Dean & Linda Stock
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May 29, 2011 Day 22 Yellowstone NP?Fishing Bridge RV Park
When we woke up, it was snowing AGAIN! We tried to wait it out for a couple of hours, then headed out to Mammoth Hot Springs (49 miles one way). When we got cell phone reception, we had a message from Don & Marianne, RVForumers who are working in West Yellowstone. Marianne told me that we were supposed to get 6 inches of snow today, 6 more inches of snow tonight, and 6 more inches tomorrow. It snowed all day non-stop, sometimes very hard, and the wind blew, too., at 22 mph I am so fed up with snow! We told Fishing Bridge that we would be leaving a day early, and they returned our money. Very nice!
We saw a couple of bison feeding on grass, one frozen as if he were a statue, and lots of Canadian geese by the rivers? edges, feeding on grass, also. We saw 3 great blue herons, one out fishing in the river, which has to be about 32 degrees.
As we neared the Mammoth Hotel, we saw several elk rushing into an open meadow. This was the highpoint of the day. However, our pictures were so obscured by falling snow that you?d have a hard time identifying them. We then had lunch at the Mammoth Grill?fish and chips for $7, the most reasonable prices we?ve seen here. We got hailed on as we went from the car to the grill.
We then visited the Albright Museum, a very small museum. They had a few glass cases with exhibits of most of the animals in Yellowstone and a few with some of the history of the area.
We will visit Yellowstone again in late August to see all the places we couldn't see this time. We were already planning on going to Glacier NP on our way to our fall trip in Michigan.
We learned that we got a lot more snow at Fishing Bridge than in the northern part of the park. Go figure. I thought the further north of the equator, the colder, and hence the snowier. Definitely not true.
Stayed at Fishing Bridge RV Park?50 amps, no cell phone reception, FHU, nice people, $42.16
When we woke up, it was snowing AGAIN! We tried to wait it out for a couple of hours, then headed out to Mammoth Hot Springs (49 miles one way). When we got cell phone reception, we had a message from Don & Marianne, RVForumers who are working in West Yellowstone. Marianne told me that we were supposed to get 6 inches of snow today, 6 more inches of snow tonight, and 6 more inches tomorrow. It snowed all day non-stop, sometimes very hard, and the wind blew, too., at 22 mph I am so fed up with snow! We told Fishing Bridge that we would be leaving a day early, and they returned our money. Very nice!
We saw a couple of bison feeding on grass, one frozen as if he were a statue, and lots of Canadian geese by the rivers? edges, feeding on grass, also. We saw 3 great blue herons, one out fishing in the river, which has to be about 32 degrees.
As we neared the Mammoth Hotel, we saw several elk rushing into an open meadow. This was the highpoint of the day. However, our pictures were so obscured by falling snow that you?d have a hard time identifying them. We then had lunch at the Mammoth Grill?fish and chips for $7, the most reasonable prices we?ve seen here. We got hailed on as we went from the car to the grill.
We then visited the Albright Museum, a very small museum. They had a few glass cases with exhibits of most of the animals in Yellowstone and a few with some of the history of the area.
We will visit Yellowstone again in late August to see all the places we couldn't see this time. We were already planning on going to Glacier NP on our way to our fall trip in Michigan.
We learned that we got a lot more snow at Fishing Bridge than in the northern part of the park. Go figure. I thought the further north of the equator, the colder, and hence the snowier. Definitely not true.
Stayed at Fishing Bridge RV Park?50 amps, no cell phone reception, FHU, nice people, $42.16