Yellowstone Townhouses West Yellowstone

We headed into the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park with great anticipation. After parking the car we headed to the visitor center and it was then we noticed a sign stating the road was closed 5 miles ahead. Bummer!!! What we were able to see was quite stunning and we are sharing a few photos with you. We've been assured that the south unit, which is our next destination, is open and that we won't have any surprises when we get there!!

... more and more obsolete and it was finally closed in 1895. Much to our surpirse the Officers Quarters building that Sitting Bull surrendered in still stands and now houses a small museum. It is really hard to put into words how it felt to stand on the exact spot where the end of an era occured. All we can say is that if you have any interest in the history of this country Fort Buford and western North Dakota should be on your list!!

... of the Missouri River. Never heard of that before I came to Bismarck. Never seen it before.<br><br>I drove through the Killdeer Mountains (only North Dakota would call these hills "mountains"!) and through some of the beautiful badlands of North Dakota.<br><br><br><br><br><br>

... we will just drive to Helena today and visit with my family there.  Then we will come back to Yellowstone in a few days when the weather is better.  Also, I think now we are leaning toward skipping Glacier National Park because it will save us two day of driving that we could use to see Yellowstone more thoroughly instead.  For all we know, Glacier could be mostly closed still anyway ...

... six year old. He understands a lot of what advertising is about, but he still gets sucked in. Its probably for that reason that he loves these Bakugan things. But, you can't take all the fun of six away from him, so we do have a look at most shops for these little things. Today, we were at two places that sold them. Problem is, in Idaho, these things are a bit harder to come by and the price reflects that. Instead of paying $4, some of the shops sell ...

... are warmer than that. It was a little brisk at first but you got used to it quickly the wind made the air cooler so that probably detracted from the experience. After that we decided to belay our original idea to go to the IMAX theater (which I am sure was awsome) and head for the cabin to start packing up and get to bed early for once. For the first time all week we pulled in the driveway in the daylight!

Day 83 Great Falls Montana - West Yellowstone Montana We decided last night it would be an earlier beginning because our look at the map suggested it would be a long haul to bring us close to the Famous Yellowstone National Park. A complaining female section of the travellers was ignored and we rolled out at 8:30am (who said that is early?) Filled with gas and set off along the highway. We had deliberately chosen to take routes avoiding the ...

... getting late (especially with the time change), and they offered to let us stay with them. dinner was really great and definitely what i think of when i think midwestern...there were casseroles and jello salads aplenty. they had prepared a mountain of food with us bikers in mind, and our appetites definitely didn't disappoint. after dinner, we were thinking it would be fun to light off some fireworks, but unfortunately the mosquitos were too much of a nuisance for that. i ...

... at Auburn's Game Farm Park and learned that Don Stevenson has a passion for blessing the afflicted through his walking ministry. One day the subject of Don's ministry turned to Huntington's disease. Don Bykonen found that Don Stevenson turned in that direction at the behest of Jack Meteyer, another one who met this "crazy man" at Game Farm Park. Don Bykonen and Jack Meteyer discovered that they had many ...

... of me; and even had dinner bought for me twice. Guess, I'd cute after all . . . or there just isn't a lot of competition ; ) I ran into Bob and Betty again, the following day. I had just parked my car and was walking to the overlook when I heard someone yell, "Hey Lady, your car's rolling away!" I went into a panic and turned and ran back towards the car. It was fine but when I looked around Bob and Betty where laughing. They'd seen me pull in and ...