Friday, May 27, 2011

Trying to cope with the weather

Hey everyone,
     Yesterday we had an eight hour drive and stopped at Fuddruckers on the way.  Didn't take too much to convince everyone that this was the best burger restaurant in the world.  As we were going through Montana I was shocked to see how many places were flooded due to the Missouri River overflowing.  The weather hasn't been agreeing with our trip much and was actually the reason why we had to choose a different route to get to Yellowstone National Park.  We were supposed to camp out in the park, but unfortunately we encountered a blizzard and decided to be safe by staying in a hotel. When we were reserving our hotel rooms there was a man playing the piano near the lobby.  One of the songs that he was playing was "Mad World" by Gary Jules and this song went perfectly with the weather we have encountered so far on our trip.  We found out today that there was eight inches of snow on the campsite that we were supposed to stay at, so I'm glad we didn't camp in that weather.
     Today we went to Old Faithful to watch the eruption.  On the way we ran into 40 Bison that decided to come out of the woods and travel on the street.  We had to follow behind these bison for at least half an hour, but it was an experience.  I was surprised to see how many tourists would get out of the car and stand about ten feet away just to get a picture.  Once we got to Old Faithful I was disappointed because I expected the eruption to be loud and powerful.  We toured the park around Old Faithful and saw all of the geysers.  Many of the geysers had dark blue water, which meant that these geysers were extremely hot.  When we got back to the hotel there was more bison hanging out by the parking.  One tourist just happened to stand to close and one of the bison jumped at her.  Personally, I thought it was funny, but it wouldn't have been a great sight if the lady was attacked.
     Just finished eating dinner and about to go do some P90X with Clay.  Thanks for following us and have a great night.

- Sherman Pruitt II

"Mad World"- Piano Version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW5u0CUNSKA

    
   

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