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We had planned on visiting Thermopolis WY to insure that we got to see Karl Wurtz, one of our foster children from many years ago. This was because we knew he lived in Thermopolis and may not want to drive the 90 miles or so over the 9900 foot Big Horns mountain pass to Buffalo (Karl did anyway!) where we had planned to (and did) meet his twin sister Kathy. So, even though we had had the pleasure of visiting with both kids in Buffalo, Grumpy still wanted the Grand Mother to see the sights of Thermopolis: the lime/mineral formations created by man's diversion of some hot mineral water through a pipe to a dribbly fountain which allowed the hot water to evaporate and build the column shown on the right; the terrace formations (see previous blogpost (Ward & Elynor's Wandering: Sights around Thermopolis) formed by the natural deposition of the minerals as the hot water evaporated after it flowed out of the natural ten-foot diameter hole in the ground; the picturesque little town and its shops and characters.
Since we arrived in Thermopolis a day earlier than originally planned, we had the opportunity to meet Karl's family and see his home which he and his wife, Jackie have remodeled from its original state. We also got to meet their son, Paul (whom Grumpy had met several years ago when Paul was about 8 or 9), Paul's wife Nickie and their son (Karl's grandson!).
Lo and behold, while Karl had journeyed over to Buffalo to meet us when we met Kathy, so Kathy journeyed over to Thermopolis to meet us when we were there! What a blessing to get to see these two twice on this trip. And as a bonus, Kathy brought her husband, Dan along too. We had breakfast together at the Thermopolis Cafe (the best cook in town, according to Karl) before the Grand Mother and Grumpy departed to drive to Lander for a visit with the Gose's (Neil and Dyllis; see next posting).
We had planned on visiting Thermopolis WY to insure that we got to see Karl Wurtz, one of our foster children from many years ago. This was because we knew he lived in Thermopolis and may not want to drive the 90 miles or so over the 9900 foot Big Horns mountain pass to Buffalo (Karl did anyway!) where we had planned to (and did) meet his twin sister Kathy. So, even though we had had the pleasure of visiting with both kids in Buffalo, Grumpy still wanted the Grand Mother to see the sights of Thermopolis: the lime/mineral formations created by man's diversion of some hot mineral water through a pipe to a dribbly fountain which allowed the hot water to evaporate and build the column shown on the right; the terrace formations (see previous blogpost (Ward & Elynor's Wandering: Sights around Thermopolis) formed by the natural deposition of the minerals as the hot water evaporated after it flowed out of the natural ten-foot diameter hole in the ground; the picturesque little town and its shops and characters.
Since we arrived in Thermopolis a day earlier than originally planned, we had the opportunity to meet Karl's family and see his home which he and his wife, Jackie have remodeled from its original state. We also got to meet their son, Paul (whom Grumpy had met several years ago when Paul was about 8 or 9), Paul's wife Nickie and their son (Karl's grandson!).
Lo and behold, while Karl had journeyed over to Buffalo to meet us when we met Kathy, so Kathy journeyed over to Thermopolis to meet us when we were there! What a blessing to get to see these two twice on this trip. And as a bonus, Kathy brought her husband, Dan along too. We had breakfast together at the Thermopolis Cafe (the best cook in town, according to Karl) before the Grand Mother and Grumpy departed to drive to Lander for a visit with the Gose's (Neil and Dyllis; see next posting).
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