August 13
Three quarters of the world’s geysers are here in Yellowstone National Park and we walked off a lot of waffles today visiting most of them: the Norris Geyser Basin, the Artists’ Paintpots, the Midway Geyser Basin, West Thumb Geyser Basin and, of course, Old Faithful. Here's just a few. We felt as if we were on another planet.
The Magnificent Eruption
Within nine minutes of our arrival at Old Faithful, it obliged. It was as if a god, if you like, came out of the earth. There were quite a lot of people there who’d been waiting for a while. In general though, there’s been nothing like the crowds we’d been warned about. No nose-to-tail traffic other than at road works, and the only time you see a bunch of cars together is when there’s an animal nearby and there’s a cluster of camera clickers.
Oh blimey! Obama!
The guy in the log cabin next door tipped us off that President Obama is visiting Old Faithful tomorrow which is why we decided to go there today. This neighbour, from North Carolina, knows Devon well, loves Dartmoor, has worshipped at Exeter Cathedral and b and b’d in Bovey Tracey etc. Why am I always surprised at these "coincidences"?
Three quarters of the world’s geysers are here in Yellowstone National Park and we walked off a lot of waffles today visiting most of them: the Norris Geyser Basin, the Artists’ Paintpots, the Midway Geyser Basin, West Thumb Geyser Basin and, of course, Old Faithful. Here's just a few. We felt as if we were on another planet.
The Magnificent Eruption
Within nine minutes of our arrival at Old Faithful, it obliged. It was as if a god, if you like, came out of the earth. There were quite a lot of people there who’d been waiting for a while. In general though, there’s been nothing like the crowds we’d been warned about. No nose-to-tail traffic other than at road works, and the only time you see a bunch of cars together is when there’s an animal nearby and there’s a cluster of camera clickers.
Oh blimey! Obama!
The guy in the log cabin next door tipped us off that President Obama is visiting Old Faithful tomorrow which is why we decided to go there today. This neighbour, from North Carolina, knows Devon well, loves Dartmoor, has worshipped at Exeter Cathedral and b and b’d in Bovey Tracey etc. Why am I always surprised at these "coincidences"?
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