Monday, October 15, 2007

Day 7: Montana to (Yellowstone)Wyoming

The hotel we stayed at in Bozeman, Montana had 5 hot tubs in the middle of it with a dead stuffed mountain goat on top. This probably sounded like a good idea at some development meeting, but they failed to realized that when you don't have a separate hot tub area the entire hotel smells like chlorine. Nathaniel saw a shortcut to Yellowstone on some map. 25% of the way it turned out to be a dirt road. If we didn't have Nathaniel's hiking GPS to confirm that we were headed somewhat in the right direction, Shannon may have killed him.
Yellowstone Park!...and the back of a big horned sheep. Hey! Turn around. Hey! Stupid animal.
New state!
The Visitor Center at Mammoth Hot Springs is the coolest place to be. Mack-daddy elk brings all the ladies here.
No Shannon...it's not you.
Hello Mr. Bison. Please resist the urge to ram the mighty RAV4.
Nathaniel feels a little uneasy...like maybe half of Wyoming may explode in the next few minutes.
Bubbling mud. No swimming.

Is this an adult coyote or a baby wolf? We rolled our window up just to be safe as he/she strolled by.
Yellowstone Lake.
After we left Yellowstone we stopped at the hotel Buffalo Bill built in the 1870s, in Cody Wyoming. Everyone in the restaurant was a hunter and everything on the menu had buffalo, beef, or elk. Nathaniel had the children's spaghetti. Hippie. Check out the cool "bar service" button.
The sun sets as we approach the middle of nowhere.



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