We left Rexburg about 9:30 and headed toward West Yellowstone, for a pit stop. We walked over to the IMAX theater but it appears to be closed up tight. The tourist shops along the main streets are up and running, lots of T shirts!
From West Yellowstone, rather than head into the park, we head north along the Gallatin River and through the Big Sky area to Gallatin Gate and Bozeman. Lunch at a city park, then onto I-90 about 30 miles east to Livingston. Gorgeous countryside! Then we turn south and go about 50 miles to Gardiner and the North entrance to the park.
The weather today is changeable but generally OK. Still cold, in the low 40s. Snow showers around made for some interesting cloud formations. It is supposed to get warmer as the week progresses; no rain the forecast.
We arrived at Mammoth Hot Springs around 4:00 and checked into our cabin C-48. So for the next four days we have NO TV and NO INTERNET! (there are a few places to connect to WiFi). We were thrilled to learn the “Map Room” in the hotel was open and we both imagined ourselves sitting in a comfy chair reading our books. But, alas, the room was open but there NO furniture! Covid restrictions turn up in the oddest places! In past years, pre-Covid, this room is awesome. It has a coffee/wine bar and live entertainment.
I hiked about 1.5 miles of the Beaver Pond Trails here behind the hotel. Great hike but it was really cold! Maybe I can do more of it later in the week.
There are elk all over the place and when we returned from dinner there were lots of Buffalo in the square!
Dinner tonight was at the Yellowstone Mine in “downtown” Gardner. Acceptable. (Gardner is just 5 miles down the hill).
Tomorrow we plan to spend the day down in the thermal regions, do a few hikes, perhaps go back to West Yellowstone for dinner.
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