Old Faithful – Saturday, July 12

We started the day with a small group of bison wandering through the campground. All the campers went diving for cameras. Some campers mainly jumped up and out of the way. (We’ve all heard the cautionary tales about getting too close.)

We saw more elk down by the river that flows through the campground’s meadow. We sat down on one side and the elk grazed right up to the other giving us quite a show.

We saw painted mud pots and Old Faithful today. By now we’re a bit familiar with how the geyser systems work. The mud pots and nearby springs have many brilliant colors. The water is quite acidic (hence the softening of the surrounding rocks to make the mud). We hope to return to the geysers near Old Faithful before long.

We have some great times around the camp fires at night. I brought my guitar, and my brother-in-law, Van, brought his … so of course we do a lot of singing. Some of the neighbor kids came to join us. We also played the “Animal Game” a bit, and it’s become quite a hit with my kids (bear-moose, moose-bear, etc.!).

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