Camping

Last night after work, a couple buddies and I went camping near the Yellowstone River. We tried to fish along the streams and rivers but they were way too strong to fish in. We explored parts of the areas and found lots of elk racks and skeletons. It was really cool. It was also a full moon and it appeared in the middle of the night as if were middle of the day and cloudy. Really bright out. Here are some pics.

Our campsite.

A rougher part of Slough Creek.

A black bear just strolling along.

An elk rack I found.

Some of the racks we found camping.

Yellowstone

Sorry for the lack of blog posts. I haven't been able to upload photos, and haven't had tons of time to post either. I have been going on ton's of hikes and exploring the park. Lately I have been putting good use to the fishing rods I brought and fishing alot of the creeks and streams around here. I have caught quite a few small brown trout, and hooked a huge cutthroat trout yesterday along the Slough Creek. The Slough Creek has been called one of the best trout streams in America. A couple days ago fishing, I had a fox come within 15 feet of me and it never saw me or smelled me because I was downwind of it. I have been seeing tons of bison and elk.

At the top of Mount Washburn.

At geyser I found.

Bison rack by the geyser.

Norris Geysers

From the top of Mount Washburn

Old Faithful

Sunrise from Mount Washburn

Sunrise from Mount Washburn

Sunrise from Mount Washburn.

Slough creek AKA "the Best Cutthroat Trout stream in America"

A huge elk rack I found. It weighed around 45 lbs.

Snow

It is snowing in Canyon today; the big clumps we usually see in the Midwest around January. Nothing really all too new to report except work from 8-4 everyday. Cleaning rooms gets very boring and old quickly. Hopefully the snow doesn't stay, it appears it won't either. Again I am unable to upload any photos. On Tuesday, I went on a hike called Mary's Mountain. A couple of us decided to take a detour and explore the surrounding area. We found a huge elk rack, as well as a bison skull. We also were able to get up close to a geyser and see it. It was very cool stuff. We later drove down into Jackson Hole to watch the NBA Finals Game, and surprisingly enough the Twins game was on TV because they were playing the Colorado Rockies, and they won. Seeing the twins play on TV all the way out here definitely made my day. I'll upload photos next chance I get. I have work till Tuesday and Wednesday when I have my days off and hopefully I'll find some good internet then.

Work

Sorry for the lack of updates. The last three days I have been working as a room attendant at the lodges and cabins in the Canyon Village from 8-4. I haven't had much time to get on the internet to blog, and the internet has been really really bad. I am currently in West Yellowstone, in the Montana part of the park on my day off. I'll try uploading photos next chance I get. The internet in the visitors center here is slow as well. Sorry for not being able to upload many photos.

Photos from last night.

Here are some photos I took last night coming back from Gardiner. Nothing new to report today

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Found a hotspring in the valley.

Job training.

Some of the photos I took yesterday. Today I had job safety training sessions and what not, nothing too exciting. The altitude is getting to me and I can feel it. Canyon Village, where I live, is around 8500 feet above sea level. Quite a bit higher than Minnesnowta.

The Canyon near where I'm living. The next few photos are just different views of it.

A couple planes outside Mammoth, Wyoming.

Found this stream between Gardiner and Mammoth, when it's not overflowing I hope to fish in it a little bit.

An Elk just hanging out.

Move-In Day

Today I woke up and started the journey to move into yellowstone. Started with employee registration around 8 which lasted until 10:30ish, even though it could have been done in around 45 minutes. Then I watched another informational video or two, and finally around 3 made it to the Canyon Village where I will be staying the next 2 months. Prior to the videos, I was able to explore a little bit of Gardiner and saw some cool stuff. Met some of my neighbors and my roommate named Colin from New Hampshire. After dinner, my neighbor and his buddy and I walked from canyon village to Uncle Tom's trail, about 8 miles roundtrip. Alot longer than I anticipated, but totally worth it. Got to see the canyon and what we think was a muskrat and a Bison up close. It was totally worth it, and I'm super exhausted after a really long day with safety training and other stuff tomorrow. I have really bad internet service, so I'll upload pics tomorrow morning if I can.

Snow? In June?

This morning we left Cody, Wyoming and drove through Yellowstone and up to Gardiner, Montana. Through Yellowstone we saw Elk, Bison, mule deer, ducks, pelicans, and a Swan. We found out that around Canyon Village in Yellowstone, where I will be living the next two months, still has some snow on the ground. It was very surprising to find so much snow in yellowstone. The huge snowfall this year in Wyoming, and Montana contributed to the huge overflow of the rivers and creeks surrounding the area. Tomorrow morning I will get up and move into my room and start my job. Here are some pics from today:

Elk right outside the car in Mammoth.

Mammoth hot springs.

Mammoth hot Springs

One of the many buffalo right outside the car.

More of the hot springs.

View from our hotel in Gardiner.

View from our hotel in Gardiner.

View from our hotel in Gardiner.

Buffalo Bill Reservoir just east of Yellowstone National Park.

Pictures from 6/5-6/6

The moose that almost took out the car all together. This was driving through the Bighorn Mountains National Park.

The Devil's Tower.

One of the many prairie dogs we saw at the Devil's Tower.

Hulett, Wyoming. Some of the Cole family still lives here.

Part of the Bighorn Mountain National Park.

Big Red.

Dad in the Bighorn Mountains National Park.

Bighorn Mountains National Park.

At a waterfall in the Bighorn Mountain National Park.

Trip to Yellowstone: 6/5-6/6.

We (my dad and I) got up Saturday morning and drove all day till we reached Sturgis, South Dakota. Driving through South Dakota might be the most boring drive. Sunday Morning, we left Sturgis and drove till we reached Cody, Wyoming. During the day we drove through Huellet, later had lunch in Gillette; we eventually drove Bighorn National Forest, along with seeing Devil's Tower. We saw a ridiculious amount of Prairie Dogs, along with lots of Pronghorn Antelope, Mule Deer, and a couple of moose. We actually nearly hit one. I am unable to upload photos due to bad internet here in Cody, I'll upload some next post.