September 19, 2019 Thursday Wildlife Traffic Jams!

After getting up and around we walked the dogs near the RV Park in West Yellowstone. They have a zipline place that was closed for the season and the dogs really enjoyed exploring it. Then we did all the necessary things to get ready for driving, like checking the oil and unhooking the utilities then hooking up the pickup. We stopped at The Grizzly Wolf Discovery Center and got new T-shirts. We didn't tour it, because we did that a few years back. 

Then we started our drive through Yellowstone. We saw bison and  other lovely sights. The drive was excellent. We stopped for a lunch break at Lewis Lake. 

Geysers

Lewis Lake

Lewis Falls - YNP

Glimpse of Lewis Falls

Lewis Falls flowing into the river

I believe we crossed the continental divide three times on our way- I didn't remember that from previous drives. 

We kept driving on John D. Rockefeller Highway out of Yellowstone and into Grand Teton National Park - you really can't hardly tell when you pass from one to the other.  The views were amazing and the mountains look so rugged! 

Entering the Tetons

Jackson Lake

We passed Jackson Lake and eventually just kept moving south toward Jackson. As we got near the airport, all the traffic stopped and a big moose crossed the road! I got a couple of pictures! 

Moose crossing road

Something cute in Jackson Hole

When we arrived at Jackson, it was busy and full of tourists. We got set up and unhooked the pickup. We just picked up burgers for supper and then went on a drive to look for wildlife. 

We did a quick check at the visitor center in Jackson and I took a few pictures of stuffed elk there.

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On our way we saw a big herd of elk, but I was driving and they were too far for Steve to get a picture with my phone. We got to the Lawrence Rockefeller Preserve (on Moose Road) and saw another traffic jam. Anyway there was a Park Ranger there and we asked a lady in the jam where the bear was. She told us and Steve got out and looked, then I got out and looked. One of us had to stay in the pickup with the dogs - so they wouldn't go nuts. Some guy said there is another bearing the parking lot, so we drove there and didn't see a bear. We started back to the RV and got a really good look at three bears. After that we returned to the RV.

Bears

September 18, 2019 Wednesday- A Beautiful Drive

We got up and around. It was 46 degrees tis morning at Deer Lodge. So we waited a bit for it to warm up before we walked the the dogs and dumped our tanks. We were soon on our way, about 10:00 AM.

The Big View

Speed going over Homestake Pass

We got on I-90 and crossed the Continental Divide at Homestake Pass. When we got near Cardwell, MT, we saw a moose right near the interstate. So Steve took the exit and we got some pictures before it took off.

Moose

Of course we were on  a dead end road. So we unhooked the pickup from the RV and turned them around and hooked back up. We stopped at Walmart in Bozeman to get a few more supplies. Then we headed south toward West Yellowstone on US 191. This road was narrow - lots of curves and slow going, so kind of a hard drive for Steve. The Gallatin River runs alongside of the highway and it was just beautiful.

Plus this highway also goes through Yellowstone NP for a few miles.

I could live here if I had plenty of firewood & propane

Gallatin River

We arrived at West Yellowstone Grizzly RV Park about 5:00 PM.  The site we got was a back in - so we had to unhook the pickup again before we could back in and set up. We walked the dogs and returned to the RV. Supper was sandwiches. We watched some TV and I caught up my journal.