Thursday, September 16, 2010

Day #9, not my favorite, but still fun.

We woke up around 8, in west yellowstone & had coffee. The hotel last night was less than nice and we were excited to be heading towards home, even if home was 20 + hours away.

We were off to the park & had been driving about 30 minutes when we hit a yellowstone traffic jam, which on the whole was the best traffic jam I have ever been in...then, the car started to overheat! So we turned around (bummed out noises here) and headed back to West Yellowstone. West Yellowstone is a tiny town outside of the west entrance. No one could even look at the car until Friday.

We decided to try and make it back to Bozeman, MT. Since Bozeman is a much bigger town (like 70,000 people) we hoped we could get the car looked at there, today! So if you drove with the heat on full blast and were not stuck in traffic, the temp stayed at an ok level (still running hot).... so we made it to Bozeman with feet sunburns, but otherwise unscathed. We got the car looked at, while we had lunch at the Bozeman Community Co -op (LOVE THIS PLACE) !! We had a yummy veggie curry with rice. The car just needed a radiator cap and some coolant and we were on our way. (at about 3:30 pm)

Since I was super disappointed that our day in Yellowstone didn't work out, we stopped in Livingston, MT to see if we could find a room. We found a room at the first place we stopped, the Murray Hotel. Let's just say it was a serious upgrade from the last two days. Awesome, historic Inn.

So, we are loving our nice room (Barb you would approve, it's up to your standards!).

We are going to try once more for a full day in Yellowstone. The plan is to drive from Livingston, MT to Buffalo, WY, through the park.

Then we gotta haul ass to Iowa City, IA by mid day on Monday so we can get hitched, then get to South Bend, IN on the 22nd to enjoy our lake michigan cabin for a couple of days before we have to work on the 26th. The plan is to drive home on the 27th. Today made me miss little Asheville and our sweet house.

Alright, wish us luck that tomorrow works out. You can't say we didn't try to see that damn Yellowstone!

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