After grabbing some ice for our $1.50 Wal Mart (see day 2) styrofoam
cooler in Worland, we headed out on US-16 through Cody, WY to the east
entrance of Yellowstone NP.
Going through Cody at about noon, we picked up some Subway for dinner
that night. We also stopped at another Wal-Mart for food and supplies,
thinking that it might be days before we saw electricity or indoor
plumbing again.
Then 50 miles up into the mountains to the east entrance of
Yellowstone (which is closed from 8PM to 8AM this summer for
construction, btw)
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Who thought there would be an ethernet jack in a rural Wyoming hotel room? |
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Still trying to figure this one out. |
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The next mountain range looms in the distance |
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US 16 cuts through the mountain after Cody |
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What can I say? The picture just took itself. |
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The only road into Yellowstone from the east, which is under construction. |
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At this point of the trip, we were impressed to be THIS high. |
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Our first Yellowstone stamp |
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View from our lodge at Yellowstone Lake |
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Don't stand on the steaming ground! |
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First geothermal features seen in Yellowstone |
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Ahh, cell phone coverage returns at Old Faithful! |
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Old Faithful. About 5 minutes late for the eruption |
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But then we caught the next one 90 minutes later. |
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The edge of the wilderness |
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random stop in yellowstone |
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