July 21 – Yellowstone – cold and rainy – Ranger Museum, Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, Hail

Our success with early mornings at Norris and Old Faithful was great, but we couldn’t really repeat again since July 21 was drizzly and cold – like 55 degrees instead of 75 degrees.

So we went to the nearby “Museum of the Park Ranger” and learned all kinds of cool things – like that they fight fires and catch criminals and sometimes carry guns. And Gerald Ford was one.

The Ranger at the Museum suggested we see the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone so we headed there next and boy he was right – so awesome.  We had to hike down about 600 feet in elevation through a few switchbacks to see the massive wall of water plummeting over the precipice. I only quaked a little. And climbing up was tiring so we headed back to the campsite.

Rain finally hit us in then, along with hail.  We put a canopy over Max’s tent to keep some water off it.

I drove over to Canyon Lodge to get wifi to catch up on work email and try to download an audio book for our drive the next day. 

And I saw an elk.