YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 8-7-11

We rented a boat for a ride on Yellowstone Lake which is basically the middle of the giant caldera which forms part of Yellowstone.  At places the lake is 450 feet deep.  The average depth is 150 feet.  We saw some of the geothermal features of the lake although most are at the bottom of the lake.  It was smooth going in the marina inlet, but away from there was quite choppy.  Tom was a little nervous at times being the non-swimmer that he is.  We got back to Fishing Bridge just in time for the church service.  Five of the nine people attending were from State College.  A couple who live at The Village attend Mt Nittany United Methodist Church and their granddaughter who will be attending Lock Haven Clearfield campus this year.  By the way, the couple perform in a gospel group which includes Brad Caldwell and his wife Karen from Curwensville.  It's a small world!  We took a Sunday afternoon drive to Cody, WY, a town designed by Wild Bill Cody himself.  Our primary objective in Cody was the McDonalds for internet service.  Across from us was a group of girls working at Yellowstone for the summer.  One was skyping her brother in Japan.  Stopped at the Wild Bill Cody Museum, but didn't go in because it was about to close.  The drive was very interesting with the different landscapes.  The temperature difference between Cody and Fishing Bridge was 30 degrees.