The first day of fall snowstorm

We drove to Yellowstone via US 26 through the The Grand Tetons National Park. The drive was beautiful, but not as beautiful as Yellowstone Park itself.

Today is the first day of fall and we drove into a snow storm entering Yellowstone Park.

We almost stopped for the night in the park, but I was concerned we might get snowed in and have to go back the same way we had come.

So we pushed on through Yellowstone. We did stop to see a herd of Elk, and we walked to Old Faithful. It was so cold, we didn’t want to wait for it to go off in 12 minutes. Pokey was so cold, I put him under my jacket and he didn’t even protest. He was so glad for the body heat. He had never seen snow, and he had never seen the window wipers on. They scared him and he moved to the back of the RV. He usually sits on the passenger seat when it is just him and me. When Caren is with us he usually sits on her lap. No amount of coaxing would get him to the front of the RV with those wipers on.

We pulled off road into a parking lot area when we saw a herd of Buffalo. They were within 20 feet of the RV. Pokey was going “nuts” barking & snarling at them. They started snorting in return. I backed up the RV because I didn’t know how it would handle the charge of a 2,000 pound buffalo. But I didn’t want to find out.

We never did see a bear. That was the one animal Caren really wanted to see. We did pull over when we saw evidence of a large animal moving through the brush right on the side of the road. We never saw it, but from the snorting and crashing sound it made, we think it was a large Moose.

We stopped at the edge of west end of the park and considered staying in a campground. But, it was only 14 more miles out of the park, and I wanted to have hookups for the night.

We found an RV park in West Yellowstone, Montana and plugged in. They do have wireless Internet so I am catching up on some blog reading. And I am planning on playing a little Party Poker later tonight.

It is bone-chilling cold here. It is 32 right now and going down to 28 degrees tonight. We are expecting 2-4 inches of snow by the time we wake up. I expect the furnace will be running most of tonight