After our cowboy cookout, we got back to our campsite pretty late. When we did get back, I had a border line mutiny on my hands. Turns out, no one was really interested in going to Old Faithful. Everyone was worried that it would be underwhelming and really crowded and NOT FUN. I mean, I understood that. I also thought it would be crowded and not fun, but this was YELLOWSTONE. How could we NOT go to Old Faithful. So, here was the plan. Leave at 7, let the kids sleep in the RVs, we will pick up Gramma on the way, leave at 7, and get there at 8. And that is what we did. Some of us more willingly then others, but we made it about 8 and this is what we saw.
Turns out when they say "Old Faithful" They mean Old Faithful +/- 15 minutes. This was on the minus side. So, we had to wait another 90 minutes (+/- 15). But it was fine. Why? We got to have REAL COFFEE. Totally worth it. 90 minutes passed pretty quickly and we were ready for the next round. This was the before people.
Behind us somewhere was basically us from another country who kept trying to get people to do the wave. I know, why didn't we think of that? But the boys were willing and here they are running to try to get it started.
Didn't work. But it killed some time. Then Old Faithful when off for reals. Yes, it was pretty cool, and getting there at 8 meant it was absolutely fine!
After the show, we went on a the geyser walk to nearby geysers. We saw various geothermal structures. It was pretty cool.
Boy Cousins. This is one of my favorite pictures.
Bathroom break
Morning glory. You aren't supposed to throw anything in it. So of course Andy did. Oh well.
After the hike, we had a couple of options. We did try to do see some other stuff but it was so crowded. We ended up heading to our new campground. That's right. We move campgrounds. Why? Well, I just thought we should try something new. Yellowstone is such a big park I thought it was a good opportunity to see something different. After we saw how nice our Canyon Campground was, I was regretting that decision. And I heard about it, but here we were checking into our third site on this trip. But it was awesome! Another great campsite. The bathrooms were even better, the best yet. But the real treat was that we could WALK to the nearby river.
This was a real treat. I had hoped to spend some time on a river in montana, but that site was just to far. I was so glad to be able to have a similar experience in the park. d
Really we took one look at ti and all went to put on swimsuits. Myself included. I was hoping to take some sort of a bath. It didn't really work out, but the river was still nice.
Our last night in the park was a good one. We had steak and baked potato and cake for John' birthday. But again, it was just the relaxed atmosphere in the park that made this a great vacation.
We said good night and good bye by the campfire. The john sons were going to start their trip home and we were leaving the park. It was a great trip but it was time to think about what was next.
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