After the Lewis and Clark Caverns we headed for Yellowstone. We had missed the Lamar River Valley and I figured since we were so close we could drive through around dusk, look for wildlife, and then find a campground outside of Yellowstone's northeast entrance. This couldn't have worked any better. We saw herd after herd of bison. This experience was made better since they were all snorting, grunting, and purring en masse.
We finally stopped at a pullout that didn't have buffalo knee deep for a quick dinner @ 8:15. I was making the sandwiches when a bunch of cars and trucks started pulling up. One of the guys asked us if we knew that there was a black wolf out in the field. Of course we didn't, we were too busy stuffing our faces. He was nice enough to let us look through his high powered scope so it was just like the wolf was right in front of us. Later on we saw another bear from far away too. I'm so glad we went through Yellowstone again.
We stayed at Fox Creek Campground outside of Yellowstone that night. It was a nice place with good views of mountains. Headed to Cody and Sheridan, WY in the morning. Dead Indian Pass on the way to Cody had great views and was very curvy.
Went to the visitor's center and the Old West Miniature Village before heading to the Chinese buffet on Main street in Cody. The kids 'loved' it. We were going to do the Buffalo Bill Museum but we ran out of time.
Stopped at the Shell Falls Interpretive Center (worth a stop). We received great info for our camping that night.
At the top of Granite Pass we saw three moose. (I'd been dying to see some moose that you could tell were moose)
Tried to camp at Sibley Lake but it was all reserved. We turned around and headed back to Prune Creek and managed to get the last site available. We probably would have stayed another night if we could have but they were all booked up the next day. It was a pretty camping area along the creek. There was lots of noise from the road that took away from the camping experience a bit.
Did a little running while I was here and saw a moose and nine deer.
Run: Prune Creek
Trails Used: ?
Distance: 6.53 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Overall average: 6.0 mph
Overall Time: 1 hrs, 05 mins
Total Ascent: 573 ft.
We crossed over to South Dakota the next day on the way to Custer State Park.
We cheated a little since we didn't get the Wyoming sign the day before.
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