Yellowstone, Oldest and Best

. . .that's what was written on one of Brad's favorite tee shirts. I think he had it until I literally saw it disintegrate off of his body.

The next morning, there was another hike to another lake. This time however, Rachel and Emma didn't want to go so I stayed behind with them with Laura and spent a leisurely morning browsing the gift shop. At about 1:00 we said goodbye to Derek and Laura as they headed back home. Now it was time for the Yellowstone leg of the trip.

We spent the day walking the board walks and watching geysers. We stayed in the new part of Old Faithful Inn. There were a crazy amount of people there. It was very crowded. What happened to the "gas prices are so high that people won't travel as much this summer" tripe that the news has been feeding me? I guess other people didn't get the message. I did notice something interesting though, 90-95 percent of the people we saw at the park were within 1/2 mile from the road. After that, it was basically just us at one with nature.


After dinner at the grill at the Hamilton Store, we went back to our rooms. We were supposed to have a high-level room (whatever that means). We decided that it must mean that our room has bathrobes. Emma seemed to enjoy it.

Is the water coming out of the geyser hot after an eruption? The answer is yes, very.