2007-10-17 
 

criss crossing the continental divide

Started out yesterday driving through Grand Teton National Monument and then Yellowstone. Over the course of the day we crossed the continental divide numerous times.

I remember driving to California over a decade ago and crossing the divide in Colorado. It seemed a momentous occasion to me back then. This time it became ordinary to see the markers noting the divide, but the scenery remained anything but. Mountains' majesty indeed.

The one thing I will say is that Old Faithful's over rated. The fact that the rest of Yellowstone is under rated easily makes up for this fact, but if you're ever there and find that you've just missed the eruption? Drive on and enjoy the surreal sulphur plains upon which bison graze. Waiting 90 minutes for the next eruption was a bit dissapointing. (especially in the cold)

Left Yellowtone for Lincoln at 4:30 and found ourselves at U. Bob's doorstep about six hours later. A long drive, but worth it for the warm hospitality we found waiting for us there. More on that tomorrow.

Labels: cross country, dose of mikey, g, memory lane

* posted by me at 10:07 PM

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