Monday, June 13, 2001
We awoke in the Canyon Campground, in Yellowstone. The 2 to 3 feet of snow on the ground had not disappeared overnight. Oh well.
We drove down to the showers and once finished there we headed out. The first stop was at the lower falls brink parking lot, then on up the road a little to look at the fall itself. We headed for Mammoth, stopping on the way at a small overlook for breakfast. There was a herd of over twenty elk and numerous buffalo within binocular range.
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| Our picnic table is in there. Can you see it? |
We drove down to the showers and once finished there we headed out. The first stop was at the lower falls brink parking lot, then on up the road a little to look at the fall itself. We headed for Mammoth, stopping on the way at a small overlook for breakfast. There was a herd of over twenty elk and numerous buffalo within binocular range.
We continued on to Mammoth and enroute saw two black bears. Once at Mammoth we got the passport book stamping completed and heard one of the rangers ask another ranger to take her camera to take a photo of a newborn elk. We went out and took a bunch of photos while the mama elk was trying to coax the calf to stand.
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| The proud Mom and her new baby |
From Mammoth we went south toward Madison Junction. We stopped at a historical ranger station for another passport book stamp, and then another stop at Norris Basin for yet another stamp. Then on to Madison Campground where we registered for two of the last four sites available. No snow on the ground at Madison. YEAH!!!!
We took a side trip into West Yellowstone, Montana, got our passport book stamp at the tourist information center, then went to the IMAX to see Yellowstone. We stopped at DQ for a bronto burger and some pterodactyl strips. We headed back to the park and Madison campground. On the way we stopped as a bunch of buffalo, maybe 20 or 25, crossed the road. The herd had 4 or5 young calves with them. There were two ranger vehicles acting as crossing guards. We got some photos of the calves. When they cleared the road and we started again, there had been traffic backed up in the other direction for a mile and a half to two miles. We stopped at the Madison VC which had closed about five minutes before we got there—go figure.
We are now huddled by the fire in our caves while the rain falls outside. Certainly glad we are not in cloth caves.
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