Sunday, August 24, 2014

Yellowstone III

Unbelievable!  I woke up to a dry sleeping bag and tent.  No condensation!  We continued on the Yellowstone river trail all day.  It is by far the most stunning river canyon I've seen on this hike.
 This part of the river is called the Black Canyon due to the abundance of black rock.  There are pine trees as well as sage and cactii all in the same area.  Sometimes the trail climbed along the rocky hillside and sometimes down low.  We saw a carnage of deer, elk, and bighorn sheep bones.
 A bear or wolf had good eating last year.  We were graced with an overcast sky and occasional drizzle.  We had lunch at a waterfall.  BB and Wantsome  are hiking with us again which is great because it's nice to have other people to talk to and BB is always smiling.  
We hiked the trail straight out of the park and right into Gardiner, MT.  Our first Montana town!

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