August 1 - Left Glacier and headed for Yellowstone

Had an uneventful drive through western Montana. We know that our GPS is a female because I swear she changed her mind from the time we left til we got into southern Montana to I90. She took us down through some beaufitful country, all non-interstate. We hit West Yellowstone about 4r pm and rode through the park. There was construction on the west end (which means gravel) for 3 miles so Peg is NOT going on that road (I don't care if Brenda does think the practice will do me good!!).

In the park, we saw Earthquake Lake. In 1959 an there was an earthquake that caused a landslide and dammed up the mountain stream. By the next morning, the lake had formed where there wasn't one before.

As we got close to Fishing Bridge, we saw about 1,000 buffalo. Had one walk beside our truck for a little while and then had one we had to follow down the road for a bit. I'll only bore you with two of the MANY pictures I took of the buff. We're anxious to ride tomorrow to see what else we see. Plus, Peg will be on her bike so she won't be able to take as many pics!

Got to the Pahaska Lodge and Tepee about 5:30. Pahaska means Man With Long Hair. It’s the place that Buffalo Bill Cody built after he got famous for his wild west shows. He built it as hunting lodge to entertain his guests. We ate buffalo quesadillas. Kristen, didn’t I buy you a quesadilla maker?? I’m going to expect you to make me some buffalo ones when we get home.

We have a cabin on top of a hill about 3 miles from the east gate of Yellowstone. Here’s the sunset we saw from our deck while having a brew or two. Check back tomorrow for a picture of the cabin.


BTW – we don’t have any cellphone reception at the lodge. We’ll have to go into Yellowstone to be able to check our voicemail. You can leave us a comment on the blog. We can check that when we get to the lodge later tomorrow night. Although, reception is really slow. I"m VERY spoiled with PA's high speed!!