Not much in the way of sightseeing today, but we did tour the hot springs (see picture) near Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel where we stayed last night. After 3 days and 2 nights in the National Parks, we are in Billings, MT, tonight at a Hampton Inn and it feels like we have rejoined civilization. The hotels in Yellowstone are certainly historic and worth staying just for that reason and the convenience of location, but they are old and lacking some features that we take for granted today. There is no cell phone service in the park, no TV or A/C in the rooms and only intermittent Internet at the Old Faithful Inn, none at Mammoth Hot Springs Inn. Even the lighting at Mammoth was so dim it was hard to read. We are used to being connected and it is something we can’t do without for long.
One positive I will say about the hotels is that the two dinners had in their restaurants were both exceptional. They feature local ingredients – bison, trout, huckleberry, etc. – and not that expensive for the quality of the meal.
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