Breathing deep

Sept 9 con’t
Jerry found his magical forest with the petrified tree (stumps). After 36 years of being married I knew that Jerry had an unusually strong interest in rocks and geology. But I have never before heard him giggle when he sees land formations or other things he tried to explain to be as being, oh so wonderful! We ended the day once again with hot dogs over the fire. That is oh so easy when you’re tired after a long day of enjoying all that nature has to offer.

Sept 10
A cold, cold morning. Jerry had the wonderful idea of warming up in the car as we drove towards Old Faithful. We spent most of the day there watching geysers and walking through thermal areas. At one point we asked at an information desk if there was a place where campers could take showers. The young woman pointed out the building to us and told us that if we asked at the desk they would gladly let us take a shower – for $5. Then she mentioned that we could just walk past the front desk to the second floor and help ourselves. We choose the second option. The showers were a gift- both to us and those around us.
While at Old Faithful we started talking to a young couple who came in on bikes. They were
from NY and were taking 3 years to bike around the world – yep, that right. They said something about visiting local farms and breweries along the way. They have a web site – FoodCyclist.com She was biking with 40#, he was hauling 125#. Kind of crazy. When they got to the west coast they planned to fly to New Zealand and continue their journey. As I said they were young!
We had ice cream for lunch. We promise kids, we’ll start eating our veggies one of these days.

More Bits and Pieces (referred to in the future as B & Ps)

Jerry decided that many tourist are guilty of drive by shootings – that is pulling up to a scenic area, winding down their car (van, RV-some of those things are huge )window, snapping a picture and moving right along. He’s right.

Noticed that the entrance and exit ramps in MT have cattle guards. Hmmm.

When gathering firewood for the campfire you notice that there is a buffalo between you and that perfect piece of fire wood, it is time to settle on the second best perfect piece.