The next morning Madison and Kris wake up when the alarm goes off.
"Good morning baby." Kris says.
"Good morning my love." Madison says.
"We got a fun filled day planned out." Kris says.
"Good let's get it started." Madison says.
They both get up and get dressed. They then head downstairs. Ruth had made them breakfast so they sit down and eat together. They then head out to start their day. They start off exploring the steaming geothermal features of Yellowstone's caldera.
They head that way.
"Did you know that Yellowstone National Park is actually an active supervolcano? As you walk around the park you may think: "I don't see any volcanos?!" That's because much of the entire park is a volcano – and the bubbling geysers and hot springs are an indication of the churning activity below the surface." Madison reads.
"Yellowstone Supervolcano: The term "supervolcano" implies an eruption of magnitude 8 on the Volcano Explosivity Index, indicating an eruption of more than 1,000 cubic kilometers (250 cubic miles) of magma. Yellowstone has had at least three such eruptions: The three eruptions, 2.1 million years ago, 1.2 million years ago and 640,000 years ago, were about 6,000, 700 and 2,500 times larger than the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens in Washington State." Nadia says.
"The last time the Yellowstone supervolcano erupted was 640,000+ years ago. The Yellowstone eruption area collapsed upon itself, creating a sunken giant crater or caldera 1,500 square miles in area. The magmatic heat powering that eruption (and two others, dating back 2.1 million years) still powers the park's famous geysers, hot springs, fumaroles, and mud pots." Meredith says.
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"Wow how cool is that." Kris says.
"Pretty freaking awesome." Sid says.
"Yes it is." Jake says.
"This park is full of just wow." Justin says.
"I know right. It's amazing with all these quarintines like Italy is doing for the earth." Tristan says.
"I know right." Geno says.
"Nature is freaking amazing." Guddy says.
They get lots of pictures. They then head back to the RV. Geno gets behind the wheel and heads west toward Norris, then drives south past Madison to drop into the crater's geyser basin. Park at Old Faithful. They then make a beeline down.
Discovered in 1870 by the Washburn Expedition, Old Faithful geyser was named for its frequent and somewhat predictable eruptions, which number more than a million since Yellowstone became the world's first national park in 1872.
