Bears And More in Snowy Yellowstone

Wednesday: Wednesday morning we woke to snow on the tent and trees. I was wearing everything I brought, so I was warm enough (it wasn't really that cold.) Victoria slept in our bag with all our heads a little downhill. Isobelle slept the other way in two sleeping bags and was nice and toasty and comfy.

We did the loops of Yellowstone. The lower in the AM. We visited some stinky sulfur pools and hit Old Faithful, where we got rained on significantly for the first time.

Talked with Cousin Tim, who kindly invited us to stay the night. So we did the upper loop on our way to Bozeman, Montana. We were surprized to find the Mammoth Hot Springs dried up and kind of a disappointment from Johns pictures of a previous visit. We saw all the Yellowstone wildlife goodies - bison right on the road and their little calves, a grizzly bear foraging off the side of the road, a velvet-racked elk right on the curb, a bighorn sheep perched atop a cliff munching and magpies all over the place in Northern Yellowstone and Montana. Many antelope, mule deer, osprey, canadian geese and a mystery waterfoul, taht was reminicent of a loon - only duck sized.

In Montana we got to meet Jennifer and Robbie - the first of the White's to meet the little one! The grownups showered and slept in a warm, cozy bed. (The girls on an air matress.) A nice change from the cold, windy nights. We had yummy pizza and salad. In the morning, hot eggs and toast with coffee and o.j. Tim and Jennifer were preparing to leave for Andy's wedding in D.C. Pippin [the dog] wanted to play ball the whole time we were there.