Wow, what a day. We were too tired to start as early as we wanted. Amy and I got up on time and took all the clothes to the laudramat, came back to eat breakfast, and went back to dry them. All this while everyone else was still getting up and dressed. (You go Amy!)
We all got loaded up after we made our P&J sandwiches for lunch. The hotel has a good breakfast, we make our own lunches and then we can afford dinner out. Proves you can still travel and save. Must be in my blood. LOL Anyway, we all piled up into the cars. We changed our normal seating arrangement. Usually in my car I am driving, Diana is in the passenger seat, and Amy and Lizz are in the back seat. In Steve's car Steve drove, Salome was in the shotgun seat and in the back was Jeffery, the carseat in the middle with Destiny and then Christopher. But to get into the park, Grandma Diana had to switch seats with Salome because Diana has a Lifetime Eagle Pass like me. The normal cost is $25 per car for 7 days. We do not have to pay at all to get in. It's the advantage of being either older or disabled.
Since it was 10:30am the roads were more packed than it was the night before. It was disconcerting that people wanted to drive fast to get to their different sites that they wanted to see but as soon as the saw a Bison they, errrrrrrr, stopped right there on the road to watch them. Some pulled over, others didn't care. Such a mixture of people. We did stop but by pulling over. As Steve, Lizz, Salome, and Destiny walked down closer with the other humans, I stayed by the back of my car watching the habits of the driving humans. I think I'm waving in at least 5 home movies. I'm a movie star!
Back on the road and still traffic. Understand this is only a short distance setback but it takes awhile. The distance to get to Madison Junction is only 14 miles but still takes while at 45 mpg whether there is traffic or not. At the Junction is where you chose to go left to the north area or right to the south area. We chose a right turn to go to Old Faithful area again only this time to actually walk the path to see all the pools, springs, and geysers. Just as we were turning there was a huge deer. At first we thought it was one of those statues but it wasn't.
As we drove along the road we went slower than the speed limit. We wanted to soak everything in. We turned off into almost every opportunity to view something spectacular. Our first turn off was for Firehole Canyon Drive. It was beautiful. It is a one way so there were places to stop to take it in. It's trees with the raging river below, Firehole River. Very picturesque. Almost looks like it doesn't belong here with all the geysers & hot springs.
This road turns back onto the main road. We drove to the next turn off to Fountain Flats Drive. Nothing spectacular. It's really for fly fishers to go. Back on the main road to Fountain Paint Pot. We got out to look and the weather started to change. This place has a boardwalk to walk and roll a wheelchair on. Mudpts, springs, and bubbling geysers. Quite interesting to find one mudpot was formed after a 1959 earthquake. Before it was a grassy spot! As we walked around it started to sprinkle. Not too bad but we did move a little faster. But I have to say, it doesn't stop people or us from viewing the spectacular beauty of what God has given for us to enjoy.
Back on the road to Midway Geyser Basin. We thought we had seen beauty already. Oy! This was also a boardwalked place so all could enjoy. Of course it rained as we got out of the car. We decided to get back into our cars. We talked on our walkie-talkies and decided to just get back into the car, drive, and come back later. We sat for a few more moments when, wow, the clouds opened up! We now got out and walked to see the rest of the beauty that we could see from the road. Worth every drip that occurred after we were 3/4 the way through. We also made memories.
On the road toward Old Faithful again. Bisquit Basin and Black Sand Basin were closed for repairs to their boardwalks. So we continued to Old Faithful Village. This time we turned into the Lodge Inn parking, which put us on the opposite side from last night. We had just missed a spouting so we took it easy. We went to the visitors center and the potty's. I decided my left leg was not going to make the rounds on this site so I decided to get a wheel chair. I was prepared to pay but they have a wonderful policy, leave a credit card and you can borrow (not pay for) a wheel chair. We all gathered up and decided which direction we'd go to first.
Well, it's 8:19 am this Wednesday morning. All have finally awakened and ready to eat breakfast. I couldn't write this last night because we were tired. I'll explain later. For now I'm stopping to eat breakfast or they will all be waiting for me. And that's not good. My next blog will be of our day, yes DAY, at the Old Faithful area. I don't understand how anyone can do this in a few hours. It was so breathtaking.
C
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