Yellowstone National Park

Today was a fairly uneventful 10 hour drive to Yellowstone. We went through North Dakota and Montana. Some portions of the drive were beautiful but the majority of the drive was through what appeared to be grasslands and prairie. Both Scott and I have commented on how trees don't seem to grow in the grasslands here. Most of the drive I worked on my knitting. We did stop once for gas in Billings, Montana. Billings was the largest town that we've been through for what feels like days.

Custer National Forest

When we reached Custer National Forest the mountains and views were breathtaking! We drove over a 10,800 foot pass, it was amazing! Now this is where Scott and I should live. Again, we took pictures but they don't even come close to doing the scenery justice.

After about an hour's drive through the national forest we were at the northeast entrance to Yellowstone. It sure is beautiful country here! My one goal now that we're at Yellowstone is to see a moose. I've seen two young ones before on a trip to Montana, but i want to see a full sized moose on this trip....i guess we'll have to wait and see. The other goal that I have now that we're here is to NOT see a bear. I know they are out there and will be very content not to see one.

It seems like almost as soon as we got into the park we started to see buffalo. It was soooo cool because they were in such huge herds. We used the binoculars and saw them running, it was like straight out of Dances with Wolves! We watched the buffalo for so long that they ended up crossing the road right in front of our truck. Wow, they were cool and huge. They also make me laugh with the grunts that they make. We took a couple videos and will post them once we get to a decent Internet connection.

What started off with a seven hour drive which turned into a 10+ hour drive due to all of the buffalo. At one point we we're stopped in a huge car line because three buffalo were in the middle of the road just hanging out. It was awesome!

We ended up getting to our campsite around 9 and were set-up by 10. As we were talking with the person checking us into our campsite I had to ask about bears. He did mention that a juvenile (three years oldish) male has been spotted nearby but not in the campground. Let the adventure begin!

It's definitely colder here than were we've stayed the previous nights. It is supposed to get down in the 30's tonight. Hopefully we don't freeze overnight.