Category: 2024 Fall Trip
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Iconic Old Faithful Geyser
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Eighth and Final Stop of the Day: The most famous part of the park has huge parking lots to accommodate crowds. We did not have trouble finding a spot to go see Old Faithful Geyser. We had over an hour to await the Old Faithful show, so we walked some of the boardwalk and paved…
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Traveling South from Mammoth to Madison
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First stop: Overlook for the Golden Gate Canyon and Rustic Falls just south of Mammoth Springs, where we spent last night. The bridge Tony is pointing to has some history. It was one of the most difficult and expensive engineering challenges when roads were first being built in the park. The first 1885 bridge was…
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Beartooth Highway and Mammoth Springs, Yellowstone NP
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Beartooth Highway is a scenic drive that connects Red Lodge to the Silver Gate entrance to Yellowstone. It’s a beautiful way to enter the park, and this is not a popular entrance, so we had no wait to gain entrance into Yellowstone. We stopped for lunch in a picnic area east of Cooke City. Catnip…
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Red Lodge, Montana
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Pouring rain and strong gusty winds from the north greeted us yesterday as we arrived in Red Lodge. We were so thankful to see Perry’s campground. Today is a beautiful, sunny day for exploring the town and taking a hike on one of the trails west of town. Of course, my favorite shop was Beartooth…
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Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
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The Little Bighorn Battlefield has been renamed by President George HW Bush in 1991 to reflect a neutral stance and not favor or honor one side. This is the place of Custer’s famous last stand where he and 41 of his men shot their horses to be used as shields in a last ditch attempt…
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Deer Park Campground in Buffalo, WY
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Buffalo, Wyoming, has a lovely downtown with the Occidental Hotel, an 1880’s historical hotel that was on the Bozeman Trail, the Johnson County Courthouse and the Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum. Buffalo gets its name not from the animals that roamed here, but from the city of Buffalo, NY. Possible names were submitted on pieces of…
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Spearfish KOA, SD
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The KOA in Spearfish, South Dakota is a lovely place to stay in the Black Hills. We are just passing through, and will only stay one night. This is a nice one with clean bathrooms, separate shower stalls, and a path that connects to the city for walking or biking. Spearfish Creek has a rocky…
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Alta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center
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We found a walking path in Chamberlain along the Missouri River that allowed us to walk to the Alta Lakota Museum and Cultural Center on the campus of St. Joseph’s Indian School. The museum is dedicated to preserving the rich culture of the Lakota people. The exhibits are organized in a circle (building is octagon-shaped)…
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Oacoma, SD, along Missouri River
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Our second stop was at the Arrowwood Cedar Shore Campground for two nights as this is a holiday weekend, and sites get very hard to come by. I made these reservations over a month ago and felt lucky to find this one. For a lunch spot, we found a city park in Plankinton, SD, where…
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Olson Park at Okabena Lake, MN
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We are on the road again! Heading north for a Montana-Idaho-Utah loop to see some national and state parks. First stop is in Minnesota at a town park in Worthington that has campsites right along the lake. It’s always nice to discover these little town or county parks. There are plenty of spaces empty tonight,…