Right now we are in South Dakota at the RV park located on Ellsworth AFB in Rapid City South Dakota and tomorrow we head off toward Dubuque, but I'm still catching up ... hey we took over 1,000 pictures between the west coast and Yellowstone ... picking a couple each day is tough! Yeah I know but it is the toughest thing I do each day.
After the Glacier NP area we headed south toward Yellowstone NP. We took a State Road 83 which was really pretty and remote. It's about 440 miles between Glacier and Yellowstone so you can't do that in a day ... at least we can't.
So we stopped just after we hit the I-90 to the east in a little town called Anaconda ... no not the snake but the mine in Montana. Normal park on the road with gravel in a big field for $38 a night ... no picture because it wasn't needed.
The next day we hit West Yellowstone. We picked this park out of the blue from the Good Sam book and weren't disappointed. This is the Grizzly RV park and it is state-of-the-art for RVing.
As you come into the place the entrance and office procedure were set up for larger RVs. And the sites were 35 foot wide gravel with paved roads between ... oh and don't forget the snow covered mountain view in the distance! This is a 10 for other parks to be compared to.
After we plugged in we headed over to the Grizzly and Wolf interpretive center to get an overview of the critters before we went to the park the next day. There we found a couple of super large grizzlies playing in one of the enclosures; huge animals with big paws in a really friendly playtime.
And a wolf in another enclosure. This is a nonprofit group that has saved these animals and has found a home for them in a place we can view them and yet have a reasonable bit of reality for their lost homes. A large number of educational exhibits and classes which should have been great with more time.
And your intrepid adventurer with a super-sized teddy bear fashioned into a couch.
The next day the 20th of May we ventured into Yellowstone Park proper and will post that when we land in our next destination.
