Day 7b: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone, to Billings MT (under const)

 Northern Range

Continuing past Mammoth hot springs we begin to enter a place known as the "Northern Range" often compared to the Serengeti or other wildlife hotspots it is a world unto itself.  We are also leaving that area most directly influenced by the Yellowstone hot spot and returning to "The Rockies"

It took us almost an hour to get from mammoth to the next highway junction.  We were climbing much of the way.  People seemed to be stopped almost every 5 minutes.  There was nothing explosive, just bears, bison, waterfalls.  I regret not being able to spend more time here.  I will feel this way often this trip, but we do have somewhere to be, a lot of somewheres to to be.  All I can say is that we are small.

Finally we begin to leave the traffic as we head toward the Northeast entrance . . . 

We see more wide glacier carved valleys, towering peaks and endless mountain meadows.  



We stop for maybe 15 minutes at a roadside to gaze upon the river valley below us and stare at the bison herding.  There was once an America where this happened everywhere, now in just a few corners, many of the crowded with tourists.  

Beartooth Pass











Begin the Great Plains






































Comments

  1. How many miles do you usually drive a day when traveling? And do you often get out and hike or are the pictures usually from the road?

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  2. Dr. Sasha Carter, it looks as if you both had a wonderful drive with many different flora and animals such as bison. I think I remember reading that Yellowstone was formed from volcano activity. I worked in Yellowstone National Park in 1995 at Old Faithful Lodge in the gift shop. At that time, all the roads inside of Yellowstone were being repaved. The drive from Old Faithful to Billings, Montana would be 3 hours. Mammoth Hot Springs is pretty and as I remember, smelly due to the sulfur.

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