Stuff it!

 On our major loop around Yellowstone and over to Cody, we went through a small town (can’t remember the name of it), and Alex spied a general store and asked his mom to stop. We were glad he did. 

There was a side room that contained dozens of various stuffed animals!  Truly magnificent. 

What a nice surprise. 

Glacier NP

After getting settled into our new CG outside Glacier NP, the kids took off to go visit the park, and Dick and I visited downtown Columbia Falls. He scored some good waders at a thrift store, so maybe he will try his hand at fishing one of these days. 

Today, we got an early start for Going-to-the-Sun Road, with not much traffic. Some idiot drove his 35’ Moho up the road (signs clearly state NO vehicles over 21’), which earned him a park ranger escort up to a wide spot to turn around and get escorted back OFF the mountain...and hopefully a heavy fine!  Here’s your sign...stupid!

Amy heads E tomorrow, while we go to Idaho and poke around a bit. Pray for safe travels for our gal!  We will miss y’all!!!

Final day in W Yellowstone

 Amy and the boys went bike riding in the park both yesterday and this morning, riding 7 miles today. 

Dick and I had planned to drive in to say goodbye to Old Faithful this morning, but traffic into the park was backed up way into town. No thank you. We instead drove a bit W to check out other campgrounds for possible visits but didn’t find anything we liked better than Bakers Hole. And the price is right!

I left Dick to tinker yesterday and poked around town right by myself.  It was fun and not too crowded.  I got a couple of photos of the painted buffalo found all over town.

Tomorrow is a travel day as we head up to Glacier NP for a couple of nights. We are living the cool evenings!

 

Yellowstone NP

We piled in the Jeep and drove around the N end of Yellowstone and over to Cody, WY, for lunch. Since Dick and I were just at the Buffalo Bill Center last summer, the kids toured that while I hit up the grocery store. They could have spent all day at the Center, but we didn’t have that much time, so back to Yellowstone we went. 

Mammoth Hot Springs is sadly mostly dried up. The Lamar Valley is a great place for spotting buffalo, and yesterday we hit the mother lode. We saw several herds that must have totaled well over a thousand head!  Saw some waterfalls and a deer here and there. 

The solenoid on our towed quit on us, but Dick was able to order a replacement, so playing mechanic filled up his morning, and Amy and I did laundry. That stuff goes on no matter where we are!