We're back again in civilization once again!!!! Yellowstone has no internet service as well as no TV [no Fox news for John ...ha!]. Phone service was questionable. Anyway...we are now in Jackson Hole WY and have the most incredible last few days.Every day has gotten better and Bigger!! I now understand the meaning of"Big Sky Country". Cody Wy offered the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. A must see if you are in this part of the country I'm embarassed to say that my knowledge of the west hadn't gone too far beyond "Hopalong Cassidy". The museums we've visited have filled in a lot of the gaps.All of them have been family friendly.We crossed the Continental Divide twice. Forgot to mention that John has had problems with the altitude and is looking forward big time to getting back to sea level.And then the buffalo...........lots and lots of them. We have also savored buffalo burgers, buffalo stew, and I'm sure there was buffalo in the eggs yesterday.We stayed at the Yellowstone Inn and arrived just in time to see Old Faithful do her thing. We saw many other geysers and hot springs. I hadn't given this much thought either and have taken for granted, these postcard images. This whole area is a volcano crater and is over due to erupt................in fact we're 40000 years overdue. It was strange to stand in one spot, turn around and no matter where you look, there is stream coming from the ground. A little Martian Chronical-ish............!!!We visited Mamouth Hot Springs and again this was beautiful. Somehow boiling water coming out of the ground doesn't quite compute. Here we saw a lot of elk and in one case they were on the porch of a residence. Gave new meaning to "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner".Today ........the Tetons and all I can say is WOW......these are mountains!! This type of beauty is difficult to describe, I wish I had the vocabulary.Today, a raft trip on the Snake River The rapids were about class .5! not too difficult......pretty slow and I mean really slow but very fun and gave us a different view of Grand Teton.Jackson Hole is way too expensive but again beautiful. There is no such thing as a 10.00 t-shirt. I know this as I've done my share of cash therapy on this trip!Tonight we attended a a chuck wagon bar-b-q with entertainment. The cowboys [singers] were very good and even impressed Mr. The only real musician is Dave Brubeck DiPinto. In fact he bought a CD. Tomorrow morning we will wake up to 31 degrees. Might have to wear socks. This will be our last day and will arrive in Salt Lake City around 4:00 |
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
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Sounds like you 2 have been having a (mostly) wonderful time. We also loved Yellowstone & Grand Teton when we visited there some years back. We went back to Colorado thru Wyoming & also stopped to visit the same museum complex & had a great lunch at a restaurant just down the block from the complex. Some year we may get to Devil's Tower & Mt. Rushmore. That trip, we had also gone up to Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park, trooped thru both the sculpture garden & art museum in Loveland, CO, & spend several wonderful hours at Dushanbe (I think that's the correct name, or at least close) Tea House in Boulder & then walked around the pedestrian mall there after lunch. Enjoy the rest of your travels & I'll be seeing you next week. Sue
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