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July 15, 2002 – Jackson, WY I got up early this morning (shocker!) and headed out for a solo hike. I went back to the Taggert and Bradley Lake Trail. On my way out of the hotel I picked up a “gift pack” in the lobby which consisted of a granola bar and trail mix.Continue reading “Culture Day”

July 14, 2002 – Gardiner, MT to Jackson, WY We slept in fairly late at the hotel in Gardiner, then headed south along the western side of the northern loop in Yellowstone. Our original plans wouldn’t have taken us this way, but now we would travel all of the roads in Yellowstone except the roadContinue reading “Moose!, Part 2”

July 13, 2002 – Yellowstone National Park and Beartooth Mountains Today we were supposed to leave Gardiner and end up in Billings, MT to visit zoos and a waterpark in Montana and Idaho over the next couple of days. But we were having so much fun and enjoying nature so much in Yellowstone that weContinue reading “Snowball – Direct Hit!”

July 12, 2002 – Yellowstone National Park Our first stop of the day was the visitor center at Mammoth Hot Springs. Delaney turned in her Junior Ranger paperwork and became an Official Junior Ranger of Yellowstone National Park. She worked very hard on the worksheets and hiking and was very proud to get her patchContinue reading “Junior Ranger!”

July 11, 2002 – Old Faithful to Gardiner, Montana Everyone slept in this morning – even me. It felt good after the early morning and late night the day before. We had one last breakfast in the Old Faithful Inn dining room, then packed up and checked out. Before we left we took one lastContinue reading “Beehive or Jet Engine?”

July 10, 2002 – Yellowstone National Park I went for another early morning geyser walk and this day Delaney went with me. We set an alarm and got up a little earlier than I had the day before. It was a little hard to wake her up, but once she was awake she was veryContinue reading “Daddy-Daughter Morning”

July 9, 2002 – Yellowstone National Park I woke up early this morning and went for a walk around the Geyser Basin by myself. I think it was around 6:30 when I went out and the temperature was in the upper 30’s or low 40’s. With the cool air there was much more steam thanContinue reading “Moose!!”

July 8, 2002 – Jackson, WY to Old Faithful We left Jackson this day to go to Old Faithful. In the morning we followed Moose-Wilson Road into Grand Teton National Park. We stopped to hike part of the Granite Canyon Trail. It started out in a beautiful stand of Aspens, but Aaron wasn’t happy withContinue reading “Shirley Temples and Roy Rangerses”

July 7, 2002 – Jackson, WY This was float-trip day. We got up and had to be at the rafting company at 8:00. They hauled us by bus to the put-in point where the highway to Teton Pass crosses the Snake River. These were our first really good views of the Tetons. For the firstContinue reading “Captain Ron”

July 6, 2002 – Layton, UT to Jackson, WY Breakfast at the Fairfield Inn. They have Lucky Charms! Oh, what a delight for Aaron. We drove north into Idaho and east into Wyoming. This was our first ride through free-range cattle country and, sure enough, there were cows near and in the road. We stoppedContinue reading “Yark on the Sidewalk”