#Daydream: The Tors at Serpentine Hot Springs, Shishmaref, Alaska
We know how it is. You’re stuck at your desk and the day seems to be going on forever. Your mind starts to wander — at first to “anywhere but here,” but then to exotic, faraway lands where your everyday problems and stress melt in the presence of true paradise. You want to go to there, and we want to go with you. Every day at 3 p.m. Eastern, we’ll send you a picture of the place we at Yahoo Travel are daydreaming about so we can all take that mental vacation together. Let’s go to…
Photo: Bering Land Bridge National Preserve/Flickr
…the Tors at Serpentine Hot Springs!!! Located in eastern Alaska, just across from Russia, is The Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, one of the most remote United States national park areas. Amidst the rolling tundra is a scenic valley where granite tors rise out of the ground and tower 100 feet above the land, surrounding the geothermal hot springs. These fascinating granite monoliths were formed by magma being trapped below ground, slowly cooling into towers of granite, and then slowly being exposed again through thousands of years of erosion to the surrounding landscape. If you’re lucky enough to journey out to this remote locale, you’ll be sure to enjoy a soak in the soothing waters of the hot spring while you enjoy the uniquely beautiful landscape around you.
