Chapter 921 Little flowers and grass by the roadside
Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu quickly slowed down the car and observed them, but because they had no telescope or telephoto lens, they couldn't see clearly, so they could only continue to drive forward.↑
After driving a small slope, Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu looked at a large plain in front of them. The spots on the plain were all wild buffaloes! Conservatively, there were thousands of these wild buffaloes, in groups of three or five, and each small group had one or two calfs, which looked like family activities.
Drive further forward and slowly saw many cattle herds that were particularly close to the highway. Their appearance also made the traffic ahead slowly block. All tourists rolled down the window to watch them eat grass and walk. After seeing that the car was very polite to them, they also began to slowly cross the road, making the car completely out of traffic.
Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu also had the opportunity to observe these bisons up close. Their foreheads were quite large, with two very small sharp corners on their heads, and their eyes revealed honesty and bulkyness.
Some of them are dark brown, some are light brown, with hair concentrated in the front half of their body, moving slowly and dull. Yunluo came into contact with large wild animals for the first time, and was both excited and a little scared. Their nearest car was only one meter away from Yunluo and Yan Chenyu. If they wanted to attack, they could easily smash Yunluo and Yan Chenyu's car.
I heard that there had been an accident in which bison attacked people before, but the probability was extremely low. As long as they did not deliberately provoke them, they should be safe. Yunluo and Yan Chenyu drove forward carefully, and they would never compete with the bison. They slowly drove out of the road with herds of bison. Observing wild animals up close made Yunluo and Yan Chenyu very satisfied, as if they had completed another mission of a tour in Huangshi.
Yunluo and Yan Chenyu were very lucky today, and it did not rain. The dark clouds in the sky have been wandering around Yunluo and Yan Chenyu, but they have always passed by Yunluo and Yan Chenyu.
Yunluo and Yan Chenyu could clearly see that it was pouring rain under the black clouds in the distance, but Yunluo and Yan Chenyu were still breeze and sunny above their heads, and they felt a sense of wanting to add insults. After the tour today, Yunluo and Yan Chenyu had to go to the campsite to check in.
The campsite in Huangshi is different from the first come first served in Da Teton. You have to book more than a month in advance, otherwise it will be difficult to find a location. The campsite booked by Yunluo is called Canyo Girls' Illage, which is also a larger camping area in Huangshi Park and is well-equipped. Yunluo and Yan Chenyu went to the service center to buy some firewood to take it back for fire, and Yunluo picked a lot of dead branches.
The two-night camping experience of Dateton made Yunluo and Yan Chenyu familiar with the arrangement of the new camp and quickly sorted out a "bedroom". However, Yunluo and Yan Chenyu didn't have much interest in barbecuing today, so they were going to the restaurant in the visitor center to see what was delicious. So they put all the wood in the stove and drove away.
There are many dining options in this service center. You can go to the supermarket to buy snacks, or go to the food area to choose all kinds of steaming foods. Of course, you can also go to the relatively high-end Western restaurant next door. The Western restaurant is crowded and has to queue for 30 minutes, and the price is not cheap, so Yunluo and Yan Chenyu went directly to the food area.
There are various cuisines in the food area. Choose what you want to eat before going to the front desk to pay the bill. It is a bit like a large domestic cafeteria. In this food area, there are not only many Chinese tourists. Even the waiters who help you serve the meal are Chinese (I heard that they are international students who come to travel while working during the summer vacation), and they have turned the white people in the "canteen" into a minority.
However, Yunluo felt that the food here was pretty good, the price was reasonable, and the food was very comfortable. After dinner, a very tragic scene occurred when he returned to the camp: just now, when Yunluo and Yan Chenyu left, there was a heavy rain in the camp. All the firewood in Yunluo was soaked, and the plan for the bonfire to be soaked in the evening.
The dark night with the dark clouds receding still shining brightly, but Yun Luo has to say that Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu are a little aesthetically tired.
The temperature in Huangshi was still cold late at night, but Yunluo and Yan Chenyu seemed to have become accustomed to this temperature. They slept quite well. The heavy rain last night did not cause moisture to the tent, which shows that the materials of the tent were more consistent with what it advertised in the advertisement.
Today, there were no dark clouds in the sky of Huangshi. The fresh air made the forest around the camp look particularly refreshing and beautiful. Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu packed up their tents, took a hot shower in the service center, and then went to the restaurant for breakfast, and then started their last day's tour of Huangshi.
The Norris Geyser was not in the process yesterday because there were too many people, so Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu were preparing to go to this place this morning. After arriving at the parking lot, they found that it was indeed very popular. They had already started queuing up to find parking spaces at just 10 o'clock in the morning. The Norris Geyser area is actually a basin. There are many geyser fountains of different shapes appearing in it.
Yunluo believes that there are two biggest highlights in this geyser area, one is the density of the hot springs and the other is the colorful color.
Since these geysers grow and grow with the movement of the earth's crust, there is no accurate statistics, but there is an introduction to intermittent hot springs a few steps on the three-mile walking boardwalk. If you finish reading them one by one, it may not be enough for a day.
The colorful colors are another spectacular place in the Norris geyser area. Various bacteria and microorganisms show different colors at different temperatures and pH levels. Looking around, it looks like someone accidentally sprinkled a lot of paint here.
Porcelainba (Porcelain Basin) is the most open and spectacular basin in the entire geyser area. Maybe it is because the color on the surface of the basin is a bit like porcelain glaze, so it is named. This basin also exudes the stinky smell of sulfur, but the visual impact of the color can completely offset the complaints of the nose.
There is also a large geyser hidden in the woods behind the porcelain basin. These geysers are also of different shapes and are distributed around the plank road about two miles long. The Norris Geyser Zone is another representative attraction that Yunluo believes is a relatively representative attraction in Yellowstone Park. Although the distance is not short, it is very delicious and "taste" after seeing it.
In fact, after watching Norris, the main attractions in Yellowstone have been seen, and the only ones left are Yellowstone Canyon and Yellowstone Lake. After seeing so many canyons along the way, Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu were not very interested in the canyon, but since they came, they always had to "scene here".
Huangshi Lake is mainly a paradise for tourists who love water sports. Many people take yachts or canoes to swim in the lake, but it is not that attractive to Yunluo and Yan Chenyu. Moreover, Huangshi Lake is also a crater. Playing in the water in the crater sounds a bit creepy.
Both places are in the southeast of Huangshi Park, which is the lower right corner of the 8-shaped figure. It took less than a few hours to walk around, so Yunluo and Yan Chenyu decided to go and have a walk.
The main thing that Huangshi Canyon sees is a waterfall. This waterfall surges from between the two mountains, and the huge amount of water and the steep valleys on both sides make it particularly magnificent.
What impressed Yun Luo the most was not the waterfall itself, but the color of the naked mountains on both sides and the flowing river water was too similar to the Chinese landscape painting. It seemed that any picture in the camera viewfinder could be taken out to write a few words and stamped with a red seal.
Many tourists only enjoy the full view of the canyon in the parking lot at the top of the canyon. In fact, there is a small path that can directly lead to the hillside of the canyon, and it is better to see the waterfall at that angle. The canyon is steep, and the path in the canyon is even winding.
After walking carefully for half an hour, I arrived at the observation deck on the hillside. Here, the mountain can basically look at the waterfall in the distance. The huge water curtains look purer and more friendly on this observation deck. There are only three or five tourists taking photos on this platform, no noisy crowds, no vehicles coaxing flutes, and only the sound of water from the waterfall decorating this handsome space.
Huangshi Lake is 350 square kilometers in size. At first glance, it looks like a vast ocean, and the deepest part is more than 100 meters. The entire lake is like a giant palm. The westernmost part of the lake, which is the southern end of Huangshi, is called "West Thumb" (b), which is where Yunluo and Yan Chenyu go to visit.
Like other places in Huangshi, there are many hot springs scattered by the lake, and there are also many plank roads to walk on. But Yunluo and Yan Chenyu had seen enough of these smelly hot springs. So they took a quick look at the flowers and took a few photos and left.
However, Yunluo and Yan Chenyu still gained something on the road from Huangshi Canyon to Huangshi Lake. There was a traffic congestion on the road, and Yunluo felt that everyone must have seen wild animals. So he also prepared to stop and wait and see.
While the car was moving slowly, Yun Luo saw many people taking photos quietly in the woods of the hillside on the roadside, each of them looking sneaky, which further confirmed Yun Luo's guess. Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu quickly stopped the car and climbed up the hill. They saw two huge elks (Yun Luo guessed they were elks) eating grass. They were still eating proudly under the surrounding long spears and short cannons.
Yun Luo quickly took pictures of these rare animals with a camera, which was a big harvest today. Later, Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu passed by a habitat of North American bison. But this time, I was not as excited as I saw these stupid cows. Looking back, I saw a lot of wild animals this time, which was really a hundred times more interesting than watching in a zoo.
Yesterday, I borrowed the administrator's high-power telescope on the roadside to see a giant bird's nest in the distant valley. There were two domineering birds living in the bird's nest. Later, compared with the pictures, I learned that the bird was called osprey (a kind of osprey). The fun of watching wild animals is that every time I see them, I am a surprise, and every time I get close to them, I play with my heartbeat.
I especially admire the United States' emphasis on protecting nature. It is impossible for people to live in such a harmonious relationship with animals in some countries.
The three days and two nights of Huangshi officially ended. After walking around these 8 words, Yunluo felt that it was still very rewarding. After seeing so many strange landforms and observing so many wild animals, the stunning level of Yellowstone is truly worthy of its name. Like Sion National Park, Yellowstone is also a kind of park suitable for both young and old. Any tourist can find the yellowstone they like.
This time, Yunluo visited very popular scenic spots. If you have the chance to come to Yunluo again next time, you will try those unpopular attractions. I heard that there will be many unexpected gains.
After the end of Huangshi, Yunluo and Yan Chenyu also started to return east. On the way back, except for the artificial President Mountain, no attractions appeared in Yunluo's itinerary.
After leaving Huangshi East Gate last night, many thrilling things actually happened. Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu's plan was to drive out of Huangshi and find a hotel to stay in after they left Huangshi.
However, there are almost no hotels on the road that allow Yunluo and Yan Chenyu to stay in. They are either dilapidated or the city is as quiet as a ghost town. They have no sense of security, and Yunluo and Yan Chenyu dare not live there. Overall, the development of wilderness towns in the western United States is one level lower than that in the east, so it is not so easy to find a safe and clean city.
I continued to drive forward, but accidentally drove into a huge forest park. Judging from Google Maps on my phone, this forest park is located in a mountainous area. It is not only huge in area, but also the road is very tortuous and difficult to walk. There are no hotels inside. It takes three hours to move in from the other side.
Yunluo and Yan Chenyu had no choice, and the sky was getting darker, so Yunluo gritted his teeth and drove into the forest park. Before entering the forest park, Yunluo and Yan Chenyu almost hit a deer on the road. The deer suddenly rushed to the opposite lane of the highway from somewhere, and after seeing a car, he quickly flashed to the side.
Fortunately, the deer was a little far from the car opposite, otherwise the car would have rushed towards Yunluo if it was turned violently. Yunluo obviously felt that the car opposite was startled and the car swayed a lot. Fortunately, nothing happened, and the cute deer also escaped the life and death disaster.
The corpses of various animals can often be seen on the American highway, but in recent years, Yunluo has encountered a living animal running to the middle of the road, and she was shocked and sweated.
It was quite terrifying to walk through the forest at night. Yun Luo widened his eyes and looked at the road conditions ahead. Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu not only had to see these very urgent bends, but also pay attention to the amplitude of the uphill downhill, and then guard against animals that could suddenly jump out, so Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu were always nervous.
When the car drove to the deepest part of the forest, another deer almost died in Yunluo's place - in the same situation, a deer suddenly jumped out to block the way, but when he saw Yunluo's headlight approaching, he immediately jumped out again.
Yunluo also had a relatively urgent brake, but because Yunluo drove very carefully, the car was slow and the speed was relatively slow, so he avoided this big guy successfully and smoothly.
Chapter completed!