Day 13, Home!!!!

Here's the link for all photos of the trip:


https://picasaweb.google.com/107544836931691405005/PNW2012#




After 13 days on the road we were ready to be home.  It was a fantastic trip with no problems at all.  We logged 3,567 miles on the 15 year old Land Cruiser without a hitch!!

We almost ran this guy over near Irish Canyon, NW CO.

 Happy to be home

Day 12, Pinedale, WY, Mike's House

We pulled into Pinedale around noon.  Went out to lunch at a cool little Cajun restaurant with Mike.  We decided to stay and BBQ with Mike for dinner, have some beers and catch up.  We camped in front of his place .

Day 11, Jenny Lake, Grand Teton Nat'l Park

We had a nice drive through Yellowstone.  I was there 24 years ago on a family trip.  At that time the entire park was on fire.  We were actually caught in the middle of the fire, I remember it well.  The tree's have been growing back and are about 20' tall today.

We pulled into Jenny Lake as recommended by my friend Mike who knows the area well.  The Tetons are very impressive, they almost look fake.

Entrance

 Tetons

 Very crabby Moose

 Cool bird, no idea what it is

 Camp

 Taken seriously

 Our third and fourth Bears

 Erin calming Greta because of the Bears

 Jackson

Day 10, Mammoth Campground, Yellowstone Nat'l Park

It was still overcast and a little rainy when we got up at Flathead Lake so we decided to skip Glacier because there was no view.  We drove to Helena and had lunch with Mark.  After lunch we continued on to the North Entrance to Yellowstone.

North Gate

 Camp again

 Our second Bear

 Me and the pups, thinking about feeding Greta to the Bear!

 Beaver Ponds @ Mammoth

 First and only snake.  A Bullsnake, pretty big too

 Mmmm Buffalo

 Old Faithful

 Elk

Now off to Glacier Nat'l Park!

Day 9, Flathead Lake, MT

We stayed at Big Arm Campground. Very nice place. Not really anything exciting except for things are finally drying out.

Off to see Mark in Helena tomorrow.

Day 8, Nelson, BC

We left Osoyoos this morning for short drive to Nelson. Its a pretty neat town. A little hippie dippie for me but very pretty. We have been in the rain and cold for awhile now so we are staying downtown in the New Grand Hotel. We happened upon a parade for 2012 high school grads while we were window shopping.

 

 

Dream Motorcycle!!

 

Dream Landcruiser!!

Day 7, Osoyoos, BC, Canada

We drove from Bellingham to Osoyoos,BC Today. It was a nice drive, finally heading back East.

Finally saw our first Bear!

Osoyoos, BC. We camped near the bottom right of the lake.

 Just hanging out

 Nice sunset

Day 6, Larrabee State Park, Bellingham, WA

We finally had a semi-rain free night with a nice campfire! Keeping this one short.

Day 4 Oregon Coast, Pacific Coast Highway

Today we drove from the Redwoods to Cannon Beach, OR. Another beautiful drive! We are at a nice hotel on the beach watching the sunset as I write this.

 

 

We are staying here two nights, we'll post up again tomorrow.

Here are a few more from today. We learned that Greta will chase a seagull for several miles. I think we got lucky she came back.

 

 

 

So, some pictures are taken with Erin's iPhone, some with my Nikon and various others with the GoPro or my Droid. So quality will vary depending on the device.