Got a late start this morning but still had a good trip. We covered 605 miles in 13 hours. We drove through Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. The winter must have been rough on the roads in the national parks because there was construction a good portion of the trip and several times it went down to one gravel lane. Nice thing was it gave you more time to enjoy the scenery. We made it to Old Faithfull and only had to wait about ten minutes for it to blow. It was very impressive. The girls (Kristina and Tiffany) and a friend Randy saw us on the Old Faithful webcam. It was an outstanding day for wildlife; we saw a brown bear, moose, elk, bald eagles, and buffalo roaming around the parks. Nina and I were amazed by the amount of snow still in the mountains and the devastation caused by forest fires. After the forest fires there was nothing left to prevent the erosion. The erosions caused landslides that took out entire mountainsides. We thought Grand Teton had the nicer scenery (beautiful mountains, rivers, & lakes) but Yellowstone had all of the wildlife and geysers. Learned another important lesson today, carry extra windshield washer fluid! I have filled up twice already. I stopped tonight at dusk on the side of the road to add more fluid and a swarm of hungry mosquitoes attacked me, I was lucky that they didn’t take me away before I got back into the car. Long day but a good day.
Wow, sounds like a whole new world!! Did you try out the Clip On we gave you both? I bet you are itchy today!! It was neat seeing you on the webcam. I posted the pics on Facebook so you can download them. Drive carefully today. I know you got in late!! Love you both!!
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ReplyDeleteLet me try again--I hear those mosquitos are as big as birds by the time you get to Alaska!
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