This morning started with coffee at Bozeman Montana Community Food Co-op. I had a lovely Americano. So we drove down to West Yellowstone, from Bozeman on US 191. It was a pretty drive by the river most of the way.
We stopped at an Antique Car Dealer place right outside of Bozeman. It was a lot like the junk yard we stopped in WY, but this was all cars. I saw three really rare Studebakers, and it was amazing. We saw a studebaker Conestogo. OMG - I need this car. Meg photographed and I made videos of cool type, cool colors & hood ornaments. Amazing & Fun!!!!!
Then we were off on our drive. We had a lunch on the side the road in the park. Gluten free bread with egg salad and GF BBQ chips. Good stuff. We have been eating out of the cooler most meals. We did have rice & beans (heated in the microwave) from the Co Op tonight for dinner. The hot meal did wonders for us both. We are both so tired. We have only been going for seven days… but it is still worth it.
We spent the afternoon in the park driving from west yellowstone down to old faithful. We saw some baby elk with their mamas about 5 minutes after we entered the park. We also saw a few different buffalos. Just eating on the side of the river with tons of people fly fishing and driving by.
We stopped in the lower geyser basin and saw the fountain paint pot and great fountain geyser, along with some other smaller geysers. These puppies are cooler in person than in photos. It smelled like making hard boiled eggs.
The park is crazy busy, even this time of year. There were a million people at old faithful.
We are planning on heading east for the first time in a week tomorrow. We will be driving from West Yellowstone, back to Sheridan, WY. We will spend the night, then we are planning to get to the Badlands National Park in SD next.
Once again, we are off to bed early so we can get an early start tomorrow. Good night!
Our friend Anne works at the Bozeman, MT Co-op! Forgot about that...
ReplyDeleteYou picked a great time to visit both Bozeman and the Park. If you're still in our neck of the woods, and still up for one more beautiful drive, consider heading through the Lamar Valley and over to Cooke City a (tiny) little mountain town that's really only open during summer months.
ReplyDeleteFrom Cooke City you have to make a tough decision. You can either head north over the Beartooth Pass (incredibly beautiful and high altitude) or head through the Sunlight Basin (some of the best mountain vistas around) area to the northeast.
If you go over the Beartooth make sure to spend a bit of time in the town of Red Lodge. If you go through Sunlight the town of Cody, WY won't be far away.
Enjoy your road trip!