We are headed west from Dubois, which we suspect is similar in its touristy quality to West Yellowstone. Looming before and beside us are huge mountains cloaked in mist. I am reminded very much of the Misty Mountains in Middle Earth, and hope that our adventure will be more like Bilbo's than Frodo's.
The terrain we have seen today has been so widely varied that I have been comparing it not just to Middle Earth but to a Civilization world. First miles and miles of plains, then a few foothills, then rocks upon rocks. Huge bluffs of red and blue and gold and white and green and purple. Now we are driving past Shoshone National Forest and it is snowing!
Aside from me wishing I had brought socks for the trip, only one event has put a damper on our trip. After rolling over 100,000 miles in his Accord, Austin's engine light came on. We are going with the belief that since there are no symptoms, there is no sickness, and are going on with the journey.
Things we have seen today:
- snow
- some seagulls in Sinclair?!?
- 2 prairie dogs
- lots of a deer like create that looks sorta like an antelope, with light tan and white fur
- llamas (or alpacas, we aren't sure)
- horses
- cows
- a mare and colt crossing the road
- a bunch of KOA's!
- wind farms!
- Grand Teton National Park
- 5 elk (female?)
- a wolf
- another elk crossing the road
- Old Faithful erupting!!!
- buffalo
- 5 more buffalo and 2 baby buffalo!
- a whole herd of buffalo! with two males fighting and more babies
- another herd with more babies going down the street
- another herd that sploit around us...SCARY
- another herd that stopped us in the road for 10 min. and completely surrounded us
Cornelius the Pig and Lattka the Loat are on the dash, guiding the way Their felt skin is good for that cold spot.
- Anna
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