Drive Into Yellowstone

The weather was terrible but we chose to take a drive into Yellowstone anyway. We did not want to waste the day, so we took the chance with the weather. It wasn't too awfully bad when we started out at around 10 AM with some light snow flurries.

It wasn't long before we spotted our first elk of the season in a location where we have almost always seen them near the West Entrance to the Park:

Once we got inside the park, we spotted a huge herd of bison that were a fairly good distance from the road:

We later saw many more that were closer, but bison are just about everywhere in Yellowstone.

We continued on north to the Mammoth Hot Springs location where we haven't been as many times as other locations. We stopped in the General Store to check out new items for this year and then proceeded to the small town of Granger at the north entrance to Yellowstone:

One of our coworkers during Spring Training works at a location in the town, but we couldn't remember where.. We drove a short distance north of Granger and spotted this herd of elk that were just grazing in a field:

The weather started to turn sour while we were in Mammoth, so we decided to return home at around 2 PM. As we were driving on the road south of Mammoth, we ran into a snow squall that was like a blizzard:

None of the snow accumulated on the ground, so we made it back to our fifth wheel with no problem. As I mentioned, the weather has been lousy and we are expecting more of the same today. We disconnect our water each night to prevent the hose and water lines from freezing and will do it again one more night tonight.

We have no plan for today, our last in West Yellowstone, so we will figure something out sometime this morning. Whatever we do, it will probably be close to home...