Hello Folks, I had a very busy but fun day today. After breakfast at my hotel in Billings I hit the road at about 7:30. It was about an hours drive southwest of Billings to the beginning of the most scenic road in America, the Beartooth Scenic Byway. ![]() That was one of the first of about a million stops that I made along this spectacular stretch of road. A few minutes after the picture above was taken I made a new friend. ![]() In the picture below it is looking down on the place where the two pictures above were taken. ![]() The Beartooth Highway is the section of U.S. Highway 212 between Red Lodge, Montana and Cooke City, Montana. It traces a series of steep zigzags and switchbacks, along the Montana-Wyoming border to the 10,947 foot high Beartooth Pass. ![]() Close to the top you cross the border into Wyoming. ![]() I don't know the name of the lake in the picture below. It is getting very cold and windy at this point as I am very near the summit. ![]() I walked through the snow when I finally reached Beartooth Pass. I can remember when Dan and I were up here about 20 years ago, it was early June and the snow was several feet deep up here. ![]() There were wildflowers everywhere. ![]() The picture below is looking back on where I had come from. ![]() And the picture below is looking down on the switchbacks coming down on the other side. It was about a 100 mile drive from Billings to Yellowstone and it took me five hours to get there with all the stops I made. ![]() I kept bouncing back and forth between Montana and Wyoming all day. I don't know the name of the river or the majestic mountain peak in the picture below, but it is very near the northeast entrance to Yellowstone. ![]() I finally got to Yellowstone and the first thing I saw was hundreds of buffalos. ![]() Three different times a herd of buffalos crossed the road right in front of my car. ![]() My next stop was at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. ![]() The picture below is Tower Falls. ![]() And the picture below is Lower Falls. ![]() I love this park, but it is so huge and it takes forever to get from point A to B. It was at this point that I wanted to go to Old Faithful. But it was 45 miles away and I always get stuck behind a slow poke that refuses to ever use a pullout no matter how many miles the traffic is backed up behind him (guy in the white van, you know who you are!). So since it was already getting late I headed for my hotel in West Yellowstone instead, which was 40 miles away. I passed Gibbon Falls on the way. ![]() I'm staying at the Holiday Inn as usual. They did not have the correct room that I had reserved so I am in a family suite with fireplace and they gave me free dinner and breakfast to boot. I hope I didn't bore you with all those pictures. More to come tomorrow. Tim |
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