The Historic Madison Hotel West Yellowstone

... 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) :-)

... und das in wenigen Tagen...von wegen Kulturschock auf einer Weltreise, bei uns ist es ein Temperaturschock :-)

Jedenfalls dachten wir, unser California Rental Car hat sowieso nur Sommerpneus. Heute morgen haben wir aber festgestellt, dass alle anderen nur Sommerpneus haben und unser California Auto sogar bereit ist fuer die Passfahrten im Schnee :-)

Und da alle finden, wir sollten mehr Videos drehen, haben wir heute eine ganze Ladung gemacht :-)

Glacier National Park is fantastic. The highway, named "Into The Sun Highway" (exactly what we were doing!), hugs the mountainside, dips into valleys and brings you up through glorious passes. It's like a 50 km scenic roller coaster ride. Wheeeee!

... was formed by an enormous volcanic eruption. It’s just so hard to describe it all…Then, when we saw our first bison, which took us over the top. What a great day, and we all gave CO his props for making the decision to go through the park to get to West Yellowstone, rather than take the highway. We also thanked Mother Nature for clearing the skies for us.

Speaking of Mother Nature, driving through the park there ...

... the car, but the bison kept walking toward it, until Kelly decided to veer off the road and drive around him. We were not interested in having the bison become another passenger! Another mammal that was present everywhere was Elk and this was the season where they had velvet over their antlers. Later in the summer, they'll shed their velvet to show the beautiful antlers that most people are accustomed to seeing.

... to try and make the best of everything and if I have to I will put up a front. Keith saw a couple of girls with really low cut jean shorts at the food store. Had to mention it since it was funny how he told it since their cheeks were hanging out. Tomorrow, I want to have fun! We got Old Faithful and other trails, hot springs, and sights to see. It's only 10:50 but we are heading to bed. Thank god Brett and Keith are supportive with me about this disaster. Now I can be me again.