Summer 2013 Tour Part 8: Yellowstone Pt. 1

The drive from Cody to our campground at Buffalo Bill State Park took us through this half-mile tunnel, right after going through a shorter tunnel. I think that makes for five total tunnels for the trip.

We chose a spot with a nice view at North Shore Bay Campground. We would've camped next to a Vanagon Westy we saw, but all the spots in their neighborhood were taken.

The view from L-wig's second story. (E started calling him "L-wig" during this trip.)

L-bug in L-wig.

The next morning I noticed a carburetor part had fallen off and went into focused-panic mode. Here I'm not working on the carb, but wiping up some leaking oil. Leaking #%$@ing oil. Ridiculous. 

After putting my worries partly to bed as regards the carb, E and I caught up on some journaling.

And then on to Yellowstone and home. Weird rock formations were in abundance.

Melissa took Ludwig's reins after we entered the park because she gets nervous about my rubbernecking, especially when I do it in the mountains.

Climbing Sylvan Pass, almost above the tree line.

There it is, the highest point of the whole trip (the lowest point was 1013 ft, somewhere near or in Omaha), and the second highest pass we've taken Ludwig over yet.

We stopped not far past, at Sylvan Lake. Tater Tot inherited that camera from her cousin.

She loves it.

Sylvan Lake.

The second running air-cooled VW we saw on the whole trip was spotted here: an orange Riviera that flew by too fast for the camera. Melissa heard someone inside yell, "Hey! There's another one!" as they went by. They were going the other way so happy trails, orange Rivie.

Yellowstone Lake overlook.

Marmot!

The first geothermal activity we came across was this cluster of steaming springs at Steamboat Point.

Springs in the foreground, rain moving across the lake at upper left.

When the rain got to us, the drops must've been as big as marbles. It turned into slushy hail, but I couldn't get a good shot of that.

Next: bison, hot bubbling mud