July 31 – The drive from Missoula to Yellowstone was really pretty. Had a couple of steep grades though: one was 8%. I think we were doing 20 mph when we got to the top of that one. We always try to use the pullouts and let others go by so we don’t hold them up too much. We did have one close call while driving here. An 18 wheeler was passing us while on a 4 lane highway. He was speeding. Then he sees a state trooper in the median so he decides he’d better move over. Guess what; we were there. He just moved over to the right lane while we still had a good 6-7 feet of overlap. Gary slammed on the brakes and hit the horn and flashed his lights. At least we were able to avoid the collision. The truck just kept on truckin.
They had a couple of vacant camping spots in one of the campgrounds at Yellowstone. It’s a little pricey but at least we’re in the park. Besides, we’ve saved so much staying at Wal-Mart we can afford a couple of these. They squeeze you in pretty tight in these campgrounds. Not too much room behind or next to you.
We went on a hike our first day and saw a couple of Marmots. They are kind of like really large squirrels and live around rocks. It was another first for Maggie. She had never seen one before. We also saw several buffalo and deer. Summer just arrived at Yellowstone. It last snowed here July 6th and as you can tell from the photos of the bucks, they are still in velvet.
Today we’re going to be out seeing the sights of the southern portion of the park; the most popular being Old Faithful. Hopefully we’ll have photos to show you on our next update. Cheers.
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