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9.03: day 4
I promise I will finish blogging about our trip very soon! It gets better I promise. Then, on to bigger news... more on that after a few more posts.
Ahem... Day 4
We woke up early in our tent. During the night, Mike and I both heard some really crazy noises. Perhaps it was elk chit-chatting in the forest... whatever, when a mere thin layer of tent material separates you from true wildlife (as they specialize in Yellowstone) otherwise cute Elk noises in the middle of the night become "mike... do you think that is big foot?" Yea, we were lucky we had a guard dog... or at least something tasty to use as a bribe for a quick get-a-way. Just kidding Miles... moving on.

Our itinerary for the day was to get to Rapid City at a reasonable hour... this was an approximate 8 hour drive then you add in additional trailer time = 10 hours.

Our hotel for the previous night.

Mother and baby elk on the side of the road. Since we were in our car I wasn't able to get a great shot of the baby nursing. It is not difficult to spot wildlife here... just look for the multiple cars stopping and people walking around with cameras... as they were in this case.

Baby Elk.

We packed up as early as possible to make it over to see 'Old Faithful'. Michael was starving and really wanted to go eat. I, however, had this feeling that the geyser was about to go so we waited... about 5 minutes. And then-

The geyser only goes off about once every 45 minutes - to - an hour and 30 minutes. Apparently, it is difficult to calculate the exact time. We got lucky and only waited 5 minutes. Awesome.

Higher!

HIGHER!

See we were here!

As we were leaving 'Old Faithful' and walking to eat breakfast, we heard this ranger say "hey look Castle Rock is going off! That geyser only blows about once every 30 hours!" Yep, we ran over to 'Castle Rock' which happened to be on our way to breakfast and took some pictures. This geyser was much better then 'Old Faithful' and lasted much longer. After hanging out for a while we went to eat breakfast... now that is what you call speed sight-seeing!

On the trip out of the park (this took about 2 hours) we stopped to take a break with some buffalo. We were so impressed with the size and sounds of these animals. This group was just crossing the road right in front of us.

Life in the fast lane...