Thank you Yellowstone and Grand Teton. Until we meet again!
When planning for Yellowstone, I wanted to see two animals I had not seen in the park before, grizzly bears and wolves. Now grizzlies, you have a decent chance of seeing them and we saw our first one on day one as we entered the south entrance. But wolves, now that is tough to see. We met several people who were looking for wolves. They would be camped out along a pull-out where a pack had been seen recently and spend hours sitting there with their spotting scope waiting. We saw a few coyotes and foxes, but never the elusive wolf. So I build in seeing grizzlies and wolves at the Wolf and Grizzly Discovery Center in West Yellowstone.
It is pretty much just a zoo. You walk around and see the bears and wolves in their habitats. At least I got to see a wolf.
But then, they did something that made the visit worthwhile. Children were allowed to enter the bear enclosure and hide food under rocks.
You then get to watch the bears find the food you hid for them under the rocks.
Now that's pretty cool.
We then needed lunch, so we went to Firehole BBQ.
We got some ribs, pulled pork, brisket, and sausage.
For claiming Texas style BBQ, it was pretty good being in Montana.
We then said goodbye to my brother and he and his clan headed to the airport in Salt Lake City. We continued west to Idaho, needing to mark off another state, then turned north to Bozeman.
I used to spend a lot of time in Bozeman, but hadn't been there since 2008. We saw the M, made a rest stop, and kept rolling east.
We decided to make it to Billings for the night. We ended up at the La Quinta. I went to Walmart to resupply our cooler with food and my wife took the kids to the pool. It was probably the highlight of the trip for them, the best (only?) water park in Billings. They spent a few hours playing and wearing themselves out before bed.
Tomorrow the long drive across the Dakotas.
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