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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Where am I?
Yellowstone National Park is in the top left corner of Wyoming and is part of the Rocky Mountains. A tiny edge is in Idaho and in Montana, because the park existed before all those states were even created.
I'm stationed in the area called Mammoth Hot Springs, which is at the top north part of the park. I'm an hour away from Old Faithful, and and hour-and-a-half from the nearest "big city," which is Bozeman, Montana. So far I've made one trip up there to make a shopping run at Wal-Mart (blah!) and see the Dark Knight movie, which was awesome.
I'm stationed in the area called Mammoth Hot Springs, which is at the top north part of the park. I'm an hour away from Old Faithful, and and hour-and-a-half from the nearest "big city," which is Bozeman, Montana. So far I've made one trip up there to make a shopping run at Wal-Mart (blah!) and see the Dark Knight movie, which was awesome.
Postcard from Jellystone
July 9, 2008
Heyyyy, BooBoo!
This summer Albert and I are having an adventure living and working in Yellowstone National Park. I have an internship with the National Park Service in the Landscape Architecture division. (No, I’m not a park ranger, and no I don’t get a uniform. I know, boo.) But I did talk them into giving me an NPS cap after I told them that my San Gabriel Nursery hat doesn’t quite make the same impression on park visitors.
Every day that I’m here, I step outside and can’t believe how lucky I am. This is America’s first national park, indeed the first in the world – the largest protected wildlife area on our continent, and the size of two states, Delaware and Rhode Island combined… and yet the average tourist only sees Yellowstone for one-and-a-half days. It’s unforgivable. Now, I’m here for an entire season, but with 2 million acres of valleys and peaks and lakes and 10,000 geysers, I know I can’t see everything. But I’m definitely going to try my best!
Heyyyy, BooBoo!
This summer Albert and I are having an adventure living and working in Yellowstone National Park. I have an internship with the National Park Service in the Landscape Architecture division. (No, I’m not a park ranger, and no I don’t get a uniform. I know, boo.) But I did talk them into giving me an NPS cap after I told them that my San Gabriel Nursery hat doesn’t quite make the same impression on park visitors.
Every day that I’m here, I step outside and can’t believe how lucky I am. This is America’s first national park, indeed the first in the world – the largest protected wildlife area on our continent, and the size of two states, Delaware and Rhode Island combined… and yet the average tourist only sees Yellowstone for one-and-a-half days. It’s unforgivable. Now, I’m here for an entire season, but with 2 million acres of valleys and peaks and lakes and 10,000 geysers, I know I can’t see everything. But I’m definitely going to try my best!
Don't Wash Your Clothes With Cheese!
So I don't know what made me think this would turn out okay, but since I didn't have very much laundry this weekend, I just threw my socks and undies in with this kitchen floor rug that I wanted to wash also. Uhhhh, mistake. When I took my "clean" laundry out, I saw there was shredded mozzarella cheese in my chonies. Gross!!
Monday, July 21, 2008
The Adventures of Bryan in Yellowstone is online!
Hey friends and family! I thought this would be the best way to share what I'm up to this summer in Yellowstone. Hopefully I can figure out this blogging thing and post some of my meeellions of photos :)
This is me in my bright orange maintenance t-shirt with my boss, Lori. She is one of the park landscape architects. Everyone seems to love their job and stays here forever. She's been here for 20 years already.
This is me in my bright orange maintenance t-shirt with my boss, Lori. She is one of the park landscape architects. Everyone seems to love their job and stays here forever. She's been here for 20 years already.
My mailing address, if you're sending a postcard or something through the US Postal Service, is:
Bryan Matsumoto
General Delivery
Yellowstone National Park
WY 82190
If through UPS or FedEx, then use:
Bryan Matsumoto
Bryan Matsumoto
Supply Center, Bldg. 34
Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellowstone National Park
WY 82190
I hope you're all doing well and look forward to your comments! Let me know what you're up to!
I hope you're all doing well and look forward to your comments! Let me know what you're up to!
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