5-11 (Wed)

Old Faithful opened last Fri. Mammoth opens this Fri and Lake the 20th. Grant is supposed to open the 27th but there is so much snow down there no one can get in. They say all the employee cabins are completely covered with snow. The drifts are 35 feet high. They can't even get the snow plows through. We have a friend who is the personal manager down there. She left Tues to go down. I was teasing her that she would have to ride a snowmobile in. Turns out they could not get her in. She's waiting it out at another frozen location - Lake.

They opened the East Entrance last Fri. That's the road to Cody. So far they have had to close it 3 times because they have had 3 avalanches!

We have been seeing a black bear on the hill behind our dorm and EDR for the last couple days.

Tomorrow starts our weekend.