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Jul. 10th, 2007 10:44 pmI aren't dead! Just without connectivity for a while.
On Friday afternoon, we drove up through the South enterance in Yellowstone and drove up to see Old Faithful erupt. On the way, I thought I saw another moose, but all we found in that spot was a woodpecker. Old Faithful was, yes indeed, faithful, and was fun to watch while we had chocolate icecream. Then we meandered out to the West enterance, pausing to get out our camp chairs and watch a herd of cow elk and their babies for a while first. That evening, we had a delicious dinner - thai calamari, basil tomato soup, and pan-fried Walleye. Yummy! Also, in West Yellowstone, there is a painted buffalo project, like the painted cows in Chicago (or the much less popular and talked-about painted sharks in San Jose). So I began my painted buffalo picture collection.
The next morning we woke up v.v. early and drove to the North enterance, past the cow elk herd again, a few buffalo, and Mammoth Falls, and then we ended up in Gardiner, where we had a pretty good breakfast (for a buffet) and after fueling up, went white water rafting. It was so much fun, and mom actually came with us! I rode down one of the rapids outside the boat on purpose, which was also a lot of fun. Sis and I tried to drag Dad out of the boat, but alas, our effects were unsuccessful.
Then we headed out along the northern portion of Yellowstone to Rosevelt Lodge and the valley beyond (where the Druid Peak wolf pack lives) to see if we could find anything, but a storm rolled in, turning the view all misty. We headed back to Gardiner to go on a one hour horseback ride and 'cowboy cookout'. We did get rained on a bit, and there were two little boys who were very loud, but had a lot of fun, but all in all it was a good time. We tried to go back to hear the wolf pack howl at nightfall, but we got there too late. We drove back along the canyon in the dark (EEP) and got back to the hotel at 1130.
The next morning we got up a little later, and drove back along the canyon to Gardiner. Sis and I hadn't had enough beating up yet - we went on a three hour trail ride up in the hills beyond Yellowstone. It was a gorgeous ride, but I'm still sore two days later. Yeowch. But afterwords we went to a little cafe and bookstore in Gardiner and got the most fantastic panini sandwiches ever, then drove back out to the wolf-having valley to hear the wolves howl. We saw massive herds of buffalo, lots of pronghorn antelope, mating sandhill cranes (they sound like a pack of monkeys), and it was gorgeous evening overall. No wolf howls though. I'm still a bit sad about that. We didn't drive back over the canyon pass, but it was still midnight before we got back.
But? Stars in Yellowstone = totally awesome.
And there's more, since this only gets to Monday morning, and it is now Tuesday evening, but people want to go to bed now, and I'm keeping folk up.
I really hope I sleep tonight. I've been all not with the sleeping through the night through the whole trip, and it's getting old fast. I'm getting something to knock me out tomorrow if I don't sleep tonight. Mrr.
On Friday afternoon, we drove up through the South enterance in Yellowstone and drove up to see Old Faithful erupt. On the way, I thought I saw another moose, but all we found in that spot was a woodpecker. Old Faithful was, yes indeed, faithful, and was fun to watch while we had chocolate icecream. Then we meandered out to the West enterance, pausing to get out our camp chairs and watch a herd of cow elk and their babies for a while first. That evening, we had a delicious dinner - thai calamari, basil tomato soup, and pan-fried Walleye. Yummy! Also, in West Yellowstone, there is a painted buffalo project, like the painted cows in Chicago (or the much less popular and talked-about painted sharks in San Jose). So I began my painted buffalo picture collection.
The next morning we woke up v.v. early and drove to the North enterance, past the cow elk herd again, a few buffalo, and Mammoth Falls, and then we ended up in Gardiner, where we had a pretty good breakfast (for a buffet) and after fueling up, went white water rafting. It was so much fun, and mom actually came with us! I rode down one of the rapids outside the boat on purpose, which was also a lot of fun. Sis and I tried to drag Dad out of the boat, but alas, our effects were unsuccessful.
Then we headed out along the northern portion of Yellowstone to Rosevelt Lodge and the valley beyond (where the Druid Peak wolf pack lives) to see if we could find anything, but a storm rolled in, turning the view all misty. We headed back to Gardiner to go on a one hour horseback ride and 'cowboy cookout'. We did get rained on a bit, and there were two little boys who were very loud, but had a lot of fun, but all in all it was a good time. We tried to go back to hear the wolf pack howl at nightfall, but we got there too late. We drove back along the canyon in the dark (EEP) and got back to the hotel at 1130.
The next morning we got up a little later, and drove back along the canyon to Gardiner. Sis and I hadn't had enough beating up yet - we went on a three hour trail ride up in the hills beyond Yellowstone. It was a gorgeous ride, but I'm still sore two days later. Yeowch. But afterwords we went to a little cafe and bookstore in Gardiner and got the most fantastic panini sandwiches ever, then drove back out to the wolf-having valley to hear the wolves howl. We saw massive herds of buffalo, lots of pronghorn antelope, mating sandhill cranes (they sound like a pack of monkeys), and it was gorgeous evening overall. No wolf howls though. I'm still a bit sad about that. We didn't drive back over the canyon pass, but it was still midnight before we got back.
But? Stars in Yellowstone = totally awesome.
And there's more, since this only gets to Monday morning, and it is now Tuesday evening, but people want to go to bed now, and I'm keeping folk up.
I really hope I sleep tonight. I've been all not with the sleeping through the night through the whole trip, and it's getting old fast. I'm getting something to knock me out tomorrow if I don't sleep tonight. Mrr.
