{"id":6887,"date":"2014-08-30T21:23:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-31T01:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=6887"},"modified":"2014-09-11T17:38:35","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T21:38:35","slug":"back-to-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=6887","title":{"rendered":"Back to Civilization?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday, August 30,2014 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a048 degrees & drizzling<\/span><\/p>\n

As they say in Scotland, it was “misting” this morning. We didn’t mind since this was only our second day of rain on this entire trip. As\u00a0I checked out of the Snow Lodge, I noticed that Old Faithful was scheduled\u00a0to put on her show in ten minutes, so we rushed over to the Lodge.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"DSC_4178\"<\/a>View of Old Faithful Geyser From the Lodge<\/p>\n

We had noticed indoor viewing from the large windows when we explored the Lodge yesterday. It was 7:30 in the morning so there weren’t many people around for the eruption.<\/p>\n

\"DSC_4229\"<\/a>Rustic Lodge<\/p>\n

We had front row seats and watched as the old geyser puffed and spewed with increasing force then she ‘let it rip’ with great strength and height. I guess Old Faithful was a “morning person” because this eruption was higher and stronger than the one we watched a couple of days ago. It restored my faith in geysers.<\/p>\n

\"DSC_4216\"<\/a>Old Faithful<\/p>\n

\"DSC_4239\"<\/a>On The Road Again<\/p>\n

Afterwards, we had coffee in the Lodge then drove out of Yellowstone’s Western Gate toward Bozeman, Montana. Several hours later, we stopped for lunch and walked around a bit. Bozeman seemed more like a college town than a tourist destination. In comparison, Jackson Hole seemed\u00a0lively and more fun.<\/p>\n

\"DSC_4247\"<\/a>Lunch in Bozeman<\/p>\n

\"DSC_4249\"<\/a>Sign in Burger Bob’s<\/p>\n

Jeff had found a reference to\u00a0the American Computer & Robotics Museum near the University. We had to go. With the help of Google Maps, we found it. \u00a0The young woman at the reception desk said it was one sixth\u00a0of one man’s collection. There were several rooms arranged chronologically telling the story of communication and the development of computers. It was much better than we expected and well worth seeing. The best part of the museum was a life-sized copy of Robbie the Robot, from the film Forbidden Planet.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"DSC_4251\"<\/a>Bozeman Attraction<\/p>\n

\"DSC_4253\"<\/a>Old Computers<\/p>\n

\"IMG_8487\"<\/a>Rain Clouds Along Rt. 89 North<\/p>\n

\"IMG_8495\"<\/a>Driving Into White Sulphur Springs, Montana<\/p>\n

\"IMG_8496\"<\/a>Local Hot Rod<\/p>\n

\"IMG_8503\"<\/a>Sports & Western Wear Shop<\/p>\n

\"DSC_4275\"<\/a>Clearing Weather Along Route\u00a089<\/p>\n

The road continued through vast wheat fields as far as we could see along the horizon in all directions. We passed\u00a0through small western towns for several hours. We were in ‘Big Sky Country’ and the ever-changing cloud formations were amazing.<\/p>\n

\"DSC_4284\"<\/a>Route 87 in\u00a0Montana Among\u00a0Wheat Fields<\/p>\n

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Saturday, August 30,2014 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a048 degrees & drizzling As they say in Scotland, it was “misting” this morning. We didn’t mind since this was only our second day of rain on this entire trip. As\u00a0I checked out of the Snow Lodge, I noticed that Old Faithful was scheduled\u00a0to put on her show in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,17,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","category-united-states","category-western-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6887"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7040,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6887\/revisions\/7040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}