yellowstone

yellowstone is a big national park where bears are found. Yellowstone National Park (Arapaho: Henihco'oo' or Héetíhco'oo [4]), established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872,[5][6] is a national park located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho. Yellowstone, widely held to be the first national park in the world,[7] is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features, especially Old Faithful Geyser, one of the most popular features in the park.[8] It has many types of ecosystems, but the subalpine forest is dominant. Native Americans have lived in the Yellowstone region for at least 11,000 years.[9] The region was bypassed during the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the early 19th century. Aside from visits by mountain men during the early-to-mid-19th century, organized exploration did not begin until the late 1860s. The U.S. Army was commissioned to oversee the park just after its establishment. In 1917, administration of the park was transferred to the National Park Service, which had been created the previous year. Hundreds of structures have been built and are protected for their architectural and historical significance, and researchers have examined more than 1,000 archaeological sites. Yellowstone National Park spans an area of 3,468.4 square miles (8,983 km2),[1] comprising lakes, canyons, rivers and mountain ranges.[8] Yellowstone Lake is one of the largest high-altitude lakes in North America and is centered over the Yellowstone Caldera, the largest supervolcano on the continent. The caldera is considered an active volcano. It has erupted with tremendous force several times in the last two million years.[10] Half of the world's geothermal features are in Yellowstone, fueled by this ongoing volcanism.[11] Lava flows and rocks from volcanic eruptions cover most of the land area of Yellowstone. The park is the centerpiece of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the largest remaining, nearly intact ecosystem in the Earth's northern temperate zone.[12] Hundreds of species of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles have been documented, including several that are either endangered or threatened.[8] The vast forests and grasslands also include unique species of plants. Yellowstone Park is the largest and most famous megafauna location in the Continental United States. Grizzly Bears, wolves, and free-ranging herds of bison and elk live in the park. The Yellowstone Park Bison Herd is the oldest and largest public bison herd in the United States. Forest fires occur in the park each year; in the large forest fires of 1988, nearly one third of the park was burnt. Yellowstone has numerous recreational opportunities, including hiking, camping, boating, fishing and sightseeing. Paved roads provide close access to the major geothermal areas as well as some of the lakes and waterfalls. During the winter, visitors often access the park by way of guided tours that use either snow coaches or snowmobile.

Old Faithful is a cone geyser located in Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Old Faithful was named in 1870 during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition and was the first geyser in the park to receive a name.[3][4] It is also called the most predictable geographical feature on Earth erupting almost every 91 minutes. The geyser, as well as the nearby Old Faithful Inn, is part of the Old Faithful Historic District. http://www.wikipedia.org/ By Julius

Hello Friends

Hello Nienna, Iam really missing you on this journey across America. We have been to Niagara Falls and Yellowstone and Bison roundup. Bison are sort of like cows but with a bigbig back and they are very very furry on their back and head and have horns. We went Mt Rushmore that had the 4 heads carved into it. The we went to Crazy Horse mountain that they haven't finished yet. It is going to look like an Indian looking and pointing to his family's burial lands and he is riding a horse. I can't wait to show you the poictures when we get back.

Yellowstone Wyoming

We have been to Yellowstone now. We saw a white wolf on the way to Old Faithful which is a geyser. We saw some Elk which are like deer and two of them were fighting on land and in the water. There were three other girl Elks near them. We went and saw Old Faithful erupt and lots of steam and water came out and shot really high up into the sky. Like fireworks. And the water was very very hot and more than 12 people have been killed by standing in the hot water. We saw the Yellowstone canyon with a waterfall going down into it. At Yellowstone there were actually yellow stones.

We drove through Grand Teton and stayed the night at Jackson Hole. Early in the morning we dropped off our Aunty at the airport. She had to go back to England. It was nice having her with us because she is fun, like my mum. Then a few hours later we went up Jackson Hole Mountain in an aerial tram. It took us 12 minutes to get to the top of the mountain. I looked through a telescope and it looked very cool looking down the mountain. We were 10000 feet high. Then we saw 2 people go paragliding down the mountain it looked very fun to me and I really wanted to do it but mum said I am too young. Then it took us another 12 minutes to come down in the aerial tram. Next we drove to the Jackson Hole Visitors Centre and there were stuffed elk and it looked like they were running up a mountain. At the visitors center Julius and I bought a present for Mum. She doesn’t know what it is yet because it’s a secret. Then we went to some shops and Julius bought a potato gun the shoots little pieces of raw potato. Then we met our grandparents at a park that had huge arches made out of elk horns. I went to the art gallery with my grandparents and we saw very cool pictures and there was one of some wolves and some bears and some mountain goats. We saw lots of sculptures and some stuffed grizzly bears. That night we went to a cookout and we rode into Grand Teton Forest in wagons our driver’s name was Jordan. The horses names’ were Jack and Jill and they were both boys. We ate dinner outside, we ate chicken and it was very, very saucy. There was a mountain man named Buckskin, he was looking for somebody to marry. Then the Indians came and Buckskin rode off with them without someone to marry. Then I went up and sang she’ll be coming round the mountain with some other people. I was the ‘yum yum’ girl who ate all the chicken on the way, in the song. It was a little bit embarrassing but lots of fun. There was a grandpa who had to snore and he snored very very loudly in to the microphone. We listened to the band a bit. Then we went back in our wagon and went back to the place where we started. Our wagon letter was ‘H’ and our table number that we ate at was 11. We drove our camper back to the Fireside RV park and had a great sleep.

Summer harvest preparations

On Venturing into the garden just over a week after our return home I found some nice surprises. I nice head of broccoli, some self seeded lettuces, some good carrots ( but quite a few woody ones) and a great bunch of silver beet.
After a few hours we have clean beds with new seedlings: capsicum, cucumber, zucchini, basil and pumpkin. And, we found some strawberries hiding under the overgrowth. Yummmmm... Can't wait for summer harvesting

Saturday 22nd

We drove to MT Rushmore and saw the four presidents. They were big. The presidents were George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.

Then we went to the new monument called Crazy Horse. The Indians built Crazy Horse because the white people built the four presidents. We got the private tour up onto the arm. That night we watched the light show that was projected up onto the side of crazy horse.

Washinton DC

in washington dc we went to the capitol building were the cerimonies were held for presidents

we went to the giant abraham linckon monument

The Big Apple - NY

The Brooklyn Brudge

Julius - 29th August 2012

On the first day we landed in Los Angeles. A shuttle bus took us to a hotel called super 8. As soon as we got there we went swimming. A bit after we went to the hotel to put our stuff in. then we caught another bus to a really big shopping center was no K-mart no target no Coles no Woolworths. Instead they have Macey’s, Wal-Mart and other things I forget. That night we ate delicious Greek food and went to bed.

Getting to America

On August 29th at 11 am we boarded flight VA007. Finely we were on our way to L.A. On the plane I wached the Lorax, Beetlejiuce and a bit of the pirates. After that I went to sleep for a hour. We had dinner a midnight snak and brekfist.We were on the plane for 13 and a half hours. When we arived it was 7 am. We had traviled back in time. When we got to the hotel we went swimming. Then we went shoping and brot ice-cream. Then we went swimming again. Then we all had a nap. After we went to a restront and ate the most delicious Greek food. Then we all went to sleep. By Monique [typed, with errors as per her diary entry, by Mum]P.s It was hot in LA and lovely swimming in an ice cold Californian pool.

On August 29th at 11 am we boarded flight VA007. Finely we were on our way to L.A. On the plane I wached the Lorax, Beetlejiuce and a bit of the pirates. After that I went to sleep for a hour. We had dinner a midnight snak and brekfist.

We were on the plane for 13 and a half hours. When we arived it was 7 am. We had traviled back in time. When we got to the hotel we went swimming. Then we went shoping and brot ice-cream. Then we went swimming again. Then we all had a nap. After we went to a restront and ate the most delicious Greek food. Then we all went to sleep. By Monique [typed with errors as per diary entry by Mum] P.s It was hot in LA and lovely swimming in an ice cold Californian pool.

2 Days to Go

Our bags are nearly packed and Monique is happy with the embellishments I have included on hers - she wanted a pretty bag and I didn't want to spend an extra $50 when I could meet her wishes for less than $5.

The countdown began back in March with 149 days to go. Since then Monique has been diligently crossing each day off my uni planner. I can hardly believe we have only 2 days until we head to the Sunshine state and 6 sleeps until the plane ride to LA. For now, that plane ride is sounding very exciting, we will see how we feel about it at the other end. The funny thing about it is that we leave Brisbane at 11am on the 29th August and arrive at 7am on the 29th August. It is kind of like it doesn't really happen at all - figure that one out!! See you in LA :)

America

This is our pass ports and the map of the U.S.A. We're so exited.