Blogs from West Yellowstone, Montana, United States, North America - page 4

This entry actually covers 8-23-09, and after reading it, hopefully you'll see why we were too tired to do it last night. 4 the number of states we were in yesterday: Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada; 2 the number of scenic river valley we drove along: Logan & Snake Rivers; 4 lakes: Bear, Lewis, Jackson, and Yellowstone; 2 National Parks: Grand Teton and Yellowstone; 1 spectacular mountain range.......of course, the Grand Tetons; 2 number of cities in Wyoming with elk antler arches: Afton and Jackson; 3 number of times we crossed the Continental Divide; 3 number of times we were stopped by flagmen because road construction necessitated one-way traffic; 1 the number of times we got lost and needed to backtrack slightly; 0 the number of times we... read more

We managed to get around and see a lot of Yellowstone by car today. After a rough nights sleep (it gets very cold here even in height of summer) we got up early and managed to see Old Faithful which was a great experience. I would strongly recommend to people that going early you will obviously get a better photo but also beat the crowd which can hit to a big amount in the peak season. After going for a big trek up an overlook we bumped into a Canadian guy who said he had spotted three black bears and there bigger cousin a Brown in the past two days on his trek. We set out in hope and apprehension to a certain degree that we will get to spot a bear. Unfortunately there was no ... read more

31st May, 2009 Travel to West Yellowstone, Montana. On the move again today, said goodbye to Jackson (which we can recommend to any traveller), and headed up SH 26, through Alpine, across the border into Idaho and up through Rexburg, Ashton, across another border and into the State of Montana, arriving here at West Yellowstone around 2pm. As it implies West Yellowstone is a small town on the Western edge of the Yellowstone Park, nice place. We are at the Grizzly RV park, which is just 4 blocks from the Yellowstone entrance, it has 191 sites, all with full hook ups, well set out. Only one problem and I would say it either belongs to the town or the area - they have mosquitoes, so it was out with the insect spray (that fixed them). Went ... read more

HEADED OUT OF GLACIAL, -- THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE PARK, THE BRIDGING PARK, BETWEEN CANADA AND AMERICA. AND THEN THROUGH A LITTLE MORE OF THE GLORIOUS ROCKIES AND SCENERY THAT KEEPS YOU THINKING, ---------THAT YOU’VE ALREADY ARRIVED IN HEAVEN! MONTANA IS KNOWN FOR IT’S BLUE, BLUE SKIES, IT’S OLD GROWTH FORESTS, AND MOUNTAIN RANGES THAT JUST GO ON FOREVER AND EVER, NO IPOD MUSIC FOR US TODAY, JUST THE GOOD OL LOCAL COUNTRY AND WESTERN STATION, IT MADE THE DAY,- THE LYRICS ARE SO CORNY, BUT RIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRYSIDE, WITH VALLEYS OF WILD HORSES AND THEIR FOALS, WHITE FENCED RANCHES, LOTS OF ROCKING CHAIRS ON THE PORCHES AND OF COURSE THE BIG RED BARNS, SHOULDN’T “THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN” HAVE CHARGED OVER A MT BY NOW? IT WAS LATE AFTERNOON WHEN WE WERE GIVEN A “REAL” FRIENDLY ... read more

I can’t begin to describe what it is like driving from Mammoth to Norris and seeing steam rising from a pool of water at the side of the road. When we stopped, we could see, hear & smell the boiling cauldron. Thus it was for all of today. Tonight everything we wore, plus our skin, smells like sulpher and other ugly-smelling noxious gases, the names of which escape me, primarily because the beauty of what we saw far outranked any temporary unpleasantness. However, be forewarned. Anyone with a sensitive nose should avoid the geysers, steam vents, fumaroles and mud pots of Yellowstone. Make no mistake. Underneath all of this crunchy crust is some very active magma. We didn’t need the signs warning us to stay off the landscape, but we wondered how all the wild animals ... read more