West. Day #7!

 Another breakfast at Old Faithful. Can you see Jenna in the peach sweatshirt sitting down by the seats? She wanted a better angle for her photos.

Drew happy and making lots of noise again in this very, very quiet area. His voice echoed across the hills!  

 An Old Faithful prediction clock.

Resting after their 1/2 mile hike above Old Faithful.

 Beautiful buildings...Old Faithful Lodge

 Saying goodbye to our cabin.

 And goodbye to our Raven friend.

 A drive around Firehole Loop as we made our wsy out of the Park today.

 The Madison River and Grasshopper bank.

 Madison

 Amelia shopping in West Yellowstone, MT.

Shopping and buying treats for our ride to Bozeman.

One of Dave's favorite towns.

Old Faithful, WY to Bozeman, MT... 131 miles
Back to civilization and the internet!  We have been on the road for a week!

West. Day #6

 Day #2 at the Old Faithful Lodge cabins.  Breakfast while waiting for Old Faithful.

An eruption!  Every 70 or so minutes. The Park Ranger times the eruption and reports it by radio to the other Rangers. The length of eruption helps to determine the next eruption. There are signs all over to let visitors know the Times of the geysers eruptions. 

 Drew and I had two hours by ourselves to explore the grounds while the others took a Ranger tour.  It was chilly...35 degrees!

 We had the place to ourselves!

 There they are!!  See the group?

 On top of the terrace of Old Faithful Inn.

 Reunited to watch another eruption from the other side of Old Faithful.

There are signs everywhere not to touch the water or geyser area. In case you were wondering by the time the water from Old  Faithful reached us it was cool.

 Lunch back at cabin 410. We're getting used to this!  Our cabin is only 1/4 of that structure.

Dave took the girls for a quick hike behind our cabin. That's the Firehole River.  Lots of beware of wildlife signs by the way..

 A quiet and actual tear filled moment as we remember Hegel who died 16 years ago and whose remains rest here.

Took a drive to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and the upper falls.

 A lonely bison jam!

 After dinner An evening view again.

We walked most of the extensive board walk system at Old Faithful....about 2 1/2 miles. Lots of pretty sunset photos. 

Beautiful and getting chilly again.

 3 sisters

 Old Faithful from afar.

 Fuzzy pictures of an elk herd on our walk

 Belgium pool

 Spasmodic Geyser

Sunset and the Firehole River.

 A family shot earlier that evening.

Old Faithful, WY to Old Faithful, WY! 101 driving around miles... More steps on foot then driving miles today.

West. Day #5

Doggie... Quite the traveler.. Been a faithful friend for Ava for over 10 years...waking up this morning In a very nice Hampton Hotel Suite room for $25 (I might add). In Buffalo, WY

Amelia at her happiest.  Looking out the van window on our mountainous ride on Route 16 near Ten Sleep, WY. 

A rest /photo stop on Route 16.

Pretty Ava..pretty scenery

Rest stop again.

Ava teenagering, snap gramming..social mediaing at the rest stop 

Thought this was unique.   The Rodeo office in Cody, WY.

We finally made it to Yellowstone and the East entrance. A first for all of us. 

Making our way to Old Faithful and here a view from above of Lake Yellowstone.

Finally our cabin outside of The Lodge at Old Faithful.  I booked this accessible cabin on January 3rd knowing it had a single bed and a double bed. That was it.  I have been worried.  Its not big, but it will work!

Our first view of Old Faithful.

Amelia with Old Faithful Inn in the background.

Old Faithful in the evening.

Waiting for our first view of Old Faithful. We took a short walk around the grounds and then off to our cabin to bed. No tv. No internet. Just ghost stories and lots of nighttime quiet...oh yes. And Drew talking loudly. Very loudly...to be heard through Yellowstone.

Buffalo, Wyoming to Old Faithful, Wyoming ...306 miles