Yellowstone Inn West Yellowstone

I have picked up some kind of tropical disease, because that's what happens to adventurers - just ask Indiana Jones. It's a very clever disease. it's disguising itself as a common cold, but with a slight twist; and here's the masterstroke - I have a very painful earache with it. I have tried getting whatever's hurting in there out with a stick that i found on the ground but that just made it worse. See, I told you it ...

The Hampton was nice, new and comfortable. We woke this morning, enjoyed the hotel breakfast. We organized our bags and cleaned out the car; tossed out our cooler, food, drinks and utensils then headed for the airport. Billings is another extremely small airport. It was easy to park the rental car and walk to the gate. <br><br>Let the all day journey home begin....<br><br>We're delayed to Denver, 20 minutes.<br>

<br>The last flight to Billings was almost<br>empty so we all took the opportunity to spread out. I love night<br>flying, watching the stars out the window. I hoped to see the moon<br>too, but was soon asleep, cocooned in the gently buzzing, dark plane.<br><br><br><br>The flight only took an hour so I was<br>soon awake grabbing my bags and making sure I said goodbye to my seat<br>to make sure that I hadn't left anything ...

We traveled to billings , because we wanted to get new tires on the truck, the little wear indicators were almost smowing so we thought it would be best to be safe  rather than sorry. Because Montana doesnt have any sales tax , its a good state to make big purchases. We researched on the net and it appears that  Costco is ...

... was a Top Ten List we found online, and we thought we would just try to cover all of the things on this list in driving order as we moved around the "lower loop".<br><br> <br>  The park ranger at the front gate recommended that we not start with Old Faithful because some of the other areas require more walking, and then we could see how much time and energy we had left in the ...

... Had to head back around towards Mammoth to begin the journey home. A long journey. As we came close to where those guys with the scopes were stopped, we came across our first bear jam of the trip. For the uninitiated, that is where every car in both directions just stops because someone has seen a bear. This one was a black bear, not a big bear. It had us all reciting lines from a Johnny Cash story abotu lying and trust. A well worn favourite. But the ...

... were not at an official campsite our morning routine was a little shorter than usual (no shower and no hair do!), so we got underway very quickly and soon started to be delighted with the sights. Our journey followed Highway 21, 93 and 20. We thought we had come across another fire, only to discover steam rising up from a hot spring - strange but the spring was warmer than our early morning wash in the RV. We did see one area that had suffered a ...

... 60 metres back from the geyser) as well as a wide boardwalk. We head into the cafeteria, and again we are given another new experience, there is a map giving a guideline as to the option lines or queues to take for what food you choose. EG: one line for hot dogs another for hot meals or other choices. This separated the travellers because two chose hotdogs and the third chose "buffalo meatloaf" no prizes as to who chose what! Well everything went well f "mostly until ...

... with them and the boys played with their kids while we were at that park. We had gotten a phone message from them that they were going to be in the park, but we never connected on the phone. The chances of us being in the same place at the same time in a park that is over 2 million acres is unbelievable. It was great to see them and we're going to try to get together for dinner while we're in West ...

... Club off of 90. then into Billings to the KMart dealing with my own seemingly never ending problems with my van. It had been missing all day and the temperature was going way up whenever I went up a hill. I got a metal hose and tried to clean up my vacuum leaks, checked things over again and mostly scratched my head and hoped for the best. Then I turned west on 90 and stopped for the night at a rest area past Park City. <br> 185.3 miles for the day-end day 21