Whew! Made it! (0 Comments)
We had a nice time at Jelly-stone Park. The drive there was long and tiring but we did alright. Set up the tent in the dark. The speed limit in the park is only 45 miles per hour so it took awhile to get where we needed to go.
We were rewarded in the morning with a bison wandering through the campground. He munched his way across the camp and then shouldered his way between our van and the tent. Col. Panic was worried that he might take out the tent but he missed it. The kids liked seeing it so close- we were hanging out in The Cousin’s motor home at the time. So calm down Gramma! We weren’t in the tent!
We then took a drive around the loop and saw many more animals. We saw the paint pots but didn’t see Old Faithful. We were driving around the parking lot feeling hot, tired and frustrated looking for a parking spot when it went off. That’s why no one was leaving! We were too wore out to wait for the next one and so headed back to camp- which took awhile at 45 or less.
We had a wonderful time visiting with The Cousins. They fed us wonderful meals, put up with the kids and were very hospitable and generous. They shared pictures with The Col. and family stories too.
In all we saw bison, elk, deer, chipmunks, squirrels, bald eagle, swans, pelicans and coyotes. Pretty exciting even if we can see some of them from our own back yard.
We left late in the afternoon and that crazy Col. Panic drove all night long! It took forever to get out of the park because of several bison wandering down the road- you’d think they owned it! And then those tourists that had to slow down for every little creature. Probably Easterners. The Col. slept about an hour between 1 and 2 and guzzled coffee. The only problem with that was when we finally dropped into bed at 5 AM he had to keep getting up to drain the coffee out! The kids were kind to us old folks and slept until about 10- the Col. woke up about that time anyway. Darn insomnia.
We watered like crazy and then headed to the Wet side for my family reunion. It was nice- discussed some old and some new information. Saw some relations I don’t get to see very often. Then on Sunday we picked all the berries at Mom and Dad’s. Straw, rasp, Marion, and blue. We even got to take some home! Yummy!
I think we might be recovered. TG had a rough day yesterday, I think it all caught up to her but she did better today. It would be nice to go back to Jelly-stone and spend some more time.
But probably not in late July.
