Month: June 2019

Yellowstone National Park Monday 10 June 2019 The site wasn’t level, even with using all our giant lego style blocks under the rear wheels, so we made up the bed backwards with our heads towards the front of the van and it worked just fine. If we can’t be level, we both prefer to sleep…

Yellowstone National Park Sunday 09 June 2019 Waking just before six, the outside temperature was 23° Fahrenheit.  Fortunately, it doesn’t look like any of the plumbing froze overnight. Cool temperatures make the thermal springs very apparent. By 0700 we are driving off in search of wildlife. Mule deer on a ridge are the first for…

0640 28° F – Snow This was the view from bed as we woke to a quiet blanket of snow. About four inches coated everything in Bridge Bay. We felt bad for folks in pup tents. After a breakfast of hot oatmeal, we walked to the Marina Store. Asking about anti-freeze, a kind campground employee…

Signal Mountain in the Grand Tetons was a delightful campground, but we have reservations tonight in Yellowstone. Temps were a little cool when we awoke at 0630. The thermometer read 45 degrees. Contrast between the flat plains and upwelling of the mountains continues to amaze me. Mule Deer grazing in the field didn’t take any…

One last look at Fremont Lake before heading north. It was hard to believe there were only two other rigs in the entire campground. Home on the range echoed thorough my mind as we passed this “Open Range” sign. The fine print reads “Loose Cattle.” That woke us up, as we surely don’t want to…

05 June 2019 By 0730 we were packed and moving towards the exit at Dinosaur National Monument. Before leaving, we wanted to stop and check out the raft landing on the Green River. It turned out we weren’t alone. The Colorado River Exploring Expedition, under the leadership of John Wesley Powell, set of from this…