Golden Gate
Lillies on South Twin LakeFri, 7/11/08
Yellowstone NP; WY: Since Mike still not feeling so great, we thought we’d just drive the part of the Grand Loop Road between Norris and Mammoth Hot Springs, which we haven’t done yet. Another spectacular day—sunny and cool—highs only in the mid-60s. When we left it was in the mid-50s but there were people in tank tops and shorts. I had on jeans, a turtle neck and a sweatshirt. The humidity has been really low too—15-20%. This drive was another spectacular display of rugged bluffs, deep canyons, sparkling streams, beautiful water falls, and wide, lush valleys. The feature they call Golden Gate was spectacular with beautiful bluffs, obsidian creek running along, and a road that was suspended over the side of this cliff. When we got to Mammoth Hot Springs we had lunch again at the lodge there. All the lodges and hotels have great food—so far anyway. After lunch we decided to drive out to the western entrance of the park and check out West Yellowstone, MT. The road follows the Madison River which is a wide, shallow river that winds through this pretty valley. We saw several herds of elk. West Yellowstone is a really neat little town. It’s a mix of the old, the really old, and the new that’s built to look old. They have this beautiful, old stone train station in the middle of town. Not sure when it was built, but the only entrance in the 1800s was the north entrance. But the only purpose for it would be to bring people to Yellowstone. They probably had to take a stage coach from W. Yellowstone to the park. Drove back which took 2 hours. About a 9 ½ hour day.
Yellowstone NP; WY: Since Mike still not feeling so great, we thought we’d just drive the part of the Grand Loop Road between Norris and Mammoth Hot Springs, which we haven’t done yet. Another spectacular day—sunny and cool—highs only in the mid-60s. When we left it was in the mid-50s but there were people in tank tops and shorts. I had on jeans, a turtle neck and a sweatshirt. The humidity has been really low too—15-20%. This drive was another spectacular display of rugged bluffs, deep canyons, sparkling streams, beautiful water falls, and wide, lush valleys. The feature they call Golden Gate was spectacular with beautiful bluffs, obsidian creek running along, and a road that was suspended over the side of this cliff. When we got to Mammoth Hot Springs we had lunch again at the lodge there. All the lodges and hotels have great food—so far anyway. After lunch we decided to drive out to the western entrance of the park and check out West Yellowstone, MT. The road follows the Madison River which is a wide, shallow river that winds through this pretty valley. We saw several herds of elk. West Yellowstone is a really neat little town. It’s a mix of the old, the really old, and the new that’s built to look old. They have this beautiful, old stone train station in the middle of town. Not sure when it was built, but the only entrance in the 1800s was the north entrance. But the only purpose for it would be to bring people to Yellowstone. They probably had to take a stage coach from W. Yellowstone to the park. Drove back which took 2 hours. About a 9 ½ hour day.
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