Best Western Cross Winds Motor Inn West Yellowstone

Der absolute Hammer...auch unser zweiter, dritter und vierter Tag im Yellowstone waren traumhaft, unbeschreiblich, spannend und dieses Mal hat sogar das Wetter mitgespielt. Wir haetten locker 1000 Fotos machen koennen, haben uns aber auf 200 beschraenkt :-) Wir haben Hunderte von Bisons (Amerikanische Bueffel), unzaehlige Elche, ca. 10 Koyoten, Springboecke, Gaense, Voegel, Squirrels, etc. gesehen. Die Elche hier sehen zwar eher wie grosse Hirsche aus, aber ...

... critters, but I can't see 'em when I am back half a mile waiting. (end of rant)<br>So the ride did take me along the Yellowstone River and bucolic fisherpeople casting away. And this road, unlike the others was narrower and had no real distance until it dropped off into nothingness. More earpopping elevation changes. <br>But within the first 10 miles of entering the park I was in a traffic jam because a moose cow was feeding ...

Old Faithful didn't disappoint. <br><br>Saw a beautiful bison at sunset. <br><br>Good<br>riding but the traffic made it more exhausting than necessary.<br>Apparently Yellowstone National Park gets 30,000+ visitors PER DAY!<br><br>More to come later... just wanted to post pics now while i have high-speed connection.

... by these huge, lumbering giants every year, you might be tempted to reach out and touch one. But sanity and the fact that we all like all of our bits intact and where they currently are, prevailed and we kept all limbs to ourselves. Cameras on the other hand were busy. If there is a problem with the wildlife, its that they were too close. The photos were often only of part of the animal because they were just too close to fit in to a photo ...

... Things got worse. It started to snow. Not flakes, but little balls of spring snow. Fortunately, it was more a tease than anything serious. I have mentioned the really good thing about this time of year at Yellowstone. Well, the really bad thing is that nothing is open. Very few shops, very few restuarants. There is just no pleasing some people. The allure of the snow piles continued unabated and we eventually managed to wrestle our mountaineer from the ...

... koud is. We vonden nog wel een leuk souvenier....maar wat dat is vertellen we nog niet, omdat dit voor iemand is die dit ook leest ;). Het was nu 13:00, dus we hadden eigenlijk ook wel zin om iets te eten. Er was een restaurant waar je ondere andere broodjes kon kopen. We besloten te gaan voor de pannini roastbeef. We dachten dat dit wel lekker zou zijn. Al snel mochten we ze in ontvangst nemen. We hadden geen zin om daar te zitten en wilden ze gewoon lekker in onze SUV ...

... great and long to go back there. We continued North and did end up stopping at the Mammoth Hot springs just because it is so far north that we thought we may not want to go back up there. Breezed through Mammoth looking for a picinic area but the area was pretty busy. We continued down the road to a picnic location on the map near Wraith falls that was actually at Lava Creek but when we got there there was a huge crowd and nowhere to park. We ...

... without all the tourist that are normally here in the summer, the only time we have come. It felt so strange I couldn't shop...spend money...well I got over it and did manage to spend a little. Once in our room it started to lightly snow and within 15 minutes the flakes grew larger and larger....during our travels we had managed to miss winter but it finally caught up to us. I only hope we don't have to shovel out the truck tomorrow!

... actually getting tossed in jail, the soundtrack, and casting. It was amusing and it helped get us to sleep. I thought about Vicki but I didn't cry because I kept telling myself not to think about it and to handle it when the time comes. I hate waiting until Aug. 19th though. I want to see her face-to-face now and find out why she did this to me. My heart still hurts but I'm doing a better job of not letting it show. 9:18 - Onto Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces. 9:21 - Going ...

... belt and adding more antifreeze I was ready to go get a bucket shower and shampoo by the river. It's always good to be able to get cleaned up after working on the van because of all the dirt and grease I would get on me.<br> Once I got cleaned up I headed back to Gardiner and parked near the entrance to Yellowstone National Park. After working most of the day I was really looking forward to seeing the park the next day.<br>