Yellowstone here we come

Sunday, August 25, 2013
We left our exciting fishing access spot beside the Missouri River and headed toward Helena, Montana.


There we turned southeast on 12 toward the Three Forks Missouri River Headwaters State Park. We had visited this park a number of years ago, before our stamping craze took over, so we had to go back and get the two stamps available.

That accomplished, we drove east on I 90 to Livingston and then south on 89 to the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park. Along 89 we stopped at a rest area and ate the deli chicken and salad lunch we had picked up in Livingston.

Snake skins in the VC

In all the touristy stuff in Gardiner we stopped for the North Entrance stamp. It was a new one for us. Then we entered the park and pretty much drove straight down the upper west side of the loop to the Madison Campground. We obtained sites there, then drove into West Yellowstone so Rubbles could fill a propane tank.
We noticed a big lack of wildlife. It must be too warm for them. The only thing we saw was a herd of elk hunkered down along side the river. We didn’t even see one bison.
Back in camp we settled in for a restful evening.

North Entrance Portal

Check back for a few pictures of today’s activities. We didn’t take very many, and I don’t have them available right now.  (I’m posting this from the Old Faithful parking lot Monday morning.)
More later.