Yesterday we were in Yellowstone. Getting there was a little annoying because theywere doing quite a lot of road construction. It is all two lane roads so we often had to come to a complete stop for 15 or 20 minutes before we were guided through rock falling areas by a "leader car". I tried not to get upset about it because the settings were so beautiful but it was hard.

Herb and I started off our Yellowstone time by going on a three mile hike through fir forrests and mountain meadows. They were so lovely. Very few people were on the hike, which was surprising, since overall Yellowstone was a zoo. We had to end the hike a little early because there were tons of mosquitos eating us alive. We saw other people who were abandoning their walks as well for the same reason. But it really was very beautiful. Apparently other people, like us, hadn't thought to buy bug spray for the middle of the day.

Then we went to the thermal features. Now I get why Yellowstone is such a tourist destination. It is like nothing I've ever seen. You walk around and hot sulfur geysers are erupting all around you. It feels like Mars. We were very excited because we walked up to the Old Faithful visitors center to see when the geyser would erupt next. There was a sign that read "Next predicted eruption of Old Faithful will be within 10 minutes of 3:02". We had totally lost track of time but I looked at my watch and it read "3:02". Perfection!!!!!! We had arrived at the exact right minute. So, we watched Old Faithful with about 5 million other people and then walked around to explore the other thermal features. Herb liked it so much, he put is on his top three list of the trip so far. We are racking up quite a lot of competition for this list. On the way out of the park, we saw mule deer, which are big ugly fat deer, nothing like home deer. And we got to use our binoculars!!!!

Today it is sunny and 70 degrees in Ennis, MT. We are heading out for a 5 hour drive along back roads of Montana and spending tonight in a lodge in Glacier National Park. How fun!!! Enjoy our pics! More tomorrow or the next time I have wireless!!