Yellowstone National Park

                                                                                                                         

On Fall Break (+ 5 days) of 2012, I went with my Uncle Bob to do some bucket list items... Wind Cave, Jewel Cave, Mt. Rushmore, the Badlands, Devil's Tower, and Yellowstone... here is some pictures telling the story...

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After Devil's Tower, we stayed over in that location and then spent a day to drive to Jackson Hole, WY. We stopped at a cool cache... It's called Hell's Half Acre but for SciFi fans it is know for something else... This geocache location was cool... it was where they filmed the movie "Starship Troopers" This was the bugs home planet!! Too cool!!!!
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The 8 hour drive was very scenic ... creeks by the road, mountains on both side, ....this house built right next to a neat mountain. A lot of Wyoming is just giant ranch country with mountains thrown in for the heck of it! <grin> As we climbed higher and higher to the pass into Jackson Hole valley (Elevation 9,658 ft.).
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All of a sudden it started snowing... scary for us flatlanders!! but once out of the pass it was clear again... and before us was the Grand Tetons! No foothills here... right out of the valley floor into the clouds!!
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Yup... winter is coming... the snow line was just about a 1,000 feet up!
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Got to Jackson Hole, WY for our 3 day stay. Downtown Jackson Hole. The Town Square.. each corner had an arch of antlers
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Sign... Back at the hotel...
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The next morning Dark and early we left the hotel and traveled an hour and half to get to Yellowstone National Park! There are three times going from the south entrance to Old Faithful that you cross the Continental Divide. Wow... look at the size of the collar on her.
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Actually there were two right at the side of the road. Again... as we get higher the snow was on the ground... with a storm coming later that afternoon, we need to get as much as possible done.
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Boy... do your ears pop a lot up here!! Here is the thing everyone comes to see... Old Faithful. It just sits there and steams....
                                                                                                                         

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Last updated: 10/26/12