Sunday, August 24, 2014

Yellowstone Nero

We are back on trail!  After breakfast we loaded up the car and headed for our trailhead.  
On the way we stopped at upper and lower falls on the Yellowstone river, checked out Canyon village then continued up to Tower Junction.  
There's a historic lodge there with a restaurant where we ate lunch.  And surprise - Nick, Faye, and. Uncle Gary were having lunch there as well.  It was great to see them.  Chris was not with them as he had to go home to England.  It was still raining but we couldn't dally any longer.  It was time to hike.  So we said our goodbyes and left the warmth behind.
 However, the guys gave us thier umbrellas and they make a big difference.  Our trail was the Garnet mountain trail which we took to the Yellowstone river trail.  The suspension bridge over the river was awesome as it was high up and the canyon below was beautifu.  The river rushes down it and the rock walls are shades of rust, yellow, tan, and cream.  Very wild looking.  We had to ford hellroaring creek before getting to our campsite which was cold.  But the rain stopped.  Our big wish was a good campsite and dry conditions for tent setup and we got it!  Ok I had to stop typing because a mouse was in my tent!  It was cute but it scared the crap out of me at first and I screamed.  The zipper on my tent screen door is broken so I have three strategically placed safety pins that apparently don't keep out interested critters.  There's no food in the tent as it's hung.  Ha ha ha.  It was a short hike since we have to stay in our reserved backcountry campsites but it sure felt good to move.  We've done a lot of sitting and eating the last few days.

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