And The Hats Are Where? Duh! - Thursday, June 16, 2011

And The Hats Are Where?  Duh! - Thursday, June 16, 2011

Today was going to be another busy day. When we got up this morning it was 51 degrees inside the trailer and a not-too-shabby 41 degrees outside. Brrr!

Although we wanted to be sure to get an early start we did take time to have waffles for breakfast. YUM!

We entered the park, again, by the east entrance at about 9:30. It takes us over a half hour, and maybe 45 minutes, to get there. Not far inside the park there were a lot of workmen and a lot of equipment and two "flagpersons." They were cleaning up a mess. During the night the water coming down the mountain had brought a lot of mud with it. So much mud, as a matter of fact, that it covered half of the road and was deposited high enough that it covered the metal rails that are usually along the side of the bridges across little streams of water that usually come down mountsides. The increased snowmelt had really brought some surprises with it.

Today was a gray day; a lot less sun and a lot less snow. The scenery was better yesterday with the sunlight on the white snow.

I watched the temperature sensor for the outside air go down: 49 degrees, 48 degrees, 41 degrees. These were the temperature changes for 9:30am to 9:48am. No wonder I was feeling colder!

Somewhere else there was another traffic jam because of a wildlife sighting but it was not in my camera's range.

It was a very windy day; a cold wind. When we stopped at the West Thumb Geyser Basin we realized that we left our winter hats back in the trailer. I specifcally packed them in the trailer so they would be available at night time in case we really get cold in bed. But I forgot to bring them along on the trip to the park. I did think of the hooded sweatshirts though.

And it was here that we found out that we would be too late for the next eruption and way to early for the following one.

Next we stopped at the Kepler Cascades. What a waterfall! It has cut such a deep canyon.

We also stopped Biscuit Basin and Midway Geyser Basin for some more views of the thermals and a chance to fill our lungs with sulphur. *cough *sputter *choke

We decided that we really didn't have the time to go into Idaho to find a geocache but we did want to stop at the Old Faithful Post Office to mail some cards. I'm hoping they will get a special post mark. What a tourist complex!

Then we were on our way home. While we were going down the mountain there was a bicyclist walking and pushing his packed bicycle up the mountain. It was already 41 degrees with the probability of rain, flash floods and snow showers. The higher mountains were already covered with clouds. I wondered if he would have accepted a ride if someone offered him and his bicycle a lift up the mountain.

We were back at the RV Park by 4:50pm and down for a nap by 5:05pm. Then came dinner and computer time for blogs and bookkeeping.

It rained a little bit at 7:50pm but soon stopped. The wind slowed a bit but it is up to howling speed again. Sometimes the trailer even rocks a little. "Rock a-bye, baby, on the tree top...."