Our 2017 Northwest USA Adventure
Today was a great day. Besides being Tim’s birthday, we both agreed that the area that we explored today was our favorite. The area is called Canyon. They call it the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. The views were outstanding.
We started out at an area called Artist’s Point with a long range view of the canyon and waterfall. The only negative was a bus load of Japanese tourists all very excited about getting the perfect picture. When you travel that far you want to be sure that you get what you came for.
We took two hikes that would be called moderate. Both switched-back and forth down to viewing areas of the upper and lower waterfalls on the Yellowstone River. Going down was easy but coming back up was another story, especially for Pat. The effort was worth it.
The morning and early afternoon was spent taking hikes and checking out the canyon from other observation points.
We then headed to the Roosevelt Lodge for a late lunch. It is a log cabin lodge with cabins. Big front porch with rocking chairs with views of the mountains. It was President Teddy Roosevelt favorite area to vacation thus named after him. We both had burgers, Tim bison and Pat beef. Both very good.
From there we headed for a scenic drive along the Lamar Valley. The views were expansive with mountains, valleys, rivers and meadows. Here we encounter long-distance views of hundreds of bison. However, we were fortunate enough to have a few of them cross in front of us and walk by us. They really are beautiful creatures. Interestingly, we were told (by a ranger and we had no way to fact check this since we have no internet) that they can run 35 miles per hour and can reach that speed in a few strides. They can also jump over a man’s head with a standing start. Looking at them it seems impossible.
Yesterday while Pat stood in line for the Post Office, a young woman who works for the park during the summer said that a few weeks ago she was driving at night and didn’t see a bison and hit it. It got up and rammed her car and walked away. She had a picture of the car and the car lost!
Patricia Rowlands
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16 Apr 2020
Day 11 - Touring
July 11, 2017
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Yellowstone National Park
Today was a great day. Besides being Tim’s birthday, we both agreed that the area that we explored today was our favorite. The area is called Canyon. They call it the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. The views were outstanding.
We started out at an area called Artist’s Point with a long range view of the canyon and waterfall. The only negative was a bus load of Japanese tourists all very excited about getting the perfect picture. When you travel that far you want to be sure that you get what you came for.
We took two hikes that would be called moderate. Both switched-back and forth down to viewing areas of the upper and lower waterfalls on the Yellowstone River. Going down was easy but coming back up was another story, especially for Pat. The effort was worth it.
The morning and early afternoon was spent taking hikes and checking out the canyon from other observation points.
We then headed to the Roosevelt Lodge for a late lunch. It is a log cabin lodge with cabins. Big front porch with rocking chairs with views of the mountains. It was President Teddy Roosevelt favorite area to vacation thus named after him. We both had burgers, Tim bison and Pat beef. Both very good.
From there we headed for a scenic drive along the Lamar Valley. The views were expansive with mountains, valleys, rivers and meadows. Here we encounter long-distance views of hundreds of bison. However, we were fortunate enough to have a few of them cross in front of us and walk by us. They really are beautiful creatures. Interestingly, we were told (by a ranger and we had no way to fact check this since we have no internet) that they can run 35 miles per hour and can reach that speed in a few strides. They can also jump over a man’s head with a standing start. Looking at them it seems impossible.
Yesterday while Pat stood in line for the Post Office, a young woman who works for the park during the summer said that a few weeks ago she was driving at night and didn’t see a bison and hit it. It got up and rammed her car and walked away. She had a picture of the car and the car lost!
On our return we went to another area called Tower-Rooservelt. There we had another short walk to a waterfall. There were some really unique rock formations in this area.
Before going back to the Airstream, we stopped at the local market and treated ourselves to ice cream to celebrate Tim’s birthday!
Here are some pictures from Day 11 in Yellowstone.
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Two More Days
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The Travel Plan
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Day 1 - We're off!
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Day 2: Cheesehead Country
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Day 3 Lots of Corn!
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Day 4 - Row-lands in the Bad-lands
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Day 5 - H-O-T!!
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Day 5 - Badlands Pictures
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Day 6 - Incredible!
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Day 6 - Mt. Rushmore Pictures
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Day 7 - Custer's Last Stand
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Day 7 - Pictures from Little Bighorn
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Day 8 - Dam!
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Day 9 - Touring
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Day 9 Pictures
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Day 10 - Touring
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Day 10 - Pictures
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Day 11 - Touring
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Day 12 - Touring
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Day 12 - Pictures
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Day 13 - Touring
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Day 14 - Touring
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Day 15 - Touring
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Day 16 - Goodbye Yellowstone - Hello Grand Tetons!
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Day 16 - Grand Teton Pictures
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Day 17 - Chipmunk in a Canoe only $249
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Day 17 - Pictures of Jackson Hole, WY
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Day 17 - Pictures of Jackson Hole, WY
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Day 18 - Wayne
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Day 19 - Our Glacier Park Arrival
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Day 20 - Food & Forests!!
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Day 21 - Yodelayheehoo!
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Day 21 - Logans Pass & Many Glaciers Hotel Pictures
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Day 21 - Logans Pass & Many Glaciers Pictures
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Day 22 - Oh Canada!
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Day 22 - Waterton NP Canada Pictures
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Day 23 - All Aboard!
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Day 23 - Lake McDonald Boat Ride
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Day 24 - Whitefish Revisited
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Day 24 - Pictures of Whitefish, Montana
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Day 25 - The Gem State
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Day 25 - Pictures
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Day 26 - Hard-hearted People
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Day 26 - Pictures
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Day 27 - Change of Plans
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Day 28 - Crossing Washington
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Day 29 - Our Sixth National Park
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Day 29 - Pictures
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Day 29 - Pictures
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Day 30 - Our Airstream
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Day 30 - Sleepless In Seattle
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Day 30 -Pictures
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Day 31 - Jimi would love it!
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Day 31 - Pictures
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Day 31 - Pictures
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Day 32 - Park #7
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Day 33 - Hoh my, this is different!
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Day 33 - Pictures
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Day 33 - Pictures
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Day 33 - Pictures
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Day 33 - Pictures
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Day 34 - Stinky Sol Duc
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Day 35 - We finally see Mt. Olympus
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Day 35 - Pictures
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Day 36 - Checking Out the Falls
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Day 36 - Pictures
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Day 36 - Pictures
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Day 37 - 9 Hours Later
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Day 37 - Pictures
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Day 38 - We gotta get outta this place……
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Day 38 Pictures
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Day 39 - R & R
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Day 40 - Anything is a Blessing
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Day 40 - Pictures
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Day 41 - Beauty Spot
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Day 41 - Pictures
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Day 41 - Pictures
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Day 41 - Pictures
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Day 42 - A Three-Hour Tour
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Day 42 - Pictures
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Day 42 - Pictures
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Day 43 - Beer Here!!
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Day 43 - Pictures
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Day 44 - Lazy Sunday
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Day 45 - High Desert
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Day 46 - Central Oregon
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Day 47 - Just Around the Bend
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Day 48 - Back Into Idaho
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Day 48 - Pictures
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Day 49 & 50 - Heading East
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Day 49 & 50 - Pictures
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Day 51 - A Real Surprise!
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Day 51 - Pictures
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Day 51 - Pictures
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Day 51 - Pictures
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Day 52 - Rocky Mountain Fever
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Day 53 - Changes in Altitude
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Day 53 - Pictures
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Day 54 - Hittin' the Trail
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Day 54 - Pictures
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Day 55 - Smokin' Dave
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Day 55 - Pictures
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Day 56 - Travel, Traffic & Costco
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Day 57 - Highest yet!
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Day 57 - Pictures
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Day 58 - Bad Karma
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Day 58 - Pictures
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Day 59 - In Heaven
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Day 59 - Pictures
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Day 60-66 -The Journey is its Own Reward - Homer
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