horselets and cowlets

Yesterday Tony and i didn't get to bed until late due to the second wind after being forced to drive for 100 extra miles until we found a vacancy, because of that we got off to a later start today. We hit the road about 9:30 and made our way to yellowstone park. On our way to the park we saw so many new born and tiny little calves and colts, although we prefer to call them horselets and cowlets! We sent a quick message to Kaitlin who reminded us that if we see any bearlets to be careful!

We were only about an hour and half from it, so it didn't take long to get to, but we did spend a lot of time there. I wish that this was our vacation and not a trip to get us back to work because we could have hiked for days out there! It was so gorgeous, many changing climates from the low desert like areas to the chilly mountain air at 10000 feet. We saw a lot of free roaming bison on our way to the top of the mountain. On our way through the park we did take a little hike through a geothermal area where there were hot and some hot and stinky geyers and sulferic mineral springs. We got to see a few of the geyers blow into the sky about 20-25 feet. It is pretty amazing. We did not, however wait for old faithful to blow. That would have meant waiting an hour and half. We thought it over but after last night's "no vacancy" night we thought it would be a good idea to get to a hotel before dark since there is a high population of large elk and other huge game around here, just waiting for nightfall to run in front of your car.

Once we got to the south entrance/exit of yellowstone it took us directly into the grand tetons. I can not say which one of the parks was more magnificent!!! They were both so fresh and clean and wild. Unfortunately we didn't see any bear or moose, which Tony and i really had hoped for. But on the bright side, we now know that my lil' crv can tow a trailer full of shit up a pass greater than 9500 feet high!

We found a place to sleep for the night and tomorrow we are going to be back on track towards seeing Mount rushmore, Crazy Horse, the blackhills and the badlands.