Sunday, June 23, 2013

First Day

The first day and a half here have been fairly uneventful. My flight got around 4pm, and I didn't have much time to get the rental car, drive to Colter Bay, get supplies, and get to Old Faithful before dark. Arrived around 7:30ish, got into my cabin and moved stuff inside and decompressed my baggage.

I did get out as the sun was going down to walk around Old Faithful Cabin area and the Upper Geyser Basin. Other than it starting to rain little iceballs at one point, it was chilly but pleasant.





Slept in the next day and woke up with a headache. Altitude sickness. I should have drank more water last night. Figured I'd take it easy today and drive the lower loop road.

I stopped at Fountain Flats and took a few shots of some bison sleeping with their calves. While I was down by the creek, and Osprey flew by, and I was able to get some good shots of him.

In Hayden Valley, a coyote was mousing roadside, close enough to get some good shots.



My head was splitting by the time I got back to my cabin around 3, so I took some Tylenol and sudefed, drank a bunch of water, and took few hours nap before heading back out around 6. Stopped at Midway Geyser Basin as the sun was getting low.


I forgot to bring my laptop charger, so I'm going to probably be without a laptop until Tuesday--  my mom is going to be kind enough to overnight it to the lodge.Since my battery's just about dead, I probably won't get a chance to make another post till then.

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