Blogs from Gardiner, Montana, United States, North America

Today was a travel day. We had breakfast at our hotel where we had another pancake machine…I know I’m just a big kid but it’s fun to watch it plop the pancakes into Your plate. This one was even newer…it was a no touch.. just wave your hand and it went to work. We had about a 5 1/2 hour drive to our home for the next three days in Gardiner, MT, the north entrance to Yellowstone near the Roosevelt Arch. As usual the drive was interesting watching landforms change. We followed the Yellowstone River so we saw fishermen and boaters along the way. We saw mule deer and whitetail deer as well. Our only stops were to WalMart for bug cleaner for the car, a few groceries, and allergy medicine. We also gassed up and ... read more

blog 09-01-17 Moving to Yellowstone Friday morning we were all packed up and ready to travel by 10 am, we're getting good at this. North on 191 we entered Yellowstone and proceeded north to West Thumb. There was construction in this section so we sat and waited for the southbound traffic to be escorted past us then it was our turn for the pilot truck to escort us north. At West Thumb we traveled east along the shore of Yellowstone Lake so we got a good view of it and enjoyed the scenery. At Canyon we headed west to Norris then north to Mammoth where again there was construction on the road that took it back to it's basics. We had 3 inches on each side of the motor home to travel through this section and ... read more

10 Jul 2016: I wanted to get an early start because our destination was just over 450 miles. Our trip planner informed us that would be 8 hours and 8 minutes driving time plus time for lunch and time getting lost. We awoke at 0700 hurriedly completed preparations for departure and we're rolling out of the campsite by 0850. For us, that's early. Ideally, we like to travel between 1000 and 1600 hrs. That should take us about 300 miles. As soon as we left camp, it started to rain. It continued to rain off and on until we reached the U.S. border with Cananda. From the Fishing Bridge RV park we drove North to Canyon Village then West to Norris, North through Mammoth Hot Springs to the North exit. Our map shows a feature called ... read more

Geo: 45.0319, -110.705We got a disk with our white water rafting pix. Wanted to share them here. What a hoot. You can tell by the pix. ... read more

Geo: 45.0319, -110.705Weather: High 80s and blue skies. Perfect weather from sunrise to sunset.  Location: Gardiner, MT/ Yellowstone Highlights: Yellowstone and all its glory Lowlights: Not seeing a moose or bear #of Swearwords: Many under breath out of fear of death People we met: No one Activities: 10 hours in Yellowstone Hotel: Cowboy Cabins (awesome!) Helpful hint: Start out early because it is a good hour and a half with no stops or delays to Old Faithful. Plan to stay in Old Faithful for an hour in case you miss the blow (its 90-120 minutes between blows). if you are afraid of heights and sailing off a cliff, beware of the east upper loop.  Restaurants: We woke up to a gorgeous Montana morning. Had our breakfast and began our Yellowstone journey. Our plan was to drive down to Old Faithful at the bottom of the ... read more