We left Utah, traveled through Idaho and entered Wyoming - all within a few hours. The scenery is beautiful and the weather great. Wyoming is so picturesque. It is like being in the Black Diamond/Longview area of Alberta for a much longer distance! The feel is very western, the ranches are stunning, most with absolutely huge log and timber frame homes with green rolling hills and mountains in the background. Antlers are the decoration of choice here...we had to laugh at one town, the welcome sign was an arch of antlers that was put right over the main highway...no doubt you are in cowboy territory! The trend continued in the next town as we saw antlers used to make park archways and wreaths on doors! I was a little shocked at first and then remembered that elk lose their antlers each year so they don't each represent a killed animal at least!
We stayed a couple days just outside of Yellowstone park and took in the beauty of the Teton mountains. Our campground was right on the snake river and we fell asleep to the sound of cows mooing (or booing as Jack calls it) on the hills across the river. They were hilariously loud.
We were lucky to get a campground in Yellowstone with only 1 day notice - people make reservations months in advance so I must have called at the right time! We met some great people in the campground and Jack met a fellow truck lover (Alex, who was 3) so he was more than happy with Yellowstone.
Yellowstone is a huge busy park with so much contrasting scenery. Although it was hit by fires in 1988, the trees are in re-growth stage and are providing a neat backdrop to all the geysers. As you drive around, you see mist billowing out of the forest, and you know there is a geyser there...a little further along you will see a barren area where the trees cannot grow because of the heat of the hot water bubbling up from the earth in amazing colour..and yet there is still quite a bit of snow on the ground - very bizarre. And lots of wildlife!
We (along with hundreds of our closest friends) saw Old Faithful shoot into the sky...as it does every 90 minutes or so. It was neat but my best memory of Old Faithful will forever be that as Jack was playing in front of it waiting for it to blow he finally decided to stop calling me Daddy and called me Mommy for the first time. yay!
We headed north out of the park which put us into Montana and we are starting to head home somewhat in shock that time has gone so fast. We are going to head toward Sandpoint, Idaho for a few days and maybe to the Kootenays for a couple of days and end off where we started.
3 comments:
Wow, quite the adventure. The fun never ends!
James
I remember when the Manson family saw "Old Faithful" on our US trip in 1967. Dad made a loud comment that he was sure that the geyser was just a hot water sprinkler system that was timed to turn on every 90 min. Needless to say the Americans standing within earshot were NOT impressed! John, was it you or Jim who cried because of the stinky sulpher smell?
Dave and buddies are having a "Wingding" at the lake this weekend so things will be quiet in the Calgary house - clean too I'm hoping!! See ya soon! Jane
Long time no type to...Keigan and I had somewhat of a fast forward for our x country trek; we travelled 5672km in 8 days and even made time to stop and smell the exhaust in a few cities along the way. My dad had his lung surgery last Friday in Moncton and has been in ICU since...we are hoping to see him moved to a unit tomorrow and hopefully will have him packed up and across "THE LINK" sometime over the weekend. The surgeon felt that the surgery went very well and we will find out in three weeks as to whether he will have to undergo chemo or radiation. My sister gets her prognosis and treatment plan on Friday, so it will be an anxious rest of the week for all of us. When you get home don't forget to put some thought into catching up with us in PEI over the summer!!! Enjoy the rest of your trek...Happy Canada Day! Susan
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