Sunday
Our last full day.
We really pushed ourselves by going to the Grand Prismatic Spring, which we had missed due to bad weather when we were at Old Faithful. We set off with a packed lunch and arrived at Old Faithful just in time to find a seat and watch the geyser do its thing, I suppose that’s why it’ called Old Faithful. The weather was now warm and sunny, but there were some big clouds away in the distance. We ate our lunch and traveled on to the Midway Geyser Basin, where the Grand Prismatic Spring is. This spring is absolutely amazing, the colours produced by those little thermopiles is quite spectacular. We stood for some time taking in the scene, even though at ground level one cannot see the whole lake, oh for a helicopter. I managed to get some nice pics, probably too many, but it was very enjoyable just snapping away. We were now in a race with the weather as a huge storm cloud was approaching against the wind, so we knew it was bad news and we were quite exposed, still we saw all we wanted and returned to the car, just as the first spots of rain fell.
We continued round the southern loop road through Norris, leaving the rain behind, and stopped at Canyon Village for just one more Prime Rib meal at the Cafeteria, where we had enjoyed talking with the staff there, who are all student summer employees from many parts of the USA and abroad. We had met young people from North and South Carolina, Delaware, Oregon, Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Colorado as well as a girl from Poland. They were very interesting to talk with.
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Did we tell you about Gros Ventre NP campground near the airport road in the Tetons? I don't know if they will be there at this time of year but if you want moose thats a great place and we always saw lots more moose in the Tetons than in Yellowstone. Have fun in Jackson Hole....another of my favourites.
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