Today we spent the day finishing our whirlwind tour of Yellowstone National Park! We started early and headed to the parking lot of Old Faithful to get there ahead of the crowds so parking would not be an issue. We started prepping our breakfast, and Doug checked some app which tracked the timing of Old Faithful’s eruption. He discovered it was “scheduled” to erupt in 10 minutes so we all hustled out of the RV and ran to the famous geyser, only to discover another valuable life lesson. Nature is on her own schedule, not the stupid schedule of humans! It was okay, though, because we started chatting up another nice family also waiting!
We have all discovered the simple joy of conversations that start with, “Where are you visiting from?!” With the rare exception of one or two unfriendly individuals, we have met some really fantastic people just by asking that one question. It is wonderful to have the unique opportunity share travel tips, a piece of our life story or even Jesus with random strangers. It is pure joy for us to see the girls come out of their shell and share a piece of their heart or a favorite memory with someone. At this age, they are often quite tight lipped, unless they have a complaint or issue to rant about! When we have the chance to hear them open up, it is heartwarming. Sometimes as parents we overlook how much they take in or even how they are just tiny humans with thoughts and opinions of their own. It is humbling, to say the least!
The next stop of the day took us to Grand Prismatic. We had read that if you arrived too early the fog would not have burned off. We thought 11am would be late enough, but because of the rain the evening before, it was not! We still were able to check out the surrounding area, but could not fully experience the beauty we had heard so much about until we hiked up to the overlook!
After checking the last two sightseeing boxes for the day, we headed to West Yellowstone in Montana. We spent the night restocking, resetting & cleaning the camper and relaxing in town with our first dinner out. We were able to ride our bikes from Grizzly RV Park, which was a fun change of pace. The town looked exactly like you would expect a modern-ish “Wild West” town to look. The locals were exceptionally friendly and the tourists were plentiful.
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Incredible pictures! Love the notation that they are not retouched!! – Huckleberry’s? Isn’t that a song? Keep posting your great adventure!
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