Saturday, July 21, 2008:

Yippeeee! We’re at Yellowstone! First thing on the massive to-do list is to go visit “Old Faithful”. We got to that geyser basin around lunch time and started our walk around all the various pools and geysers. We were lucky enough to catch the “River Geyser” with its eruption (it lasted about 22 minutes) and then at the end of our tour we saw “Old Faithful” spout from the balcony of the Old Faithful Inn. We walked well over 3 miles in all, and everyone needed a rest so after a quick lunch in the RV of sandwiches; we headed to our new camp for the next to nights at Grant Village. When we arrived at our reserved camp site, there was a man in a Speedo grilling steaks at where we were supposed to stay. So after we greeted him and discovered he spoke no English, only French. (My Spanish was no help here! LOL) Michael quickly took off for the registration office and secured us another spot.

After a rest, the boys really enjoyed riding their bikes around our loop. There were also plenty of other boys and girls out riding and playing too. We grilled hamburgers and hot dogs for dinner and then took off on a short hike next to the lake (Yellowstone Lake). We saw a little muskrat swimming along the shore as we walked. After we returned to camp for more bike riding and get ready for our camp fire, Michael was on the phone to his parents for their anniversary and who should walk up about 20 feet from our campsite, a deer! He took one look at us and the campsite next to us and took off pretty quick.

Our campfire was a pretty big success. We toasted marshmallows and made s’mores. Lights out at about 10:30pm.