Yellowstone Log: Day 7, Friday

Weather: mid 70s. Nice.

  • breakfast in RV
  • Gibbon Falls
  • North Rim of Grand Canyon of Yellowstone River
    • waypoint
    • Inspiration point
  • South Rim
    • first overlook spot
  • Hayden Valley
  • Yellowstone Lake
  • Ice cream at Yellowstone Lake General Store
  • Tyler got a shirt
  • Driver back through Hayden Valley
  • Blocked by Bison walking on road
  • South Rim, artist point
  • Canyon Store shopping trip
  • Ate dinner in RV
  • Internet in car!

The KOA that we are at has no WiFi and no cellular signal. We’ve been offline for 3 days except for an occasional stop in some town. Tonight we all got in the rental car and drove into West Yellowstone to get LTE signal! 📱

Yellowstone Log: Day 6, Thursday

Weather: started out rain/drizzle. Cleared up and was great day.

  • Up early!
  • Fly fishing
  • Lunch at golf course restaurant
  • Back to Yellowstone
  • fairy Falls hike path up to grand prismatic viewing area
  • Didn’t hike to fairy falls: bear frequenting area
  • Old Faithful
  • Walk over to geyser area
  • Saw grand geyser. Was amazing. 200 ft in air.
  • walked very fast back to car. Heavy winds and starting to rain!
  • ate dinner in rental car as we drove thru Yellowstone back to RV

We all had a great morning fly fishing on the Gallatin River! Tammy caught 2 trout, Tyler got a little Rainbow Trout and Mazie had a bunch of bites. I got a Rocky Mountain Whitefish that gave a lot of fight. Gallatin River Guides were great. 🎣

Man in waders and sun hat holds a Rocky Mountain Whitefish beside a boy in a green rain jacket on the Gallatin RiverFour people in fishing waders pose outside the Gallatin River Guides cabin with forested mountains behind them on a rainy day.Young child in a bright green frog raincoat holding a small rainbow trout beside the rushing Gallatin River in Montana

Yellowstone Log: Day 5, Wednesday

Weather: lovely day

  • Lower Geyser Basin
  • Grand Prismatic Spring
  • Biscuit Basin
  • Mammoth Springs
  • Roosevelt Arch

Hell’s A-Roarin’ Outfitters

Afternoon ice cream stop in Gardiner, MT at the Yellowstone North Entrance. 🍦

Four people holding mint chocolate chip and strawberry ice cream cones and dishes outdoors on a gravel surface.

Pulled into West Yellowstone KOA last night. Gorgeous drive here. They are not famous for their WiFi. 😜

Entrance sign at West Yellowstone KOA campground reading Welcome to West Yellowstones Finest Campground, Almost Famous Ribs Pancakes and Fudge Oh My, flanked by tall pine trees on a sunny day.

Current news from Ennis,MT. 🎣

Whiteboard at MRFC fly shop listing top flies: streamers Black Bosser, Sparkle Minnow, Trevois Sculpin; nymphs and dries also listed.

Short video tubing down the Madison River.

I’m sure that there are people that can look cool with a GoPro attached to their forehead. However, I am not one of them. 😬

Man in a plaid shirt and sunglasses relaxing on a raft with a GoPro camera strapped to his forehead, river and hillside behind him.