Bozeman, MT --> Sheridan, WY: 646km
Yellowstone National Park
Vi sov en extra time om morgenen, efter at have haft en lang aften dagen i forvejen. Yellowstone og senere Sheridan, WY en 5 timers kørsel udenfor parken, var målet for dagen. Inden vi ankom til Yellowstone var håbet at se vilde dyr i form at -elk, -bisoner og -bjørne, gejsere samt flot natur. Vi stødte da også hurtigt på et par løsslupne hunde rendende rundt ude ved motorvejen og troede allerede det var vores første møde med den vilde natur... Haha :)
Vejen til national parken var en noget grå tur, men med vidunderligt landskab og mange små huse, helt ude hvor man ville tro kragerne vender. Heste og køer var der mange af... Især et sted hvor vi simplethen måtte stoppe!! Har dog aldrig set så MANGE heste samlet på et sted! (Skulle måske lige være undtaget dyreskue, men det her var jo noget helt andet!)
Som vi ankom til den nordlige indkørsel til parken, fik vi købt os sådan et årligt park-pas, således vi ingen problemer og extra udgifter får, nu vi har tænkt os at besøge op til flere forskellige nationalparker rundt om i landet :)
I Yellowstone spottede vi hurtigt den første elk (en større nordamerikansk race af rådyr) græssende ligeså stille i kanten af vejen, trods flere biler og mennesker i nærheden. Ja de er vel efterhånden vant til al den turisme, de dyr...! Som vi kørte igennem parken mødte mange spektakulære syn os i form af skiftende natur. Vi så flere varme kilder, søer, flade græsmarker, skov, gejsere, forunderlige vandhuller, kogende varmt vand, en kulsort å (?), sneklædte bjerge og selvfølgelig også dyr! Flere elks, masser af bisoner og hele 2 bjørne, den ene endda med en unge :)
Det meste af turen foregik i bil, men her og der gik vi ud for at få et nærmere kig på diverse ting... En af dem værende gejseren “Old Faithful”. Idet vi ankom fik vi fortalt at der nok ville gå en 10-15min før den ville gå i udbrud (?) og vi tog pænt plads foran, sammen med masser af andre mennesker :) Som vi sad/stod der, tålmodigt ventende syntes tiden at gå langsommere og langsommere. En mand kom så og sagde der yderligere ville gå et kvarters tid... Dette samtidig med at skyerne træk sig endnu mere og mere sammen!! Da det så “endelig” begyndte og regne forblev man knap så tålmodig og som det så begyndte og styrte ned begyndte hele showet selvfølelig! Et syn var det helt sikkert værd, men vejret kunne nu godt have vist sig fra en bedre siden end bare gråt, trist og vådt!
På turen ud af parken, sjaskvåde til at starte med og med fuld skrue på varmen i bilen, klarede det pludselig op! Vi tog chancen og holdt ind ved parkens kæmpe sø, som underligt nok var frosset helt til!! Er vi i JUNI MÅNED eller er vi i juni måned??!! Det var rigtig koldt ude, men ellers fint vejr og vi fik hurtigt lavede et par sandwich, før det så begyndte at SNE idet vi kørte videre...!! -Sikke en sommerferie vi er på :)
På et tidspunkt i løbet af dagen passerede vi grænsen til Wyoming! -Desvære uden noget billede af et dertilhørende skilt! (Det er faktisk sket nogle gange allerede... Æv bæv!) kørerturen i aftensolen, gennem Wyoming var skøn!! Det må siges at være en rigtig cowboystat med åbne vider og marker så langt øjet rækker! Masser af heste, køer, ranch’es, store pick-ups, rodeos og hvad der dertil hører! Lige noget for Vicky...!! André? Knap så meget :)
Vejret var forunderligt, men atter skiftende da vi passerede nogle bjerge i 2700m højde! Lige omkring mørkets frembrud ankom vi så endelig til Sheridan, WY! halvdelen af hovedgaden var lukket af, hvilket pludselig gjorde det meget svært at lokalisere vores motel samt finde ud af hvordan man ville komme “ind” til det!! Måtte stoppe og spørge på en tankstation, hvor en mand garanterede os at vi skulle længere op ad gaden, taget adressens nummer i betragtning. Som sagt så gjort og med stor lettelse fandt vi det endelig 10 gader længere væk end hvad kortet og GPS’en sagde! Pyhaa...!! Det havde vi brug for ovenpå en så lang dag :)
Bozeman, MT --> Sheridan, WY: 404miles
Yellowstone National Park
We slept an extra hour in the morning, after having had that long a night the evening before. Yellowstone and later on Sheridan, WY -a 5 hour drive outside the park, was the goal of the day. before arriving at Yellowstone the hope was to see wildlife in form of -elk, -bison and -bears, geysers as well as incredible nature. We did actually encounter a couple of loose dogs on our way to the park, running around near the freeway... Which first made us think that the wildlife was already beginning to show... Haha :)
The way to the park was quite gray due to the overcast weather, but lovely scenery and many little cute houses, way out there where you think no one lives. Horses and cows in bunches... Especially this one place where we just had to stop!! Never in our life had we seen that MANY horses gathered in one place!
As we came to the northern entrance of the park, we got ourselves one of them annual park passes, making it easy for us, once visiting many other national parks throughout the country. Nice not having to worry about anymore expenses in terms of that either :)
In Yellowstone we quickly spotted the first elk, calmly grassing along the side of the road, despite several cars and people close by. Guess they’re kinda used to all the tourists etc...! As we drove thru the park we were met by many spectacular sights in terms of changing nature. We saw several hot springs, lakes, flat grassy fields, forrest, geysers, oddly looking waterholes, boiling hot water, a pitch black dark creek (?), snow covered mountains and obviously animals as well! Elks, lots of bisons and luckily 2 bears... One of them even had a cub :)
The most of the trip was done by car, but of course we went out here ad there in order to get a closer look at things... One of them being the geyser “Old Faithful”. As we got there we were told that it would be another 10-15 minutes before it would erupt and we patiently took place in front of it, next to lots of other people waiting. As we stood there it seemed as if the time suddenly went slower and slower...! A man then came and informed us that it would be yet another 15 min or so... All this while the clouds kept looking more and more threatening! As it then “finally” started to rain, one automatically became a little less patient and as it then began pouring down, the whole show obviously kicked off! Definitely worth a look, but the weather could have treated us a bit nicer and shown itself from a better side, than just plain gray, sad and rainy!
On our way out of the park, soaking wet and with the heater on full blast, the sky suddenly cleared up! We took a shot and made a stop by the parks huge lake, which oddly enough was completely frozen!! Are we in the month of JUNE or are we in the month of June??!! It was quite chilly outside, but other than that, nice weather and we quickly got ourselves a couple of sandwiches made as in then stared SNOWING once driving along...!! -What a summer vacation we’re having :)
At one point during the day we crossed the border to Wyoming! -Unfortunately without a picture of the infamous sign that we so wanna see whenever entering a new state! (Has actually happened a few times already... Buhu) The drive in the evening sun, thru Wyoming was lovely!! Gotta say it’s a real cowboy state with open land and green fields as long as one can see. Lots of horses, cows, ranches, big pick-ups, rodeos and what else goes with it! Something Vicky really likes...!! André? Not so much :) (Well except the cars...) YAY! :D
The weather was absolutely wonderful, but yet again changing as we crossed some mountains at an elevation of 9000 feet! As it got dark we finally made it to Sheridan, WY! Half the main street then turned out to be closed off due to road work, making it quite difficult for us to locate and get “in” to our motel, despite several GPS’s!! We then decided to stop at a gas station, in hopes someone in there could help! A man guaranteed us that it would be way further up the street, judging from the address / no of the place, though he had never heard of it! As said as done... We went like 10 blocks north, away from all the “closed down road mess” etc. and finally found, -with great relief, our home for the night! Whew...!! That was well needed after that long a day :)
Vilka otroligt fina bilder! Snyggt där när André bajsar ;)
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