Bud did not have a password again Monday when he went in to work, so they had him make up a password. He worked with some really nice, knowledgeable people and I think he is catching on better than he thinks he is. He admits he is still a little intimidated with the computer, but I assure him that he can't hurt anything or close down the system. He has a great personality and I know he is a great asset to the Lodge Gift shop. He is working again today from 1-9PM.
I did our laundry on Monday and met a lot of our neighbors here in the building. It is a varied group of folks. We've met some great kids in Campus ministry and we met a Xanterra Executive that lives in Bozeman who is a retired pastor. He comes to Old Faithful on Sunday with his wife and they supervise another ministry that allows young men who have been called as ministers to practice preach while here in the park. He is a really nice man and we hope to join in on one of the 4 services they have on Sunday. The rest of the afternoon I spent reading and waiting for Bud to come back to the room.
In the late afternoon we took a nice ride to the Firehole River area. We went down a marked road looking for the Firehole Lake. It was sort of a phantom lake with a few small geyser. Took some pictures and hope to download them. On our way back we ran into a "bison jam". There was a herd of bison- about 75-100 of them - just slowly walking down the very middle of the road. They had the traffic stopped in both directions. There were two Rangers trying to "motivate" the bison to get to one side and when they were successful the oncoming traffice would move so slow taking pictures that the bison would migrate back over to where they had just left. We felt sorry for the Rangers. I think the Bison were more cooperative than the people (and I think in some cases they are smarter!!!)
Yesterday we had the same day off and slept in. It felt good not to get right up and get to moving. We have our coffee maker in the room, so we drank coffee, planned the day and had our devotions. We drove toward Fishing Bridge, went into the Visitors Center there and really enjoyed the "aquatic" displays. We rejoined the Yellowstone Association and ate lunch at the Yellowstone Store lunch counter. Boy did that bring back memories of times passed. We remembered our trip out here the year Greg and James came with us - the special was some sort of burrito. We finally had to ban James from the burritos. He had the option of leaving them out of his diet or sleeping outside - if you get my drift. Funny memories. We also remember the time the family joined us out here and how we bought the Souvenir glasses so our drink purchases wouldn't be so much. Everyone keeping up with their own glasses was a chore. We have some really good memories of that visit and wish we could do it all over again - this time with Selah Faith.
I work this afternoon from 2:30-closing (around 10-10:15PM). Then I have the privilege to open the store at 7AM. That's a crazy schedule - hopefully, we can change that for the future. Bud works from 9-5PM tomorrow. Friday we have an appointment with the Oral Surgeon in Jackson and we aren't real sure what our schedule is after that.
This is the Firehole Lake with one of the small geysers that spews all the time.
This is the beginning of the bison Jam.
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