Our first set of mountains were the Bighorn Mountains. You could see them from miles away with their white caps shinning in the sun. It seems to strange to see so much snow in the middle of June! Once we got up towards the top of those mountains we couldn't help but to play in the snow. So our Florida family pulls over on the side of the mountain in our shorts and tee shirts and started throwing snow at each other. It was so cold, but when we weren't touching the snow or covered in it the temperature wasn't very low. We made our way through those mountains and carried on. The next mountain range was a once in a lifetime experience! It is impossible to explain how amazing these mountains are! The rocky mountains are no joke and the bear tooth highway wasn't either. It was extremely scary and genuinely life threatening. We went up 10,000 feet to the top of a mountain covered in snow with no guard rails and hairpin turns. In some places, where the snow plows had cleared the roads the snow and ice toward up to 20 feet, towering far above the top of the car! That was a bit nerve racking in itself. The whole mountain looked like one avalanche waiting to happen! From the top Mom described the range as looking like the Swedish alps, that is how beautiful it was! Brittany wanted to stop and play in that snow too, but it was entirely too dangerous. We stopped for the night in the mountains and are currently at 8,000 feet. Our view out the window is a huge mountain covered with snow, truly gorgeous!
Dad's favorite part about today and really exciting for all of us was seeing a lot of wild animals. On out way to the mountains we saw a heap of pronghorn antelope. They just lay around in pastures with cows and look completely normal, but to us it was a new sight. While on the bighorn mountains we saw two huge moose! They were right by the fence so we stopped and took some pictures of them. They are such huge animals! A little later we saw a heard of elk. There we about 7 or 8 of them grazing on the side of the mountain right by the road and it was as if they knew I was taking their picture because they all turned broad side and stared at me. What a picture! Lastly as he were almost to our cabin there was a large mule deer on the side of the road so we backed up and sat beside it. It was literally 10 feet from our car! Today was absolutely amazing and I hope this was just the start of our stay at Yellowstone! It's going to be amazing!
Funny Comment:
Britt- Why do all these buildings look so western? Suzanne- Well we are in the west!
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