Day 12 - Off to Yellowstone!

We’re moving to Fishing Bridge at Yellowstone today. Cold, snowy, same as before! LOL

We’re entering Yellowstone National Park from the South Entrance. It looks like the frozen Artic! Snow drifts on the side of the road over 12’ high! Lake Lewis is frozen as is Lake Yellowstone. There is snow everywhere. I don’t believe I ever seen this much snow. James Spann asked to have his picture taken in the snow drift!

We got into the campground and got set up. When we checked in, the man who registered us asked if we had any pets. We said we had Chrissy. He reminded us to keep her on her leash and to keep her close. A bear had been spotted in our campground and Chrissy would just be a “snack on a leash.” Guess who won’t be walking the dog!

We caught up with Eddie and Susan and started touring. We headed out to see Old Faithful. It’s funny, but you cross the Continental Divide twice before you get there!

We got to Old Faithful in time to see it go off. We were a bit chilly at that point and headed to the Lodge to get something warm to drink. While we were inside, there was a book signing going on. A young man who photographs the Tetons and Yellowstone was signing two or three of his books and some of his prints. He gave me some pointers and some of his favorite shooting spots that most “tourists” don’t know about or won’t take the time to visit.

Some of our favorite roads and drives were still not opened, so we didn’t get to see some of our favorite parts of the park. We did see a lot of animals, though. NO BEARS!

We decided to make it an early evening. Tomorrow Eddie and Susan are going off on their own and we’ll head to West Yellowstone, MT. After they’d left for the hotel and David had gone to read, I was sitting at the dining table. I heard a funny noise. I looked up at the door window and noticed what looked like a snowball sliding down it! The glass in the door is frosted so I opened it to find 1” to 2” snowflakes! I have never seen any that large before! The snow piled behind our camper is quite high!

See ya down the road!

Jenny J