Real Vacation-Day 1-Yellowstone-Now ADA Approved!!

Yellowstone-ADA Okay Since Aug 2010

 

 OldFaithful Visitor Center

We got to Yellowstone just in time! We went to the Visitors Center to be told that Old Faithful would be going off at 12:16 (give or take 10 mins) It was 11:30 am. Perfect!! I asked the ranger if he could tell me exactly where some trails were that my friend Val had suggested for me were located at-he then gave me a nice guide of trails for as the park ranger said “People like you.” It was a wonderful guide of “Handicapped approved trails. --Apparently, last summer the Government decided Yellowstone wasn’t ADA compliant-and decided to correct this error with some Fed Stimulus money. A side benefit could be since all these trails are very kid friendly / say you’re not in peak physical condition-you can now see the wonders of Yellowstone.--As I was saying-We had about 45 minutes before Old Faithful went off-so we explored the Museum / Visitor Center-which had a Kid Zone, Oh, Heidi Anne just loved the Old Faithful Museum Adventure. 

Old Faithful at 12:18

Dadda and Heidi at Old Faithful's Sign

Around Noon we headed over to see the Geyser (we also discovered a great way to pull Heidi Anne from one activity to another “Heidi Anne-Want to go on another Adventure.” She will drop what she’s doing and follow you—most of the time….)

We get to the Geyser, as you might expect, seating was limited-but there was still some available. We walked over to a few people and asked “Are these seats saved?” Without even looking up the people replied (we directed the question to a few groups of people) they all replied “Yeah, these are saved.” As we left to continue the hunt for a place to sit (those benches are as elusive as a wolf)-the crowd heard CLANK … CLANK …and a few people turned around. When they saw me, out of the blue some seats became available. Within minutes of being seated-Old Faithful went off. It was awesome! I’m not sure who was fascinated more-Heidi Anne or me. 

Momma and Heidi Anne



Can You See The Hoof Prints?

 

We strolled the Upper Geyser trail that loops around Old Faithful (there is another trail as well-but it was a bit out of my league). We grabbed some lunch, the original plan was to have sandwiches and do a picnic, however, 1 very hungry toddler vetoed that option.We went to the grill; Heidi Anne called this a Food Adventure, since she got a hamburger AND Cheese Fries all at the same time. 

Biscuit Basin




Once we were fed we went Biscuit Basin where we basically wondered around. It was great, no rush, Heidi Anne would walk whenever she felt like it, when she got tired she would climb into the stroller. We would all be pointing out different things to the others; the geysers’, the views, the wildflowers, the hot springs, and Heidi Anne’s personal favorite thing to point out—the animal poo, “Momma!! Look!! An animal went poopy!! Bad animal, if you go off the trail, you get hurt!”

HotSpring Waterfall