Yellowstone YCCJul 18, 20221 min readSession ISession I Group PhotoDear Reader, We typically take YCC group photos on the first day (today, in fact for Session II), but the floods postponed them. Find...
Yellowstone YCCJul 13, 20223 min readSession IWeek 4 and 5: Work, Rec, and FarewellDear Reader, How time flies: the first session of this year's YCC has ended already. However, at YCC, we seize each passing second to...
Yellowstone YCCJul 4, 20221 min readSession IWeekend BackpackingDear Reader, The YCC crews have experience with backpacking and camping, the former from the last rec trip and the latter from each week...
Yellowstone YCCJul 3, 20223 min readSession IWeek 3 of WorkDear Reader, Martian skies, a deathly silence, and soot everywhere are what your narrator lived through during the California wildfires...
Yellowstone YCCJul 1, 20223 min readSession IWeek 2 Rec ActivitiesDear Reader, First, I'd like to extend my gratitude to readers who participated in the last post's Old Faithful visitor count estimation...
Yellowstone YCCJun 27, 20222 min readSession IWeek 2 of WorkDear Reader, Last Wednesday, June 22, Yellowstone National Park's south loop reopened to the public. Or, Old Faithful is once again a...
Yellowstone YCCJun 21, 20222 min readSession IAn Exclusive Tour around Yellowstone + a VIPDear Reader, This past weekend, staff and students embarked on a historic tour around the park. If you have followed this blog or the...
Yellowstone YCCJun 20, 20221 min readSession IRecap of the First Work WeekDear Reader, Last Sunday, your narrator was one among the staff who drove to Yellowstone International Airport in Bozeman to pick up...
Yellowstone YCCJun 17, 20221 min readSession IFirst Full Day at YCC!Monday, June 13, 2022. First Breakfast at YCC: students sit in their crews and with their crew leaders for the first time. It's cold and...
Yellowstone YCCJun 12, 20221 min readSession ISession I has begun. Welcome students!Sunday, June 12, 2022--the big day has come. The staff have been waiting for this big day, some for up to 2 months! Morning arrives and...