Day 7, Thursday, September 13, 2007
I'm as happy as one can be -- setting at the table sipping tea and enjoying toast. No errands to run today -- no bills to pay -- it is so quiet here -- I do believe even he birds are still asleep. Yesterday (Thursday) we returned to Yellowstone because we really wanted to see Old Faithful erupt. It was such a blessing to me that Ben drove back because his intention was to drive right on to Billings, Montana.
Old Faithful erupts about every 90 minutes -- we arrived about 10 minutes early -- there were lots of people and I could feel the eager anticipation in the air. Non e of us were disappointed as Old Faithful erupted once again -- spurting thousands of gallons of boiling water over 100 feet into the air -- a truly spectacular sight. On our return trip we saw elk, bison -- at one point a bison walked past at about 10 feet away -- phew!
. . . We stopped at the Post Office in Yellowstone and there was a whole herd of elk so I was able to watch them up close -- also got to hear the bull elk call.
. . . We passed the 49th parallel today -- the sign read that the 49th parallel was half way between the equator and the North Pole.
. . . After re-vising Old Faithful we started off once again hoping to make it to Billings but didn't quite make it that far -- stayed in a tiny town called Geiser. KOA campgrounds seem to be working well. They have hot tubs which Ben made use of last night -- relaxing for him after a long day of driving.
. . .Once again the scenery was hundreds of miles of open range with scarcely a house here and then a tiny town every hundred miles or so. Lots of people have told me over the years that this is what Montana was like -- but it has been a tremendous experience seeing it for myself. I have never seen so much open land.
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