Yellowstone, Day 2

Chilly morning- 39 when we first got up! By the time we got on the road it was upper 50's and warmed up from there. Back into the park, we headed to Canyon where niece Marion is working for the summer. She was off today so we took a walk to see the The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and the biggest waterfall in the park. From. There we had lunch in the dining room where Marion works and said our goodbyes. On to Mammoth Hot Springs and then back to West Yellowstone.

This picture shows all of the new growth that has come up since the huge fire of 1988 that destroyed more than 700,000 acres in YNP.

Check out this waterfall where the Yellowstone River flows through.

On to Mammoth-

Petrified Rock-

No longer active spout-

Views of Mammoth Hot Springs.

Beautiful Day!

Dillon, MT to Yellowstone NP

Our day began in Dillon, traveling in perfect weather towards YNP. We traveled through the historic towns of Nevada and Virginia City, Montana and then to Earthquake Lake. From there we went to West Yellowstone. We unloaded our gear and headed to Old Faithful.

Nevada City is a collection of historic buildings moved to their current location.

Virginia City

My cowboy-

Montana Cowboys!!

This was a tragic earthquake in 1959 that killed 28 campers in a landslide that blocked Madison River and created a small lake.

We don't know these kids!

More YNP tomorrow (I am stuck on underline and can't figure out how to undo it!! Any pointers?? Anyone? Help.

Clarkston, WA to Dillon, Montana

Today we headed east along with Diane and Roger. Traveling on Rt.s 12, 93, 43 and 278 we are staying in Dillon, MT. It was a great travel day- 400 miles, sunny and mostly 70's to 80's. We couln't have ordered a better day if we tried!!

The first 100 miles were just like this- following a river on our right.

Lots of twists and turns-

Little bits of snow still on the Bitterroot Range-

We stopped here for another history lesson along the Nez Perce Indian Trail. They fought the army on numerous occasions as they tried to flee to Canada- only a few made it that far. Many were killed and others were captured and taken to a reservation, much smaller than what was agreed upon in a previous treaty.

Battle field sites-

More views along the way near Jackson, Wisdom and Dillon, MT

Tomorrow we head to Yellowstone NP!