{"id":487,"date":"2014-09-19T08:57:02","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T12:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arnielee.com\/wordpress\/?p=487"},"modified":"2022-08-29T08:43:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T12:43:47","slug":"road-trip-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/wordpress\/road-trip-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Trip – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m on a cross country trip from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Reno, Nevada to deliver an older conversion van for my son and daughter-in-law to use as a “camper”.<\/p>\n

Normally, this is a 2000-mile drive on Interstate 80, but I modified the route slightly to visit the Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. Here’s the path.<\/p>\n

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In Road Trip – Part 1<\/a> I described the itinerary from Grand Rapids to the Tetons.<\/p>\n

Here I’ll fill you in on the remainder of the journey from the Tetons to Yellowstone National Park. During the next 30 hours, I took in a lot of scenics – so hang on for a fast ride!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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As I was driving north of the Lake area, I spotted this elk grazing in a heavily wooded area.<\/center><\/td>\n
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West of Canyon, I found this coyote crossing a wide open field.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The next morning I awoke early enough to see the sunrise along the Madison River.<\/center><\/td>\n
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I arrived at the Hayden Valley to find the mist hanging above the Yellowstone River.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Still early, I watched this White American Pelican fishing for his morning meal.<\/center><\/td>\n
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From this overlook you can see the Yellowstone River winding its way through the Hayden Valley.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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A glance upwards and I see this small flock of geese flying towards the river.<\/center><\/td>\n
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Heading north at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone are the powerful Lower Falls.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Onward to the Lamar Valley in the north end of Yellowstone. Here is an osprey searching for prey on the tall hill below.<\/center><\/center><\/td>\n
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A short distance away I run into a sizeable herd of hungry bison casually grazing in the field adjacent to the road.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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This bison was resting comfortably nearby.<\/center><\/center><\/td>\n