Yellowstone Day 1

Hey gang! So I know I was pretty down in the dumps yesterday.  But after a solid ten or so hours of sleep I was able to wake up with a clear head and realize I was actually sleeping right at Old Faithful...who knew?!  I reorganized and headed down for the morning eruption.  As the name suggests Old faithful goes off like clockwork every 90 mins.  It went off pretty much on schedule I think it was about 5 minutes behind.  It erupts for about 3 and 1/2 minutes and shoots up about 100ft. After seeing Old Faithful which was impressive don't get me wrong but we all know it, no surprises here kids, I headed back to the lodge to figure out my lodging for that night, the bigger concern.  There was one cabin available about an hour away.  It was that or the tent, I was in.  I also decided to book some tours for both today and tomorrow to get the full Yellowstone experience.  The park is huge!  2.2 million acres to be exact.  If you were to drive through all of it which is close to 400 miles you would only see 1%.  I needed some experts to help me nagivigate this terrain, especially with snow in the forecast the next couple days.  The first tour I booked was called the Firehole basin tour.  It was about 3 hours and we drove around to multiple points of interest in the park to check out various geysers, basins, etc.  So I had no idea that Yellowstone was a volcano and that is was covered in "thermal features" throughout.  I thought it had Old Faithful and that was it...oh no there are hundreds of geysers.  Ultimately, there are four different types of thermal features; basin geysers, mud pots, hot springs, and fumaroles.  I was able to see all four types today in all their glory.  The boomerang app is a pretty cool way to capture images of these "thermal features" in action! It was a chilly day with temps around 38 and on and off snow most of the day.  When the tour ended it was the warmest I had seen all day at 46 degrees and by the time I drove to my cabin it dropped to 32 and was snowing heavily, that's how quickly it can change.  Tomorrow I am doing an 8 hr tour called "Yellowstone in a day".  Again, there is "supposedly" no lodging so I have to check for cancellations or I am camping tomorrow night.  Suppose to snow most of the day, so stay tuned!

Song of the day "Bury It" CHVRCHES.  I realized I don't have enough women on this playlist! But then I realized most of the women I listen to are high energy music and doesn't really vibe with this.  I picked this song today because I needed a pick me up after feeling down yesterday and also 'rise above' kind of like the geyser rises up out of the ground...double meaning cool right?! 😂