Out on the road with our new Lance trailer for a fall trip. Plans include Yellowstone National Park and Little Big Horn. Taking it nice and slow, enjoying the ride.....
DAY 1 - 9/26/2019
Short travel day to Gold Ranch RV Park in Verdi, NV - just outside of Reno
Windy, warm evening. Needed some rest after packing for the trip.
Not a bad view.
DAY 2 - 9/27/2019
Stopped in Elko, NV for the night at Iron Horse RV Resort. We got rain through the night.
Our trailer has a window at the head of the bed and this is the view when lying down.
Nice RV Park.
Rainy day dog. Waiting for the neighbor dogs to appear.
DAY 3 & 4 - 9/28-9/29/2019
Staying in Twin Falls, ID for two nights at Twin Falls 93 RV Park. More rain the first night, but cleared up the next day. Temperature in the 30's.
Driving toward Twin Falls.
Snake River
Cinder cone with some snow. You can climb up to the top and see a series of cinder cones. We were not game to do this - we're just a few years too late.
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| It was 36 degrees and very windy |
DAY 5- 9/30/2019
Travel day to West Yellowstone, MT. Staying at
Yellowstone Grizzly RV Park and Cabins. This is a very nice RV park. We are backed up to the woods, so bears can be get nosy. Have all food and our little BBQ in the trailer. It was 37 degrees when we arrived this afternoon. Low tonight of 23.
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| Leaving Idaho headed for Montana |
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| About 45 miles from West Yellowstone we hit snow flurries. |
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| Our campsite |
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| View from our door |
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| Sadie loving the snow |
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| View from our dinette |
Yellowstone National Park
October 1-2 2019
We spent two days touring the park. Truly magnificent. I took most of these photos using my telephoto lens. We had snow flurries both days. Temperature in the teens at night. Sure glad we have a four season trailer!
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Best dog walk yet!
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| West entrance of the park |
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| Colorful aspen trees |
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| Madison River |
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| We watched this wolf on the side of the road walk down to the river and swim across |
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| We waited an hour in 37 degree weather for front row seats. |
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| Old Faithful Lodge |
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| Clark's Nutcracker. He was our picnic buddy |
West Thumb Geyser Basin
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| Tourist |
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| Yellowstone Lake |
Canyon Village - The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
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| Lower Falls - Yellowstone River |
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| Had to check this out |
Mammoth Hot Springs - Mammoth Hot Spring Terraces
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| Icy Trail |
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| Love the bird on the top |
Gibbon Falls
Norris Geyser Basin
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| Another icy trail |
We Are All Heading Home
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| Excelsior Geyser Crater |
I was excited to see the iconic Grand Prismatic Hot Spring. Here's a picture of it (not my photography
Here's what it looked during our visit. I'm still laughing
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| Grand Prismatic Hot Spring |
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| Turquoise Hot Spring |
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| Fly fishing |
Grand Teton National Park
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| Jenny Lake |
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| Grand Teton Visitor Center |
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Visited the Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument in Montana. It is virtually unchanged since the battle and you can feel the event.
The visitor center is located by the Custer National Cemetery where "graves of known and unknown veterans of our nation's wars, including women and children from isolated frontier posts, Indian scouts, and Medal of Honor recipients."
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| Visitor Center at Custer National Cemetery |
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| View of cemetery from the Last Stand Hill |
"Following the battle, the Lakota and Cheyenne removed their dead and buried them in lodges, seaffolds, and the hillsides. Surviving members of the 7th Cavalry hastily buried the soldiers, Indian Scouts and civilians on June 28, 1876.
In 1877, most officers’ remains were exhumed and reinterred in eastern cemeteries. Lt. Col. Custer’s partial remains were reburied at West Point, New York. In 1881, Lt. Charles Roe erected a granite memorial shaft and reburied the remaining 7th Cavalry dead in a mass grave around its base.
In 1890, the army placed 249 headstone markers across the battlefield in an attempt to show where Custer’s men had fallen."
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| Last Stand Hill just below the Memorial and mass grave. |
"Seventeen markers for warriors now stand on Park Service property at the two battlesites. The warrior markers are made of red granite selected by participating tribes and engraved with the name of the warrior in English and in his native tongue. Each of the new markers includes the notation that the warrior died 'defending the Lakota way of life.' "
Indian Memorial
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| Last Stand Hill |
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| Reno-Benteen Entrenchment Trail |
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| We found Bud's Indian name |
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