On the road again - Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks

You know the Willie Nelson song "On the road again"? Well, my esteemed colleagues from Treatment Planning adapted and performed a version of this song for my retirement, where the words went something like "the work she loves is treatment planning with her friends, but she can't wait to get in the van again". You really had to be there, but this performance was punctuated by creative instrumentation, like spoons, an old washboard a ceramic whisky jar and other stuff. It was hilarious! And all this from a group that's not at all into country music - made it even funnier.

Anyway, I'm happy to report Frank and I are indeed in the van again and on the road. We've headed south across the border through Montana towards Yellowstone National Park. Montana was experiencing a flood watch after some heavy rains as we passed through, so all the rivers are running very high and fast.

Yellowstone was great. It has canyons and waterfalls, geysers and fumaroles, and lots of wild bison. I had been here years ago with my brother Des, but Frank had only passed through very briefly. We loved our couple of days here.
 
 Yellowstone has its own spectacular canyon
Steamboat Geyser


A section og the Norris geyser basin

The biggest crowd-drawer of the park. Old Faithful eruptions are very predictable, unlike most other geysers in the Park. This one was scheduled for 6.10pm, but actually started at 5.55pm.

Today we have just arrived in Grand Teton National Park, and we are already wowed by the dramatic scenery. It's not my first time here, but this time I think we will linger much longer. It helps that the campground offered us the Golden Age Discount, $16 instead of $31. The advantages of white hair!
The marina at Coulter Bay, Jackson Lake, Grand Teton NP, right beside
our campground. Looking forward to getting out on our kayaks here.






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  1. UnknownJune 19, 2018 at 5:02 PM

    We should all be so lucky to get asked for ID.
    Good to hear you are having a good time.
    Bev

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