Since we are both former National Park Rangers we thoroughly enjoyed this little museum. After the museum we headed to Mammoth Hot Springs to be sure we would get a campsite for the night. The fires outside the park were beginning to put out a lot of smoke. We would spend the next few days in smoky, hazy, sunshine.
After procuring a campsite we headed to the Fort Yellowstone and the Mammoth Terraces.
Then it was into Gardiner, Montana to get some more film and eat lunch. After a delicious pizza lunch we headed through Roosevelt Arch back into the park.
We stopped at the Boiling River parking lot where we changed into our swimwear in the Civic. (Not a very comfortable changing room.) Then it was a short hike to the designated swim area where the thermal waters empty into the Gardner River.
It was quite an enjoyable soak!
After the relaxing soak we headed back to the campsite, changed, and headed out for the hike up Bunsen Peak. Because it was so smoky, the views weren't as dramatic as we had hoped for, but the hike was enjoyable nonetheless.
When we got back to the campground for good, we started a campfire, and drank a few Moose Drools that we had procured in Gardiner. A great ending to a great day.
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