Today, we woke up extra early so we could get an early start to go to Yellowstone National Park to visit the various geysers and geothermic areas. We all separated into two groups and loaded into two big vans. We then drove about an hour and a half to Flagg Ranch where we got into huge snow coaches (There is a picture of them in other posts). The snow coaches were these huge vans that had tracks on them so we could go through some deep snow! We drove to biscut basin where we got on our skis and began our adventure towards the Old Fathful area. We stopped half way and had a lunch break and saw our first glimpse of civilization in what seems like weeks, an out house!! Then we skiied to all of the incredible geysers and geothermic features, that were surronded by huge Bison. I have seen them in the summer, but it was trully incredible to see them in the winter, where it seemed like we had them all to our selves! We ended the day with some wonderful pizza made by the amazing chef-lady Becky. Last but not least, we just ended a group debate on snowmobile use in YNP. It was really cool to be able to see other's points of view on the issue while also expanding on our own!
What a great time we are having,
Marshall Wallace
Class of '10
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