Sunday, August 28, 2011
The drive through Yellowstone is long and beautiful. The destruction from the 1988 forest fire is clear but it has a hauntingly beautiful quality about it. We weren’t driving but 15 minutes when David said, “Come on, I want to see a bison!” 5 minutes later, there is a bison 10ft from our car. Massive animal, and like the deer in Cincinnati, apparently very used to people and cars because he just continued about his business as we drove past.
We arrived at our campsite for the night, after hitting the ranger office to get our backcountry permit, and David and I made a beautiful fire. It was neither for warmth, nor for cooking, but simply because we could. We had minimal trouble setting up the tent and we did most of our packing for tomorrow. We will have to leave at dawn because it is 1 ½ hours by car to get from Canyon Village, where we are staying, to Mammoth Hot Springs where we will find our trailhead just beyond the border in Montana. Next you’ll hear from me we will be out of the woods, hopefully still in one piece.
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