Sunday, October 9, 2011

Yellowstone Park, USA

I got this postcard from Yvonne from Florida.  The text behind reads: "No matter where one roams through Yellowstone National Park, the delight, beauty, and awesome wonders of nature are inescapable.  People here are enjoying one of Yellowstone's spectacular hot springs, with the park's largest lake in the background.  This area of the park is known as "West Thumb."  It was given that name in 1870 when the Washburn party noted that the lake was shaped like a human hand, the fingers extended and spread apart as much as possible, with the large west bay representing a thumb."

Yvonne adds that she finds it unusual that the hot spring is so close to the lake, but remains a separate body of water.

Yellowstone National Park is primarily located in Wyoming, but extends to Idaho and Montana

The card came with the following stamps:

The Great Smoky Mountains are located along the Tennessee-North Carolina border

George Washington was the first president of the USA

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