Day 69, Thursday, September 14, 2006
49 this morning in Great Falls, Mt.
Looks like rain and snow for the Yellowstone and Grand Teton areas today and through the weekend. Had our fill of rain in Canada and Alaska. We probably will just head home.
Changed our minds. Left Great Falls and drove south 280 miles to Yellowstone. It started raining in Great Falls and was on and off throughout the day. At least here in the lower 48 rain does not mean MUD.
Entered Yellowstone at West Yellowstone. Quite a busy place for this time of year and nothing like what we remembered it from 23 years ago when we came through here on our “Van Trip”.
Yellowstone is big and with so much infrastructure (roads and pullouts) it’s easy to be seen by auto. However, any park is best seen on foot by hikes into the wilderness for daylong trips, or extended overnight stays. And although we are out on this trip for about three months, we are covering too much ground to really give any one place the proper time to really get to know it. Yellowstone is meant for auto traffic and it has a lot of it even in "off" season.
There is one campground in the park for motor homes with all the hook-ups and “stuff” so we drove about two hours into the park to spend the night. It’s was only 60 miles in, but with speed limits at 25-45 mph and narrow, winding roads its takes awhile to get anywhere. Parking, along the road, was intended for autos – not motor homes. We have to find parking lots and pull-outs to stop for wildlife views. Still, we are going to drive the rest of the road around the park tomorrow before heading south to the Grand Teton National Park and Jackson Hole, Wy.
Here in Yellowstone there is no cell phone coverage and no internet availability. Tomorrow we have to settle in somewhere at a private campground for two nights so we can be sure of tv reception for the ND – Michigan game on Saturday and hi-speed internet so I can get pictures to the blog. We're falling behind.
It’s getting dark a lot earlier and harder to get anything done outside after arriving at camp for the night. By the time we get set up, walk and feed the dogs, have a cocktail, eat dinner, etc. its dark. Big contrast to the 11:00pm light up in Canada, The Yukon, and Alaska where you could walk for 2 or 3 hours after dinner early in our trip. Summer (and Fall) around here is over and it's feels more like Winter. Did you see the low temperature Wednesday in the US? 24 in West Yellowstone. That's where we came through today entering the National Park.
49 this morning in Great Falls, Mt.
Looks like rain and snow for the Yellowstone and Grand Teton areas today and through the weekend. Had our fill of rain in Canada and Alaska. We probably will just head home.
Changed our minds. Left Great Falls and drove south 280 miles to Yellowstone. It started raining in Great Falls and was on and off throughout the day. At least here in the lower 48 rain does not mean MUD.
Entered Yellowstone at West Yellowstone. Quite a busy place for this time of year and nothing like what we remembered it from 23 years ago when we came through here on our “Van Trip”.
Yellowstone is big and with so much infrastructure (roads and pullouts) it’s easy to be seen by auto. However, any park is best seen on foot by hikes into the wilderness for daylong trips, or extended overnight stays. And although we are out on this trip for about three months, we are covering too much ground to really give any one place the proper time to really get to know it. Yellowstone is meant for auto traffic and it has a lot of it even in "off" season.
There is one campground in the park for motor homes with all the hook-ups and “stuff” so we drove about two hours into the park to spend the night. It’s was only 60 miles in, but with speed limits at 25-45 mph and narrow, winding roads its takes awhile to get anywhere. Parking, along the road, was intended for autos – not motor homes. We have to find parking lots and pull-outs to stop for wildlife views. Still, we are going to drive the rest of the road around the park tomorrow before heading south to the Grand Teton National Park and Jackson Hole, Wy.
Here in Yellowstone there is no cell phone coverage and no internet availability. Tomorrow we have to settle in somewhere at a private campground for two nights so we can be sure of tv reception for the ND – Michigan game on Saturday and hi-speed internet so I can get pictures to the blog. We're falling behind.
It’s getting dark a lot earlier and harder to get anything done outside after arriving at camp for the night. By the time we get set up, walk and feed the dogs, have a cocktail, eat dinner, etc. its dark. Big contrast to the 11:00pm light up in Canada, The Yukon, and Alaska where you could walk for 2 or 3 hours after dinner early in our trip. Summer (and Fall) around here is over and it's feels more like Winter. Did you see the low temperature Wednesday in the US? 24 in West Yellowstone. That's where we came through today entering the National Park.
posted by TheBTCruisers | 10:23 AM
1 Comments:
I checked out the bear pictures. Amazing!! Hope you all have a safe journey home. Looking very forward to seeing all of you! Love, Allison Rae
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