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We entered Montana about 11:30 and drove through the town of West Yellowstone about 10 minutes later. West Yellowstone began as a terminus for the Union Pacific Railroad line built in the early 1900's to bring tourists to Yellowstone National Park.
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Right after leaving West Yellowstone we crossed entered Yellowstone National Park at 11:45. The entrance fee for Yellowstone is $25, but since we have a Senior Pass we didn't have to pay the entrance fee.
About 10 minutes after entering Yellowstone National Park, we found a parking area alongside the Madison River where we stopped to have lunch. While I fixed our sandwiches, Mike got our folding chairs out and we carried them down to the river bank. We set up our chairs and ate our lunch sitting by the Madison River.
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After lunch we continued east on Riverside Drive (US-191) and then north on Grand Loop Road (US-89). Because of our travel schedule, we only had time to drive through Yellowstone National Park. We did see Beryl Spring (one of the many hot springs)
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and then we turned east on Norris Canyon Road which took us through the Central Plateau and then we connected back up with the Grand Loop Road. Shortly after crossing the Yellowstone River, we saw a herd of bison in the distance. We stopped long enough to take a few photos.
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We saw these 2 RVs from Germany that had stopped to take photos of the bison. We have seen a few of these RVs in our travels,
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but we haven't seen one of these before.
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A little farther on we had to stop because of the cars ahead of us that had stopped to take photos of the bison that were alongside the road. Tinker could smell the bison and he stood up so he could look out Mike's window and bark at the bison.
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I even got a movie of one bison crossing the road in front of the RV. We crossed over the Yellowstone River again and saw more bison before we drove around Yellowstone Lake. Yellowstone Lake (elevation 7,733 ft) is the second largest fresh water lake in the world that is above 7,000 ft.
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We passed by a section of the road that had been washed out.
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Shortly after that we drove through Sylvan Pass (elevation 8,350 ft) and there were sections where I wished the guard rail/wall was taller - especially where there was a sheer drop down to the floor of the canyon.
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We left Yellowstone through the East Entrance at little before 3:00.
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We drove east on US-14 through the Shoshone National Forest and the Absaroka Mountain Range with great rugged mountain views.
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We now started to see more ranches and houses
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and then we passed by this HUGE pile of antlers.
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We arrived here at Yellowstone Valley Inn & RV Park at 4:00. We are in site #3 and have full hook-ups (50 amp elec) and free wifi. This is a Good Sam Park and with our discount, we paid $27 for tonight. The sites here are gravel and fairly level and we do have a partial view of the Shoshone River.
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We didn't take any photos of the campground today, we'll have to get some in the morning.
We enjoyed our drive through Yellowstone National Park today and look forward to coming back and having more time to visit and explore the park.
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