the steam smelled funny

i just got to go take pictures of an active volcano. i didn't get to see any lava and the gasses were spewing pretty serious so we couldn't go close at all, but i took some pictures. it was incredible. i also stood in some steam from steam vents. it smelled funny.

i remember being intrigued with volcanoes when i was a kid. i saw a clay volcano errupt vinegar and baked soda in a classroom and immediately checked out any book with a volcano on the cover. the volcano phase was just after the dinosaur phase and just before the sharks. but anyway, i always wanted to see one in person. and today, 18 years later, i got to hang out in volcano national park.