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Posted by GA Tim (66.168.208.179) on 16:12:10 06/29/12
Day 3 June 10, 2012 Sunday:
We managed to sleep until 4:30AM this time. By 5AM we were out the door and checking out of the Colter Bay cabins. We went back down Teton Park Rd. and saw some pronghorn antelope and elk but nothing else. It was snowing and 35 degrees and not really pleasant to be doing anything. We decided to start going north into Yellowstone at 7AM. As we reached the south entrance it was snowing pretty heavily. We stopped at Moose Falls and Lewis Falls. It was a winter wonderland and snow was actually covering the road around Lewis Canyon. By the time we reached Grant Village, there was little snow but there was cold, strong winds.
We got out at West Thumb and walked around but it was not a good day for photos. The freezing cold and winds made it very unpleasant to be outside. Light snow continued to fall all day. We made a quick stop at Kepler Cascades. That s when I realized I lost my wedding ring. My ring was already loose from losing weight and the cold temps made the ring that much easier to slide off. Sometime when I was taking gloves on or off the ring came off but my hands were too cold to notice. Luckily I found the ring later that day under the driver s seat.
We arrived at Old Faithful by 1PM but our cabin would not be ready until 3PM. We wasted some time by walking around the upper geyser basin. We almost waited around for Grand Geyer but the cold, snow, and wind was too much for us. By 3PM our cabin was ready and we relaxed and stayed warm for a while. Our OF Lodge Cabin was a duplex unit that was pretty small with just enough room for two people. The floor was carpeted so not too cold for bare feet. I couldn t get used to the separate hot & cold faucets in the sink. The shower here was also small like Colter Bay but very powerful. During our stay there we took two showers a day just because it felt so good.
Later in the evening we went back out for Old Faithful eruptions but the gray skies were not good for photos. We headed back to the cabin for a hot shower and sleep. One nice thing about the lodge cabins was the close proximity to Old Faithful. We were 200 yards at most from Old Faithful.
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