Yellowstone. Gardiner to Livingstone

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Day 12. Gardiner to Livingston

A bright sunny morning and breakfast at the Mexican next door, with elk doing their rutting across the road in the distance with the drumlins behind. Breakfast was slow and it was nearly 10 am before we got out of town. Luckily it was mostly downhill today so time did not matter. We did 20 miles along the valley following the Yellowstone river and then took a minor road for 30 miles along a stunning valley called appropriately Paradise Valley. Wildlife was in abundance if you looked: Osprey, Red Tailed Hawks, Gooseanders and Mule Deer. in parts it looked quite deprived with a lot of rough shacks and untidy properties but as we went nearer to Livingston there were nice new houses being built. I liked the rough properties since there were lots of old machinery and tractors to see. Case 500, Farmall A, John Deere, Massey Harris, Ferguson Brown just to name a few - magic. The weather was superb with sun all day and 28 degrees or more. We met the main road 2 miles out of town and made our way to the Livingston Inn Motel which is very nice. A clap of thunder at 6pm and a chance of rain tomorrow but only 32 miles to Bozeman.
Sorry not many photos but done this on phone. Computer acting goat.
Stats. Dist. 5 miles. Average 13.5 mph. Elev 1379 m. Ascent 278 m. 28 degrees.

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Photos

Country Boy
Emigrant Bar

Yellowstone River
From our window this morning.