He Said:
Wow! That's all I can say. If you would have told me that our first and only day in the park was going to include four bears, several elk, even more bison, a few rocky mountain sheep, and a wolf, I would have laughed out loud. I have been to Yellowstone more times than I can count and I have only seen a few bears and maybe one or two rocky mountain sheep. She must be a lucky charm. We did, in fact, see all of the above mentioned animals and more. With only one day in the Park, I decided that my pillion needed to experience the whole thing, something that is not easily accomplished with all the yahoos out there in their grossly over sized RVs.
We entered the park with every other person in Montana and I was very concerned about not finding a campsite, so we pushed on through as fast as the Winnebago in front of us would go. After a forty-five minute drive (one that should take twenty or so, but remember my wonderful sense of time from yesterday), we landed at Mammoth Mountain and to one of my favorite campgrounds in the park, Mammoth. It has everything: location, sun, large spaces
, and most importantly, flush toilets.
After the tent was set up and the gear stowed properly, we began our epic trek around the Park. For those of you who are familiar with the Park, we took the road from Mammoth to Roosevelt Junction and on to Tower, Canyon, Fishing Bridge, the Lake, Old Faithful, Madison Junction, and ending up back at Mammoth. For those who aren't familiar, sorry. Basically we began our journey by traveling clockwise.
Not twenty minutes down the road, we came across a gang of RVs with tourists gawking at something moving in the bushes below...a BEAR! A real live black bear! If you know anything about the wildlife in Yellowstone, you know that seeing a bear is incredibly rare. Here we were, not twenty minutes into our circle, and we see a bear. How cool! She was very excited, as was I. We continued down the road, stopping at all the usual tourist destinations and having a great time enjoying one another.
As we made our way further around the Park, we came to Mt. Washburn. This is where the day got really cool. We saw a grizzly bear! No Way! People never see grizzlies! She is so lucky!
We were running low on time, as we had to make it back to camp to buy firewood by 8:30p.m., so we were a bit worried about seeing Old Faithful erupt...or whatever it does. Traffic was great on the way to the site and right when we got off the bike we saw that the reliable geyser (better name don't you think?) was set to blow. We raced over just in time to see it do its thing. Again, how lucky is She?
After seeing the geyser blow, we headed back to our campsite. On the way we saw bear, buffalo, elk, antelope and other amazing creatures like squirrels and chipmunks. It was too cool. Our first full day in the park and She saw what people come to see every year and don't. We slept like logs, contemplating our futures.
We entered the park with every other person in Montana and I was very concerned about not finding a campsite, so we pushed on through as fast as the Winnebago in front of us would go. After a forty-five minute drive (one that should take twenty or so, but remember my wonderful sense of time from yesterday), we landed at Mammoth Mountain and to one of my favorite campgrounds in the park, Mammoth. It has everything: location, sun, large spaces
, and most importantly, flush toilets.After the tent was set up and the gear stowed properly, we began our epic trek around the Park. For those of you who are familiar with the Park, we took the road from Mammoth to Roosevelt Junction and on to Tower, Canyon, Fishing Bridge, the Lake, Old Faithful, Madison Junction, and ending up back at Mammoth. For those who aren't familiar, sorry. Basically we began our journey by traveling clockwise.
Not twenty minutes down the road, we came across a gang of RVs with tourists gawking at something moving in the bushes below...a BEAR! A real live black bear! If you know anything about the wildlife in Yellowstone, you know that seeing a bear is incredibly rare. Here we were, not twenty minutes into our circle, and we see a bear. How cool! She was very excited, as was I. We continued down the road, stopping at all the usual tourist destinations and having a great time enjoying one another.
As we made our way further around the Park, we came to Mt. Washburn. This is where the day got really cool. We saw a grizzly bear! No Way! People never see grizzlies! She is so lucky!
We were running low on time, as we had to make it back to camp to buy firewood by 8:30p.m., so we were a bit worried about seeing Old Faithful erupt...or whatever it does. Traffic was great on the way to the site and right when we got off the bike we saw that the reliable geyser (better name don't you think?) was set to blow. We raced over just in time to see it do its thing. Again, how lucky is She?
After seeing the geyser blow, we headed back to our campsite. On the way we saw bear, buffalo, elk, antelope and other amazing creatures like squirrels and chipmunks. It was too cool. Our first full day in the park and She saw what people come to see every year and don't. We slept like logs, contemplating our futures.
She Said:
Who knew? Me, The Wildlife Whisperer- I felt like Noah without the Ark.
I shared a wonderfully amazing day in Yellowstone with my very best friend. Lucky me.
Bum is holding up nicely :)
Thanks for keeping the blog. Great to hear each of your perspectives. Drive careful and see you in a couple days!
ReplyDeleteIt's so fun keeping up-to-date with where you are and what you're experiencing. (Much easier on a mom, I might add.) Love the two perspectives!
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