Days Theme Song: Everyday is a Winding Road - Sheryl Crow
Woke up at the butt crack of dawn...dinked around Jackson Hole and grabbed a coffee where we met a Romanian college boy. We were then off to Teton National Park, where we spotted our first Buffalo. Further down the pipe we made it to Yellowstone which we decided, "bit ass" due to stoopid people wearing hair nets.
Grumpy and a little sleepy we again ventured forth, ready to see more blah. Much to our excitement, we ran smack into a GRIZZLY BEAR! He was taking a nap due to recent de-hybernations. Some friendly travelers provided binoculars, so cool. I then gave Suzi a harsh reprimand for not bringing binoculars...she responded with the finger.
We then found our way to Old Faithful where the fun really began (Really, this is the good part!). We arrived just in time to see the old semi-faithful blow! We oohed and ahhhed for a time then moved on to the other many geysers. After taking a zillion pictures of steaming holes in the ground, we approached a calm little wooded area...well it was calm until Suzi uttered a mighty gasp...and Lisa (me) said Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck! (in front of a family with small children, but nevermind). We found ourselves within spitting distance of a large hairy buffalo and his brother. We seemed to be the only ones concerned, didn't anyone else receive the flyer with the man getting speared by the buffalo?!?!
We recovered and moved on to what looked like a little baby geyser. Seeing the many people watching we asked a man "Does this do something?" He told us it did something and was supposed to be neat. Well my friends, it started erupting almost immediately. We felt a sprinkle and decided it was quite refreshing. Ummmmm....that is until the sprinkle became an outright tsunami from the sky. Within moments we were completely drenched and screeching like banshees. Giggles ensued and soon became hysterics of laughter as we decided to tell people we fell into the hot tub (steaming hole in ground). We giggled all the way to the car, exclaiming to many on the way, that we "got geysered". This soon became something to repeat to local strangers.
Suzi at the navigation helm, we set out for Madison to get a room for the night. It soon became apparent that we might be like Gilligan lost on the island. As we tried to figure out where the hell we were, we happened upon our second GRIZZLY! He was not napping, but chomping on what we have determined to be a small animal. We were freezing at this point due to torrential downpour at the geyser, so we hopped in the car and set out to find shelter. Several hours later, (yes really, several hours) we happened upon Gardiner, Montana and exclaimed, "HEY WHAT HAPPENED TO WYOMING!".
So here we sit in the only available hotel within several hundred miles, still a little soggy and worn out. However, do not think that we did not turn this into an event as well, since we met a self proclaimed rising star in the form of our dinner waiter. His name is Greg Cushblablahah and he has apparently starred as several dead bodies on Grey's Anatomy and is soon to appear in the upcoming Jack Black film, named something we can't remember. We informed him that we were also famous and provided autographs for him to treasure.
Ok, road warriors, we are plotting our course for tomorrow and have high hopes of arriving in Devils Tower. Thanks for reading. Peace Out.
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