Dusty again woke up early again and went to the visitor center again.  He wrote down the times of the 5 predictable geysers again and reported the rangers at the visitor center that he’d seen moose yesterday, and pointed on the map to their location.  The ranger was fairly incredulous… was I sure they weren’t elk?  She continued on, telling me at some length that moose are rarely seen in that location…  Who knows how many moose sightings there really were in Yellowstone, if they treat all tourists as idiots…

I hiked around the geyser basin again, taking the other loop.  I quickly caught up to a ranger lead tour and started walking with them.  The ranger was 70, and obviously knew what he was talking about.  I learned that Behive Geyser had an indicator, and that it should go off between 1 and 2 today, though this is not a 'predicted' geyser.

Firehole River

Upper Geyser Basin

Plume Geyser

Old Faithful erupting in the distance

A geyser near Spasmodic Geyser

Grotto Geyser

Riverside was due to go off between 1:20 and 2:20.  It started to overflow into the river a few hours before it erupted.  We saw the overflow, but kept walking back.  Morning Glory pond was beautiful – we could see sunlight on the bottom of the pool at least 20’ down.  

Giant Geyser

Morning Glory Pool

We started back, then saw a huge eruption in the distance – Grand had gone.  We took pictures – it was a spectacle even from half a mile away. 

Beehive Geyser

I managed to get reservations at the Inn’s dining room.  The kids decided to stay in the room and play Gameboy while Kathy and I ate dinner alone.  Kathy had the chicken, which was pretty ordinary.  Dusty had the Elk Medallions and Trout.  I’d never had elk – it was a little chewy, and after a while I noticed it was a little gamey.  It was a great meal though.  After we had dinner we took the kids to the cafeteria, and eventually we all went one last time up to the 3^rd floor of the lobby to play 20 questions, listen to the piano, and watch people.