boo boo its a picnic basket

So after our extended stay at Burger King we trekked forward to Yellowstone. After about 2 hrs of driving we decided to spend the night at this 5 star resort in Wyoming called 'Rest Area'. It had three beds, can you believe it! I got the drivers bed, nate got the passenger bed, and cj got the back seat bed. Luckily we weren't raped by truckers and left at around 7 the next morning. On the drive to Wyoming I really started to notice how varied America's landscapes are, we would drive the vast open desert like fields then through lush forest with high rock cliffs, so the drives have been getting quite scenic and amazingly beautiful. I have to give Wyoming credit, I didnt think there was much going there but driving through there has changed my mind, the scenery there is stunning and Yellowstone is way bigger than I imagined. Once we got there we proceeded to set up camp and gather fire wood. You can always tell when there is viewable wildlife in Yellowstone because you'll see about 10 cars pulled over on the side of the road and 20 people with their cameras out. While there we saw a "bear"(it was far back in the forest and laying down so we couldn't see much), elk, and buffalo (they are every where one even walked out in front of car). After we set up camp we went to see the star of Yellowstone, Old Faithful. Lucky for us we got there about 10 min before it erupted and we saw it in all its glory. I guess now a days it isn't as faithful and erupts about ever hour and a half now. There are also plenty of other geysers and geo-thermal pools around where old faithful is so we went exploring. But damn do the geysers smell, they reek of sulphur and I mean reek (like imagine being trapped inside a car when it's 100 degrees outside with 20 dead skunks that had been on a strict diet of cabbage), but they are awesome to look at. After the geysers we finished setting up camp, had dinner, opened a fifth of rum, and tapped into our inner pyro. We also ended up befriending the girls staying next to us and they shared their smores with us, theres nothing quite like it. The next morning we woke up a little wet thanks to our magnificent tent, but it wasn't too bad. We then went exploring around Yellowstone. Yellowstone is a beautiful park, a little touristy, but still breathtaking. There are rolling hills, flowing streams, and picture perfect lakes, all in all some of the best scenery I have seen in my life. After some exploring we jetted out to Spokekane, WA to stay with Nate's cousin, Paul. So that leaves us to where we are now. Tomorrow we are headed off to see Phish for a weekend of camping at the Gorge in Washington, this should be very interesting since none of us have ever been to a Phish show. We'll be getting out hippie on, until our next stop in Portland, god bless america.

-mac