Kim managed to live through her near camping experience. Last year's vacation has made her a stronger woman. If she keeps this up, in a couple of more years we might just be able to sleep a night in a tent! Although saddle sore, we managed a morning hike. Alright, maybe it was only 800 feet, but it seemed much, much longer!

We were looking forward to visiting the terraces at Mammoth . The terraces are created by dissolved limestone that forms travertine. They can create a ton of new terraces each day. Although most of the terraces were dormant, the ones that were not were beautiful. The newly created terraces are coated in orange bacteria. The ones that just dried up were a beautiful white.

On our way out of the park, we were lucky enough to see more bears. One bear ran across the road in front of us. Another bear was eating berries off a bush along the edge of the road. Jon popped up through the sunroof and took pictures from only 5 feet away!

 Our next stop was a B & B in Virginia City, Montana. Currently, the home is called the Gingerbread House. It was the former home of a dental floss tycoon. It is an old Victorian home. It was beautiful and the house was all ours! We weren’t there 10 minutes and we decided to inquire if the house was available for another night. It was, and so we’re changing our plans and will stay here another night . This means we’ll have less time in Salt Lake City, so we’ll just have to become Mormons another time! Jon says, he really doesn’t want another wife. He’s having a hard enough time training the one he already has. (Lots of luck)

The downtown section, the only section, is an old west town recreated, a bit like Jackson. However, it has a more authentic feel. This is another reason we decided to stay another night. We’ll have more time to explore the town.

In the evening we went to the Brewery Follies. A slightly off colored, adult comedy show. The four actors ran the whole production, from selling tickets to beer. They put on a hilarious show which included using members of the audience in some of their routines.