A representative sample of the family at Old Faithful. 
This attraction blows.
It must be before Labor Day, because these two weirdos always wore white. We're camping. Hellooo?
Waiting. Waiting. Waiting for the thing to blow.It's been eight years since we were at Yellowstone and, I guess, these parks have to remain "relevant." So, the park people thought it would be neat to put in this crude imitation of the Bellagio water show. The timing was all off. It took ninety minutes between shows. No Lee Greenwood. No Andrea Bocelli. No synchronized lights. I don't mind when someone comes to Vegas and steals one of our ideas. But come on. Put your heart into it.
Anyways, we woke up and had a delicious breakfast of bacon and eggs (Thank you Billy and Lizzie). We made sack lunches and then drove to Old Faithful. We waited around for the thing to blow. It was pretty exciting. We asked at the visitors center where the line was for the "Baby Launching" platform, but they said that it was too early in the day. Apparently, the geyser needs to get its burps out before it can successfully launch a baby.
After the eruption, our party split up. Some went to the bathrooms, others to the medical clinic, others to the Old Faithful Inn, and others to the general store. After some time and a couple of false starts, we all got back together at the campsite (Sorry Matt and Victoria).
We spent the afternoon hanging out. We took the kids to the visitors center to get their junior ranger books and then took them back to the visitors center later for an intense ranger program on weasels. I'm sure Matt will want to share Elara's line of questioning of Ranger Kassebaum, so I won't steal his thunder. Let me just say, if you ever have to face Elara in a courtroom, watch out.
We had a lovely dinner of dutch oven chicken and potatoes. Then, we all got to taste Pumpkin Spice. No, it's not a tawdry Spice Girls joke; it's a cobbler. I went to bed with a splitting migraine, but everyone else seemed to be able-bodied.
Coming up in tomorrow's installment: Bison, Falls, Sulphur and Bears (Oh My!).
5 comments:
And who can we thank for the lovely Bacon and Eggy Breakfast??....and you forgot to mention the three of us who split to the Old Faithful hospital who started the great car mix up
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Who's that next to you, Andy?? The unibomber, oh wait, that was ME!! I was having an incredibly bad hair day!! That's a great picture though...LOVE it!!
Your commentary is hilarious as always. My favorite is "the geyser needs to get its burps out." HA HA
So Lizzie started the great car mix-up. If u have ever seen Joe Dirt he got left at the grand canyon on purpose. Thankfully Kicking-Bird helped him find his family. In my case I would have never got lost from the group if it wasn't for Soaring Hawk and "Stands With Food" wandering from the group.-----"Hey! You Guys wanna go see the lodge after this thing erupts"?
I was just looking at the picture again, at each kid individually! So funny! They are going to LOVE this picture someday!
Scott has one shoe on and Alex is missing his completely! Some of the kids expressions are just priceless!
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