Waking up in a cold cabin underneath warm bed covers was quite comfortable. However, I was soon pulled out of bed the sound of my cabin mates waking up. I put on four layers before heading out the door and I was still cold, as was the rest of my family. The first thing we saw was buffalo crossing a river. I couldn’t believe that an animal that large could swim. A whole family clan crossed right in front of our vehicle along with their babies.
We stopped at Norris Geyser Basin which included a “museum” (if you could call it that). The museum was a little open building with facts about geysers and hot springs. The hot springs smell like sulfur, basically rotten eggs; it was nasty. Despite the smell the hot springs were beautiful, smoky and colorful. A quote by Joe Meeker, a trapper from 1829, describes it better than anything: “And behold! The whole country beyond was smoking with the vapor from boiling springs, and burning with gasses issuing from small craters, each of which was emitting a sharp whistling sound . . . Out of craters issued blue flames and molten brimstone.”
On our way back to our cabin we saw two more bears. The first black bear we saw started at the top of a mountain; we used binoculars to see him. People began to hike up the mountain to get a better view but the bear suddenly started moving towards the people and the cars. We didn’t stick around long enough to see the outcome.
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