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Published: July 16th 2009
July 14 & 15th Yellowstone 001
Big Horn Mountain in the disatnceDays 6 & 7 July 14/15South Dakota to Wyoming, Yellowstone
What a beautiful state Wyoning is! We left Devil's Tower and made our way to Yellowstone. We crossed some unbelivable Mountains-Big Horn. It's the highest we've ever been and the steep grades and views were absolutely amazing. Somehow we were able to secure a campsite inside Yellowstone at Fishing Bridge Rv Park. Not much to speak about as far as camping-RVS pretty much next to each other(but each got a tree!). We did a whirlwind day thru Yellowstone after Phil did his first duty at the dump station. We took our first showers in the RV as they charge $3.75 to take a shower at the visitor's center. Only hardsided RVs allowed in this area as it is BEAR COUNTRY! We took the scooter to see the Lower Falls and had a blast-a good way to beat the traffic.We also saw the mud pots,mammoth springs and plenty of wildlife-the buffalo are amazing and huge!. We missed our turnoff so we ended up going about 70 miles extra around the upper loop to get to Old Faithful. Of course we missed it by about 5 minutes so we had to wait
another 90 minutes until it went off again. We saw an elk as it crossed the road in front of us on the way out. We left the park without campground reservations and are now settled in at the Brandin' Iron Inn in West Yellowstone,Wyoming. I think we got the last available room in this small town. Phil is enjoying Law and Order while drinking a few beers and I have a good internet connection so I'm happyalthough Phil keeps saying "$111 for this room cause the RV parks were full. On to Gates of the Mountain in Helena, MT tomorrow and then will be heading to Glacier National Park. We miss everyone!-Lori & Phil
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Terry
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Wild Wild West
Keep the narrative and pictures coming, just don't have Phil take any if he is driving down Going to the Sun Road in Glacier, he may need to focus more on the driving part. If you see any cyclists in Montana, my cousing John may be one of them, he works for the National Center for Bicycling and Walking and edits their Centerlines on-line publication (He lives in Missoula - very unusual name - John Williams). The mountains of Montana, a little wine in Napa/Sonoma California, the High Sierra's, you still have so much to look forward to, may the weather stay good, the roads be open, and the characters you meet be memorable. Terry (in San Diego this time)