‘Tis the day after the Birthday celebrations for Yuliya--quite successful I might add.
We started the day with cinnamon roll monkey bread—very, very decadent and good. Then she opened her excellent gift of a very big mug for her tea, which she loved, and then we hit the road.
Of course we first had to go into town to find a pharmacy so I could get more ointment for my continuing hand problems—but we got it done.
We then hiked all through the Mammoth Hot Springs that is quite a geological wonder, and although I remembered more water running from it last time we were there, it was still a nice hike. We treated ourselves to ice cream in town and then it was back to the trailer for lunch and a rest before we headed out for the evening to look for wolves. Yuliya also did another hike up the hill from our campsite so she came back feeling that peaceful, easy feeling…
While she was gone I made good use of our time and managed to sell a $50 turtle to a fellow camper—and they wanted to laugh at my advertisement on our truck. Then that evening, we went over to Lamar Valley to look for wolves. Deer, buffalo, elk, pronghorn, but no wolves this time, but we did break open a bottle of B-day wine and the evening was beautiful, so definitely not wasted. We ended with a fire and s’mores—and feeling very good to be where we were.
The really amusing thing was since we have seen so many buffalo and elk I decided they weren’t “Really animals”—or at least ones that we felt lucky to see. Yuliya informed me that they would probably come knocking on our door that night and shout “WE REALLY ARE ANIMALS!” Of course as luck would have it, we had elk knocking on our trailer door the next morning…guess I have to reconsider my thought process…
This morning (Friday) we packed up and headed back south to the campground we had started at, Grant Village. We are staying here tonight and then heading to the Tetons tomorrow.
We are now waiting for our lasagna to get done (didn’t get cooked yesterday) and will then head out to do Old Faithful, which is last on our list. Not sure how long we will stay in the Tetons but long enough for Stacy to get her fill of moose…and then we have to figure out our next destination—any ideas of must sees between here and Albuquerque? As long as the weather holds we are going to try to stay up in the mountains but other than that we have no real plans. Feel free to suggest…
PS—Yuliya appreciates all the B-day greetings. I think she had a memorable one…I know we did.
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