Even with an extra day added, our time in Yellowstone was too short. Our last day arrived. We are scheduled for an 8:30 departure on one of the bombardiers. Sunrise isn't until 8:00 so it was dark when we checked out of our cabin and made our way to the main lodge. They provide little sleds for guests to use to get their luggage back and forth. They work quite well! We had two orange ones the first day. But this morning, I got one of the cool tie-dyed looking sleds. I'm sure it worked better because of the great colors. That funny haze is the reflection of my flash on the steamy fog coming off the snow. It's really cold this morning.
After breakfast we boarded our bomb and headed out. There are only two stops on the way back to Flagg Ranch. And it's downhill, so this trip is much shorter than the trip from Flagg to Snow Lodge. We stopped at Kepler Cascades. It was fun to see it in daylight after listening to it in the dark the first night. I'm not sure what the warning sign is trying to warn me of, but it's a great icon.
We had intermittent sunshine and clouds on the way out. Are those the Tetons?
Yellowstone and The Grand Teton National Park are practically intertwined. Instead of going through Jackson, we cut off an hour of drive time by heading east at Moran Junction.
from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Grand_Teton_National_Park.jpg, in the public domain
Somehow, we managed to go in and out of the Tetons and back in again. It was the only sign we saw of the Tetons, so to us, we were leaving the Tetons and here's a sign to prove it...sorta.
Wyoming is a B I G state. And most of it is remote and wide
open. We drove for over two hours with no cell service. Fortunately,
there were enough AM radio stations carrying the Broncos game that we
were able to keep up with the news. After about 7 hours of driving, we
ended up in a bad snow storm and still had another 2 hours to go. It was
a very long day. But we made it safely to our destination in Denver.
Happy Birthday, Karen! Look what birthday adventures you would've had had you come with us.
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