Awesome

My friends, Charles and Tina, have made their second trip to Colorado this year. They drove from Florida. They picked me up in Denver last week, and we went to Wyoming. It was a trip down memory lane for me. Our destination was the Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. I had been there before on a family vacation in 1981. The first stop on this trip was Grand Teton National Park. We did one hike in the park. We took a boat ride across Jenny Lake to get to Cascade Canyon Trailhead. We walked several miles up into the canyon. It was a beautiful hike. We saw a couple a couple of moose, and a lot of people when we were leaving. It was a popular hike. The rest of the day was spent driving around the park. We got stuck in a Bear Jam. We caught a couple of glimpses of the bear. I didn’t get a good of look to tell whether it was a Grizzly or a Black Bear. I think it was a Grizzly though.

Jenny Lake from the eastern shoreline. Looking towards Cascade Canyon.

Charles & Tina in Cascade Canyon.










The next day we packed up and headed to Yellowstone. We set up camp at Grant Village. From there we set out to look at Geysers and Hot Springs. This park requires lots of driving. There is a lot to see, and it is a huge park with lots of animal jams. We saw elk, moose, bison, marmots, coyotes, and grizzly bear with her cub. We also saw what we believed to be a wolf. Charlie was the only who saw it with binoculars. It took off before Tina and I had a chance to see it through the binoculars.

Morning Glory Pool. This a beautiful hot spring that is losing its color and heat due to people throwing junk into it.

Grand Prismatic Spring.










We abandoned our camp for the third night in Yellowstone. We needed some sleep. The campsites were right on top of one another, and there were a few rude neighbors right next to us who didn’t observe quiet hours. We went to Canyon Village and got a couple of cabins. They were not luxurious. I believe they were built in the first half of the 20th century for the workers. On the outside the cabins had the appearance of a shantytown. Fortunately, they had fixed up the inside so that they usable and not that bad. The cabins served their purpose for me. I got some descent sleep.

Me at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

A rainbow that forms in the mist of the Lower Falls.








We left Yellowstone last Sunday via the Bear Tooth Pass route into Montana. This is a very scenic drive. We stayed the night in Billings, Montana. It took about 9 hours to get back to Denver from there.

It was an awesome trip with awesome beer, awesome food, awesome choices, awesome scenery, awesome animals, awesome friends, awesome etc.

Awesome

-M