Heavy snowfall greeted us this morning. Since we have a rental car, trainers, jeans and light raincoats we decided to visit the Bear and Wolf Centre in Yellowstone and wait for the weather to get better.
So we did finally get to see wolves but it’s just not as exciting when you’re not on safari! Jamie and Alex were able to join a group of children and hide treats in the bear enclosure and then watch the bears find them; I took some pictures of wolves. The weather got better and we made our way back into Yellowstone to Old Faithful. On the way we saw a bald eagle in its nest along with a couple of eagles perched on surrounding trees and a herd of bison shaking off the cold of the snow shower by laying down on a steaming hotspot!
At Old Faithful, Jamie and Alex finished their Junior Ranger worksheets and had their badges presented to them in the Visitor Centre. Yellowstone also have Young Scientist packs in addition to the Junior Ranger badges and we decided to do these for the next couple of days. They are, again, incredibly good value learning resources that teach the children good, well founded scientific method. Alex’s had him formulating an hypothesis about whether geysers were alive and then gathering evidence to support his theory. Jamie’s had her observing, gathering evidence and prioritising it to support the hypothesis that there is a volcano under Yellowstone Park. Both were accompanied with an investigation trail and a cool backpack filled with instruments such as laser thermometers and colour wheels to help the young scientists.
We did Jamie’s investigation this afternoon. It did involve walking around the Old Faithful trails which caused some grumbling but was actually extremely enjoyable.
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