Yellowstone Village Inn Gardiner

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 ...

... the water. It was freezing cold! I was screaming once I got in the water and wanted to get pulled back. Michelle pulled me back into the boat. It wasn't so bad though.. I didn't mind doing it. We also did two 360-degree turns. It wasn't super fun but was interesting. At the end we rode on a school bus to get back.<br><br>After checking in at Comfort Inn and got changed, we went to the Mammoth Springs. The first ...

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.

Yellowstone is beyond imagining !! It escapes me to envision what the early explorers and pioneers must have thought coming upon these wonders ! It is like being in your own dinosaur movie with roaring geysers and boiling mudpots and colors beneath hot water spread out on the rocks like an artists mixing board ! When we finally hit "Old faithful" I found her to be a bit of a let-down only because it was so touristy. It is an ...

... Oh my God! Tell me it&#8217;s a rock!&#8221; Indeed, it was a GRIZZLY BEAR!!! He was digging for something in the grass. Christen and Iris jumped out of the car and stood at the edge of the hill while Bri whispered loudly for them to get back in the car. We estimated that the bear was about 30 yards from us. He was really sidetracked and digging like mad. Christen really wanted to know what he was after ...

... kon het zijn....tja, dus HEEL erg....wat een LUCHT man....niet te harden ALfred snapt niet dat mensen zich dit vrijwillig aan doen (sorry, voor alle rokers onder de lezers...maar misschien een idee om te stoppen ? ;) ). Er stond weliswaar een ozongenerator, maar we hebben simpelweg het raam open gezet en we zijn een biertje gaan halen in 1 van de lokale kroegen. Zo'n echte amerikaans kroeg, een stelletje die op een 'date' zijn aan de ...

... aux jumelles un Moose (Orignal ou Abercrombie comme disent nos jeunes) avec ses larges bois et un ours Grizzly qui joue à cache cache dans les arbres et que nous cherchons longuement. Nous l'avons vu tout de même assez pour nous rendre compte de sa force tranquille (sic) et admirer sa belle robe auburn. Demi-tour car il se fait tard et la route est longue à 40mph sans pouvoir dépasser....mais arrêt impromptu pour observer un Black Bear (ours noir) au ...

... and have worked up a sweat! We stopped at the Indian River to have a little foot soak. The water was COLD! But you all know that doesn't deter Katie and Sarah. Amazingly though, they kept their clothes dry. After coercing them out of the river, we headed back toward Mammoth. We briefly stopped at ...

... like crazy. It took me 3 hours to get across Yellowstone, an 83-mile trip. With frequent drop offs into canyons or the river, it was the most grueling drive to date - even worse then the 7 hours to Toronto from Montreal. At least if I went of the road there, I'd go into a field, not over a cliff. It took 1 bourbon for the legs to stop shaking, another for my hands to stop and then a beer just to feel like I could breathe. I swear I must have held my breath for most of those 3 hours.

... 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>