HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!!
I know, a little sad looking flag... but, hey... we're trying!
Well, once again I've been remiss and have not kept up with our stories... Well... technology was not on our side. We've been in several dead zones, but no worries... all is good..we're back in 4G mode and I've got a hot spot...Yay!!! Today we're in sweltering Moab, UT giving poor Gertrude's AC a run for her money. It is 103 degrees here... YIKES..., sooo.. since there is no way we're going hiking in this heat, and I don't have any excuses left, I'm gonna continue with our stories.... OK... here goes!
Yellowstone, Grand Teton & the Flaming Gorge
I know, a little sad looking flag... but, hey... we're trying!
Well, once again I've been remiss and have not kept up with our stories... Well... technology was not on our side. We've been in several dead zones, but no worries... all is good..we're back in 4G mode and I've got a hot spot...Yay!!! Today we're in sweltering Moab, UT giving poor Gertrude's AC a run for her money. It is 103 degrees here... YIKES..., sooo.. since there is no way we're going hiking in this heat, and I don't have any excuses left, I'm gonna continue with our stories.... OK... here goes!
Yellowstone, Grand Teton & the Flaming Gorge
Yellowstone
I think the best way to show Yellowstone is to share with you the amazing geological landscapes, the wildlife, the wildflowers, bison traffic jams and even the fishermen (anglers) via the hundreds and hundreds of photos we took. No worries, I won't post them all and bore you, but I also don't want to bore you with me saying...'awesome' all the time. So, I've dedicated a special page to Yellowstone alone. Check it out, click on 'Yellowstone' at the top and you'll agree that Yellowstone is too awesome for words.
In the week we were there, we spotted bears at 4 different locations, 3 Black Bears with their cubs and 1 (YES) Grizzly Bear. Many, many bison - they are absolutely magnificent... close up and personal! Pronghorns, coyotes, elks, Canadian geese, different birds, marmots, chipmunks, lots of insects and beautiful wildflowers!
Old Faithful gave us a perfect performance and we exited Yellowstone to another magnificent place: the GRAND TETONS! That story is for another day.
In the week we were there, we spotted bears at 4 different locations, 3 Black Bears with their cubs and 1 (YES) Grizzly Bear. Many, many bison - they are absolutely magnificent... close up and personal! Pronghorns, coyotes, elks, Canadian geese, different birds, marmots, chipmunks, lots of insects and beautiful wildflowers!
Old Faithful gave us a perfect performance and we exited Yellowstone to another magnificent place: the GRAND TETONS! That story is for another day.
The Majestic....GRAND TETONS
It has been said that our lives, our legacies, are simply the sum total of all the choices we made. Theodore Roosevelt certainly understood this when in 1906 he fought conventional wisdom and set aside millions of acres of land to be preserved for future generations. As fate has it, Allan & I were privileged to have met the descendents of the Eagle family who were instrumental in building and developing the little town of West Yellowstone, our base-camp and we learned of their legacy in this majestic place. Who are the Eagles...? No not the rock group... Read on: |
Touring the majestic Grand Tetons and stopping at the Jenny Lake overlook we spotted a 1919 model T Ford. Of course, Allan had to scope it out. Rich & Joy Eagle, the owners of this beauty and their entire Eagle family, have build their legacy in Yellowstone. Their family made the choice to provide visitors of Yellowstone the experience of touring this majestic landscape as it was in the early 1900's. Thus, Rich and his family now operate the 'vintage' tour buses and other vintage cars (11 total) which we saw all around Yellowstone... how fun!