After breakfast we met the guy in the cabin next door who was driving a Ford Raptor truck. Turns out they had seen us first in Jackson, then in Grand Teton at Jenny Lake, then in Yellowstone and finally parked next to them at the cabin. You guessed it, it was his wife and daughter (she made the "cool Mustang people" comment) that we had run into the night before!
He, like many of the others that we had met on the the trip, said how happy he was to see an old muscle car actually on the road touring around. It was inspiring him to do the same once he finished the '74 Torino that he was restoring.
Kelly gave him the full run-down on Jane. Just like the many times before, it was great seeing the enthusiasm and pride Kelly has in sharing what she's done with others.
Off for another day of touring this amazing park. We stopped at Midway Geyser basin to see Grand Prismatic Spring. Because we were early, we were able to get a parking spot, but there was a lot of steam coming off the spring so it was sort of hard to see. Still very colorful though.
Jane wasn't the only vintage vehicle in the park
Grand Prismatic Spring
Are these shorebirds?
Lots of steam
Next stop was the other side of the park in Canyon Village. On the way, we noticed the brakes seemed a little soft, so we pulled into the service station there. After all the now familiar drooling over Jane, the guys put her on the lift and checked out the brakes. Kelly took the opportunity to do a few adjustments and tighten up some loose bolts. Brakes seemed better afterwards, but she'll need to get the rotors turned soon.
With the brakes checked out and another offer to buy the pony shouted from across the service station parking lot, we got back to our intended touring on this side of the park. Next stop was the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Taking the rim roads and some side trails, we had amazing views of both the lower and upper falls. It was really spectacular when you could see the rainbows in the mist!
Lunchtime Lower Falls view
View from Artist Point
Have to see it to believe it!
We also had the opportunity to look down at an Osprey nest that was built on a large spire in the canyon. Acccording to some local photographers, the 3 Osprey in the nest were just about ready to fly. In fact, we got to see one of them take off for the first time!
First flight!
After taking all this in, it was time to set up camp for the night. Jane definitely stood out from the rest of the vehicles at the campground!
Kelly setting up the tent with camper Jane
After setting up camp, one of our neighbors came over with his son. They had seen Jane all over the park the last few days (just like thousands of other people!) and were surprised to see her at the campground. He turned out to be an Aston Martin mechanic from the UK who happened to own a '64 Ford Falcon Sprint and a '64 Falcon station wagon! We had a great chat with them.
Overall, camping with Jane went well. Only hitch was that my sleeping pad apparently has a leak as I ended up flat on the ground sometime during the night :-(
Another great day meeting people and seeing beautiful sights!
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