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Saturday 10 September – part six: another chance to sample the best ever dessert!
I think it would be fair to say that we were pretty wowed by what we’d seen here. I don’t think it could get any better from here...
However, we still had more to see here. We took the Firehole Loop Drive and found more brilliant geysers along this route. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, this park surprises you again.
By the time we reached the end of the drive, our day’s exertions were taking their toll on both of us. Mark told me that sulphur can make you really tired and my chronic fatigue was certainly rearing its head. It was also pretty hot out again and we hadn’t eaten since breakfast, so we rectified the latter problem by cracking open a bag of Lay’s potato chips, which helped a bit.
We decided to stop there and return to Old Faithful Inn to get something to eat and a restroom break. None of the facilities I’d seen on the way looked that fantastic..
Soon we were back at the Inn and headed to Bear’s Paw Deli, where they had a range of ice cream on offer. You should’ve seen the size of one scoop of ice cream, it was like three together! We spotted something straightaway on the menu – the Yellowstone sundae that we’d enjoyed so much last night, so that was it, two of those please!
However, we think it was a bit much for the guy serving us. He asked us what flavour ice cream we wanted and what topping. We stuck with what we’d enjoyed so much last night, so went for the huckleberry ice cream and fruit topping. It tasted just as good as before, although whereas it had been beautifully presented, here it was all dumped together in a cup. I forgot to take a photo so sorry about that, but take my word for it, it wasn’t as pretty. :
That urge satisfied, it was off again, as we started to wend our way out of the park. We stopped not long into our journey to admire Kepler Cascades....
Then we took the exceptionally boring road to West Thumb and just to prove how dull it was – here’s some of the wonderful scenery we saw along the way.
Ok, so this bit near the end wasn’t so bad, with its views over Lake Yellowstone, I’ll give you that.
I guess that drive was boring compared to everything else you had seen that day, but I still find the trees beautiful! I did get a kick out of the Continental Divide sign...I remember studying that in school years ago...it's basically the north/south line that runs through the continental US (and Canada) that divides the rivers that drain into the Pacific or the Atlantic (or something like that!).
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Beautiful pictures of the geysers. I don't think the pictures of the forest look boring at all. I was amazed that in one area you see so many different lanscapes, volcanic geyers, with rivers running close to them, then the tall pines. It really is an awesome place.
So glad you got to have that amazing dessert again! I think even the "boring" spots are beautiful. Just to see those pine forests flourishing like that, while they're sadly disappearing nearly everyplace else. The trees were my favorite things about your Alaska pics also.
Chips and ice cream sounds like a perfect snack! Still beautiful pictures.
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I guess that drive was boring compared to everything else you had seen that day, but I still find the trees beautiful! I did get a kick out of the Continental Divide sign...I remember studying that in school years ago...it's basically the north/south line that runs through the continental US (and Canada) that divides the rivers that drain into the Pacific or the Atlantic (or something like that!).
Oh how cool - I have heard of that before, but just didn't make the link between the two...
Another set of wonderful pictures, Chez! I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around how many astonishing sights there are at Yellowstone. It's nothing like I expected it to be (having watched Yogi Bear on TV every Saturday morning when I was a child, I kinda thought you'd see picnic tables and campsites everywhere ) Seriously, though, I did expect more forest around the geysers, don't know why.
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We spotted something straightaway on the menu – the Yellowstone sundae that we’d enjoyed so much last night, so that was it, two of those please! 
so sorry about that, but take my word for it, it wasn’t as pretty. 
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) Seriously, though, I did expect more forest around the geysers, don't know why.
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