Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Yellowstone

Sorry this is just an outline, this week is going to be very busy, but if you have questions on any of the things, feel free to ask, hopefully I will be able to flesh this out at a later date. 

Saturday, October 20, 2012
·         Apparently Mount Rushmore could be seen from the plane.
·         Idaho Falls, ID
·         Oregon trail- memorial rock
·         Snake river plain

Sunday, October 14, 2012          
·         Twin Falls, ID
·         Awesome bridge
·         Outcrop
·         Craters of the moon
·         Aa aa
·         Pahaehoe
·         Pillow lava
·         Climbed a cinder cone
·         Got junior ranger things….
·         Arco, ID
·         First nuclear city
·         Pickle’s Place
·         Graffiti on the hills- class years
·         Nuclear Submarine conning tower, in a park in the town.

Monday, October 15, 2012
(Drive to Yellowstone)
·         Mesa Tuff
·         Arrive in Park
·         Yellowstone Caldera Rim
·         Hoodoos
·         Mammoth Springs
·         Saw our Cabin- YA Overlook Field Campus
Tuesday, October 16, 2012                    
·         Natural History and Geology of Yellowstone field trip
·         Discuss the ’86 fire
·         The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone
·         Lava Creek Tuff at Wraith Falls

Wednesday, October 17, 2012              
·         Student led field trips
·         Norris Geyser Basin
·         Cistern Spring/Steamboat Geyser             
·         Echinus Geyser                                             
·         Chocolate Pots
·         Sheepeater Cliff
·         Obsidian Cliff

Thursday, October 18, 2012                  
·         Climb Bunsen Peak
·         Try to see Wolves
·         Petrified Tree

Friday, October 19, 2012            
·         Student led field trips
·         Upper Geyser Basin
·         Old Faithful
·         Old Faithful and Anemone  
·         Midway Geyser Basin
·         Excelsior Geyser
·         Grand Prismatic Spring
·         Lower Geyser Basin
·         Clepsydra Geyser
·         Fountain Paint Pot
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
Return to Vassar



In Twin Falls, the Snake River Valley

Snake River Valley

Lava Tube Cave

Lave Tube 

Near Caldera Rim

Hoodoos

Mammoth Spring

Mammoth Sprin

Mammoth Spring
Mammoth Spring

Erin, and the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

View near our Cabin

View near out Cabin
View from ascent up Bunsen Peak

Frozen steam from thermal pool on tree

Norris Basin

Norris Basin

Norris Basin

Norris Basin

Chocolate Pot

Sheepeater Cliff

Sheepeater Cliff

Old Faithful

Upper Geyser Basin

Upper Geyset Basin

View down to Old Faithful

Grand Prismatic Spring

Newr Grand Prismatic Spring