C Inn Yellowstone North Gardiner

... Die Suche nach einem Baeren haben wir noch nicht aufgegeben...

Der Yellowstone National Park ist ganz klar das landschaftliche Highlight unserer bisherigen Reise. Das muss man den Amis lassen, sie haben zwar komische Politiker und finden die Schweiz nicht auf der Weltkarte, aber die Landschaft ist super geil. Wir werden ganz sicher nicht das letzte Mal hier sein (naechstes Mal aber mit Feldstecher und einer Kamera mit 300mm Objektiv) :-)

Yellowstone rocks! So was cooles haben wir noch selten gesehen...Wir haben heute erst einen kleinen Teil des Parkes besucht und sind bereits riesige Fans. Unglaublich, was die Natur hier zeigt. Man koennte stundenlang einfach dastehen und zusehen...und es gibt wahnsinnig viel zu sehen!

Leider ist seit gestern in Montana der Winter eingezogen, weshalb wir heute morgen zuerst unser Auto freischaufeln mussten...Krass, von ueber 30 Grad in Hawaii zu 0 Grad in ...

Old Faithful didn't disappoint.

Saw a beautiful bison at sunset.

Good riding but the traffic made it more exhausting than necessary. Apparently Yellowstone National Park gets 30,000+ visitors PER DAY!

More to come later... just wanted to post pics now while i have high-speed connection.

... will slowly blossom to replace the messed up ones! Hmm...it just goes to show you that nature does takes its course.

We were able to first meet Old Faithful, face-to-face. Well, not really face-to-face but close enough. ;) The geyser erupted hot water up to 150 feet and did that every 90 minutes. It was awesome to see God's creation in action. We then went to the Midway Geyser after, which was smaller than Old Faithful ...

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Things we did in Glacier National Park this morning:
- Bought 50-cent coffees outside of the park because it was too cold and too early to deal with it at the campsite.
- Drove 29 miles of the Going-to-the-Sun Road, yet there was no sun all the way up. Still cloudy.
- Saw McDonald Lake and marveled at how pretty the multi-colored rocks that blanket the area and the lake bed are. Had to ...

... route back so hopefully maybe we can check it out then. The mountains in this area are just insanely covered in snow. I have never seen mountains this covered in snow. Hopefully once its light enough I will get some good pictures. The posts for the next several days will not go up until Thursday for those who are wondering. No Internet access once we are in Yellowstone.

... en liepen snel met de camera in de aanslag richting de groep mensen. En daar was ie een echte beer op zo'n 50 meter afstand. De beer was druk bezig om tussen de dode bomen te graven naar eten. Mensen bleven allemaal op afstand, erg mooi om zo'n beest echt van zo dichtbij te zien. En wij dachten dat wat we gisteren al blij mochten zijn met wat we door een verrekijker hadden gezien. De beer gingen liep steeds verder op zoeken ...

... open ranges. After that we headed to Gardiner, MT. It was located right outside of the north entrance of the park. We found our bed and breakfast, then had dinner at a local burger shack that was recommended by the B&B's owner (Gardiner Guest House). The burgers were very big and good, but it took them a long time to fill the order. Brooks and I, in the mean time, took a stroll up the street. By the time we got back our meal was ready. To top off ...

... a road sign. So cables, distributor cap, tune-up set, book on auto maintenance for additional insights and 5 feet of vacuum hose. It was getting cooler because I had to get some wool insoles for my shoes at the drugstore.
Returned to the Safeway to do the work on the van in the parking lot. I realized I had the wrong set of cables so went back downtown to replace them. As I travel around I get impressions of the towns ...