I dropped off Nadine at the Bozeman airport yesterday and I'm now in Grand Tetons National Park glamping at in a Colter Bay Tent Cabin where where I can get LTE cell service. My cell phone is setup as a hot spot and my laptop is online so that I can continue my blogging while the sun sets over the Tetons. Pretty slick huh?
Last night was supposed to be down in the low 30's with a chance of snow. It ended up being in the low 40's and I roasted in my new cold weather sleeping bag. The Tent Cabin has thick sleeping pads on the bunks which absorb a ton of body heat to help keep you warm. Between that and my 30 degree sleeping back, I was sweating after a couple hours. Tonight I'm adding my blowup sleeping pad as a second layer to keep some colder air between me and the hot sleeping pad to hopefully stay a little cooler. Funny, I was scared of being too cold out here...
But, I'm getting ahead of myself. Where was I on the last post? I think I was 3/4 through Day 3, so let's continue there.
Day 3.75
After touring the Upper Geyser Basin, we headed down to get a up close and personal view of the Grand Prismatic. There is also the Excelsior Geyser Crater that you walk by which has a ton of steam coming off of her.
But the real star of the show is the Grand Prismatic. There are different heat zones which are habitable by different flavors of algae, which is why you see different colors. Here are a few of my favorite shots.
We were starting to feel a bit tired after exploring the Grand Prismatic, so we decided it was time to head home. Then we ran into a Bison Jam which was backing up traffic pretty bad, so we decided to head up a side road called Firehole Lake Drive which does a little loop towards the east then comes back onto the main road.
Along the way we saw White Dome Geyser, which was interesting enough.
But the real show was happening on the road. A couple had parked their car to check out White Dome and shortly there after Nadine and I heard a pecking sound. We looked back and saw a Raven had decided it wanted to get someone's attention in the other couple's car. They were laughing and said, "Our daughter is in there, I bet she is freaking out". Well, the daughter was a little worried and hopped out of the car to see what was happening.
As the pesky raven flew off, I was able to capture a closeup of the culprit on camera in case the daughter wanted to file harassment charges with the National Park Rangers.
And, then it was time to head back to the Ho-Hum Motel for some well earned rest.
The laptop battery is winding down, so I probably should call it a day. Until next time.
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