Day 46 (D-15) Less is More: How to write about Yellowstone

Yellowstone: Where to begin?  What to write about?  How to organise so much information?  How to keep my blog posts short?

My decision:  Less is More.

We'll be spending just two and a half days in Yellowstone National Park.  What a pity.  There is so much to see and discover.

As a solution for my job on this blog, I've come to the conclusion that less is more.  It's impossible to cover everything, so I'll just present four bits of information about Yellowstone for today and for the the next four days.  Does that sound reasonable?

1.  Where does the name Yellowstone come from?  I read that near the end of the 18th century French trappers named the river there Roche Jaune, which is probably a translation of an Indian name Mi tai a-da-zi meaning "Rock Yellow River.  Later, American trappers rendered the French name in English as "Yellow Stone."

2.  We saw the area of Yellowstone yesterday (9,000 km2). It measures 63 miles (101 km) north to south and 54 miles (87 km) east to west with 466 miles (750 km) of roads. (Quick conversions for you today.)

3. The park is 96% in Wyoming, 3% in Montana and 1% in Idaho. 

4.  Yellowstone National Park has five entrance gates which make it accessible from all directions.  We'll enter at the East Entrance near Cody and leave through the South Gate, direction Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

My best,
Jane