Time to once again start heading South. Although this is such a nice little spot, we are still quite a ways from where we want to be. The weather is still beautiful and it is a good day to travel - no wind!!
Hopefully, we will find another nice spot today and maybe sit for another couple of days. With the bus in travel mode, we headed down the road.
As it turned out, it was a very long day. We travelled through Yellowstone National Park today and I had forgotten just how gorgeous the park is. We saw mountain sheep, deer, elk and of course the Park's famous buffalo. And, even though it is November, there are still stupid drivers that must stop in the middle of the highway when they see any sort of wildlife. We were behind one of these people and let me tell you, it take a bit more time and space to stop this rig than it does a cute little two door car!! We darn near where in his back seat!! We couldn't even get into the other lane because there were even more stupid people stopped there!! Hell, one even had his tripod set up on the highway!! John said **#**^# and gave the fellow his air horns, and the guy simply stuck his hand out the window and gave John the finger - and took another picture!! He was not intimidated at all by this big bus wanting to get up close and personal with his back seat!! All this drama for one stupid elk!! But alas, I chose to believe that this fellow had never seen an elk before - despite the fact the car had Montana license plates!!
It cost us $25.00 to enter the Park but the scenery was well worth the price. The roads were decent, much of it looked like new pavement. There were some tight corners but John wheels this bus around like it is a mini van!! We crossed the continental divide about three times with the highest elevation being 8391 feet. Of course there was about 4-6 inches of snow in the ditches but the highway was clear. Something for which I was truly grateful for. There was very limited camping available and just our luck, they either had length restrictions or were closed. I guess that is the price you pay for traveling in the off season!! We exited the park (elevation 6886) and continued looking for a suitable spot to stop for the night. At least we were out of the snow. We finally shut the bus off at 9pm in a "day use only" area but by this time both John and I were tired and we didn't care.
I had a flicker of use on the phone and was able to send two texts before it told me I had "no service". We talked to Jan on Skype for a while, had supper, then went to bed. Who knows, maybe the "day use only" cops will be at the door tomorrow telling us to move!! No problem-----just leaving!!
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