Yellowstone

Oliver here and freezing!   We've been in glorious Yellowstone and the final day we were snowed in!!  

We all had a wonderful time however.  They did desert me one night to stay in the Old Faithful Inn and I don't blame them.  It is one heck of a log cabin as our friend Deborah says.  

Robin saw all the animals she wanted to see including a baby bison and a black bear with two tiny Cubs.  She is very happy.  

Magical mystical Yellowstone

Pictures from 😳Grand Teton National Park

Oliver riding herd on the travelers here...

We have been a busy group since last heard from.  Also way out of wifi land so really hard to post anything on this blog!

Let me see if I can catch you up.  After leaving Wendover we headed east through Salt Lake City and north through Utah.  We spent the night on the lovely Logan River and then proceeded into Idaho.  The weather was very iffy and I got into my first snow... very chilling for a desert rat like me and Alan was not pleased!!  We made it to Montpelier, Idaho and then then to Pocatello through a snow storm!  The sun finally came out and we headed to Idaho Falls and then east to Wyoming.  Stopped in Jackson and toured the very quaint town and then headed north in the most beautiful scenic country into The Grand Teton National Park.   Oh My...


Robin is having trouble posting pictures with this blog from her iPad and haven't been able to keep laptop charged, so until she figures this out there may be some delay in pictures!  Humans and their technology.  I'm sure she'll get this solved.

Needless to say the pictures of the Tetons and Yellowstone are spectacular.  Bye for now and will post pictures soon!

 

Driving through Nevada

Oliver checking in!



City boy and country girl go camping...

Left Reno on Tuesday and made it all the way to Winnemucca, Nevada!  Alan enjoyed the smoke filled casino and all the sites of a small Nevada town.  We stayed in the parking lot of the Winners Hotel and Casino after taking care of some business.  On our first day out we got 14 mpg on the big one ton Ford that carries me along so efficiently.  They did well for their first day of travel... that city boy and country girl.

Wednesday we made it all the way to Wendover, a town on the border of Nevada and Utah.  This time we stayed in the parking lot of the Rainbow Hotel Casino and again Alan donated to the Nevada economy while Robin wondered if we would ever get out of Nevada.  On the way they passed through Elko, one of Nevada's greatest cowboy towns and they stopped at the museum and had lunch in a long established Basque restaurant.  After lunch Alan got stopped by the Nevada Hwy Patrol for sliding through a stop sign. (Personally I don't think he did...in fact we all thought he had made a complete stop).  The young patrolman took pity on him and sent us on our way with just a warning... Thank goodness!   On the way to Wendover we encountered an hour and fifteen minute stop with miles of other cars and trucks...only to find a rather bad accident at the end with a big rig and a couple of cars.

Thursday we all woke up to rain, wind and cold and Alan made the decision to stay over another night rather than fight the elements.  The country girl had by then been in enough casinos and talked Alan into a lonely highway south of town for the afternoon and she made a lovely stir fry... they are learning to compromise!

Fun in Reno

Oliver here...

Alan made it to Reno and seems like they forgot all about me.  Robin has been showing him around and I hope they haven't forgotten about our trip!

This is the money shot...

Downtown along the Truckee River

They even went to an Aces baseball game... too many fun things to do and see in Northern Nevada.  But at last they are loaded and ready to leave and I believe we are now on the road...

Heading east...

Heading to Reno

Hello Oliver Followers!

Well,  Alan finally made it out of the desert after waiting for the wind to slow down... something I was happy about as I didn't want to have a wild ride on my first trip.   He headed north on his way to Reno to pick up Robin.

First he stopped to see his sister Suzie in Atwater and brother David in Merced.  They were of course very impressed with me!

Here we are leaving the desert!  Alan looks relaxed but trust me he has been working hard to get me all loaded up and ready to roll.

Here is David and Suzie looking me over... boy do I love that barn.

and David and Alan having bagels with his dog Wilbur....  wish Wilbur was coming with us.

More soon... we are now in Reno and loading up for the big trip.