Old Faithful and water events....Yellowstone National Park

Just the beginning of posts about our travels through the Grand Tetons and Yellowstond National Park.

Thought I would share some of the short videos we took while in Yellowstone National Park - enjoy

Old Faithful

This one is called Spasmodic Geyser

LeHardy Rapids...glorious and great long walk along the edge of the river/rapids....

Lower Falls - one of two falls on the Yellowstone River with spectacular view points....

Yellowstone National Park for information on lodging, road conditions etc.

Emigrants, Rafters and Tetons....to Jackson Hole

Just outside of Pocatello, ID on I-86 should you happen to pull into the first rest area that appears you will find a historical marker for the Emigrant Trail - part of the Oregon Trail.

If you look carefully you will find a small sign along the ridge that marks the path made by 35 years of wagons moving west - "Wagon Wheel Ruts" and there are actually there.

(additional photos in the side bar show to the right).

 

Into Wyoming through a few small towns like Alpine and as we followed the Snake River up through the pass we pulled over to watch rafters float through Taco Hole.

Enjoy the rafters....

We are parked in the Gros Ventre (Big Belly) Campground until tomorrow. Gorgeous, well run park.

Where they ask you to "pinpoint" your city/state/country....
more later....off to visit the Tetons...and to see the Wildlife Elk Refuge
Ciao~

Blue Mountains of Oregon and the Snake River of Idaho

Thursday June 16, 2011

I-84 near Pendleton

Our day began with the Sun, which makes us happy and departing Hermiston for Idaho today. Surrounded by farmland, meadows and the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon, we are just giggling about our escape from the cold of Portland. We traveled through this area last fall, but Spring is stunningly beautiful. Roadside fields of lovely wildflowers, two deer and the sighting of several hawks made the drive rather enjoyable. Snow meadows up in the hills reminded us of the 4000' elevation we climbed today.

Snow meadow in the distance

We were aced out of a visit to the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center outside of Baker City. We took the exit and only discovered after a 3/4 mi drive that the clearance was a mere 2" (maybe) higher than our rig. ODOT needs to put that sign at the exit, we were lucky there was no traffic so we could back up into the road to make a U-turn.We have decided that this Fall when we head out for the winter we will take a few days to camp at one of the State Parks in the area and visit the center at that time.


climbing up the Blue Mt pass



you can see for miles

Trees of the Blue Mountains

 The small town of Lime established with the mining of lime near Ontario. The mill is now being dismantled...yea for the environment.


Lime "crushing mill" remains



overflowing Snake River

We are spending the night in Marsing, ID...about 15 SW of Nampa...a very short walk from this view....glorious!
Ciao~

On the road again - to find Yogi and Bo-boo

Under clouds and a smattering of rain we left the cool dampness that is Portland during June heading towards Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park. As we popped up over the northern edge of the Cascades we discovered that not all of Oregon was under a dark, dreary rain cloud....the surprise of the day?

Sunshine, lots of it and a balmy 70+ day was in our future. We are very pleased!

Just west of Hood River, OR... this is the pix of the day!

I-84 & Hood River



We are parked for the night in Hermiston, rearranging the cupboards and getting our gear stored in the correct cubbies.

Tomorrow we continue our journey East...hope you will continue to follow us as we search for Yogi and Bo-boo....

~Ciao