Lake HotelThu, 7/10/08
Yellowstone NP, WY: Mike feeling better this morning and it looks to be a beautiful day, so we decided to take a cruise on Yellowstone Lake. Really windy though and it was rough on the lake. Was a beautiful cruise though and a totally different perspective of the lake. Some salient points:
· The lake has 141 miles of shore line.
· The average depth is 140 feet and the deepest point is 430 feet.
· There is more thermal activity on the bottom of the lake than the rest of Yellowstone combined.
· The park is 80% forest—and 80% of those are lodge pole pine, which require fire to spread its seeds.
· The “grand loop” figure 8 road through the park covers only 6% of the park.
· The area south of Yellowstone Lake is the largest uninhabited area in the lower 48.
Before we went on the cruise we went over to Grant Village and had lunch at one of the restaurants there. Grant Village is really pretty and much newer than the other, historic areas—also much quieter and less congestion. We had a great lunch with a great view of the lake. After the cruise we went back to the campground and sat outside reading for a while. Think tomorrow we’ll take the Beartooth Scenic Byway and the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway.
Yellowstone NP, WY: Mike feeling better this morning and it looks to be a beautiful day, so we decided to take a cruise on Yellowstone Lake. Really windy though and it was rough on the lake. Was a beautiful cruise though and a totally different perspective of the lake. Some salient points:
· The lake has 141 miles of shore line.
· The average depth is 140 feet and the deepest point is 430 feet.
· There is more thermal activity on the bottom of the lake than the rest of Yellowstone combined.
· The park is 80% forest—and 80% of those are lodge pole pine, which require fire to spread its seeds.
· The “grand loop” figure 8 road through the park covers only 6% of the park.
· The area south of Yellowstone Lake is the largest uninhabited area in the lower 48.
Before we went on the cruise we went over to Grant Village and had lunch at one of the restaurants there. Grant Village is really pretty and much newer than the other, historic areas—also much quieter and less congestion. We had a great lunch with a great view of the lake. After the cruise we went back to the campground and sat outside reading for a while. Think tomorrow we’ll take the Beartooth Scenic Byway and the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway.
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