Day 04, (Wednesday, July 2nd)
From: Rapid City, SD
To: West Yellow Stone, MT
Miles: 537
Time in the car: 12 hours
Weather conditions: Mostly Cloudy then Sunny
Traffic conditions: Good all the way to the national park where we had to slow down
Number of stops: 4,5
Number of tickets: 1
Today's road:
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Events: (Times given in MST)
10:00 AM, Leaving Rapid City, SD
10:47 AM, Crossing border to Wyoming
04:00 PM, Pulled over for speeding in a 30 mph area
07:10 PM, Entering Yellow Stone National Park
09:59 PM, Crossing border to Montana
10:01 PM, Arrived in West Yellow Stone
Early wake up again, but not really wanted this time. We spent this time doing some reservation for our hotel in Seattle, check some dates / ticket to visit Alcatraz in SF and send you all these posts and pictures!
I started driving. I was really amazed of the exits on the highway: A little path made of dust!! Then I convinced Matthieu and Pifi to take a smaller road instead of a highway (Already got bored of them!!) and we started to see some really nice landscapes around. I took over the wheel because I wanted to drive my “titine” in the mountains... Few minutes after we left the scenic view area, Matthieu figured out he cannot find his camera. We looked everywhere in the car, not there. We finally came back to the place we were and it was waiting there, right next where we park! It must have fallen from his pocket. So, I drive again, what an idea I got there... In a small city of 10 people, called Basin, I got pulled over by a cop who had finished his coffee probably. I was going 41 mph in a 30 mph area... No comment, I am pissed, first ticket of the trip and probably last one (anyone wanna bet?!)
Then things started to get interested. Pifi took back the wheel and we entered the YellowStone National Park … and what a … let me find the word : spectacular? Fantastic? Wonderful? Magic? Natural? Crazy? Unbelievable? No, no words to say, but you got it, it’s some amazing. See the pics I put, I would love you to feel the same thing I feel looking around and seeing these bears, bison, pelican or just trees and rivers going around and making this place unique. To give you an idea, if you know that comic “petit pied”, it’s the same thing when they discover the big land. Or try to feel like these people in Jurassic Park, same way, discovery of something magic & amazing.
It took us 4 hours to cross the park, stopping in a lot of places to see the wild animals, or the seismic activity. Very quickly, we put the top down of the car, even if the temperature is pretty cold. It worth it!!! We are at 2700 meters if altitude.
Great great day today, tomorrow, we will spend few more hours early in the morning to see more of the park and then head to Seattle.
To: West Yellow Stone, MT
Miles: 537
Time in the car: 12 hours
Weather conditions: Mostly Cloudy then Sunny
Traffic conditions: Good all the way to the national park where we had to slow down
Number of stops: 4,5
Number of tickets: 1
Today's road:
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Pictures:
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Events: (Times given in MST)
10:00 AM, Leaving Rapid City, SD
10:47 AM, Crossing border to Wyoming
04:00 PM, Pulled over for speeding in a 30 mph area
07:10 PM, Entering Yellow Stone National Park
09:59 PM, Crossing border to Montana
10:01 PM, Arrived in West Yellow Stone
Early wake up again, but not really wanted this time. We spent this time doing some reservation for our hotel in Seattle, check some dates / ticket to visit Alcatraz in SF and send you all these posts and pictures!
I started driving. I was really amazed of the exits on the highway: A little path made of dust!! Then I convinced Matthieu and Pifi to take a smaller road instead of a highway (Already got bored of them!!) and we started to see some really nice landscapes around. I took over the wheel because I wanted to drive my “titine” in the mountains... Few minutes after we left the scenic view area, Matthieu figured out he cannot find his camera. We looked everywhere in the car, not there. We finally came back to the place we were and it was waiting there, right next where we park! It must have fallen from his pocket. So, I drive again, what an idea I got there... In a small city of 10 people, called Basin, I got pulled over by a cop who had finished his coffee probably. I was going 41 mph in a 30 mph area... No comment, I am pissed, first ticket of the trip and probably last one (anyone wanna bet?!)
Then things started to get interested. Pifi took back the wheel and we entered the YellowStone National Park … and what a … let me find the word : spectacular? Fantastic? Wonderful? Magic? Natural? Crazy? Unbelievable? No, no words to say, but you got it, it’s some amazing. See the pics I put, I would love you to feel the same thing I feel looking around and seeing these bears, bison, pelican or just trees and rivers going around and making this place unique. To give you an idea, if you know that comic “petit pied”, it’s the same thing when they discover the big land. Or try to feel like these people in Jurassic Park, same way, discovery of something magic & amazing.
It took us 4 hours to cross the park, stopping in a lot of places to see the wild animals, or the seismic activity. Very quickly, we put the top down of the car, even if the temperature is pretty cold. It worth it!!! We are at 2700 meters if altitude.
Great great day today, tomorrow, we will spend few more hours early in the morning to see more of the park and then head to Seattle.
2 comments:
Awesome pictures!!!
keep them coming...
superbe reportage.merci. J'ai sorti l' atlas des USA et peux te suivre jour aprés jour!meme sur les petites routes!les photos sont superbes.
bonne journée,
Ta Maman
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