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Ripple (not beer… not really wine either 😉 )

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Blatz

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Still haven’t left for Shopko. Making a list, checking it twice…

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We booked four nights at the Old Faithful Lodge cabins. (Ours were without bathrooms, but those and the showers were in a nearby building… like camping, only in beds and under a roof.) Went in late July. We got to the park early enough on the first day to see some stuff, and when we left on our last day, we saw the stuff at the north end on our way out, so five days of seeing things. One day we went to the Tetons, one day we went to West Yellowstone to get Montana and the Idaho caches. 😉 Always planned our routes to hit the popular stuff early enough to avoid later crowds, although parking was tough in some spots at some times. Had the OF area to wander around after supper.

We had been to Yellowstone a couple of times before, but since we had our great-nephew with us this last time (he was nine then), we visited some areas that we didn’t really need to see again, but we wanted him to experience them. And as I said, we didn’t do a lot of the caches that were available in the park, mainly because we were there to see the park and not cache. Of course, when we were right there in spots and the questions were easy to answer, then we did those… 😉

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We didn’t even make a dent in the ECs at Yellowstone when we visited in 2011. 🙄

Here’s a unique cache we really wanted to do but we didn’t take the time for the long (but not difficult) hike: GCK3QT

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Beat me to it, Gwyn!

Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday… SENIOR WEDNESDAY! Heading out to Shopko soon.

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NOT CHEAP :ftp:

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Last to post on page 511.

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Maybe 1/2 inch here for our first measurable craphas of the season.

How come the large red car wasn’t in its slot in the garage where we usually see it when we pass by your place, jar42? Of course, that slot has been empty the last couple of times we have driven by, so maybe you have another place the large red car sits. (We always assume you are out and about when we don’t see the car in the garage.)

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Trying really hard to get on the “nice” list this year, Bartrod? 😈

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Ooooooo! Camping! No problem getting a site right now, and camping is 1/2 price for seniors with the access pass. (Pay one small fee once, and it’s good almost anywhere forever. 62+)

The Grant area, Bartrod? Don’t know about the camping there, but the location is good for visiting Old Faithful and the Tetons. We did our laundry at Grant Village. Saw elk wandering on the thermal stuff by the lake at West Thumb. Kayakers cruised by on the water, too.

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LIES! ALL LIES! There is no craphas on the ground at all in Sandland! We have green grass, and currently the sun is out and the sky is blue!

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It was… CHEAP! 😉

 

 

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Book your in-park lodging ASAP… like NOW! We have made the Old Faithful area our base of operations twice, and that was so much better than the one time we stayed at a huge campground that was far from stuff. We did our running around during the day, then by evening we were back in the OF area and could take our time wandering that area until we turned in. (Just checked on where we stayed, and they’re pretty much already booked for 2016. 🙁 )

Use the park website to check out all sorts of things: http://www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm

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I guess you missed the part of my post that said, “no geoart from us”. 😉 However… you could plop that grid somewhere in the water around Washington Island and find 40 hiding spots that might be fun to visit.

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