Monday, August 2, 2010

Old Geysers, Old Geezers, and Old Faithful






Day 12:
Today we saw the rest of Yellowstone and it was practically up in our faces! We first visited the old geysers that were formed in a series of basins. It was very comical of how the warning sign shows a little kid jumping on the geysers. Honestly, what kind of an idiot would pull that stunt off? Anyway... we spent almost an hour at the basins and started to see the main attraction of Yellowstone: Old Faithful. It in fact was very faithful, based on its 92 minute intervals of each eruption...sadly we missed that by 5 minutes as well so we just ate ice cream and waited...and waited until finally he (or she) erupted. The explosion was pretty high and stayed there for about 2 minutes. My dad even got a good video clip of it and my mom got a picture of geezers next to a sign of geysers as well! After that, we saw some colorful paintpots by bacteria that lives in extreme conditions. After old faithful we saw a Bison in the parking lot and while I took this picture my mom ran away...while the bison are comin' my mom goes a runnin'. We drove through the AMAZING Grand Tetons and ended the day in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. We are staying there for a night and had the best Thai food yet! I'm pretty wiped and we have a whole schedule planned for tomorrow. Will blog soon though

4 comments:

  1. Wow! America is amazing. What sites and sights! Thank you for sharing. Enjoying it all. A really well-done synopsis of the highlights. Fyi, on Thursday, we will be leaving for our vacation, and won't have easy access to a computer. When we return next week, we'll catch up with you. Don't think we've forgotten about you! I know you have a lot more to see and share! Enjoy and until the next time...xoauntmad

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  2. That's too bad about not being near a computer. Have a great time and tell me all about Italy. Or maybe you should start a blog.

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  3. Adian-

    Its so great....I feel like I am there with you..you are doing a great job...its all so beautiful...you really appreciate this country when you are out West.

    Continue to be amazed and share it with all of us.

    Loving every minute...

    Marian

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  4. Thanks Marian - the blog was your idea!!!

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