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9/23/2021 - Thursday - A few more things at Yellowstone, driving to Butte, Montana - and a few sights in Butte. And an aftermath.

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Thursday morning, we packed up and prepared to leave Yellowstone, but not before one more short hike.  It started towards Solitary Geyser.  It is in the same geyser basin as Old Faithful, but is several hundred yards from all of the other geysers.  But on the way to it, we encountered a new friend: We arrived at the geyser at about 9:20 AM.  Since it is supposed to erupt every few minutes, we waited.   And waited.  And waited some more.  At about 9:40, we gave up.  If this geyser wants to remain solitary, it's going about it the right way! The good news - while we waited in vain at Solitary Geyser, we met some visitors from Mobile Alabama - two brothers who were very friendly.   They were staying in the nearby town of West Yellowstone, and had discovered the same pizzeria that we ate at on Monday and Tuesday, and enjoyed it as much as we did.  They were two very nice guys - it was good to have people to chat with while we were ...
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9/22/2021 - Wednesday - Lone Star Geyser, Grand Tetons, and FINALLY Old Faithful

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 On Wednesday, we set out to see the Lone Star Geyser.   This gave us the only real hike of the trip, as the geyser is almost two and a half miles from the parking lot.  It erupts about every three hours, but it is remote enough that it is not monitored by any regular staff, so many of its eruptions go un-noticed.   They have a logbook on a pedestal in which tourists are encouraged to describe what they saw, and when they saw it.  When we arrived, we (and the two hikers to arrived about 10 minutes earlier) were the first people of the day, so we had to guess when it might erupt based on the last entry of the previous day.   After about a half hour, a family of two parents and two delightful children arrived - and only a few minutes later, the geyser erupted!  It was not a big eruption, and stopped after about ten minutes. We'd hoped for more, and waited about ten minutes, gave up, and started walking back.   We hadn't gone very...
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