We awoke in Fowlkes’ driveway with temperatures back down in
the 40’s. I gave Ranger a short walk,
but he was eager to get back and get into the house. He bounded in and immediately ran around to
find Marjorie! We all gathered in the
kitchen for coffee and tea and more conversation, and then moved to one of the
sun porches for a big breakfast.
Marjorie’s garden was truly amazing, full of perennials,
herbs, and vegetables, covering most of the side yard. She gave me the tour of it, and I made notes
of several perennials that I may want to try growing at home. Then we relaxed in a porch swing alongside
the garden for more talk and some bird-watching. Her sunflowers had been very successful, and
they were full of little birds, eating the seeds.
Around noon, it was time to leave. They travel to Florida frequently in the
winter, so we may connect with them again down there.
We had only about ninety miles to drive to get to the north
entrance of Yellowstone. It had been
years since I had been there, and it was as wonderful as I remembered….but also
as crowded with tourists! I had expected
that since summer was gone and schools were back in session, it might be less
so, but especially around Mammoth Springs, the traffic was heavy and parking
spaces were not to be found. Leaving
there, we could take either of two routes to our campground, and I picked the
wrong one, putting us on a road with road construction delays. (Other than that, it was a nice route.) We finally arrived at Canyon Village at
around 4:00.
This is a huge campground, with almost 300 sites, and the
sign at the entry indicated that there was no vacancy for tonight. (We had reservations, so we were fine.) When we registered, we found out that our
site is in the J loop, way up the road from the office and showers, perhaps a
mile to a mile and a half! The site is,
however, a good one, just a bit of a slant that required leveling, under thick
pines.
As the sun went down, so did the temperatures, so a campfire
was a welcome addition to our evening activities. We had chatted with people nearby who
recently bought a used Navion, a few years older than ours, and they wanted to
learn more about our experiences traveling in it. So they came over to the fire to visit and we
had an enjoyable time.
There are no hook-ups at this campground, so we cannot use
our little electric heater. With forecast of a low of 30, we’ll be burning up
some propane with our furnace tonight!
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