Yellowstone Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday November 3, 4 and 5.
About 1:45 PM I rolled up to the little house where they take the money with $80 in my hot little hand! Ranger Susan promptly informs me that the park closed this morning at 8AM. Well "open the damned thing back up, I've driven 3,000 miles to get here." Ranger Susan complains that everyone has been blaming her for closing the park. In fact the park is always open, they just closed 80% of the roads for the winter.
Yellowstone National Park is a spectacular place even though most of it is in Wyoming(home of the that Rat Bastard....you know who I mean!) Even with most of it closed the views and the critters are spectacular. My first hour I met a real live Elk-American which I thought(this will make me seem dull-witted) was stuffed and on display outside the Visitor Center. When it seemed to move it's head I got suspicious! When it moved it's ears, I was convinced! I came through about 200 0f them Tuesday evening as I was leaving the park.
The Bison Americans are even more ubiquitous!(75cent word!) Some guy actually came around a corner on a remote trail and pardoned himself for disrupting a bison grazing.
THE GREAT BISON/INSIGHT RACE
Please examine closely, the top right picture above. Off in the mist you see the hind quarters of the instigator of the great race. Driving down the only road in the park that's open I came upon 3 Bison-Americans walking down the road in my direction. Since the big guy that you see weighs almost twice my car, I decided to yield the right of way. I sat in the middle of the road for a few minutes while they meandered when an SUV passed me quickly. In a few seconds the SUV driver realized what was about! He/she got up to the bison and when it looked like they were making way they would move back in front of him. They did this three times to my delight. Another car passed successfully so I decided it was now my turn. I got up to the bull, the only bison then on the road and he was snorting with irritation. I decide it prudent to get by quickly. As I passed I glanced to the side and saw that the gang of three was back on the road and they were racing the little red bison!
As you would expect I won the race and made my opponents eat grass.
2 comments:
your car in no way resembles a little red bison but we'll let it slide.
Hey Mr techno, I see you haven't figured out how to change the date on the camera....Oh well, can't expect everything. However we do appreciate your blog and happy to see that you are seeing some great country.
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