Day of work and day of play!!

July 26 – Back to work after a fun day off!  We woke to an overflowed fresh water tank AGAIN!  The valve is still not working correctly.  Also the issue I had with the power to my computer last night was due to our power shut off at some point.  We didn’t know we were on battery all night! 

Sherrie and I had a good day, once again lots of laughs and it sure makes the day go faster and more pleasant!  We were full again for the night!  Had a nice gentleman come in from Windermere, so we had to have a long conversation.  We were cleaned up and out of there at 7:45!!

Sharon and Bruce came in and did their laundry and I got to visit a bit with them.  I think they were taking a “day off” and just doing what you do when you’d home!  He went over and found the problem with my living room ceiling lights.  The switches some how got opposite of each other and it came back that way from Giant Rec one visit.  I had checked my master panel by the door but didn’t realize how the button was titled as to what it was.  He realized it right away and now my lights are back in sync!

Sharon invited us for dinner but I told her by the time we get off it’s so late that we’d just heat leftovers. They left for West Yellowstone after lunch for the dentist there for their cleanings.  They were happy that they found a place that could get them in.  They tootled a bit around town and Bruce did some more shopping!

July 27 – Bruce and Sharon came over after breakfast and he helped me get that crazy passenger side mirror adjusted that the lady hit on our way here.  Then he helped Bill with his flag pole.  We visited a while and after we all had lunch we headed out for the afternoon.

Valley blocked by slides

It’s a nice drive through the valley west of us along the river and then east through the valley where the earthquake occurred here in 1959.  The visitor center has a very informative video of the sequence of events for that night.  Twenty-eight people died that night, leaving children without parents and whole families gone.  Most that died were staying in a campground in the valley.  The result of the earthquake was a dammed up river that was stressing

One side of the slide

a dam further back and the road in and out was destroyed.  The huge amounts of slide created Quake Lake.  It’s a very sad story to be sure!  They do not know if others perished as it’s a walk in campground and there were no records.

The lake that formed

We drove on up past the lake and 60 years later there are still dead trees rising from the waters as a reminder of what occurred here years ago.  In some places you can see rooftops of the cabins that were flooded along the shore of the river and there are 10-12 small cabins that were displaced by the moving waters and left ashore in various places.  More reminders of a terrible night!

From Quake Lake we headed home to get dressed and ready for our night out across from the campground.  After getting ready, Sharon and Bruce came over for us to sample some huckleberry wine and have some light hors d’oeuvres. 

We had tickets for the Yellowstone Playhouse dinner theater.  They do 3 different shows in rotation.  They serve cafeteria style your choice of chicken or prime rib.  It’s a big meal and then they bring out the Fat Boy ice cream sandwiches to your table.  Then the show begins, and it was hilarious as usual.  We saw “Pirates of the Car-Rib-EEE- An!  These shows are not to be missed if you ever visit the area.  The “head” guy does the warm up, and again during intermission.  He interacts with the audience and is very quick witted!  You laugh a much then as you do during the show.  It’s a very reasonably priced dinner show!

Bruce dropped us off on their way to their site!  Oh, they were supposed to leave today and move the state park across the road, but decided to stay here instead.  Luckily there was space here and they got to stay in the same spot.  Yeaaa!

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