Too Much First Day Excitement

Yesterday was the day we had been waiting for and yes, we were up early and ready to get on the road to Yellowstone.

As we packed up and left Spring Creek RV Park, we saw this

beautiful rainbow up and over the mountains. What a way to start the day. Then as drove through the little town of Big Timber on our way to to I-90, the

clock on the bank and

the temperature, indicated that it was going to be a great day as well.

We traveled west out I-90 through

Bozeman, Montana. We saw this worker

hanging this sign as the traffic scooted by on both sides.

Then it was on to West Yellowstone. We are arrived at the Lions Head RV Park without any problems, checked in and got to our sites. Then the fun began. The sites are big as they only rent out every other one. They are just grass sites, which is okay, but it was hard to level. After several tries, we finally got it and finished the setting up process. By this time, the guys are hungry and of course they have a plan…let’s grab the cameras, head to town, get a hamburger, and get to

the park! And, that is exactly what we did… and this is what we saw on our first day as we drove through the North Loop.

An eagle sitting in the tree keeping watch over her

baby that was high in a tree not far away! Just a short drive down the road, we found

this elk feeding not far from the road. You could almost reach out and touch her.

We drive on…we stopped to see

There are lots of these throughout the park.

Okay…guys, I know we are looking for wildlife! So we drive on…but first we have to see

A lot of these were not active, but as we climbed to the top we did find one that was

pretty bubbly.

Okay, Ellie and I got a little walk out of this stop…we are now back in the car and off to the next stop which brought us to

Mammoth Falls. We didn’t stay here long as there was a lot to see and a lot of walking, so we have put that on the list to go back to when the kids get here. We decided to stop in the little town below

cold drinks and a snack. At this point we way into the loop and the guys are on the hunt for more wildlife. Maybe we will come here another day.

Next on the loop, we found

waterfalls, and

tall rocks, and

pretty flowers, and then we rounded the corner and saw a lot of cars by the side of the road and knew there was something to see. And, something to see it was!

This beautiful bull elk was just minding his own business feeding on the flowers and grass. He didn’t seem to mind that we were all flashing the camera in his face. He was so pretty, it was hard to get back in the car, but we must proceed or we will never get completely through this loop. It wasn’t long until we found another group of cars along side the road and at this stop we found

MOOSE! Caden, Moppa is so sorry you aren’t here to finally see that moose you looked for all through Custer. He was beautiful.

We didn’t think this day could get any better. We have seen so much more that we ever dreamed of seeing and we are only on day one. Then we saw

snow on the top of Mount Washburn and we saw

this beautiful river gorge. Then, there was the highlight of the day…we came upon another group of cars, some park rangers, and this

grizzly bear!

What a day this has been. Remember how we started the day with the rainbow…well, this is the way

we ended a great day. See you tomorrow!