Lander, WY to Yellowstone National Park, WY

On Friday, May 18, we left Lander early in the morning because rain and thunderstorms were in the forecast. It was overcast but not raining. As we drove west we crossed the Togwatee Pass with an elevation of 9658 where there was snow on the sides of the road.

After waiting about 15 minutes at a construction stop sign, we traveled about two miles on unpaved roads. We were so glad that it wasn't raining or it would have been a muddy mess.

When we entered Grand Teton National Park there was a flashing sign "Caution, bear with cubs crossing." When we drove a little farther we saw lots of cars pulled off the road with cameras pointing to the woods. We couldn't stop in the RV and didn't see any bear in the distance.

During the rest of the trip we saw plenty of snow in the higher elevations. It was plowed to the side of the road.

We even saw a few ducks on the snow.

Some of the lakes were thawed but some were partly frozen.

When we drove past Yellowstone Lake on our way to the campground at Fishing Bridge it was very cloudy, but the lake wasn't frozen.

It drizzled a little when we set up, but all in all we had better weather than we expected. That night the temperature dropped down to 26 degrees. YIKES!!! We love our electric blanket!

Since we had an extra day before we had to report to Old Faithful camping area, we decided to take a drive over to where we would be staying and working.  The lake looked much better in the sunshine.

After finding the general store and the camping area at Old Faithful we drove to West Yellowstone, MT, the nearest city about 30 miles from Old Faithful and looked around. Then we drove the loop around Madison, Norris, Canyon Village, and back to Fishing Bridge. Yellowstone is a BIG park with 2.2 million acres. On the way we saw some elk. This one posed for us.

We also came across some buffalo with their babies. They were so cute!

On Sunday we left our campsite at Fishing Bridge and drove 44 miles to our spot at Old Faithful. The campsite is over a mile driving but less that a mile walking on the path to the store where we work. There were several sites to choose from, but none of them gave us enough clearing through the trees to get our dish reception. So we are without tv except the shows that we recorded on our dvr. We don't like missing what is going on in the world, but don't mind not hearing all the political talk. But thank goodness we do have a good Verizon signal for our phone and mifi internet connection.

The next time I write I'll describe our training and job.