What a Geyser!

It has to be said, Accommodation is pricey around Yellowstone, but then that's 'supply & demand'! Nevertheless, we like our 'Days-Inn' bolt-hole and the 'complimentary breakfast vouchers' were an unexpected bonus. However, (and I know one shouldn't look a gift horse etc.) the restaurant doesn't 'do' fruit or cereal and that leaves us potentially looking at one of three mega-size 'US-style' feasts! We took the view that we would stick with 'toast'.....a single element of the 'mega-options'. But then we get a bill for two side-orders of toast!! Fortunately, the staff eventually had to agree that ordering a full-breakfast and leaving everything but the toast, would not be the best way forward!! Anyway, Yellowstone's West entrance is only a couple of minutes from here and this morning were soon driving through this magical place in cloudless sunshine. Lots of buffalo and deer around and the Madison River sparkled through its grassy tree-lined valley. Getting to the Geyser Basins we drove the Fire-hole loop past fabulous canyon falls in which a deer was standing....taking a shower! It was then time to stop and hike every roadside pull-off. Its impossible to describe the sights that lie around every corner......boiling mud pots, vividly-coloured (simmering) prism pools, steaming flats, and exploding geysers. Tourists from around the world stand in wonder....all singing from one hymn sheet. A little after midday, we arrived at Old Faithful and took the opportunity to walk around the geyser garden, before sitting down to watch Old Faithful do what it is renowned for! By mid-afternoon, we had taken in enough for one day's visit and leisurely made our way back to West Yellowstone past waterfalls and wild-life. And tomorrow?.....Play it again Sam! Earlier today I heard the following track which somehow seems to befit Yellowstone......