Travelers Lodge 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 ...

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!<br><br>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. <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.

... huge, like thousands of acres, patches of burned out forest. Some patches have burned recently&#8230;you can still see char&#8230;some are from long ago fires&#8230;you can see new trees growing up beside the ash-colored burned trunks. It&#8217;s just an amazing reinforcement that nature rejuvenates itself, even when it is ravaged. Two really striking images in my mind are the hillsides that have burned out acres of trees. So many of trunks ...

... but, &lt;&lt;yawn&gt;&gt;, they were not a patch on the wolf or the bison. Eventually, we arrived at Mammoth Hot Springs at the northern end of the park. No snow up here. Sanity might prevail. A quick stop at the ranger station allowed us to pick up the junior ranger information we needed and we headed off for a few short hikes before lunch. Short, because we wanted Zac to check out the travertine terraces up this way - the only place in the ...

... tja, kun je weinig aan doen... De kamers waren normale kamers maar dan met een eigen voordeur, we konden lekker onze auto voor de deur zetten. Het was weliswaar niet groot (1 queenbed) maar verder keurig op orde en schoon. We moesten nog wel iets eten, maar hadden geen zin om ergens naar toe te gaan. Aangezien we een magnetron hadden besloten we ergens in de buurt naar een supermarkt te gaan om daar iets te halen en dan dan lekker op onze kamer klaar te maken. Susanne ...

... des siècles. Toute une colline blanche et jaune parcourue de fumerolles et petites rigoles d'eau bouillante qui se déversent en bas dans la River...d'ailleurs il y a un endroit où on a la possibilité de se baigner dans la "Boiling River" là où l'eau chaude rejont la rivière. Arrivée en fin d'après-midi à Gardiner, ville ou plutôt village de l'ouest avec ses 2 rues et un air années 50. Dîner de steaks de bison (8 oz chacun) et au dodo. La suite reste à s'écrire!

... t open one - haven't got an address...la...la...la Some other thoughts from across the pond: Going through the checkout at the supermarket (no matter which one) just stand back and let it happen...start to pack your own "groceries" and you risk the genuinely shocked &amp; hurt looks from the packer whose soul job in life is to double/triple pack your goods in plastic bags, two items at a time and wheel your cart (trolley) to your car ...

... but I haven't downloaded any of it, yet. It's been hot... in the 90's... so that isn't helping with the fire. Two days ago we took a 7.8 mile bike ride (James armed with bear spray and a bear bell--but we only saw one bison). Yesterday we took a 2 mile bike ride in a higher elevation and about died. ha! I thought ...

... 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>