Day 2 - Stopped in Minn./St. Paul to see the TWINS play
Most of the day we drove thru Minnesota and North Dakota.
Many were the UNNATURAL SITES:
The Endangered Prairie Chicken - Rothsay, MN
The World's Largest Buffalo Monument (AKA Dakota Thunder)- Jamestown, ND
A Real Albino Buffalo - Jamestown, ND
The 38 foot high by 50 feet long Holstein Cow (AKA Salem Sue) - New Salem, ND
The Beer Drinking Fisherman Bear - Dawson, ND
and Sakakawea Statue - Bismarck, ND
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Day #4 (Entering Yellowstone Park tomorrow ...
might not have internet access!)
Theodore Roosevelt National Park:
Prairie dogs
Bison
Wild Horses
Birds
The Little Missouri River
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"We have become great because of the lavish use of our resources.
But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when
our forests are gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil,
and the gas are exhausted, when the soils have still further
impoverished and washed into the streams, polluting the rivers,
denuding the fields and obstructing navigation...I recognize
the right and duty of this generation to develop and use
the natural resources of our land; but I do not recognize
the right to waste them, or to rob, by wasteful use,
the generations that come after us." - Theodore Roosevelt
"We have become great because of the lavish use of our resources.
But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when
our forests are gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil,
and the gas are exhausted, when the soils have still further
impoverished and washed into the streams, polluting the rivers,
denuding the fields and obstructing navigation...I recognize
the right and duty of this generation to develop and use
the natural resources of our land; but I do not recognize
the right to waste them, or to rob, by wasteful use,
the generations that come after us." - Theodore Roosevelt
Day #5 thru #12
(We did not have computer access until today.)
Some highlights of our time in YELLOWSTONE:
- the Mammoth Hot Springs area sure has changed since our visit 25 years ago!
- Many Elk were seen.
- We saw many bison (mamas & calves).
- Baby Deer were eating along the roadside.
- A coyote came walking down the middle of the road
- A black bear was on the side of the road.
- Pronghorn were seen.
- An elk was munching away in the grassy area in the middle of our cabins.
Lots of rangers, etc. put up signs to keep people out and tried to coax her away.
They said that she had a newborn calf nearby but she would not leave.
She trotted after one of the rangers and stomped on his hat that had fallen off.
- at Old Faithful Inn we watched the geyser erupt three times in one day.
- Saw a couple small geysers and hot springs.
- Many birds around the Inn. (One by our room window)
- Had our picture taked at Artist's Point (just as we did 25 years ago!)
- Saw an bald eagle
- Last night it snowed slightly.
- Today, on our way through the Tetons we saw a moose.
25 years ago
Artist's Point
(We shot this in Yellowstone!)
We arrived in Estes Park about 3:30.
Drove into Rocky Mt. National Park and
saw about 10 Bighorn Sheep.
(Ewes and Babies)
Walked the .5 mile "trail" around Bear Lake,
then another mile to Alberta Falls
We drove the Trail Ridge Road to the Alpine Visitor Center.
(12,000 feet elevation!) We had forgotten how steep and scary it is.
Went to the wedding at which a painter was commisioned
to paint the event while we all got to watch.
Heading home tomorrow.
