Chapter 287: Crossing the Desert

Leave Las Vegas, take a military Humvee, hire a professional guide, and head west to enjoy the desert scenery.

The recommended West Coast Route, starting from Las Vegas, passing through Yellowstone, Grand Canyon National Park, Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, Monument Valley, Arches National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, the whole journey is about 1,200 miles and lasts eight days.

Although the road is far away, but driving in the desert, walking in the desert, you will forget who you are, where you are, only the wind whistling in your ears from time to time beats you, and the body and mind seem to have become one with nature.

The first stop is naturally the legendary Yellowstone, which has an unrivaled status in the national park like Mount Tai Beidou. The world's first and most unique national park is included in the World Natural Heritage List.

Four million visitors from all over the world visit each year to bring the majestic mountains and cowboy culture of the western to life in Grand Teton.

It's actually located in a huge active volcanic crater, and you're actually strolling atop an active volcano. Beneath the thin crust lies an active volcano that erupts at any moment, and you can understand why half of the world's geothermal geysers are here.

Forests, canyons, waterfalls, grasslands, lakes and rivers, geysers, hot pools, mires, and even the strange landforms of the lunar surface......

The imaginable and unimaginable beauty is here!

At this time, the north gate is open to the outside world, first of all, Mammoth Hot Spring, which is the largest carbonate sedimentary hot spring in the world, and the calcium carbonate deposited for thousands of years has formed a spectacular layer of steps, some are white like jade, and some are gorgeous and gorgeous.

From blue to green, yellow to orange, the hot spring water is rich in minerals, allowing algae and colony-colored bacteria to survive at the water's edge.

Walking along the hot spring trail, the steaming mist lingers around, and the colorful colors are scattered on the vast land, and there is always a feeling of being in a fairyland.

Not far away, huge jets of water erupt from time to time, all of which are intermittent fountains, and you suddenly realize that you are standing in a super crater.

Moving on, you come to the most famous Great Prism. Everyone was instantly shocked by the strangeness in front of them, which was steaming hot and misty all year round. The bright blue-green, yellow-orange-brown form a strange and deep eye on the surface of the earth, making it impossible to take your eyes off it.

Next to it is the more amazing Old Faithful Fountain, which erupts every 33-93 minutes for more than 100 years since it was discovered, and each eruption lasts four to five minutes, with a water column of more than 40 meters high, never interrupted.

The visitor center will even schedule the eruption in advance, so visitors can calculate the eruption time and then visit the surrounding attractions with confidence. Because it's an old faithful, it's never wrong!

Looking at the large and small stone caves in the hot springs, the tour guide introduced the fishing hole, in the past, people fished on the lake, and put the fish directly into the hole after getting it, the hot spring high temperature will quickly cook the fish, and you can eat it directly, but unfortunately it is now forbidden.

Take a kayak ride on Yellowstone Lake. The tranquil turquoise waters of the lake blend harmoniously with the forest and blue sky, so quiet. However, the bottom of this lake is full of hidden mechanisms and mysteries. Various geysers, hot and acidic hot spring pools, and mud ponds are also dotted on this calm surface of the lake, which is full of mysterious attractions.

There are many tourists by the lake, long guns and short cannons, where the water and grass are abundant, the vision is wide, and they like to wait on the roadside and wait for the animals to appear. Elk and bison are the most common in the park, and they often cross the road in groups and are surrounded by no one.

Especially in the early morning and dusk, there will be a large number of bison on the main ring road, and the tour guide opens the car window, and a small bison actually sticks his head directly in and grabs potato chips with his tongue?

Dark brown fur, curved horns and shaggy whiskers, two meters long, bulls can weigh up to 2000 pounds of large dicks. Despite his large size, he is very agile, can run 60 kilometers per hour, and can swim.

Don't honk your horn, put the potato chips on the table obediently, you can't afford to provoke them, you can hide them.

When there are many herbivores near the lake, of course, it will also attract meat eaters, not only gray wolves, but also bears. There are currently 1,200 of them in the country, and 800 of them inhabit here, and the adult can weigh up to 350 kilograms, and the attack power is extremely strong.

When you encounter a grizzly bear, it is best to stand still, please face it step by step, do not leave your back to the bear, and be sure to carry bear spray with you, which can save your life when it is critical.

In the evening come to Grant Village Chalet, the oldest log cabin, very quiet and clean, made of logs, simple and comfortable.

Outside the spacious lobby, a wooden corridor with rows of rocking chairs offers views of Yellowstone Lake, and herds of bighorn deer grazing on the lawn outside the hotel all year round.

Monica unexpectedly found a small otter, and the hotel built a nest for them, and spent most of the day nesting in the nest to sleep, and hugged each other to sleep, and only ran out at night.

These guys are related to weasels, with waterproof thick fur, flippers and a powerful tail that allows them to move easily through the water. Close your ears and nostrils, search for prey through your beard, and stay underwater for ten minutes is not a problem.

Surrounded by a dense pine forest, the chalet has a quaint exterior and blends in with the landscape. Completely away from the hustle and bustle of the city, SC Johnson is delighted by the singing of birds in the woods and the sunlight streaming in through the windows in the morning.

The next morning, I climbed to the top of the mountain, and the wind, frost, rain and snow eroded it for thousands of years, polishing it into a semicircular rock basin and turning it into a giant natural amphitheater. The best vantage point overlooking the entire natural theater, where the rising sun casts the first rays of sunlight, and each rock pillar is gilded with a layer of gold, and the warm golden light gradually spreads over the entire canyon......

Further into the sky, all but the deepest recesses in the natural theater were swept away, and no trace of existence was ever found.

Chartered two luxury motorhomes and continued along Route 89, accompanied by mountains, majestic snow-capped mountains, vast grasslands, and pure lakes. Further on is Grand Teton, winner of the "Most Beautiful National Park Laureate."

If Yellowstone is the hustle and bustle of entering the WTO, Grand Teton should be the quiet and tranquility of the birth, the towering mountain tops, the glaciers covering thousands of years, and the antelope standing quietly in the mountains, all of which make people linger.

The Grand Teton Peak in the distance is an existence that needs to be admired, and at 4198 meters, it stands out from the crowd and is also tall and handsome. The famous Paramount Pictures logo, with a snow-capped mountain surrounded by a circle of five-pointed stars, is the prototype here.

A few white clouds drift from the majestic snow-capped peaks, and below are large expanses of lush trees, and below are meadows dotted with rose, goose yellow, and light purple wildflowers......

Stop-and-go, sighing that the RV is really the most suitable for Lao Mei, the land is vast and sparsely populated, along the highway, free, as long as you bring enough gasoline, you can run casually.