day. 7:45 a.m. - We got to the Park and it was a beautiful 60 degrees. I have a permanent pass to get in free and Elaine has a disability card for their vehicle, so it did not cost us anything to get into the Park and we got to park close to the Lodge. The first thing we did was drive the north look which took us 1st to an intersection called Madison, which is 6800 ft high, then along the Gibbon River we drove to different "basins" where we could see the Geysers and Hot Springs all over erupting. Since this is an active volcano area, there are many "hydrothermal" areas that are very dangerous because of the boiling water that is actually bubbling and spewing very hot water out. S
o you look and do not touch or you will get badly burned! There are many boardwalks to go on that wander all around the area. We saw the Mammoth Hot Springs, Tower Roosevelt then on down the loop to Canyon Village. All down the lower loop to Lake Village, West Thumb area and over to Old Faithful. It was a beautiful and spectacular site in every area. We stayed and watched Old Faithful erupt 2 times. It erupts about every 90 minutes and it is such an awesome sight to see, well worth seeing a 2nd time. Pictures do not do it justice at all. Lyle and Elaine were amazed at the grandeur and immense land, hills, animals, everything. Frank and I also thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the trip. Especially seeing how much fun those guys were having. The last time we were here we just had the motor home and no car to drive around the loops and see so much more. OOHS and AAHS were said by all all day. We had a nice lunch in the lo
dge between the erupting of Old Faithful Coming. coming back inside the Park on the main road there was a Buffalo just taking his time walking down the middle of the road, in no hurry. All the cars had to stop and go around him or just let him pass, in order to move on.
When we got to him he was RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR TRUCK & WOULD NOT MOVE!! Lyle tried to nudge him over and he was not about to give in. After what seemed "forever" he moved ever so slightly and we tried to get a picture but his body was within inches from the truck and this is the picture I got. It is his
body almost touching
the window next to me!! What an experience, that's for sure!
o you look and do not touch or you will get badly burned! There are many boardwalks to go on that wander all around the area. We saw the Mammoth Hot Springs, Tower Roosevelt then on down the loop to Canyon Village. All down the lower loop to Lake Village, West Thumb area and over to Old Faithful. It was a beautiful and spectacular site in every area. We stayed and watched Old Faithful erupt 2 times. It erupts about every 90 minutes and it is such an awesome sight to see, well worth seeing a 2nd time. Pictures do not do it justice at all. Lyle and Elaine were amazed at the grandeur and immense land, hills, animals, everything. Frank and I also thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the trip. Especially seeing how much fun those guys were having. The last time we were here we just had the motor home and no car to drive around the loops and see so much more. OOHS and AAHS were said by all all day. We had a nice lunch in the lo
dge between the erupting of Old Faithful Coming. coming back inside the Park on the main road there was a Buffalo just taking his time walking down the middle of the road, in no hurry. All the cars had to stop and go around him or just let him pass, in order to move on.When we got to him he was RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR TRUCK & WOULD NOT MOVE!! Lyle tried to nudge him over and he was not about to give in. After what seemed "forever" he moved ever so slightly and we tried to get a picture but his body was within inches from the truck and this is the picture I got. It is his
body almost touching
the window next to me!! What an experience, that's for sure! We got home about 7:45 p.m. and we all were exhausted!! What a day! Our total driving today in Lyle's truck was 180 miles and most of it while in the Park and we are only 7 1/2 miles from the Park entrance. The elevation of the Park for the whole time we were there is between 6,000 and 8,000 ft.
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