Yellowstone Country Inn West Yellowstone

... Die Suche nach einem Baeren haben wir noch nicht aufgegeben...<br><br>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) :-)<br>

... river and notice signs saying it's grizzly country and you'll be fined $5000 for approaching the bears. I giggled at that, thinking a fine would be the least of your worries if you were dumb enough to saunter up to one. But judging from the number of signs they posted, I guess it is a problem!<br><br>Out of all the wildlife I hope to see in my lifetime, grizzlies are not on the list. I've worked in a NP ...

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.

... rangers' station before taking up prime viewing for Old Faithful. Its not the most regular geyser and its not the biggest, but its the only everyone knows. And it gives an impressive show, albeit probably at the 4,000 gallon end of the 4-8,000 gallon range of its eruptions. The power of the eruptions seems to come from the superheated steam (up to 700 degrees, which accounts for why there is so much steam around). Zac gets wowed again. He is ...

... return visit from us. Luckily, there were other places opening up tomorrow. And I am sure there were other options we might have been able to find, but our mountain climber needed some sustenance quickly and we had no time to ponder other options. Outside our motel room, another pile of snow. Fuse a lot shorter now. Lots of counting. Another washing day or a very tired boy to prepare for and then get to bed. We flipped a coin. I won the boy. Stay: Kelly Inn Drive: 110 miles

... Saw another elk and a black bear. As we were coming down we saw a crow gathered up the road, one think you learn quickly in Yellowstone - If there is a crowd, add to it! We went down to investigate and found a Bull Moose ( a really hard find we are told in the heat of the summer). Apparently I tried to get to close - several others were further than me and got yelled at by a passing Ranger on his loud speaker which spooked the moose. I had a ...

... Ranger at the entrance to the campground. Very interesting; learned a lot. The Park Ranger idea started here at the 1st National Park. While at the museum we saw a bison grazing outside. Then we headed back to our campsite for water and camera to then head on to the Norris Geyser Basin, a thermal area another mile past the Ranger museum. When we walked back past the museum, the boardwalk to the front door was ...

... form an incredible backdrop to the golden Aspens. We just couldn't stop looking at them. Every viewpoint that came up as we drove through the park we stopped at to gaze upon the Tetons. Wow! We had planned on doing a hike but really, it was just so cold. On finally arriving at Yellowstone, the roads had been opened though travel was slow due to snow and ice. It was so pretty. All the trees were ...

... or antelope in the woods. Driving by Roaring Mountain. There are patches of steam alongside the mountain. Passed by more hot steam terraces. Nymph Lake is on our right, and more thermal areas alongside the road. 10:50 - At Norris Geyser Basin. 12:33 - Back in the car. Along the trail, there were lots of geysers and springs. Steamboat, the world's tallest geyser, erupted for the first time in 8 years on May 2nd but the eruptions have been unpredictable. We did see Echinus ...

... 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.<br> 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 ...