FIRST DAY IN YELLOWSTONE PARK

Made our first run into the park today.  Cool and a little rain but not too bad.  Made it to Old Faithful and back with a few stops in between.  Planning on going to another area of the park tomorrow - weather permitting.

Some of today's sites follow:

Grazing at roadside.

Amazingly clear and colorful.

Old Faithful - not erupting just normal steam venting.

One of two taking up the road and backing up traffic.  He could care less!

YELLOWSTONE ARRIVAL

At Grizzly RV Park

We made it to West Yellowstone by 3 pm yesterday, about a 260 mile trip.  Uneventful other than a little rain along the way and some light drizzle at the campground.  It was 46 degrees when we got here.  Quite a change from the 100+ temps in Las Vegas.  Went out for dinner, then watched the Mariners lose in the 10th inning.  The next couple of days call for rain on and off  and chance of thunder storms.  The RV park we are in literally borders the park.  We can walk through a gate in the fence and be in Yellowstone National Park.  We'll make a run in to the park today and play it by ear.  Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday look like our best prospects for better weather.

All is well here.  Everyone is healthy and our coach is operating perfectly so far.

Hope to have some good pictures to post after today's trip.

ONE STEP CLOSER TO YELLOWSTONE

Today we traveled 250 miles from Beaver, UT to Brigham City about 30 miles north of Salt Lake City.  The rolling hills were contrasting shades of green with the spring moisture and were pleasant.  Salt Lake City was like any big city, fast and crazy but we managed it.  Tomorrow we head for West Yellowstone.

MOVING ON

After three weeks in Las Vegas visiting family and getting acquainted with our lot in the Las Vegas Motor Coach Resort it was time to head north this morning.  Our friends Larry and Linda arrived on Sunday and we spent Sunday evening, Monday and Tuesday visiting and getting ready to proceed on together.  We left this morning and have worked our way north to Beaver, Utah which is about 200 miles south of Salt Lake City.  In the morning we will continue on through Salt Lake City to Brigham City which is about another 30 miles beyond SLC.  So tomorrow's mileage will be about the same as today's.  The following day, Friday, we will drive on up to the RV park at the west entrance to Yellowstone where we will stay for 5 days before heading for the Grand Tetons.

Beaver, UT  KOA

The high here in Beaver today was just 79 and it will be down in the 40's tonight.  After two days of 101 and 102 we were ready to move on to somewhere cooler.  Well get that in Yellowstone for sure.

Ahhhh Spring

We have dealt with spring weather in Seattle for years and pretty much know what to expect.  Dealing with it here in the desert is somewhat different.  Last week we were baking in temps up to 99 with no cooling breeze.  Today the wind is blowing and the temp is in the low 70's.  It is cooler here then in Seattle.  So far no rain but it looks like that will not be the case too much longer because......

... look what is headed our way!

The circle and arrow above are our approximate location.

Cinco de Mayo party

We reserved the clubhouse at the Las Vegas Motorcoach resort to host a family party.  Since it was held on May 5th we decided the theme would be Cinco de Mayo.  We all love Mexican food!

Red Rock Canyon

Took a trip up the road to Red Rock Canyon.  As you can see if you click on the Location above it is not too far out of Las Vegas.  Been there once before but this time we took the Jeep up a road meant only for high clearance four wheel drive vehicles.  We were rewarded with at least a little solitude.  We only saw five other people up there.  We also managed to get the Jeep dirty enough that I need to wash it tomorrow.  Work, work, work.......

Red Rock (Dah!)

As usual hard to give this scale.

On our way farther up the canyon and looking back.

Elevation here roughly 4700 feet. Note Jeep in lower left hand corner.

Looking back through the pass we drove up.

Looking back towards Las Vegas