Today finds us touring the Grand Canyon area. We did end up spending an entire day at Yellowstone, did lots of walking to various spots. We got started early and it was chilly, probably in the 30-40's so as you drove you saw these incredible landscapes of frost with these plumes of steam rising. Had to stop for the buffalo and elk crossing the road. Way cool!
Pulled into the parking lot at Old Faithful and found out it was set to go off in 5 minutes! Talk about timing! So here we all are sitting on the VERY cold metal benches waiting . . . hear this rumble and sure enough, there goes Old Faithful. I think. Actually all we saw was just a bigger and higher cloud of steam! I thought it was pretty funny, kind of mother nature thumbing her nose at us, but the rest of the people were a tad grumpy about not seeing anything.
The next day we started out early, but it was much colder and the landscape had changed entirely. Now it was so cold that the steam created a dense layer of fog on the ground we would not have been able to see any of the things we had walked to the day before.
We headed south through the Tetons and unfortunately picked up a stone chip in the windshield. So we are now watching this crack slowly develop across the windshield. Hopefully it will last until we get to CA because I really doubt that any windshield place will have a 2009 Honda Fit replacement just hanging around.
Speaking of the Fit, we are looking more and more like the Clampetts as we progress across the states. Lamp shade on top of the roll of paper towels. Unfortunately, Chelsea has no idea who the Clampetts are. Lord, to be young!
We didn't make it to Bob's. She is getting antsy about getting to Yosemite before the 31st so she doesn't lose her housing. So we are putting in some long driving days.
Miss the chats here. But I will be back by next week.
Pulled into the parking lot at Old Faithful and found out it was set to go off in 5 minutes! Talk about timing! So here we all are sitting on the VERY cold metal benches waiting . . . hear this rumble and sure enough, there goes Old Faithful. I think. Actually all we saw was just a bigger and higher cloud of steam! I thought it was pretty funny, kind of mother nature thumbing her nose at us, but the rest of the people were a tad grumpy about not seeing anything.
The next day we started out early, but it was much colder and the landscape had changed entirely. Now it was so cold that the steam created a dense layer of fog on the ground we would not have been able to see any of the things we had walked to the day before.
We headed south through the Tetons and unfortunately picked up a stone chip in the windshield. So we are now watching this crack slowly develop across the windshield. Hopefully it will last until we get to CA because I really doubt that any windshield place will have a 2009 Honda Fit replacement just hanging around.
Speaking of the Fit, we are looking more and more like the Clampetts as we progress across the states. Lamp shade on top of the roll of paper towels. Unfortunately, Chelsea has no idea who the Clampetts are. Lord, to be young!
We didn't make it to Bob's. She is getting antsy about getting to Yosemite before the 31st so she doesn't lose her housing. So we are putting in some long driving days.
Miss the chats here. But I will be back by next week.