Bubbling Masses and Melting Campers (July 28-29)
Day two at Yellowstone. After a restless night, I climbed out of the tent to see that after we’d gone to bed, the family from Japan had returned. They must have figured they could get a hotel room nearby, and I can only assume that 2/3 of the campers at the park were chasing down the same dream. With nowhere to stay, they had come back late in the cold, pouring rain, and set their tent up again. Kudos to them for making it through the night. They didn’t even yell at each other in the night or in the morning. The rain stopped, but the skies were grey. Our rather morose group of campers slowly got going (apparently we are not good at getting an early start on the day). It’s ironic that it took us so long to get started, since most of us really had not slept much and were mostly awake by 6 am! We decided that today was a good day to eat at the diner inside the general store near our campground. Having a friendly server set down a plate of hot scrambled eggs, hash browns, bacon and ...