Day 15 - The Boys Are Back In Town!!!

Left out a funny from yesterday....I had a Dr. Pepper in the drink holder in the truck.  I finished it, but left the paper towels lining the cup holder.  We stopped to watch buffalo and left Chrissy in the truck.  BIG MISTAKE!  She had a Chrissy Hissy!  I seriously thought we'd left the window down far enough for the snow to drift in!  The entire front seat was white!  It was shredded paper towel!  It was everywhere including her teeth and her tongue and she couldn't get rid of it!  I laughed so hard and forgot to take a photo.  She was very contrite afterwards!

Today....a wow day!  Lots of animals and lots of fun!  We chose to drive from West Yellowstone to Madison Junction to Norris Junction to Gardner, MT.  We left early and came back mid-afternoon.  This trip took us out through the Roosevelt Arch.

Photos and explanations below:

Entrance to the Park!

Roosevelt Arch.

Top of Arch.

One of four "mysterious" doors in the arch!  I have been unable to locate information on the purpose of the doors!  They have no lock or knob, and appear to be wood placed in front of other wood.  You can see some sunlight inside.  There are two on the front and two of the back.  We stopped at the Yellowstone Foundation in Gardner, MT where a delightful young woman helped us.  She looked through two reference books she had, but could not find the answer.  She offered to email the author of the reference works and find an answer.  Can't wait on that answer!  Thanks for the help!

Stephanie's grandmother had long ago told us about this place in Gardner.  HUGE hamburgers!  Great lunch!

Liberty Cap - a formation in the North Entrance area.

There are always a large number of Elk roaming the town area.  There must have been hundreds of these signs around town.  I know someone must have done exactly what they weren't supposed to!

Just so you know where we are:

On the road back, David took a photo of this great buffalo!  Look at the beautiful color!

And he wasn't alone.....now you'll see the reason for the title of today's blog!

Just strolling up the road.  Oblivious to the traffic.  Someone had an air horn and started to blow it.  Didn't bother them, but made me really nervous after our almost buffalo stampede from two years ago!  There were here first and I'll share the road!

And the best sighting of the day:  A trumpeter swan.  Difficult to find them.


Back to the campground where a roast, potatoes, and carrots await in the crock pot.  Yeah, I cooked!  Amazing, isn't it?

See ya down the road!

Jenny :)