Wed, 7/9/08
Yellowstone NP, WY: Mike still not feeling well. So I decided to drive into Cody. I left at 10:00 and my first stop was the Holiday Inn in Cody for lunch and taking advantage of their wi-fi. Left there and tried to get my hair cut but the proprietor was out. Did the grocery shopping and then stopped and got the truck washed. Back at the campground by 4:30. Such a beautiful drive though—especially through the Shoshone National Forest. There was a traffic jam where we saw the three grizzlies in Yellowstone, so they must still be hanging around there. Thought they moved around a lot. Another beautiful day—70s here in Yellowstone, 80s in Cody. On the drive over Sylvan Pass, the guard rail was out—someone didn’t quite make the turn. Hope they didn’t go over. It is a long way down. People are in such a hurry.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Tue, 7/8/08
Yellowstone NP, WY: Mike feeling worse this morning so I took him over to the Lake clinic—only a couple of miles away. Three hours and lots of drugs later, we head back home. He slept off and on the rest of the day. A beautiful day—probably in the low 80s. Hopefully he’ll start feeling better soon. Heard a wolf early last night. I guess there are around 11 packs in the park.
Yellowstone NP, WY: Mike feeling worse this morning so I took him over to the Lake clinic—only a couple of miles away. Three hours and lots of drugs later, we head back home. He slept off and on the rest of the day. A beautiful day—probably in the low 80s. Hopefully he’ll start feeling better soon. Heard a wolf early last night. I guess there are around 11 packs in the park.
Hot Spring in the Fire Hole Lake AreaMon, 7/7/08
Yellowstone NP, WY: Mike still feeling not so great, so we just hung out today. Partly cloudy but warm—70s. Finished the book “It Happened in Yellowstone” and Mike emptied our grey water tanks and hauled them in the tote to the dump station. Walked up to the visitor center and back. Looks like they’re not even going to start fixing the sewer problem until Wednesday. Guess they’re going to have to excavate. They did give us a two-night credit. Mike bought a CD re tourist facilities in Yellowstone. Guess we’ll watch that tonight.
Yellowstone NP, WY: Mike still feeling not so great, so we just hung out today. Partly cloudy but warm—70s. Finished the book “It Happened in Yellowstone” and Mike emptied our grey water tanks and hauled them in the tote to the dump station. Walked up to the visitor center and back. Looks like they’re not even going to start fixing the sewer problem until Wednesday. Guess they’re going to have to excavate. They did give us a two-night credit. Mike bought a CD re tourist facilities in Yellowstone. Guess we’ll watch that tonight.
Sun, 7/6/08
Yellowstone NP, WY: Decided to kick back today. Mike still not feeling great and I couldn’t sleep most of last night so we both felt drained. Did some housekeeping chores and read our books. I finished the book about John Colter. Very interesting. Would love to have met him. The campground we’re in has full hook-ups, but someone down the way in our loop lost part of his sewer hose down the sewer at his site and it has clogged the whole system. So, we’re not supposed to use the sewer (sigh). We have our 20-gallon “tote” which we can empty our tanks into and then pull it behind the truck to the dump station. We won’t need it for our black water tank, but we will for the grey water tanks. Mike is not too happy because we wanted full hook-ups so we wouldn’t have to worry about these chores. Oh well, it’s all good. Salads for dinner tonight. Low 70s today and cloudy.
Yellowstone NP, WY: Decided to kick back today. Mike still not feeling great and I couldn’t sleep most of last night so we both felt drained. Did some housekeeping chores and read our books. I finished the book about John Colter. Very interesting. Would love to have met him. The campground we’re in has full hook-ups, but someone down the way in our loop lost part of his sewer hose down the sewer at his site and it has clogged the whole system. So, we’re not supposed to use the sewer (sigh). We have our 20-gallon “tote” which we can empty our tanks into and then pull it behind the truck to the dump station. We won’t need it for our black water tank, but we will for the grey water tanks. Mike is not too happy because we wanted full hook-ups so we wouldn’t have to worry about these chores. Oh well, it’s all good. Salads for dinner tonight. Low 70s today and cloudy.
Sat, 7/5/08
Yellowstone NP, WY: Heard wolves howling this morning at about 3:00 a.m. Eerie and awesome at the same time. And they were very close. Decided to drive back to Old Faithful to try and get on the computer. Found a spot on top of a mountain with a strong signal so pulled over there. That didn’t work, so on to Old Faithful. Ended up calling the bank to do my transfers. Stopped at the Old Faithful store and bought a couple of sandwiches and then went on to Fire Hole Lake. Drove around this side road where there are really pretty hot springs. There are a lot of little fresh water streams in this area. Mike stuck his hand in one (which he shouldn’t have done) and said it was probably 85 degrees. So, I guess the hot springs and thermals in the area heat the streams. We spotted a sand hill crane (thought they were only in Florida). Stopped at a picnic area on the Fire Hole River and ate our sandwiches. Really windy. Left there and drove over to the Trooper/Ranger Museum and then back to the campground. Spotted a wolf near LeHardy Rapids sauntering up a hill. Left-overs for dinner.. A nice day today—upper 70s—but windy.
Yellowstone NP, WY: Heard wolves howling this morning at about 3:00 a.m. Eerie and awesome at the same time. And they were very close. Decided to drive back to Old Faithful to try and get on the computer. Found a spot on top of a mountain with a strong signal so pulled over there. That didn’t work, so on to Old Faithful. Ended up calling the bank to do my transfers. Stopped at the Old Faithful store and bought a couple of sandwiches and then went on to Fire Hole Lake. Drove around this side road where there are really pretty hot springs. There are a lot of little fresh water streams in this area. Mike stuck his hand in one (which he shouldn’t have done) and said it was probably 85 degrees. So, I guess the hot springs and thermals in the area heat the streams. We spotted a sand hill crane (thought they were only in Florida). Stopped at a picnic area on the Fire Hole River and ate our sandwiches. Really windy. Left there and drove over to the Trooper/Ranger Museum and then back to the campground. Spotted a wolf near LeHardy Rapids sauntering up a hill. Left-overs for dinner.. A nice day today—upper 70s—but windy.
Officer's Quarters, Fort YellowstoneFri, 7/4/08
Yellowstone NP, WY: Mike made French toast this morning and we put in our John Phillip Sousa CD and got in the spirit. This is a great CD, played by the Marine Corps Band I think. Early afternoon we went to the laundry here in the campground and got that out of the way. It’s a really nice laundry but a mad house. Then we just kicked back and read and relaxed the rest of the afternoon. Mike not feeling real great. Around 5:30 we drove over to Lake Lodge and had dinner. Then watched the 4th of July “parade”. Sat on some rocks in front of the Lodge with a great view of the lake. It was put on by the employees of Lake Lodge. Nice and warm today, but a lot of clouds.
Thu, 7/3/08
Yellowstone NP, WY: Got a fairly early start this morning and drove up to Mammoth Hot Springs. This is located on the north side of the park and it’s also where the main park headquarters and historic Fort Yellowstone are located. We walked around Fort Yellowstone first. For 30 years the US Army—namely the Calvary—managed and administered the park. The Calvary came in around 1888 after having problems with poachers, looters, and squatters. After that the Park Service was started and they took over. It took 2 hours to get over there. ( This park is huge—about the size of Delaware and Rhode Island combined.) And it was very different over in that area of the park—more desert-like buttes. The drive over was fantastic. The road between Roosevelt-Tower and Canyon is the highest in the park. Pretty high up and no guard rails in places. And I was driving. We saw a black bear and her cub, two elk, two deer, two more black bears, and a grizzly was near the road in a wooded area, bringing traffic to a halt, but we never did see him. After Fort Yellowstone we walked around Mammoth Hot Springs. In the early days of the park people used to bathe in these springs. Drove out to the north entrance and took some pictures of the stone Roosevelt Arch at this entrance. Drove into the little town of Gardiner, MT. Cute little place. Had lunch at the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel which was great. On the way back we took a side dirt road up to Blacktail Plateau. Beautiful up there—lots of wild flowers. Stopped at Undine Falls, Tower Falls, and finally at a picnic area to relax and have a soda. Back to the campground finally. A ten-hour day today. I don’t know how people come in here for a day and think they’ve seen it all. It’s huge.
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