Brenda and Harlan's Trip Blog

Brenda arranged for a 6am wakeup call after Harlan set the alarm for 6:30. It seemed to make sense at the time. We met everybody for breakfast, which also had good oatmeal. Brenda probably had a waffle and some eggs, Harlan probably had steak and eggs. It was cold that morning, probably close to zero F. There is an arch in Gardiner that looks like the Arch d’Triumph. The van stopped for some pictures along the way, and Harlan obliged. There is an interesting rock formation there, called something like “The Cap” but we didn’t get any pictures of it. We saw more wildlife on the drive up to the snowmobiles.

We snowmobiled thru Mammoth, Norris, and then southwest to Madison. We went a little farther south to some falls for more pictures, as that road is only open to snowmobiles from noon until evening. We turned around and headed back north to Madison and then headed West to West Yellowstone. Brenda remembers seeing various thermal features today, some small geysers. There were some large herds of (OK, like 15) bison on the roads today.

In the afternoon we visited a wildlife place that has grizzlies and grey wolves. We took pictures and saw an hour-long National Geographic documentary about the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone.

That night we stayed at the Stagecoach Inn (or something). We had dinner down the street at a place called Bullwinkle’s, where most everybody else enjoyed Moose Drool Beer. We had a taste, and liked it. Dark, but not real strong. Brenda had a full rack of baby back ribs, and Harlan had a NY Strip. For dessert we shared a piece of (very good) cheesecake.

We agreed on a 6:15 wakeup call.

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