We started off early this morning to try to avoid the crowds we encountered at Old Faithful the day we entered the park. We did avoid the crowds. We also froze since it was not only cold but windy. I hate wind. But we did experience Old Faithful, which was a treat. Later in the day I asked Thomas what he thought were the highlights of the day. One was the hot chocolate we had after we watched Old Faithful!
A stop near at the geyser field near Yellowstone Lake gave us an opportunity to see geysers and scenery together.
We stopped at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone to look at the fall from Artist Point. While it looks sunny and bright, the wind was blowing and it was still cold.
We decided to picnic after buying lunch in one of the Park’s many stores. It sounded like a good idea-a nice lunch outside in the sun near a river. Well. we picked a spot off the map near a waterfall…but the picnic area was nowhere near the water. However, it WAS windy (what a shock after all the other wind we experienced during the day) and so cold that I could barely get my salad on the fork because I was shivering so hard!
One thing you look forward to in the park is a traffic jam-it usually means wildllife nearby. Sometimes it means a slow moving vehicle in the roadway….like a bison! In this case the bison was in the oncoming lane and the traffic was backed up behind him and following him. He was all wet, and probably coming back from his bath in the nearby river.
Travels with Billie 