巴士之旅（4）：黄石美景
刚到黄石公园，第一个感受是寒冷。知道山上的温度是华氏四十度，只是不知道四十度竟然有彻骨的感觉。我们将所有的衣服都披上了，乱七八糟地裹住身子，哪里还顾得上风度之说。
黄石公园真美，美到了另外一种境界，美得超越了我的文字表现力。正是应了那句老话：一张图超越一千个文字，大家就看图自己感受吧。
上回去黄石公园的时候，我就觉得它与九寨沟/黄龙有异曲同工之处，这次再见黄石独特的地形地貌，不由得回想起当年的两次旅行，二十年前与同学同游九寨沟，十年前带着儿子游黄石。导游说得对，其实旅游看风景，更重要的是旅行的伴侣。人生的旅程，又何尝不如此呢？
在黄石看景容易，不容易的是看动物。那些到处游走的动物，谁知道会在哪里亮相？我们的运气不错，一路上看到不少动物，还看到了熊，这里不同于熊世界，据说看到自由熊是相当不容易的。
在黄石缤纷的彩田上，我们还幸运地看到三名鹿演员的表演。它们在镜头面前落落大方，正面照，侧面照，低头，转脸，撒娇，奔跑，摆足了姿势，真不知公园用怎样的高薪请动了这么三位 ！
在到达黄石公园之前，我们还看了魔鬼峰。第一次见到魔鬼峰时，刚好看了电影第三类接触，那时对着真实的山峰，心中荡起惊心动魄的感觉。这次感觉差了点，赏景与文化背景是息息相关的，所以我郑重其事地对导游说，下次有必要先放电影再看魔鬼峰。
儿子的记叙
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.
女儿的解说
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).
