swalker
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My wife and I returned from our fall trip to Yellowstone last week. It was a good trip and the weather was much better than on recent trip we have taken to that part of the world.
We spent a week in the Grand Teton National Park and then three weeks in Yellowstone National Park.
We camped (with our motorhome) at the Colter Bay campground in the Grand Teton National Park and at the Madison campground in Yellowstone National park.
There was a significant haze due to smoke from wildfires in Idaho while we were in the Tetons. There were days when we could just barely make out the presence of the Teton mountains across Lake Jackson due to the haze. It did improve a bit during the week we were there, but we never got the crystal clear sky that the Tetons are known for.
We had a few issues with our motorhome on this trip. By now, we are pretty accustomed to having issues, as there always seems to be something ready to fail on such a complex item. I will provide a few details on those failures in subsequent posts on this thread.
I am less able to take pictures now. In fact, I don't think I took a single picture during the week we were in the Tetons. I did take a few pictures in Yellowstone, but none of wildlife.
I was pretty disappointed to not return with any wildlife pictures, but there were several reasons wildlife photography was not practical on this trip. First, I have less capacity than on previous trips. Second, some of the park is still closed from the spring flooding, including the Lamar valley, which usually has abundant wildlife. Third, the weather was unseasonably warm for much of the trip, which prevented the wildlife from coming out.
With the nicer weather, we did spend a lot of time in the geyser basis looking at all the wonderful thermal features. We managed to get out for a few exciting backcountry wheelchair rides, which was especially nice.
I also was able to accomplish a goal I had set out a few years ago, which was to do a wheelchair ride from Moose Junction to String Lake and back. That is a ride of over 20 miles. I will describe it in a future post.
It was a great trip, but I was pretty wiped out by the time we returned home. I am so thankful I am still able to make this kind of trip. I don't know home many more I have in me, but plan to keep travelling for as long as I can.
Steve
We spent a week in the Grand Teton National Park and then three weeks in Yellowstone National Park.
We camped (with our motorhome) at the Colter Bay campground in the Grand Teton National Park and at the Madison campground in Yellowstone National park.
There was a significant haze due to smoke from wildfires in Idaho while we were in the Tetons. There were days when we could just barely make out the presence of the Teton mountains across Lake Jackson due to the haze. It did improve a bit during the week we were there, but we never got the crystal clear sky that the Tetons are known for.
We had a few issues with our motorhome on this trip. By now, we are pretty accustomed to having issues, as there always seems to be something ready to fail on such a complex item. I will provide a few details on those failures in subsequent posts on this thread.
I am less able to take pictures now. In fact, I don't think I took a single picture during the week we were in the Tetons. I did take a few pictures in Yellowstone, but none of wildlife.
I was pretty disappointed to not return with any wildlife pictures, but there were several reasons wildlife photography was not practical on this trip. First, I have less capacity than on previous trips. Second, some of the park is still closed from the spring flooding, including the Lamar valley, which usually has abundant wildlife. Third, the weather was unseasonably warm for much of the trip, which prevented the wildlife from coming out.
With the nicer weather, we did spend a lot of time in the geyser basis looking at all the wonderful thermal features. We managed to get out for a few exciting backcountry wheelchair rides, which was especially nice.
I also was able to accomplish a goal I had set out a few years ago, which was to do a wheelchair ride from Moose Junction to String Lake and back. That is a ride of over 20 miles. I will describe it in a future post.
It was a great trip, but I was pretty wiped out by the time we returned home. I am so thankful I am still able to make this kind of trip. I don't know home many more I have in me, but plan to keep travelling for as long as I can.
Steve