Day 4

Words to describe my feelings at the conclusion of my excursions today: SOB!! Yellowstone is pretty much closed at the moment.  There are a couple of entrances on the northern side (I intended on entering from the South), but access to the park is still limited from those.  The "season" is what's keeping the roads closed.  Good thing I didn't travel all the way out here just to see Yellowstone!  The beauty of this road trip is that nothing is definite.  Adapt and overcome - that's my motto.  I'll find something else.  Yellowstone will be another day.

I must say that today's travels were MUCH more stimulating compared to the mind numbing fields from the previous days.  I actually encountered elevation - mountains!  Plenty of valleys as well.  Once I hit Wyoming in the early morning, it started snowing.  Sometimes pretty heavily - but it was a wet snow so nothing really stuck on the roads.  Once I was about 40 miles out from Grand Teton National Park, I found myself driving on the side of a mountain - reaching an elevation of 9800 feet at one point.  It was strange to see the sun and clouds, then all of a sudden have it disappear while driving at the top of the mountain.  I was actually IN the clouds... fog, snow, rain... it was almost dark because I was so high up.  Then as I descended, the sun came back out and all appeared normal.  A very interesting 20 minutes to say the least.  Once I reached the other side though... that's when the best scenery emerged - the Grand Teton Mountains.  Spectacular.  Definitely a site worth seeing.

I'll post some pics later... I don't have time to sort through and post any right now.  Hopefully tonight when I stop I'll have internet access and will have time to post.

So I'm off to somewhere... through Oregon I guess, north to WA to see Paul and Racheal.  I'm sure I'll find something worth seeing and photographing!