Yellowstone's epic Old Faithful Inn was built over a hundred years
ago. This means that the original building has dormitory-style
bathrooms; each hallway has one for men and one for women. Call it camp
for grown-ups.
Staying at the hotel was a dream for me.
And when I visited the loo in the middle of the night I decided to have
a little nighttime stroll. No matter that I was in my plaid flannels
and my hair was mussy; I wanted to experience what a storied landmark
feels like in perfect stillness. So I wandered about the lobby's grand
mezzanine and peeked over railings and sat in chairs and tried to see, or at least hear,
the eponymous geyser out the front balcony.
No employee scolded me for my pajama'd ramblings, sad to say. It was, indeed, a very mild but vaguely mysterious adventure.
Then, with a few pre-"Redwoodian" ideas twirling in my atmosphere, I returned
to bed. But not before grabbing my camera and snapping this blurry hallway shot to remind me
of my lengthy nocturnal side trip back from the loo.
