Road Trip!: June 10-Fishing Bridge RV Park Yellowstone

Our adventures took us south to Thumb area today. In the various pamphlets and books state dates that these geysers have been active. How do they know? Someone doesn’t sit by them year round to check. So I asked a Ranger. The ones they listed in this particular pamphlet today were seen by people, and one erupted in the night and left debris all over the boardwalk, so they knew from that evidence. Interestingly enough she said when the Abyss pool erupted (last to erupt in this area) all the other pools in this area dropped in water level, many are dropping now so it is likely the Abyss or another in this area will erupt in the next year or so. It was an interesting place. The Ranger said it is one of the least visited sites, not sure why because we loved it. There are at least 19 named sites and several things to see that are not listed, quite worth the stop. We didn’t pack a lunch today because we decided to splurge and eat a nice lunch out at Grant Village. The restaurant was lovely and we had a table by the window, but the only good thing was the view. It took 45 minutes for the simple food to arrive and then John’s burger was cold, so were his fries. My bison and elk sandwich was barely warm but I ate it anyway and my salad was okay cold of course. They brought John a complementary salad while he waited even longer for a second burger and fries and brought me a cup of soup. Nonetheless we were very disappointed. After leaving there we got a few supplies at the General Store in Grant and headed back to camp to see the few things on the way back. The wind picked up and the sky is getting darker by the moment. We took a side drive on Gull Point Road, which runs very close to the lake. We wondered if they water would begin to splash over the road! Just a couple of other stops along the way to read plaques and such, and we were home. Tonight we took our first showers in FULL SIZED showers since leaving Janice’s house in Folsom! When you camp at Fishing Bridge 2 free showers per night come with the campsite. If you are not camping here a shower cost $3.64 (not sure of the reasoning there). Our shower in the trailer is great and has nice hot water, it does the job but it is a “wet shower” (over the toilet and one must wipe down the area after showering). A full sized shower with unlimited hot water was GREAT! The advantage to our shower is the hand held shower head, or French shower. No Internet today, maybe the storm? At least we have phone service!

Yellowstone Lake