I should admit that where we started from was ~7,200 feet so it was actually a relatively short hike. Only a little more than 4 miles round trip and the trail was composed of series of switchbacks which made the climb pretty easy and not very steep. The air was especially smoky that morning, so the mountain view was a bit obscured but no less breathtaking.
这是我们从顶部的经典自我照片之一。
The top third of the trail was jagged loose rocks that made an interesting tinkling noise as you walked across them.
There was evidence of a forest fire on the mountain and as a result, we saw lots of tall dead trees standing among young evergreens trying to regenerate the forest.
There’s something about dead trees that I just find fascinating. This one looks like it’s straight out of a horror film.
This was my favorite. A tall tree with a twisty trunk and branches that soared up into the sky.
在其中一种折返中,小径向一条纯粹的岩石悬崖开了,从山的侧面戳出来。
Near the bottom of the trail, you could see a view of the curvy road below.
After the hike, we headed down the Mammoth Springs village where we enjoyed a strong data signal and some lunch. Phineas loves his truck so much that sometimes when we stop he doesn’t want to get out. This time we let him stay since the temps were only in the mid-60s and we weren’t planning on being there very long.
The last photo I took in Yellowstone was of the post office. I couldn’t resist. I mean when else are you going to see a post office with bear statues in front?
After lunch, we headed north about 50 miles to Livingston Montana. We’re staying at a small private campground on the Yellowstone river. We plan to stay a few more nights while Tim catches up on work and I get some stuff done around the house. Right now I’m at the laundromat using their free WiFi. Tomorrow we will go explore Bozeman (only ~20 miles away) and then move as we head north west in the direction of Glacier National Park.
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You mentioned that you were walking on rocks that made a “strange tinkling sound.” It looks to me like you were walking on obsidian. It ranges in color from orangy-brown to black.