Wednesday, June 3, 2009
We woke up this morning to the cool, brisk temperature of 47 degrees!!! Not only wa
s it cold, it was raining. Alan was feeling much better this morning and his fever was gone. We both felt that we should not go camping just in case Alan was not back at 100%. Instead, we decided to explore the major sites of Yellowstone National Park then head on our way. From the west entrance gate, it was about a 35 minute drive to Old Faithful. Along the way, we had a coyote cross the road right in front of the car then we had several families of Bison eating on the side of the road. We f
inally reached Old Faithful and arrived just in time. I was reading in the park paper that the geyser usually erupts about every 90 minutes, but depends on the day and year. We walked up to the geyser and two minutes later it started erupting. It was the warmest I was all day long. It was hard to see where the steam stopped and the sky began due to how grey the sky was. We continued down the road to the waterfall areas. We were apparently on the wrong side because all we could see were the rapids of the river (making Alan think it would be a good idea to come back one day and go white water rafting). We left the park via the east entrance...meaning we had to travel through the sno
wy Rocky Mountains! We were planning on stopping for the night near Mount Rushmore. As a result, we had to take the scenic route (though more mountains) to get to the interstate. While in the mountains, we were able to get close looks at deer, antelope, and moose! It was really neat to see all of the animals in their natural habitat and not in pictures or zoos. I was mostly disappointed that we didn't see any bears. Needless to say, Alan was not upset or disappointed. Going though the mountains we were surprised that the speed limit was 65 mph when Alan and I couldn't go any faster than 40 mph (25 mph around most of the turns). There must be some confident and crazy drivers in Wyoming. We finally reached the interstate and before we knew it we were in Rapid City, where we stopped for the night.
s it cold, it was raining. Alan was feeling much better this morning and his fever was gone. We both felt that we should not go camping just in case Alan was not back at 100%. Instead, we decided to explore the major sites of Yellowstone National Park then head on our way. From the west entrance gate, it was about a 35 minute drive to Old Faithful. Along the way, we had a coyote cross the road right in front of the car then we had several families of Bison eating on the side of the road. We f
inally reached Old Faithful and arrived just in time. I was reading in the park paper that the geyser usually erupts about every 90 minutes, but depends on the day and year. We walked up to the geyser and two minutes later it started erupting. It was the warmest I was all day long. It was hard to see where the steam stopped and the sky began due to how grey the sky was. We continued down the road to the waterfall areas. We were apparently on the wrong side because all we could see were the rapids of the river (making Alan think it would be a good idea to come back one day and go white water rafting). We left the park via the east entrance...meaning we had to travel through the sno
wy Rocky Mountains! We were planning on stopping for the night near Mount Rushmore. As a result, we had to take the scenic route (though more mountains) to get to the interstate. While in the mountains, we were able to get close looks at deer, antelope, and moose! It was really neat to see all of the animals in their natural habitat and not in pictures or zoos. I was mostly disappointed that we didn't see any bears. Needless to say, Alan was not upset or disappointed. Going though the mountains we were surprised that the speed limit was 65 mph when Alan and I couldn't go any faster than 40 mph (25 mph around most of the turns). There must be some confident and crazy drivers in Wyoming. We finally reached the interstate and before we knew it we were in Rapid City, where we stopped for the night. 
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