A change in style for Yellowstone National Park

For Yellowstone, we will be abandoning the epistolary style of writing, and instead opt to group blog entries by type of activity. Some of the more significant outings will get their own individual entry.

The reason for this decision because  of the diversity of things to do in Yellowstone, as well as the large intervals of time between geyser eruptions (and the unpredictable nature of wildlife sightings). In other parts of the trip, our adventures were somewhat themed. In Yellowstone, we may spend part of a day waiting for a geyser, go off and do a hike, then return to see another geyser explode.

However, part of this blog is an attempt to keep a public journal of our trip -- if only for our records. Here is a day-by-day summary of what we did

Day	People	Activities
M  (21st)	Amanda, Damien, Morgan, Zach, Nickersons	Bear sighting Mud pool sightings and hot pools (in particular, Dragon's cave) Fishing Village Pelican Valley Hayden Valley Artist Point (where we were rained out)
T (22nd)	Amanda, Damien, Morgan, Zach, Nickersons	Badger Creek Trail Old Faithful and surrounding geysers (brief) Hot pools (black sands) Fountain pots Artists pots
W  (23rd)	Amanda, Damien, Morgan, (Martha)	Picked up Martha from West Yellowstone Looked at many Geysers around the Old Faithful area. Traffic jam after lunch meant plans to hike above Grand Prismatic were delayed Grand Prismatic Broadwalk Castle Geyser (with rainbow)
Thurs  (24th)	Amanda, Damien, Morgan, Martha, Zach, Nickersons	Bear sighting (again!) Horseback riding Lost lake hike to the petrified forest Trip along the Lamar Valley to NE entrance Visit Silver Gate and Cooke City, MT
F (25th)	Amanda, Damien, Morgan, Martha	Mammoth hot springs Grand Geyser eruption Lunch at the Old Faithful Inn Grand Prismatic Spring with Martha Fountain Pots with Martha

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