Last Day Yellowstone. First Day Acadia.

We got up on Friday and met a Park Ranger for a tour of the Old Faithful Geyser Basin.  It turned out to be an unusually active geyser morning.  Old Faithful is the most predictable of the geysers in the park.  The other geysers have prediction windows that can range from 2 to 6 hours or in some cases days between eruptions.  It was our fortune that during the 90 minute tour some of the geysers chose to exercise their shorter eruption prediction and Old Faithful erupted twice.

The first and last pictures are of Old Faithful from different vantage points.  On this date the back of the geyser, where no one stands, was the best place to see it.  In the front, where the seating areas place you, a steam cloud covered up the water spewing.  The middle two pictures of are other geysers, one big and one small.

After the tour we finished packing, got in the car and drive to Salt Lake City.  Our Jet Blue flight was a red-eye.  We got to the airport in plenty of time, only to discover the counter for Jet Blue closes for long stretches of the day.  We arrived when it was closed and could not check our baggage.  Also, all of the services that passengers might want are on the other side of the TSA security check point.  Finally, for the third strike, most of them close at 9PM and the counter doesn't re-open until 9:15 PM.

I know that there are some people in the Albany area who are very excited about Jet Blue flying out of our airport next year.  I wasn't that impressed.  In Salt Lake it appeared that Jet Blue pays Delta to cover their counter for several hours each day.  The Delta employees change clothes and re-appear as Jet Blue employees.  We even left through a Delta gate.

While fairs may be competitive, everything on the plane is extra.  A blanket on the red-eye was five bucks.  Same for a neck pillow.  Meals were six bucks.  Movies were available at your seat provided you were willing to pay for them.

We arrived safely in Portland, Maine this morning.  Jesse and Emily picked us up and we drove to Bar Harbor where we are staying at a place Jan located on VRBO (vacation rental by owner).  It's beautiful.

 Sand Point in Bar Harbor.  Privately owned rental. 3 full bedrooms.  2 full bathrooms, 1 half bath.  Laundry room, living room, dinning room, kitchen.  Big decks for great views.
 The living room.

 The kitchen. All the rooms make good use of natural light.

 Downstairs deck area in the back of the house.

Master bedroom with Jan unpacking.

View from the deck of the Master Bedroom, third floor.