Journal Entry October 4th, 2015
Today I woke up and gazed at the mountains of Custer
National Forest. The fog was coming in and the setting reminded me of my trip
to Bavaria, Germany, another trip I was lucky to be a member of. We left around
7:30pm to go meet Pat Pierson of the US Forest Service and talked about
everything from forest service jurisdiction to current environmental issues,
which just goes to show that being politically informed is important no matter
what field you go into. After we said our goodbyes, it was off to Yellowstone,
one of the biggest highlights of the trip. We all stared at the pristine
landscape hoping to see a bear, bison, elk, or mouse. Not a moment later, we
stopped by to see the row of tourists armed with 10,000 dollar lenses all aimed
at a grizzly bear and her cub. This whole trip I had been dying to see a bear
in the flesh and now here it is. Part of me, though, felt odd seeing an icon of
the wilderness with so many people around to take photos and drive by with
cameras ready. While Yellowstone seems very touristy, this is a once in a
lifetime experience and I already crossed off something on my bucketlist 20
minutes into the park. I know there is so much more to come in the next couple
days and I know this is just the
beginning of my own self-discovery of the Western United States.
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