The trip did in fact change. Though there was no snow on the
ground this morning, there was still a nasty band of ice and snow heading for
Glacier National Park, so we decided to head to Rocky Mountain National Park
instead. The weather was so nice
compared to Yellowstone. Dry, cool (well, cold), but no rain, no sleet, no
snow, no wet socks. There we checked out
moraines, tundra, talked about glacial features and how glaciers carved out the
mountains and lakes. Then we camped out,
and the next morning we were entertained with stories of bear attacks and more
bear attacks by the wonderful Ranger George Weaklim. I think the change of plan was great, and we stayed
for two days. Bonus—we finally had campfire astronomy with Dr. Cruzen, which
really helped ease my mind about some of the astronomy work that’s coming up in
the near future.
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| This is education at its best! |
The trip did in fact change. Though there was no snow on the
ground this morning, there was still a nasty band of ice and snow heading for
Glacier National Park, so we decided to head to Rocky Mountain National Park
instead. The weather was so nice
compared to Yellowstone. Dry, cool (well, cold), but no rain, no sleet, no
snow, no wet socks. There we checked out
moraines, tundra, talked about glacial features and how glaciers carved out the
mountains and lakes. Then we camped out,
and the next morning we were entertained with stories of bear attacks and more
bear attacks by the wonderful Ranger George Weaklim. I think the change of plan was great, and we stayed
for two days. Bonus—we finally had campfire astronomy with Dr. Cruzen, which
really helped ease my mind about some of the astronomy work that’s coming up in
the near future.
OMG, thank goodness my chapstick was in the van!!
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