Today we left Missoula, Montanna and headed for Yellowstone National Park. First of all no catastrophes with the trailer, everything seems to be working smoothly so fingers crossed!! The more we saw of Montana the more we loved it. All the wide open spaces, I can see why it's called 'Big Sky Country'. The ranches are beautiful and many have the homestead perched in the middle of a vast open space with views of the mountains, plains, rivers ... I could live here!! We will need to come back to Montana to explore more, especially the southeast part of the state. We did a lot of big climbs up "real" sized mountains and steep drops down. Some still had snow on top. We saw a herd of deer and a fox along the way. We took highway 287 down from the 90 and passed some beautiful countryside. The town of Ennis, (which needs to be explored again), was quite cute and we stopped at a great little coffe shop called Maples Coffee. When we got to the Gallatin area we stopped at the Earthquake Lake Visitors Centre. It was very interesting and we learned about the earthquake that took place there in 1959 and how it changed the landscape. The pictures we took were amazing. After that it was a short drive to our campsite at the Mountainside KOA. Very nice campsite and the best, cleanest bathrooms yet!! Once we set up the trailer (with no glitches). We headed for Yellowstone... There was so much to see and it was beautiful beyond words. We took a scenic route along Fire Hole Canyon and it was breathtaking. The waterfalls and steep cliffs were beautiful. At this point I was pretty excited to see a bison on the side of the road, we did manage to get a picture before the oncoming traffic blocked our view. We went to the lower basin geyser and it was spectacular. I think what amazes most about the scenery is all the beautiful colours. On the way out of the park we saw a herd of bull deer (is a bunch of deer a herd?) Then got stuck in a two mile long bison traffic jam. Everyone was still stopping and taking pictures of him. Returned to the campsite and had Dorito Tacos for dinner then showered and off to bed. Getting up early to go see Ol'Faithful tomorrow. Night all!
Georgeous Montana
Maples Coffee Shop
Lower Basin Geyser
Bison - Caused a large traffic jam!!
Wow. Pretty spectacular scenery. Enjoy.
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