Lander Wyoming to Livingston Montana

Today was quite a day because we had stopped sooner than we had wanted we had a few miles to travel. So we packed up and had breakfast at the cafe in the lodge and headed out, Unfortunately we did not stop a lot for photos so I bought postcards and then took pictures of them to kind of give an idea of the beautiful country we traveled through. (No I am not intelligent enough to be able to label my pictures on the photo.)
These pictures are just outside of Dubois, Wyoming. I was there about 30 years ago and remember going to the grub and tub to do laundry and so convenient to eat lunch at the same time but it was torn down about a year ago. I would definitely like to go there again a spend some time hiking in the hills.

As we continued on we went over Togawotee pass. It had road construction and we had to be led by pilot car. The mud and gravel were a little wet and slippery so I was very nervous but found I was able to handle it Okay. We got down off the mountain and ended up at Moran Juntion and headed north into the Teton's and Yellowstone Park. I was a little put out at having to pay $20.00 to drive through the park and the roads were terrible. One would wonder what they do with all that money. Anyway we decided to go up the west side of the park ...less traffic and quicker. The bison were out in their glory. Standing right beside the road and the tour bus ahead of us stopped. We stayed back aways and then when the bus passed and stopped further up we scooted on by. Kind of a touchy situation because I heard of one of them tossing a Harley and his rider a fair piece but then he asked for it because he reached out and touched it as he went by.

Saw some mud pots and I did not realize how big Yellowstone Lake was. We saw more bison and elk as we traveled through. We stopped just south of Mammoth Hot Springs and took this next group of pictures. What beautiful terrain. We exited the park at Gardiner and at the service station I was pleased to see the inventive way the local scouts raise money..selling firewood. We headed north again hoping to reach Butte but there was a very strong north wind and we were so cold when we reached Livingston chose to stay there. We stayed at the Livingston Inn  $96.00. A little rich but just to cold to go on. The next morning there was another BMW parked next to mine and while we were packing the owner James from San Francisco came out and we went for breakfast together. I was able to give him my park pass and save him the $20.00 entry fee which made it seem more worthwhile. Another young man from Edmonton on a BMW came in but it was too much for him so cold as he was he traveled on.