Lunchtime
July 30, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Yaychi's in Lamont, looks like it's popular with the local farmers
Limousine Monument
July 30, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
In a field near Lamont, Alberta.
On the road
July 30, 2023 in Canada ⋅ 🌩️ 82 °F
Trystan is taking us south on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway.
Back in Calgary | Blackfoot Diner
July 30, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
Dinner time.. An old diner, open since 1956. It still has the old phone jacks in the booths, that truckers used to use while eating dinner (before cell phones)
Fuel and Dog Park
July 30, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Another Hortons
July 30, 2023 in Canada ⋅ 🌙 68 °F
Goodnight (From Letbridge)
July 30, 2023 in Canada ⋅ 🌙 66 °F
A hotel night, Holiday Inn
Leaving Canada
July 31, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
At Coutts,, Alberta, the last town before entering Montana, will be arriving in Sweet Grass, Montana
Rest stop in Conrad, MT
July 31, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
Break for Della.
Lunch in Dutton, MT
July 31, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F
At the Dutton Drive-in.
Great Falls, MT
July 31, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 91 °F
Short walk along the river. This is black eagle falls.
Sluice Boxes State Park
July 31, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 90 °F
Belt Creek Canyon
Sheep creek, Lewis & Clark Nat Forest
July 31, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
A little too far from Yellowstone to camp here, but pretty neat. We spotted a bear cub, take off on the hillside and run to the trees. Its mother was probably there. No time to take a shot.
Food stop
July 31, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F
The Towne Pump at White Sulphur Springs
Bald Eagle Encounter
July 31, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
Pronghorn Encounter
July 31, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
These great pictures were taken by Trystan!
Check online for a video of Trystan taking the shots.
Goodnight (from Big Creek)
July 31, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
Tonight's camping ground was alongside "Big Creek" which flows into the Yellowstone River. We camped about 15 miles off Gardiner Road.
Elk Encounter
August 1, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Right by the gas station outside Gardiner. We'd just fueled up and we're pulling out, when Trystan seen them.
Just arrived in Yellowstone
August 1, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
We've come in the Gardiner entrance, so should be arriving at Mammoth directly..
It's the first of August, so time for a new annual pass.
Yellowstone | Breakfast at Mammoth
August 1, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Yellowstone | Undine falls
August 1, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Yellowstone | Wolf Encounter
August 1, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
We got an opportunity to watch a wolf hunt two pronghorn for at least 30 minutes. A very "David Attenborough" moment.
Yellowstone | Petrified Tree
August 1, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
This tree is anatomically identifical to living Redwoods, but was petrified about 50 million years ago, when it got encased in volcanic discharge, and silica filled all it's cells.
Yellowstone | Bison Encounter
August 1, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Well, actually one of several.
Yellowstone | Bison herd
August 1, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
TravelerPrunes?
TravelerPrune is the French word for plum (Prunes in English, are dried plums). Plum sauce seems popular over here in Canada, we've seen it a few times.
Traveler
See my car is parked outside 😄
TravelerHa, ha!