Day 3, Wed, June 15th: Ok... so there was a Wal-mart

First, sorry... no internet or phone access for the last 2 days. I did blog in Word though so here we go...

We are headed into the mountains, and Yellowstone National Park, as I type. We plan to enter the Northeast entrance by way of Bear Tooth Pass. The woman at our hotel said that there will probably be 6 feet of snow on both sides of the road at the high points! But, she said the roads have been plowed:)

We’re on a 2 lane residential highway right now and the speed limit is 70! 

There’s something about heading out and not knowing where we will be staying tonight that is both terribly exciting and scary at the same time. Call us crazy if you want, but we are living a dream that we’ve thought about for a long time. Actually, we’d love to travel the whole west coast and up into Canada/Alaska but I am afraid we can’t get all of that into this trip:)

 

(7pm)    Today has been A-MA-ZING! We did indeed head to Yellowstone and tonight we are staying in a small cabin within the park. There is electricity, a bed, a table and chairs, and a wood burning stove for heat! There is no plumbing, although the public bath/shower is not far from our door. There is also a creek nearby so we can hear the sound of the water and the view out the window is amazing. There are  no services for cell or internet here so this will be posted whenever I can. We will be staying here tomorrow night as well so we can enjoy this beautiful park (we haven’t seen the geysers yet, or the canyon). So far what we’ve seen has been breath taking… almost more than we can take in at one time. We have seen mountains and valleys, hills and plains. We have experienced everything from snow, wind, and cold to warm breezes and green flower-dotted landscapes with birds singing and animals grazing. Speaking of animals, so far we have seen a lot of birds, ground hogs everywhere (not afraid of people… partying in the grass and sand), and bison… the bison are all over! It’s awesome… and we hope to see more wild animals!

Backing up a bit, Bear Tooth Pass (HWY 212 from Red Lodge to Cook City) was unbelievable! The most gorgeous views going up and over the mountains… seriously… we were literally driving on the top of the mountains (at about 11,000 ft)! It was like we were in Antarctica. When the lady at the hotel said the snow would be 6ft high on both sides toward the top, it was an understatement. It had to be 15 ft or more at times. We took a lot of pix and video. 

Now we plan to settle into this lovely cabin, light the wood stove (it’s supposed to go down to 30°F) and hit the sack.

Until tomorrow.

On the top of the mountains!