TripTracker.net - Alaska and the Pacific Northwest 2010, Yellowstone

New York, United States Almost ready ...A stop in Indiana Bismarck, ND in 2 days Calgary, Alberta Banff National Park of Canada Jasper, Alberta Dawson Creek, British Columbia Liard River Hot Springs Park, Canada Whitehorse, Yukon Territory Vehicles Seen on the Alaska Highway Fairbanks, Alaska Denali National Park Driving through Denali Denali Girdwood, United States, Alaska Anchorage, United States, Alaska Portage and Seward Girdwood, United States, Alaska Tok, Alaska Haines, Alaska Juneau, Alaska Sitka, Alaska Ketchikan, Alaska Prince Rupert, British Columbia Vancouver Island Back in the Lower 48!Olympic National Park Seattle, Washington Mount Ranier National Park Mount St. Helens Portland, Oregon Oregon Coast Ashland, Oregon Oregon Caves National Monument, United States, Oregon Mitch and Brenda's wedding Crater Lake, United States, Oregon Bruneau Dunes State Park, Idaho Idaho Yellowstone Badlands National Park, South Dakota Great Wolf Lodge One last stop We're home!

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Yellowstone

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Aug 31 2010, 09:47 AM

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Lamar Canyon, United States, Wyoming

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We spent Monday night in Yellowstone at the park's hotel at Mammoth Hot Springs. We have been to Yellowstone before, but we have never driven through the Lamar Valley area. Doug's friend Penny, a Yellowstone expert, had recommended driving through there at dawn to see wildlife. She also had told us that it's the only area where you might spot wolves. We got up a bit after dawn and drove through. We didn't see any wolves, but we did see lots of bison and some pronghorn antelope and deer. Driving through the Lamar Valley led us to exit the park through the northeast entrance which we had not done before. We naively followed the routing recommended by our GPS and Yahoo Maps, and ended up driving over the Beartooth Pass (elevation 10,947 feet) on the SECOND most gnarly, twisty, edge-of-the-cliff mountain road we've ever driven. Doug is a guy who enjoys driving twisty moutain roads, but this is the type of road that is too stressful to be worth it. The WORST one is the road through Colorado National Monument in Grand Junction, Colorado.

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