After this we went off to see the geyser field and the famous Old Faithful. We were very surprised to find ourselves in quite a traffic jam. There was a park ranger trying to solve the situation. Look below for pictures of the scene. The first picture is of a calf. The rest are of a giant bull. They calmly walked across the road. There were about 30 bison trying to cross the road. The question was how did the ranger know to come and deal with the situation?
We finally arrived at the geyser field only to find that we had just missed the big event which was made even more special because another geyser, Beehive, that rarely erupts had erupted along with Old Faithful. We were about to walk around the geyser field when a ranger warned us to stay near the visitor center due to the threat of heavy rain and lightening. Believe me she knew what she was talking about. We stayed in the center and waited for over an hour. About 15 minutes before the geyser was to erupt we went to sit in front of the windows to view this from the safety of the building. I should tell you that the times are not exact. The geyser was to erupt at 7:08 and the time can varying 10 minutes early or ten minutes late. Well, at about 7:05, Dick decided to go outside and I joined him. We stood in the rain waiting and of course it was late. The wind and rain whipped as we waited. Finally, the moment came and it was quite impressive.






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