Mount Washburn - 8/24/17

Yesterday was a challenging 24 hours! About 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, 8/22, as I was washing the dishes, my right hand came in contact with the big knife (our 10" chef's knife) and we decided that I needed some attention. We went to the RV office where we learned that there was a clinic at Lake, about 2 miles away, that was open until 8:30p.m. Away we dashed for three stitches.

Wednesday morning, as we were preparing to go out, we heard the sound of water and dashed to the rear of the Airstream where we discovered a burst shore-water hose with water pouring into the street-side bedroom window. The bed-side rug, the end of the bed, and the floor were soaking wet. We put out the bedspread, the linens, plus the rug, on the rack to dry outside.

At about 1:30 p.m. a thunder storm blew in with hail and rain. We moved the drying rack under the big awning to protect it from the rain. By 4 p.m., another storm came through which had wind driven rain that re-wet the bed spread, towels, rug, etc. We brought them inside and draped them over our chairs.

At 5 p.m. we noticed that the rain water from the storms had collected in the big awning which was level with the trailer. Normally we would have the awning at an angle so water could run off, but we were unable to open the awning all the way and tilt it down. The weigh of the water caused the automatic closer not to work so we had to siphon enough water out of the awning "holding tank" so we could push the awning up to release the water. That was enough for one day!

Today we had a lovely hike to the top of Mount Washburn, one of our favorite hikes in Yellowstone.

View of the Hayden Valley from the trail up Mount Washburn.

Lunch spot in the lookout visitor center.

Views from the lookout.

That's the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

From the trail down we were able to look back up at the lookout. Can you see it?

Today's hike:

Length - 7.44 miles (11.87 km)

Duration - 3 hours, 22 minutes

Elevation gain - 1.563 feet (463 meters)