In the Painted Canyon, Theodore Roosevelt NP @ $5 a night!

 Hiked ~5 miles down and back in the Painted Canyon.  Outstanding!

We've been busy the last couple days enjoying all that Theodore Roosevelt National Park has to offer. I love our campsite which is quite large. Yesterday we drove around the 36 mile scenic drive where we saw prairie dogs (which are a hoot!) more bison and a gorgeous landscape.  Today we drove down to Painted Canyon visitor centor and hiked down to the canyon floor and hiked around. One of us was on full snake patrol!!! Let's see if I can upload some pictures.

 On the scenic drive yesterday. From a distance looks like huts

 The long distance view reminds of of Grand Canyon

 This is for my boys...Enlarge this and check out mushrooms growing out of a bison chip!

 So far my favorite picture! They eventually ran downhill and it was quite a site watching those big boys when their mojo got to moving!

Yes I am the queen ;)

Beautiful elk

Wednesday we drove the length of Yellowstone and spent the night in Mammoth right on the border of Mmontana. Yesterday we drove all across Montana which took us probably five and a half hours or so and spent the night in Miles, Montana Today we're headed into Theodore Roosevelt National Park and plan on spending several days there.  That's all this precaffeine person has to say. Hahaha. Mum--

This is Menor's Ferry. There are two pontoons under the ferry and the cable system keeps it in place. The pilot turns a wheel and points the pontoons toward the opposite bank using the pressure of the current to move ferry to other side. Very simple rig but works well!

 We were heading to Menor's Ferry and saw these big boys and girls along the road. They held up traffic while prancing across the road!

Today we took Menor's Ferry  (thanks Bev for tellingus!!!) across the Snake River on a replica of the original ferry constructed in 1890's. This picture was taken across the Snake River showing Menor's general store and housing. If I can figure out how to get the video upright I will post or I might post anyway so you get the drift..just turn your head sideways..lol. I bought a new bike seat, got rid of the huge padded thing and replaced it with a smaller, still padded saddle. I don't understand why the padding on my buns doesn't help more....lol Our original plan was to head North tomorrow, but as so often is the case, plans change and we are staying another day to hike around one of the several lakes in the area. The Tetons are so peaceful and quite.

Camping in the Grand Tetons NP

Love camping @ $11 per night!

Gran Tetons, Wyoming!

Settling in for the next two to three days. At the quiet end of the Gros Ventre campground!

Park in Jackson Hole.

On the way to Jackson Wyoming

Jackson, Wy

Drove 3 hours today to Jackson Wyoming.  Up and down lots of hills, but beautiful country.

Got settled in a nice but expensive RV Park ($68 per night).  We went for a 5 mile hike into town and back.  Had a excellent meal there and are now relaxing back at Big Blue.

Tomorrow we go to the Gros Ventre Campground in the Grand Tetons NP for a few days, then to Yellowstone NP.  Will be relaxing and hiking.  Glad we will not be driving for a while.

It's peaceful and beautiful in the national parks, we plan to spend 4-5 days there.  I can't wait!!!

Lance

Race car for salt flats

The races were cancelled due to rain

Bar in Wells NV

Arrived in Wells, NV

Had a long day driving today across Nevada, from Reno to Wells (6 hours).  Motorhome is running flawlessly, Karen drove twice, totaled more than 2 hours!  Getting 10 mpg, which is my goal for the trip.

Staying at a nice RV Park with excellent facilities ($27 per night).  We walked all over Wells, Nv (more than 10,000 steps) and got rained on.

 Tomorrow we plan our next steps on our route between here and Yellowstone... want to spend a few days camping and hiking.

Lance

Day 1!

Left home around 2 PM, stopped by to meet Erin and then to Camping World to get a surge protector.  Did not start to relax until after Rocklin...  Enjoyed the rest of the drive.

Relaxin' at the Gold Ranch Casino & RV Park!  Life is good! --Lance

This is the view from  Gold Ranch RV resort in beautiful Verde, NV! Very nice rv park with wonderful showers and, as you can see, a view with interesting cloud formations. Heading to Elko tomorrow. --Mum