Are We There Yet? (West Yellowstone, Montana Post)

Today wasn't the most interesting day.  We did a bit of driving this morning, and explored the town of West Yellowstone.   Well, I guess the morning was boring to be more precise.  The afternoon was really fun, as we stopped in the Yellowstone Historic Center Museum.  Plenty of Yellowstone history to regale you with!   

These next pictures I took after I finished posting last night.  

Today, we stopped to let Timber run in a large, grassy turnout along a river.  

Dad's favorite mutant dandelion. (It's really big)

What is this?

All Timber knows how to do is leap...

And smile!

Timber is as happy as can be!

This may not be the official sign for the entrance to the park, but it was the first.   

Yay! 

Dad, you better watch out or Old Snaggletooth is going to attack you!

Old Snaggletooth was a bear at Yellowstone, characterized by his right canine tooth which was crooked, and hung out of his mouth.  This was back when people fed the bears.  Snaggletooth was shot by poachers who were later apprehended, but the shots proved fatal.  Snaggletooth currently resides in the Yellowstone Historical Museum where he greets visitors and shares his story.

Another interesting thing I learned about was the August 17, 1959 earthquake in Yellowstone.  This earthquake was originally recorded as a 7.3 magnitude earthquake, but new evidence shows it was actually more like a 7.5-7.6 magnitude.  Either way, it is the largest earthquake recorded for this region of the Rocky Mountains.  It has also been called the Hebgen Lake disaster.  It created Quake Lake, and tested the strength of the Hebgen dam.  A large landslide created the lake and buried 19 people in less than a minute.  A total of 28 casualties was recorded, most from the landslide.  Apparently, these earthquakes keep the geysers of Yellowstone functioning properly by releasing pressure.  This area is earthquake prone due to its location on an active hotspot.  

Tomorrow, we will enter Yellowstone, so look for the history of our nation's first national park, and pictures.   

The Big Blue Sky and Glacier National Park (Saint Mary, Montana Just Outside of Glacier Post)

Today, I had a lot of fun manipulating the sky to give different effects to my photos.  We also reached Glacier National Park, the place I was looking forward to seeing most on this trip!  Not to mention we have crossed the Continental Divide.  Water on the East side flows to the Atlantic, and water on the West side flows to the Pacific.  

For dinner tonight, we ate at the Many Glacier Lodge.  The food was delicious!  The architecture of the building was amazing!  It had logs forming like a timber-frame, and had some of the largest fireplaces imaginable.  I found the atmosphere quite cozy!

Reflection on a lake

We stopped to let Timber run, and I caught this action-shot mid-leap.  Timber is smiling, and it is the perfect picture of doggie happiness.  

One of the dead trees had pinecones left on it, so I shot upwards at the pinecones from the ground, giving them the pretty blue sky and fluffy white clouds as a background.  

Finally, we reached Glacier National Park!  The Park was established in 1910.  (I will give more history tomorrow; its late, I am tired, and will have a busy day tomorrow.)

My Dad took this picture, and I liked it better than any of mine, so I will put this in the spotlight instead! :)

A MOOSE!  This was the second moose we saw today, but my picture of the first moose didn't come out.  

We took a detour toward the Canadian border and boy did it pay off!  

It became a faint double rainbow!

And eventually, you could see the whole arch.  Faintly, but it was there!

A deer in the field.

The setting sun's reflection over Saint Mary's Lake

The sunset as seen out our RV's door!


Good news!  I discovered how to turn off the prove you are a robot thing on the comments!  I trust none of your are robots...

Tomorrow, we are heading back to Glacier, so look for my next post with the history of the park, and more pictures!

Harvey and the Syracuse Dinosaur Barbecue (Syracuse, NY post)

Here is the outside view of Harvey.   Harvey is a 2007 Winnebago View 23b. 

Last night,  we reached Syracuse and dined at the Dinosaur Barbecue.

As we were leaving, I stopped to take a few pictures of the sky and my other surroundings.

 
This post is a special post.  This is my first post posted while we are driving.  Right now, we are on Interstate 90 West.  We are headed toward Buffalo and Niagra Falls, so expect another post later with those pictures. :)


Amy