Well, we found out after two days in the camper that it has mysteriously shrunk. It no longer holds our family with such comfort as it did 2 years ago. The center aisle is smaller and shoulders are rubbing, knees are in the way, the bed won't as easily share two kids. HMMM! So, today we drove to Thermopolis, home of the largest hot mineral springs in the world and tried to shrink the children. Katie was unimpressed and deemed it smelly. It had a sulfur odor, for sure. They had of course, commercialized it and it cost money to get in but we went ahead, calling on Nanny to bail us out again. The pools were at a cool 95 degrees and the hot tubs(the actual temperature of what comes out of the ground was 104 or hotter. The picture of the kids and I is in front of a mineral fountain. They started it in 1903 with a pipe coming out of the ground and let the mineral water build up around it, it is now as wide as you can see and 20 feet high. They keep adding pipe, I guess. The shrinking didn't work although Katie and I have the softest shiniest hair I have ever had. She doesn't think it was worth it though.
We then went to the dinosaur museum, as Thermopolis and the surrounding area have archeological digs that have unearthed some impressive fossils. They had life size replicas of dinosaurs to match any natural history museum. We then hit the gift shop at the end of the museum, (the usual, had to walk through it to get out) and bought our quota of souvenirs. Hayden found a street sign with Hayden drive on it and so he had to have that. We can never find anything with his name.
We are now packed like sardines in the Eagle RV park. It has the narrowest parking for RV's I have ever seen. Good thing we leave tomorrow and go to the next place which I hope will be more spread out. Had pork chops on the grill and new potatoes. Kids have ridden their bikes and we are beginning to think about bed.
On to Yellowstone!
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