Day 69. Today we drove across Montana to Yellowstone National Park. We had contacted Yellowstone from Glacier about accomodations, and were overjoyed when we were able to book two nights at Old Faithful Inn! We arrived at Old Faithful Inn around 4 p.m. and checked into our room in the West Wing. It is an historic building (built in 1904) and on the National Registry of Historic Buildings. We took a tour of the geyser basin around Old Faithful, ate supper, did our laundry, and concluded the day by watching Old Faithful erupt at 10:45 p.m. in the moonlight.
Miles for the day: 459 miles.
Mileage for the trip: 9,981 miles.
Day 70. Today we took a tour of Old Faithful Inn to begin the day. We then drove the lower loop drive, looking at many of the geyser basins. We also toured the "Grand Canyon" of Yellowstone from the north rim drive. On our way to Lake Lodge, our supper destination, we were stopped for over a half hour by a huge herd of bison. One got right in front of us on the roadway and I drove behind it for several minutes while listening to it grunt! We got many great pictures of bison. We ate supper at Lake Lodge where we had eaten 18 years ago on our family vacation to Yellowstone. We returned to Old Faithful Inn for a quiet evening reading in the huge lobby. Such an impressive building!
Miles for the day: 65 miles.
Miles for the trip: 10,046 miles.
Day 71. We got up this morning, anticipating my KFUO call-in program at 10 a.m. (MST). Unfortunately there was a scheduled mix-up and another pastor had been scheduled for my slot. So we got off earlier than anticipated. We viewed the gyser basin near West Thumb on the southern end of Yellowstone, visited to of the park Visitor Centers, and left Yellowston via the east entrance by 1:30 p.m. We drove through Cody, Wyoming to I90, and drove until Buffalo, where we spent the night. Tomorrow we head for Mount Rushmore and Badlands National Park. We should be in Chicago by Thursday afternoon.
Miles for the day: 315 miles.
Mileage for the trip: 10,361 miles.
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