Day 18 - Drive to Yellowstone, Labor Day, September 4, 2017

Drive to Yellowstone from 7th Ranch RV Park, Montana

   I know this post is a few days over due, but we have been out of contact with good WIFI signals since we entered Yellowstone and have not been able to post to the site.  Please bare with me as I attempt to catch up to current time line.

   Today, we started out once again after a pretty leisurely morning.  After cleaning up and packing up and walking the dogs, we hit the road about 9 AM, heading for Yellowstone.

   We have had smoke in the atmosphere the last couple of days and today was getting worse.  Many of the wide panoramic views that we have been seeing are muted by the haze form the smoke.  Western Montana, specifically, Lola, Montana is having a very bad time of it and we pray for them as we deal with the results of their fires.

   We had good weather, otherwise.  The traffic is fairly light, considering that it is Labor Day, September 4th.  We know that no matter what, it will be crowded at the exhibits in the park, but we are hoping moving around the park won't be too difficult.

   I will post some pictures of the scenery we witnessed along the way.  It is educational to see the change in scenery from each and every state that we have been visiting.  Montana reminded Dinah of Oklahoma in a way.  "It's even flatter that Oklahoma." according to Dinah.  There aren't many trees and the ones they do have are very small.  Mostly prairie grass and sage brush and other vegetation which baffles me to be honest.

This is close to our camp site in Montana

   As we progressed out of Montana and into Wyoming, we could see the gradual change from wide open plains of Montana to the hills and mountains ranges of Wyoming.  In between the mountain ranges were beautiful valleys with lush horse and farming land.  As we progressed West through Montana, the mountains became much more pronounced and prominent.  After a while the only passages were through the valleys.  It is really a beautiful country that we have inherited (or taken in some cases) ah-hum.  Of course, I speak of the Native Americans who used to revere and honor these lands that no one could own and should be for all to use and share.  That's just my observation, I'm sure you have your own opinion and mine is probably pretty naive.  So, that's that.

This is a shot a little further south.  

   The last pictures I'll show you are the shots of the only wildlife that we have seen so far since we have been in the park.  This buffalo was lazily grazing along the side of the road, as you can see.  The truck in front of us, of course, stopped; violating all the rules that the Rangers give everyone who comes through the gates of the park.  Anyway, there's always one or more in these crowds who thinks they know best.  And, of course, they really don't.  <(;-o)

   Tomorrow, we head out to Old Faithful.  We are really looking forward to this.  It's one of the main reasons we have trekked across the beautiful country.  We'll be sharing again, tomorrow.
LUV 2 ALL!  Dinah and I hope you are enjoying a little bit of our trip.

Link to many more pictures of the trip to Yellowstone, here.

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