So we left Houston Wednesday morning heading to West Yellowstone, MT by way of Denver, CO and Bozeman, MT. Having realized that traveling for business and getting up before the crack of dawn was not a bad thing, doing so for a family vacation was not ideal......so I scheduled our departure for a respectable 8:45 AM .... well, United did....
So anyway, we made it to The Dotted Bus, then Terminal C, made our flight, made our connection in Bozeman, and then had no real problems getting from Bozeman to West Yellowstone....pretty uneventful, but beautiful trip. We even had time to improve the local economy and purchase a few needed items at the local WalMart.
We saw lots of snow from the air as we landed in Denver, then were surprised at the lack of snow as we landed in Bozeman, MT. It was warmer in Bozeman than it was when we left Houston! We traveled along the Gallatin River for quite some time, then just as we entered Yellowstone National Park heading south, it started to snow - and it was really cool watching the wind blow the snow across the road. We made it to the hotel, unpacked and then went in search of the best pizza we'd ever eaten -- a Sitting Bull at Wild West Pizza!
After pizza and a short swim, the kids were beat so we called it a night. Last sight out of the window from the hotel was of blowing snow that was adding more of a white blanket to everything here. Seems that while there is snow here, it is not as much as this time last year according to the locals.....but, we were here to see the white stuff and we weren't disappointed!
Today we started with breakfast, then off to pick up our snowmobiles at Yellowstone Adventures. There are over 400 miles of groomed trails in the area adjacent to Yellowstone National Park and then an additional 500 or so inside the park. We rode the Two Top Loop Trail, Lionhead Trail, Twin Valleys Trail, then back to Two Top Loop and returned to West Yellowstone....all together we only put 50 miles on the sleds. Kids really thought that we were "speeding" on the snowmobiles and were quite surprised to learn that we did not exceed 30 mph and rarely went over 20 mph! There were, however, many folks that flew past us with much more life insurance than we had! There were several groups that sped past us with helmet cams.....might have to search on YouTube and see if we made the cut!
Not many pictures yet, but they can be seen here.....more as I can take them!
We're having a blast.....hope you are too!
The Frolicking Featherstons
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