剛到黃石公園，第一個感受是寒冷。知道山上的溫度是華氏四十度，隻是不知道四十度竟然有徹骨的感覺。我們將所有的衣服都披上了，亂七八糟地裹住身子，哪裏還顧得上風度之說。
黃石公園真美，美到了另外一種境界，美得超越了我的文字表現力。正是應了那句老話：一張圖超越一千個文字，大家就看圖自己感受吧。
上回去黃石公園的時候，我就覺得它與九寨溝/黃龍有異曲同工之處，這次再見黃石獨特的地形地貌，不由得回想起當年的兩次旅行，二十年前與同學同遊九寨溝，十年前帶著兒子遊黃石。導遊說得對，其實旅遊看風景，更重要的是旅行的伴侶。人生的旅程，又何嚐不如此呢？
在黃石看景容易，不容易的是看動物。那些到處遊走的動物，誰知道會在哪裏亮相？我們的運氣不錯，一路上看到不少動物，還看到了熊，這裏不同於熊世界，據說看到自由熊是相當不容易的。
在黃石繽紛的彩田上，我們還幸運地看到三名鹿演員的表演。它們在鏡頭麵前落落大方，正麵照，側麵照，低頭，轉臉，撒嬌，奔跑，擺足了姿勢，真不知公園用怎樣的高薪請動了這麽三位 ！
在到達黃石公園之前，我們還看了魔鬼峰。第一次見到魔鬼峰時，剛好看了電影第三類接觸，那時對著真實的山峰，心中蕩起驚心動魄的感覺。這次感覺差了點，賞景與文化背景是息息相關的，所以我鄭重其事地對導遊說，下次有必要先放電影再看魔鬼峰。
兒子的記敘
Today we started moving backwards towards California. We started by travelling into Devil’s Tower, a very strange rock formation because of how far it jutted out from the surrounding hills. Apparently to fully appreciate Devil’s Tower you had to watch the movie that featured it. We then drove westward into Montana so we could go into Yellowstone National Park from the north exit. As we got into Yellowstone in the afternoon, we only saw a portion of the park today. We saw the Mammoth Springs, which featured hot springs and colorful rock. The highlight of the day was when we saw 3 elk right next to the trail. One of them was butting heads with the fence as well as prancing around. It was the closest I’ve been to large wildlife by far. We finished off the day by seeing the Yellowstone Grand Canyon. It featured the same kind of canyon with a spectrum of colors topped off by a waterfall on one side. I am more excited by tomorrow because we will see the geysers.
女兒的解說
Yellowstone National Park is very colorful. It’s not just plants and animals, but the actual rock ranges from hues of pink to brown to pale blue. According to the signs, the colors are actually living creatures called “thermophiles.” For some suspicious reason, the colors are accompanied by the smell of rotting eggs, or, to be scientific, hydrogen sulfur, and are only found around the hot springs. The hot springs are puddles of running water accompanied by steam. Supposedly they are very hot (but I’d rather not risk my toes to test it).
