August 2018 Walk-About 08/01—09/02/2018

Home to SE Colorado.
Bent's Old Fort and John Martin Reservoir State Park.

SE Colorado to SE Wyoming.
John Martin Reservoir to Guernsey State Park

SE Wyoming to N Wyoming.
Fort Laramie National Historic Site then Guernsey State Park to Horseshoe Bend Campground in Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area

North Central Wyoming to Central Montana.
Views from Bighorn Canyon then on to Spring Creek Campground in the Lewis and Clark National Forest

Central Montana to a little more Central Montana.
Spring Creek Campground to Many Pines Campground, Lewis and Clark National Forest.

Central Montana to Glacier National Park.
Many Pines Campground to the Saint Mary Campground on the eastern edge of Glacier. An evening boat tour of Saint…

A day driving The Going-to-the-Sun Road. 50 miles each direction.
The smoke haze depended on the location of the sun. After we left Glacier, the McDonald…

A day trip to Waterton Lakes National Park, Glacier's sister park in Alberta, Canada.
We stopped at the Many Glacier area on our way back to camp. We got to…

Our last day in Glacier. Around the Two Medicine area and back to Logan Pass for mountain goats, marmots, and flowers.

Mainly a travel day.
From Glacier to Lewis and Clark Cavern State Park in Montana.
We did not do any exploring, it was just a place to park for the night. …

From Lewis and Clark Cavern State Park to the West Yellowstone entrance, to the Grant Village Campground then finding buffalo roadblocks within Yellowstone…

Yellowstone National Park.
Geysers, Waterfalls, Buffalo, Rivers, and Canyons

From Yellowstone National Park to Grand Teaton National Park.

From Grand Teton National Park to Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area.
Not as much smoke haze to start the day.
Still looking for the elusive moose, but…

Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area.
Dam tour, Red Canyon Visitor Center, Sheep Creek Geological Loop, and Firefighters Memorial Campground

From Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, a stop at Dinosaur National Monument, and to YampaRiver State Park.

From Yampa River State Park to Rocky Mountain National Park.
Lots of smoke from the fire in the Routt National Forest west of Rocky.
Late evening elk.

Driving Trail Ridge Road.
Starting with driving in the clouds to a partly cloudy, with blue skys afternoon.
I think we're done with Estes Park. Way too many…

From Rocky Mountain National Park to Lake Pueblo State Park.

From Lake Pueblo State Park to Home Sweet Home
It's time to be home.