Another deep sleep last night and this morning we did all the fluids (dump station and water) since we have this $93 campsite with all the bells and whistles. The National Park charges a lot for everything (except gas at $3.89??) Our site was $125 and with the Senior Pass it dropped to $93. So we topped off the water, plugged in last night, and boiled all the eggs we had (electric induction stove), emptied the grey water (dish washing) and emptied the chemical toilet.
We got back on RT 191 and headed north to Yellowstone. We stopped for one more stunning photo of the Teton Mountains and soon hit the South Yellowstone entrance. Another free $35 thanks to the Senior Pass. Payback for that $93 bucks last night !!
The theme for today in Yellowstone and to some extent the Tetons yesterday was “Road Closed”. The park just opened a couple days ago, kind of a soft opening. There was a lot of traffic but most of the trails and small side roads were closed because of the insane amount of snow they got and still have. A lot of visitor centers were closed as well. The park relies on the internet to keep you up to date on what is open and closed but there is no internet in many areas of the park. So no details on when what opens. This probably happens every year but this year is particularly tough since there is still so much snow.
So no big hikes today. We had planned to do a quick run through Yellowstone since we have both been here before but the short route between the south entrance and west entrance was closed as it goes over a high pass with, you guessed it, snow. So we went the long way all around the park which was great because we got to see more. We did drive back down the west side to see good old Old Faithful. We stopped at most of the geothermal stops (hot springs, mud pots, steam vents) and saw bison everywhere. Yesterday we say elk, grizzly, bison and a wolf, and today we only saw bison.
After watching Old Faithful erupt, we split a sandwich from the Old Faithful General Store and then drove back north and out the west entrance to West Yellowstone.
We went looking for a Forest Service campground, but about 3 snow banks in on the access road decided it was not open. So Deb scoured around for an rv park or other option to camp and we found an rv park in West Yellowstone that had no room. They called another rv park and they had a spot (for $85!). On the way there, Deb cranked up the iOverlander app and it showed the Baker Hole National Forest Service Campground. They were open, had plenty of spots and with the senior pass it was $12. And really nice campground hosts (motorcycle guys, so Milo yakked the entire time that Deb was finding a site).
The hosts recommended a site and here we are tonight next to a small river and a beautiful site.
Tomorrow we head to Butte, MT to see the mine museum there we have heard a lot about.
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