Glacier 2006 Trip
09/01/06 - 09/10/06
Day Six - Wednesday, 09/06
Great Falls, Montana to Jackson, Wyoming
386 Miles
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First half of the route for Day Six. (Livingston was approximately half way.)
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Second half of the route for Day Six. (This route took us through Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park.) Today's route was a little shorter because of the two parks where the traffic is slow.
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This is just south of Great Falls. This was reallly a nice ride.
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Took a break at this roadside park.
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This road had great sweeping turns which you could take without slowing down much. Great road.
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Another shot on the same road.
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A small ski area near Monarch, MT.
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Dropping out of the mountains at White Sulphur Springs. We stopped here for a drink of water. This is looking south along the main road.
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Dirt again. This was only about 3 miles though.
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It's really smokey here.
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This is the Yellowstone River after it comes out of the park.
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Looking the opposite direction from the shot above.
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This is a little further down the road and another stop at the Yellowstone River.
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This is the same place as above. These rafters were having a good time.
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This is at the north entrance to Yellowstone NP in Gardiner, Montana. I think this arch was built at the direction of Teddy Roosevelt for Yellowstone.
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This is from the arch looking back at Gardiner.
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This is the official entrance to the park.
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Looking back at the arch and Gardiner from the entrance.
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A distant look at Mammoth Hot Springs in the north portion of Yellowstone.
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A small waterfall along the road.
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This is looking back down the road from the waterfall.
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A partial bridge along the cliff.
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This is what it used to look like. I think I'll take the new one.
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It's hard to see, but this whole hillside is emitting steam.
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This elk was only about 50 yards from the road, but seemed undisturbed by all the people taking his picture.
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A little closer look. There's a small one with him.
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This guy was totallly by himself. He looked pretty old because it looked like his hair was gray. I don't know if that means anything in an animal, but he just looked old.
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This is Old Faithful in one of its less dramatical moments.
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This is a close up view of Old Faithful. We didn't stay for an eruption because it would take another hour.
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This is the Visitor Center at Old Faithful.
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There's another elk down there.
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Here's a close up look at him.
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Once you exit Yellowstone, it's just 5-6 miles to Grand Teton.
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Grand Teton has spectacular views but the smoke made it almost impossible to see.
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Another try to get a good shot.
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Had to get the bikes in with the mountains.
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One last try to get a good picture. This was the last of the day. Once again we were ready to stop for the day. It was beginning to rain and we were only a few miles from Jackson.
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