| Johanne & Ed's Notes from the Road |
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| On day two we did the northern loop, counter clockwise this time. The scenery changes from place to place and this time we did more mountainous area. Twisty winding roads and more trees. Makes us glad we did not drive the RV on these roads. |
| YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Continued |
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| Of course the mountainous terrain makes for some great waterfalls. |
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| Roaring Mountain, the white is from the limestone that leaches out of the ground with the venting steam. The roaring refers to the sound that is made when the steam rumbles the ground. |
| A sad thing in Yellowstone is the effects of the 1988 forest fire. It has been 18 years and the scars are still very apparent. However, this picture shows the new growth in amongst the dead trees. Life goes on!!! |
| While in the village of Mammoth Springs we met with our new friends Kim & Jim, fellow volunteers at the Escapees CARE Center in Livingston, Texas where they were also volunteers. They are working in the General store there. We had lunch with them and caught up on each others latest news. |
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| Note: August 16th: I have had seven weeks away from updating this web site & web page. I find that my satellite internet is not compatible with the web page builder. So.......here goes. |
| It is difficult to describe all the beautiful things we saw while visiting and touring aournd Yellowstone. Waterfalls for sure, we saw only a tiny fraction of the many hundreds of waterfalls in the National Park. There are many websites that show a lot of them (if you are interested). . |
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| On our way out we had the worst weather and the worst roads. The east entrance road is being rebuilt and is one way for eight miles...a long wait. Besides the bad road, the MUD and traffic...it SNOWED on us TOO! |
| We had a great time in Yellowstone and want to give a word of advice to all. If you are planning to camp inside yellowstone you can camp at a number of locations without any utilities. But, if you want to have electric and water there is only one place "Fisherman's Bridge" and you MUST make reservations very far in advance. We could not get in and had to rough it. Otherwise, allow enough time to see everything, No less than three days, four or five is better. Whatever you do, Yellowstone is a must for all, at least once in your lifetime. Cody, Wyoming is next...................go to page 7 |
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| This is the beautiful Yellowstone Hotel built in 1891 and uprgraded several times in the early 1900's and had it's hey days in the 1920's. Over the next 50 years it fell into disrepair but in 1981 the National Park Service and the hotel concessionair began a ten year renovation. Johanne and I walked through the lobby, sunroom and shop and were quite impressed The Hotel still uses this antique Ford Limo to transport guests |
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