Day 78
Fri 23 Sep 16
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Drove through the Yellowstone Park today. Went and watched Old Faithful Geyser go off. We were down wind and got wet with 1000 year old waters. Stopped at Fire Hole Falls. Stopped and watched Herds of Bison in the
fields and crossing the road. Watched
Elk in the field and later, one that walked just in front of our parked
cars. Went back
and watched it spout again 1- ½ hr. later, but from a different angle. Stopped at the fountain Paint Pots and walked
around the boardwalk. Went from there
and crossed the Continental Divide two times.
Got stuck in a hail storm for 20 – 30 min. Headed back to the RV Park and saw more Bison
and Elk. In the same places we saw them before.
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| Old Faithful blowing up! |
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| Bison crossing the road. |
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| Elk walking across the front of our truck parked in the parking lot. |
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| 30 min Hail Storm |
One of the blue looking paint pots There was red, white and orange too.
Day 79
Sat 24 Sep 16
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Drove into Yellowstone again today and
took northern loop on the east side.
West side road was closed. We saw more animals including Elk, Deer,
Bison, and Long Horn Sheep. We stopped
and walked the boardwalk paths at several points of interest. These included the Virginia Cascade, North Rim
of Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone upper and lower falls, lookout point and
others. Stopped at Tower Falls and had lunch there. Continued on to Mammoth Hot Springs. During
the trip to Mammoth Hot Springs we encountered a herd of Bison crossing and
running down the road past our truck. I
would say 6 or 7 hundred bison kept us in awe for 10 or 15 min as we sat in the
road and watched them all go by. At the
Mammoth Hot Springs there were Elk just roaming all around the little town
eating the green grass and crossing the road in front of us. Then on the way
back we stopped at the Artist’s
Paintpots and walked the boardwalk loop.
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| Lower Falls in The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone |
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| Toweer Falls |
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| Over 1000 Bison came off the hillside and ran down the road past our truck. All we could do was stop and watch them go by. It took over 20 min. |
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| The Elk just grazing on the Grass at Mammoth Hot Springs |
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| Viewing Some of the Hot Springs |
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| The Sunset at the end of our Day - Taken by Candy |
Day 80
Sun 25 Sep 16
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| Today we left the RV Park at West Yellowstone,
MT. to drive to Springville, UT. We
drove through Idaho and then into Utah. We made one detour To the Golden Spike
National Park to see Promontory Point where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific
Railroads joined and formed the first Transcontinental Railroad. Then we drove
to the RV Park at Springville, UT. |
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| This was the last tie laid on completion of the trans-continental Railroad in Promontory Point, UT. |
Day 81
26 Sep 16
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Left Springville, UT RV Park at 8:30
am. Drove 295 miles to the Ely KOA RV
Park with one side trip to visit the Lehman Caves National Park. Arrived at Lehman Caves Visitor Center at
12:15 pm but had to set our clocks back 1 hour because when we crossed into
Nevada we entered the Pacific Time Zone.
Our Tour reservation was for 1:00 pm.
We used the extra time to watch a movie about the Park, buy postcards
and go to the 5th wheel for lunch. The tour lasted 1-1/2 hours and
was really great. We were glad we took
this tour as you can see from some of the pictures we took.
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| Inside the Cave |
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| Stalactites are the growths from the ceiling, and Stalagtites are the growths from the floor. |
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| The way out was a very long Tunnel..... |
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| It was a 1 hour drive on Hwy 50 to our next stop in Ely, NV. |
Day 82
27 Sep 16
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| Headed home to from Ely, NV driving the "America's Loneliest Road" |
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Drive from Ely RV Park to Home over Hwy 50 “America’s Loneliest Road” Only 7 Hours to get home from Ely. Arriving home we were gone for 97 days (including the trip to WA to see
Gayle, Bryan, Alice and Joseph), and drove a total of 13,545 miles, using 1,205
Gallons of gas. The truck towing the 5th
wheel got an average of 11.24 mpg.
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