the weather this year was less than nice. chilly, windy, and some days..just plain COLD. We didn't do our normal site seeing/ treating it like a vacation. It just felt like a normal sporting event, except that we got to eat out every day. Which happened to be the best part lol.
The boys took 2nd, the girls didn't fair as well...but thats okay I suppose.
On the way to Casper we counted 400 pronghorn, saw more, but it's hard to get an accurate count. Several of them had babies, and they were super adorable. I wish I could have gotten a photo of one. On the way home we counted 475. Again, we did see more, but weren't able to count them all. I also saw a mountain goat in the middle of flat land and have NO clue what she was doing there. It seemed like a pretty unlikely spot to see one. As always we saw a bunch of mule deer. They are all over teh place. Almost hit one, which wasn't cool..thankfully we were able to stop in time.
Beyond that, it was just another day in the neighborhood. The weather is getting nicer and hopefully the posts will start racking up as we have more wyoming adventures.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Time Flies
Wow, Time flies when you are having fun...and more importantly, when you are going to school and raising a family. excuses, excuses, yes, I know :) I'm gonna attempt to start blogging a bit more regularly again, but don't get too used to it too much.. cuz once the fall semester starts, I won't be doing much of anything except school and taking care of the family.
That being said...
Spring has come in the big horn basin...or, has it? We were lucky, but many across the state got completely hammered by a spring snow storm that dumped up to about 3 feet of snow in places. South Pass for instance got 39 inches of snow during the two day storm! This is MAY!! I want warm weather darn it! Okay, I won't complain too much, today was nice. The kids and I spent 2 hours running errands around the college campus and the weather was wonderful. The next few days will be nice as well. Good thing since we have baseball games to attend.
We've managed to go to Yellowstone twice since it opened already this spring. IT's a bit of a tradition to go the opening weekend. Just like last year we stayed at the Best Western in Gardiner. That won't be happening EVER AGAIN. We got the exact same room as the year before, and just like last year, it was dirty...gross dirty! The front desk girl cleaned it up, but 2 years in a row.. nope, sorry.. game over, do not pass go. ...by the way...thanks for offering something to try to keep my business, to show you actually cared. It's okay.. It wouldn't have helped anyway.
In the park, we saw a lot of buffalo and elk and a few pronghorn. The highlight was a female moose and her two yearlings. We got plenty of pictures!! I even had one publiched in the paper! yay me!
The second trip was for Randal's birthday. It was a much shorter trip since the East Entrance was open, but the road to Old Faithful wasn't. Interesting story.. We talked about going in friday as well and I'm glad we didn't. Apparently, we missed an avalanche at the pass...it's apretty scary looking area...although I must admit, it didn't look all that formidable this year. Last year it was incredibly intimidating. We didn't see a birthday bear for Randal this time.. but we did see a wolf and an otter (in 2 different locations) very cool! Happy birthday baby!
The north Fork road has been prime with critters again this year as well. We are seeing huge herds of mountain goats, elk and mule deer. Still no bears, and no moose along the north fork either. We also haven't saw the neighborhood fox yet. He's pretty darn tame, you can tell people feed him a lot. He lives under the porch of one of the cabins next to the Pahaska TeePee. We have also saw several eagles already. I love seeing those!
One of the more exciting adventures of the year so far was going to the dinotrack site. We got to go for a hike that led us to some decently preserved dino tracks in two different sizes. It was pretty cool. You could see them really well from the platform, and then when you walk around where you could touch them, it's so hard to make them out.. crazy! While we were there, we decided to follow the road and see what else there was to see. This was a bit crazy on our part as there was a large sign warning that the road wasn't maintained and 4 wheel drive vehicles are advised. We made it...obviously...in one piece even lol. Scraped bottom 5 times, had a few spots I thought were particularly scary, and decided we are never going through that patch of road beyond the 5 miles to get to teh dino site again! The other thing we decided...we need a 4x4 lol.
We went to the Big Horn REc area once already too. We were a bit disappointed that we didn't see any wild horses this time. It was the first time we havent ever saw any. I'm a little concerned, since the BLM did a horse roundup there, and I'm worried they took a bunch of horses from teh pack that roamed that area. It would be quite sad indeed if they did. I hate the horse round up...but, thats not a rant for this blog.
I think thats about all the cool things from teh spring so far. I guess I should do a short entry about winter.
Our first winter in Wyoming was really mild. I think we got all of about 4-6 inches of snow all winter long. The temperatre hit the negative teens a few times for a few days to a week, but it wasn't bad, even when the wind was whipping around. Funny how staring at beautiful mountains all day can make the coldest temps not feel so bad. We didn't get to do much traveling this winter and early spring because of me being pregnant. We did go to the regional volleyball tournament and cheered our college onto a victory, which was really awesome. I was crying right along with the team. I'm blaming prego hormones! Two of the girls on the team were really close with Si, and I'm gonna miss them but wish them the best of luck in their next step. Basketball was fun, the mens team was really enjoyable to watch. The ladies team could be.. but not all the time. Kinda frustrating to watch, knowing they had so much potential. The local junior hockey team was fun to watch as well. They lost a heart breaker, and just missed out on the final round of the playoffs. I was really hoping they could have made it, but...I wouldn't have been able to travel to Boston anyway...so, Maybe it's just as well. The wrestling teams (high school and college) were fun to watch this year as well. The high school team lost by 1 point as a team for state... 1 measly point..maybe even just half a point.. but yeah, it was close. We crowned a 4 time state champion wrestler, which was pretty awesome. He's a great kid.
I'm actually excited for baseball, and am looking forward to tomorrow. It should be another great year of baseball!
...with that, it's late, and the kids are finally both asleep.
That being said...
Spring has come in the big horn basin...or, has it? We were lucky, but many across the state got completely hammered by a spring snow storm that dumped up to about 3 feet of snow in places. South Pass for instance got 39 inches of snow during the two day storm! This is MAY!! I want warm weather darn it! Okay, I won't complain too much, today was nice. The kids and I spent 2 hours running errands around the college campus and the weather was wonderful. The next few days will be nice as well. Good thing since we have baseball games to attend.
We've managed to go to Yellowstone twice since it opened already this spring. IT's a bit of a tradition to go the opening weekend. Just like last year we stayed at the Best Western in Gardiner. That won't be happening EVER AGAIN. We got the exact same room as the year before, and just like last year, it was dirty...gross dirty! The front desk girl cleaned it up, but 2 years in a row.. nope, sorry.. game over, do not pass go. ...by the way...thanks for offering something to try to keep my business, to show you actually cared. It's okay.. It wouldn't have helped anyway.
In the park, we saw a lot of buffalo and elk and a few pronghorn. The highlight was a female moose and her two yearlings. We got plenty of pictures!! I even had one publiched in the paper! yay me!
The second trip was for Randal's birthday. It was a much shorter trip since the East Entrance was open, but the road to Old Faithful wasn't. Interesting story.. We talked about going in friday as well and I'm glad we didn't. Apparently, we missed an avalanche at the pass...it's apretty scary looking area...although I must admit, it didn't look all that formidable this year. Last year it was incredibly intimidating. We didn't see a birthday bear for Randal this time.. but we did see a wolf and an otter (in 2 different locations) very cool! Happy birthday baby!
The north Fork road has been prime with critters again this year as well. We are seeing huge herds of mountain goats, elk and mule deer. Still no bears, and no moose along the north fork either. We also haven't saw the neighborhood fox yet. He's pretty darn tame, you can tell people feed him a lot. He lives under the porch of one of the cabins next to the Pahaska TeePee. We have also saw several eagles already. I love seeing those!
One of the more exciting adventures of the year so far was going to the dinotrack site. We got to go for a hike that led us to some decently preserved dino tracks in two different sizes. It was pretty cool. You could see them really well from the platform, and then when you walk around where you could touch them, it's so hard to make them out.. crazy! While we were there, we decided to follow the road and see what else there was to see. This was a bit crazy on our part as there was a large sign warning that the road wasn't maintained and 4 wheel drive vehicles are advised. We made it...obviously...in one piece even lol. Scraped bottom 5 times, had a few spots I thought were particularly scary, and decided we are never going through that patch of road beyond the 5 miles to get to teh dino site again! The other thing we decided...we need a 4x4 lol.
We went to the Big Horn REc area once already too. We were a bit disappointed that we didn't see any wild horses this time. It was the first time we havent ever saw any. I'm a little concerned, since the BLM did a horse roundup there, and I'm worried they took a bunch of horses from teh pack that roamed that area. It would be quite sad indeed if they did. I hate the horse round up...but, thats not a rant for this blog.
I think thats about all the cool things from teh spring so far. I guess I should do a short entry about winter.
Our first winter in Wyoming was really mild. I think we got all of about 4-6 inches of snow all winter long. The temperatre hit the negative teens a few times for a few days to a week, but it wasn't bad, even when the wind was whipping around. Funny how staring at beautiful mountains all day can make the coldest temps not feel so bad. We didn't get to do much traveling this winter and early spring because of me being pregnant. We did go to the regional volleyball tournament and cheered our college onto a victory, which was really awesome. I was crying right along with the team. I'm blaming prego hormones! Two of the girls on the team were really close with Si, and I'm gonna miss them but wish them the best of luck in their next step. Basketball was fun, the mens team was really enjoyable to watch. The ladies team could be.. but not all the time. Kinda frustrating to watch, knowing they had so much potential. The local junior hockey team was fun to watch as well. They lost a heart breaker, and just missed out on the final round of the playoffs. I was really hoping they could have made it, but...I wouldn't have been able to travel to Boston anyway...so, Maybe it's just as well. The wrestling teams (high school and college) were fun to watch this year as well. The high school team lost by 1 point as a team for state... 1 measly point..maybe even just half a point.. but yeah, it was close. We crowned a 4 time state champion wrestler, which was pretty awesome. He's a great kid.
I'm actually excited for baseball, and am looking forward to tomorrow. It should be another great year of baseball!
...with that, it's late, and the kids are finally both asleep.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
County Fair time
I thought good things were to come when I saw the size of the fairgrounds earlier in the summer due to the go-Kart club having races there. I was right...at least mostly. WAY better than the county fairs in Kansas.. not *quite* as good as the Monroe County Fair...but then again.. that was labled "Michigans finest county fair".. and thats a hard bill to follow.
I leafed through the schedule of events: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (hmm... I like some of their stuff...but do I want to pay 25 dollars that I don't really have to see them...)Jr Bull riding/ Donkey Polo (this has my interest.. I like rodeos.. and donkey polo HAS to be good.. right?) Free concert: Johnny Lee (Hey.. I like him... or at least used to! and its FREE!) There were some other events, such as the Demo Derby, but most either didn't interest me much, or I didn't think Sierra would enjoy them.
Sierra and I walked to the fairgrounds to see the animals, and check things out on the night of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band concert. She enjoyed seeing the lady walking around on stilts who juggled, and was mesmerized by the bunjee jumping ride (ack!!). She loved the animals...at least until one of the goats scared her by popping his head over his gate. :) It was kinda funny, but she wanted no part of the goats after that the rest of the way, and was skiddish about them the rest of the week as well. The bad part was, there were some 4 day old goats just down from the one that scared her, and she wasn't interested in them anymore either. One of the 4-H kids let her pet a cow... she wasn't sure about that either.
We settled down in a nice grassy spot just outside the grandstands and listened to the concert for free. It was a good concert, from what I could tell. Sierra was more interested in the mechanical bull behind us. If I would have had a spare 5 dollars I probably would have seen if he would have let us ride it, since he was letting 2 and 3 year olds ride a really gentle ride. I enjoyed watching the older boys (20ish) think they were tough and get tossed off like a rag doll hahaha.. sadly I wanted to try my luck too. Maybe next year, huh.. lol.
We stayed long enough to hear "Fishing in the Dark" my favorite song of theirs. It was getting dark after that, and it's a fair walk, so I wanted to get home.. before the mountain lions come out.. yanno.
The next day we went at lunchtime with Randal, since there was an office pool to see who could eat the most fair food. I wanted so many different things, but was suffering severely from morning sickness. I settled for my first Indian Taco.. mmmmm.. The elephant ear was a huge treat as well, since no one in Kansas knew what one was. I paid for the grease.. but it was worth it! Sierra and I parted ways after lunch with Randal and saw the animals again. We headed back after that, since it was hot, and I was tired, and knew teh grease wouldn't settle for long.
The junior bull rodeo and the donkey polo wasn't quite what I expected. Randal had to cover it for the paper. I enjoyed the rodeo...mostly. It was a little scary when the one boy got stomped, and I realized for the first time I'd be scared to death if my kids wanted to rodeo it. Funny how parenthood changes your outlook on some sports, huh. The donkey polo...well, it wasn't what I expected.. and in fact, I ended up hating it. I watched a guy break a broom on a donkey, and quickly found myself wanting to break a broom over him. The animal lover in me is starting to be much more alive these days.
The free Johnny Lee concert was pretty cool. ...except for the thunderstorm that blew in. Johnny was pretty funny... although I found some of his jokes to be offcolor...and in bad taste. Guess thats to be expected.. but I don't have to like it. Sierra was dancing as much as she could at her age, and seemed to love it. After the concert I took her up to get her pic with him... she decided to get stranger danger for the very first time, and screamed bloody murder when I handed her to him. ...so, the three of us had our pic taken. Not such a bad deal I guess. Johnny also gave me a discount on his signed pic since I'm a loser and only had 3 dollars with me. I appreciated it greatly, since I wanted Sierra to have a momento of the occassion. It's signed to her. Some day she's gonna look at it and go "whoooooooo????" lol.
We went to teh fair every day for lunch. I had some of the best food, and some of hte worst lol. It was fun though. I had a week pass to get in the fair that cost me 10 dollars, versus the 5 a day.. I think I got my moneys worth :)
We also watched a bit of this one other sport as well. I can't think of the name of it now.. it's rather weird though. Two people on horses, a bunch of cows with numbers.. the riders have certain numbers they have to get.. those are teh only cows they can put on the other side of the line. The team that does it in the fastest time win. Probably won't watch it again, unless Randal has to cover it again.
I leafed through the schedule of events: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (hmm... I like some of their stuff...but do I want to pay 25 dollars that I don't really have to see them...)Jr Bull riding/ Donkey Polo (this has my interest.. I like rodeos.. and donkey polo HAS to be good.. right?) Free concert: Johnny Lee (Hey.. I like him... or at least used to! and its FREE!) There were some other events, such as the Demo Derby, but most either didn't interest me much, or I didn't think Sierra would enjoy them.
Sierra and I walked to the fairgrounds to see the animals, and check things out on the night of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band concert. She enjoyed seeing the lady walking around on stilts who juggled, and was mesmerized by the bunjee jumping ride (ack!!). She loved the animals...at least until one of the goats scared her by popping his head over his gate. :) It was kinda funny, but she wanted no part of the goats after that the rest of the way, and was skiddish about them the rest of the week as well. The bad part was, there were some 4 day old goats just down from the one that scared her, and she wasn't interested in them anymore either. One of the 4-H kids let her pet a cow... she wasn't sure about that either.
We settled down in a nice grassy spot just outside the grandstands and listened to the concert for free. It was a good concert, from what I could tell. Sierra was more interested in the mechanical bull behind us. If I would have had a spare 5 dollars I probably would have seen if he would have let us ride it, since he was letting 2 and 3 year olds ride a really gentle ride. I enjoyed watching the older boys (20ish) think they were tough and get tossed off like a rag doll hahaha.. sadly I wanted to try my luck too. Maybe next year, huh.. lol.
We stayed long enough to hear "Fishing in the Dark" my favorite song of theirs. It was getting dark after that, and it's a fair walk, so I wanted to get home.. before the mountain lions come out.. yanno.
The next day we went at lunchtime with Randal, since there was an office pool to see who could eat the most fair food. I wanted so many different things, but was suffering severely from morning sickness. I settled for my first Indian Taco.. mmmmm.. The elephant ear was a huge treat as well, since no one in Kansas knew what one was. I paid for the grease.. but it was worth it! Sierra and I parted ways after lunch with Randal and saw the animals again. We headed back after that, since it was hot, and I was tired, and knew teh grease wouldn't settle for long.
The junior bull rodeo and the donkey polo wasn't quite what I expected. Randal had to cover it for the paper. I enjoyed the rodeo...mostly. It was a little scary when the one boy got stomped, and I realized for the first time I'd be scared to death if my kids wanted to rodeo it. Funny how parenthood changes your outlook on some sports, huh. The donkey polo...well, it wasn't what I expected.. and in fact, I ended up hating it. I watched a guy break a broom on a donkey, and quickly found myself wanting to break a broom over him. The animal lover in me is starting to be much more alive these days.
The free Johnny Lee concert was pretty cool. ...except for the thunderstorm that blew in. Johnny was pretty funny... although I found some of his jokes to be offcolor...and in bad taste. Guess thats to be expected.. but I don't have to like it. Sierra was dancing as much as she could at her age, and seemed to love it. After the concert I took her up to get her pic with him... she decided to get stranger danger for the very first time, and screamed bloody murder when I handed her to him. ...so, the three of us had our pic taken. Not such a bad deal I guess. Johnny also gave me a discount on his signed pic since I'm a loser and only had 3 dollars with me. I appreciated it greatly, since I wanted Sierra to have a momento of the occassion. It's signed to her. Some day she's gonna look at it and go "whoooooooo????" lol.
We went to teh fair every day for lunch. I had some of the best food, and some of hte worst lol. It was fun though. I had a week pass to get in the fair that cost me 10 dollars, versus the 5 a day.. I think I got my moneys worth :)
We also watched a bit of this one other sport as well. I can't think of the name of it now.. it's rather weird though. Two people on horses, a bunch of cows with numbers.. the riders have certain numbers they have to get.. those are teh only cows they can put on the other side of the line. The team that does it in the fastest time win. Probably won't watch it again, unless Randal has to cover it again.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
baseball fever
OVer the summer we went to a large number of American Legion baseball games, which I thought would drive me crazy since I'm not much of a baseball fan, but the boys made it fun to watch. They were awesome at hitting the ball, and had some pretty decent pitchers... including one kid who we will likely see in the major leagues one day. Keep your eye out for Scotty Jameson in a few years. He's in his first year of college now, and before pitching in college, he has a low 90mph fast ball.
In Wyoming, the A and AA program is combined at the state level, and they have to play each other. Our boys won as much as they needed to in order to get to regionals for A ball. We got to do some traveling with the team to Rock Springs, and ultimately a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah. It was pretty awesome! They took third place, which was one of those heart breaker games that saw the bases loaded, and a final strikeout to end the game with us one point shy of tying things up. I really thought a little different pitching lineup and we'd have won no trouble.. but, thats okay. In its own way, it worked out. Sierra got the flu that day, and was sick the drive home. I felt so bad for her. The next day, I was down for the count, and the following day, Randal and I were both sick.
While in Salt Lake, we went to the zoo, which was smaller than I expected, but still pretty decent. Sierra liked the bears the most. We got her a stuffed Fossa, (from Madagascar), which has turned out to be one of her favorite stuffed animals! We got Trevor a turtle, and he seemed to really love that too. He said he didn't have a turtle before. Randal also took me around downtown so I could see the Mormon temple, and whatnot. His sister requested we find her insurance company and tell them off for her in person ...we never did find them.
We also went out to the salt flats, saw the great salt lake, played in teh desert a lil and ...the craziest thing of all... we were greeted to salt lake by a wildfire!
We almost didn't get to our hotel because the fire was on both sides of the road. About 5 minutes after we got through they shut the expressway. They had it pretty much out that night, which was good, but we missed a lot of the mountain scenery as a result.
The one thing we were told we had to do when in Salt Lake was go to a restaurant called The Red Iguana. IT was THE best mexican food we have ever had the pleasure of eating. I highly reccommend it! IT isn't much to look at from teh outside, and I can see why it made Diners, Drive-ins and Dives on the Food Network. We also saw a few places teh olympics had been held at, including the olympic oval. The baseball stadium was one of the nicest I have ever been in. There were some things about the tournament that needed help, but overall, it was a great experience.
We didn't get to go, but the BAbe Ruth kids made it to regionals as well. They were in Washington. Hopefully that means next year will be another trip to regionals for Legion ball!
In Wyoming, the A and AA program is combined at the state level, and they have to play each other. Our boys won as much as they needed to in order to get to regionals for A ball. We got to do some traveling with the team to Rock Springs, and ultimately a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah. It was pretty awesome! They took third place, which was one of those heart breaker games that saw the bases loaded, and a final strikeout to end the game with us one point shy of tying things up. I really thought a little different pitching lineup and we'd have won no trouble.. but, thats okay. In its own way, it worked out. Sierra got the flu that day, and was sick the drive home. I felt so bad for her. The next day, I was down for the count, and the following day, Randal and I were both sick.
While in Salt Lake, we went to the zoo, which was smaller than I expected, but still pretty decent. Sierra liked the bears the most. We got her a stuffed Fossa, (from Madagascar), which has turned out to be one of her favorite stuffed animals! We got Trevor a turtle, and he seemed to really love that too. He said he didn't have a turtle before. Randal also took me around downtown so I could see the Mormon temple, and whatnot. His sister requested we find her insurance company and tell them off for her in person ...we never did find them.
We also went out to the salt flats, saw the great salt lake, played in teh desert a lil and ...the craziest thing of all... we were greeted to salt lake by a wildfire!
We almost didn't get to our hotel because the fire was on both sides of the road. About 5 minutes after we got through they shut the expressway. They had it pretty much out that night, which was good, but we missed a lot of the mountain scenery as a result.
The one thing we were told we had to do when in Salt Lake was go to a restaurant called The Red Iguana. IT was THE best mexican food we have ever had the pleasure of eating. I highly reccommend it! IT isn't much to look at from teh outside, and I can see why it made Diners, Drive-ins and Dives on the Food Network. We also saw a few places teh olympics had been held at, including the olympic oval. The baseball stadium was one of the nicest I have ever been in. There were some things about the tournament that needed help, but overall, it was a great experience.
We didn't get to go, but the BAbe Ruth kids made it to regionals as well. They were in Washington. Hopefully that means next year will be another trip to regionals for Legion ball!
playing catch up... again
As you can imagine, life with a young toddler makes writing a lil difficult since I don't really get any breaks from her. I absolutely love her, and don't want to change that, although once she's potty trained, I will enroll her in the daycare at the college to give her that extra boost--social, as well as an extra teaching source.
College has also gotten in the way for me writing also. but, enough with excuses.. and on to trying to play catch up. I will likely for get some stuff, and I know it won't be in order...but at least you will get more info about some stuff we've been doing over the last few months.
I will put them in seperate posts just to make it easier.
College has also gotten in the way for me writing also. but, enough with excuses.. and on to trying to play catch up. I will likely for get some stuff, and I know it won't be in order...but at least you will get more info about some stuff we've been doing over the last few months.
I will put them in seperate posts just to make it easier.
Monday, July 13, 2009
WJRA
no, its not a radio station or a tv station.. its the letters for the Wyoming Junior Rodeo Assoc. which was held in Ralston earlier today (which by the time stamp, means yesterday). We got there after it started and left before it was done because of needing to go to Cody to get some groceries and stuff for Sierra. We saw the girls events. I would have prefered the bull riding, but thats okay, it was still fun watching Sierra go nuts with all the horses and dogs in teh area. She really wants a horse lol. She was pointing and squealing, it was cute. She got to pet two cute lil dogs.. a puppy named Reba, and a "sister" from another litter, Cedar. Cedar was super friendly.. which kinda surprised me since she only had one eye. She gave Sierra lots of kisses and didn't mind that she was trying to pet her a lil on the rough side. Reba was just all sorts of cuteness, but didn't stand a chance of getting attention after I said hi to Cedar lol.
At this stage... if Sierra chooses to want to get into rodeo when she's old enough, it could be lots of fun, because, neither Randal or I know much about rodeo, or even taking care of horses lol.
At this stage... if Sierra chooses to want to get into rodeo when she's old enough, it could be lots of fun, because, neither Randal or I know much about rodeo, or even taking care of horses lol.
Friday, July 10, 2009
lions, tigers and bears?? No... deer, elk and.... cows..Oh My!
We headed to the geyser basin for our usual Thursday trip. It started out with an erruption of Riverside, which is always a fun one to watch. From there we tried heading to another basin to see if we couldn't catch great fountain for the first time. nope... already gone. *sigh*. So, we decided it had been a while since we lookde for animals in teh Lamar valley...and the geyser basins were gonna be quiet most of the rest of the time we'd be in the park. So off we headed to Lamar. We saw several areas that appeared to be animal jams, but couldn't see anything. One area was definetely a wolf jam.. but people were already double parked, and the biologist was packing up.. which isn't a good sign if you want to see the wolves. Then there was a spot where people were hitting their breaks ahead of us.. I scanned the area.. bear..wait.. no.. charred tree stump...wait.. noo....it's MOVING! It IS a bear! I finally got the chance to get good pics of a black bear! It was eating plants in the field. You could even hear it huff and chomp.. crazyness! That alone made the night completely worth it. We headed out of the park and went to cooke city to get food. Our favorite deli was closed.. we peeked at the bistro next to it, but dinner prices were a bit steep, so we went to teh saloon that is family friendly. They were out of pizza dough and steak sandwhiches which limited you to burgers, chicken sandwhiches or fish taco. I've never been brave enough to try a fish taco, so I went with a burger. It was pretty good, and the price wasn't bad... teh other deli is way better for burgers, but their pizza and steak sandwhich looked amazing!
It was dark when we got done. We headed down the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway to get home.. I spotted a couple deer, thankfully none of them tried jumping out in teh road. As we got farther into teh mountain road, I saw something on the side of the road that freaked me out.. 3 black cows...NOT behind a fence.. right next to the road. It was open grazing land.. ugh! A lil bit farther down the road I saw a brown and white cow a lil farther off the road.. I couldnt wait to get out of open range! Of course when we finally got out of that there was an elk on the side of the road. Thankfully nothing jumped out at us.. but I saw way too much wildlife within 3 feet of the road in teh dark on teh way home!!! A good trip though... no matter how you look at it! (...and the cows really add something to thoughts of having to pee so bad you are willing to go on the side of the road... they definetely make a person think a lot harder on that one lol...not that grizzley country wouldn't anyway lol)
It was dark when we got done. We headed down the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway to get home.. I spotted a couple deer, thankfully none of them tried jumping out in teh road. As we got farther into teh mountain road, I saw something on the side of the road that freaked me out.. 3 black cows...NOT behind a fence.. right next to the road. It was open grazing land.. ugh! A lil bit farther down the road I saw a brown and white cow a lil farther off the road.. I couldnt wait to get out of open range! Of course when we finally got out of that there was an elk on the side of the road. Thankfully nothing jumped out at us.. but I saw way too much wildlife within 3 feet of the road in teh dark on teh way home!!! A good trip though... no matter how you look at it! (...and the cows really add something to thoughts of having to pee so bad you are willing to go on the side of the road... they definetely make a person think a lot harder on that one lol...not that grizzley country wouldn't anyway lol)
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