June 17-21, 21015: We traveled from Buffalo, Wyoming to Cody, Wyoming, where we spent one night before driving to Yellowstone via the East Entrance. The drive out of Buffalo was a steep climb to almost 10,000 feet. Our destination was Fishing Bridge Campground in Yellowstone. It is the one campground inside the park with full hook ups for the motorhome. Our route took us over Sylvan Pass, almost 9,000 feet elevation. We spent our time exploring the northwest park of the park. As the pictures will show we saw many wonders, but the pictures are just a peek at God's majestic creation. How great is our God! When we left the park we took an unplanned detour.
The drive out of Buffalo, Wyoming. Elevation: 9,659' Bighorn Mountains
SNOW! Skip and I were excited........Chuck not so much.
Driving to Yellowstone's East Entrance from Cody, Wyoming.
Sylvan's Pass, 8,524', Absaroka Range, Rocky Mountains
We were able to pull over and watch this buffalo wallowing.
We sighted bighorn sheep several times, including a couple that ran down the road in front of us.
Young black bear relaxing under the trees.
A black bear wandering in the brush.
We took a short hike to this river to watch the cutthroat trout swimming upstream to spawn.
There were thousands of buffalo with their calves in this meadow.
The brown spot is a grizzly bear.
This coyote was stalking the ducks in the nearby water.
Time to leave Yellowstone. Oops! Detour to Billings, Montana, to the Mercedes dealer.
Could you explain to me why my motorhome keeps breaking down? Nobody seems to know.
Arriving in Billings, Montana: First, the park service tow truck towed the motorhome out of the park. A tow truck then took the motorhome to Cody, where this tow truck picked it up for the remainder of the journey. Mercedes replaced the EGR valve again and found nothing else wrong. Strike five!
