Day 45

Date: Wednesday August 19, 2015

Location at the beginning of the day: Grant Village Campground

Distance to drive: 40 miles

Hours to drive: about an hour round trip

Destination: Old Faithful and the Upper Geyser Basin

Planned activities: shower (it is going on 5 days since we have showered), check out Old Faithful and walk around the Upper Geyser Basin

Quote of the day: “Look at that smoke!”  I think that I hear this about a hundred times between the two girls.  I then had to explain that smoke comes from a fire and what they see is steam that is from the really hot water that is exploding out of geysers.

We made and ate breakfast in the trailer, which quickly warmed up.   Now our trailer smells like bacon. 

It has officially hit the point in the trip where I have no idea what day of the week it is or what the date is.  I know how many days we have left here and where we go next, but the reality of date and time is completely gone.

At Old Faithful we watched the famous geyser erupt and then wandered around the boardwalk (about 3 miles).  In the visitors centre we learned about all the thermal features in the park as well as how they work and how the hundreds of earthquakes around the Yellowstone area affect them.