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re: Roadtrip Review: Buffalo to Seattle
Posted on 7/5/20 at 10:04 pm to CuseTiger
Posted on 7/5/20 at 10:04 pm to CuseTiger
Day 4: Sheridan, WY to Yellowstone, WY
266 miles, 5 hr 39 min
After a solid night rest, we woke up and made our drive over to yellowstone. Along the way we drove through Bighorn National forest, saw some moose in the road
Continued driving to Lovell, WY to do our first golfing of the trip at Foster Gulch. Quick 9 hole course, but we played 18 even despite the rain. Finished in about 2.5 hrs as no one was out there.
Once done with golf we continued through Cody WY and stocked up on booze and camping supplies at Walmarks. The high and low was 45/32 for yellowstone that night so we got a sleeping bag rated to I think it's 20*F. Stocked up on plenty of firewood and fire starter as well.
We went into Yellowstone via the East Entrance with no wait. On the road in we managed to see a momma bear with her cub, park ranger was already there.
Our first stop was the campground to check in. Since it wasn't raining, we decided to pitch the tent.
Ended up going to Old Faithful so we could get that out of the way. We ended up having to wait about 55 minutes, which fits in the 30 min to 120 min range it usually goes off. There's an app on the website that tells you when the next estimated time is.
As we were waiting, a bison strolled up from the parking lot
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Saw some elk on the way back
Night view once the sun went down, quite a few stars out. Saw the tail of the bear constellation
Nighttime here was dead quiet, we got lucky in our Bay Bridge Campground that it was tent only and peaceful. Bathrooms were up the hill along with bear proof trashcans.
Day 5: Yellowstone, WY to Bozeman, MT
153 miles, 3 hr 10 min
After not sleeping great, we woke up and headed to the grand canyon of yellowstone.
Saw some more elk on the way
Also on the way were some calderas and mud caverns. We stopped and caught up with an awesome park ranger, told us a bison blocked the pedestrian path the entire afternoon before. Also gave us a hiking tip of doing the north rim trail and also doing the 500ft vertical climb trail.
Mud pits
Finally we get to the north rim and start walking around. It was stunning how nice this area was and how out of shape we were. We spent a lot of time here as it was really nice
After finishing with the grand canyon, we started driving to the west entrance to head up to big sky.
This is what it looks like across most of yellowstone
We ended up getting to big sky, grabbing a quick lunch and hitting up the big sky golf club. It's amazing to hit a golf ball towards a mountain. Also it was snowing at mid-station on the ski mountain, little chilly
These birds were the most obnoxious things I've heard, anyone know what these are?
Once done with golf, headed to Bozeman and stopped at an Applebee's. Waitress was super friendly as was everyone we interacted with in Montana. Rest of the night was spent in the pool/hottub with a few beers
266 miles, 5 hr 39 min
After a solid night rest, we woke up and made our drive over to yellowstone. Along the way we drove through Bighorn National forest, saw some moose in the road
Continued driving to Lovell, WY to do our first golfing of the trip at Foster Gulch. Quick 9 hole course, but we played 18 even despite the rain. Finished in about 2.5 hrs as no one was out there.
Once done with golf we continued through Cody WY and stocked up on booze and camping supplies at Walmarks. The high and low was 45/32 for yellowstone that night so we got a sleeping bag rated to I think it's 20*F. Stocked up on plenty of firewood and fire starter as well.
We went into Yellowstone via the East Entrance with no wait. On the road in we managed to see a momma bear with her cub, park ranger was already there.
Our first stop was the campground to check in. Since it wasn't raining, we decided to pitch the tent.
Ended up going to Old Faithful so we could get that out of the way. We ended up having to wait about 55 minutes, which fits in the 30 min to 120 min range it usually goes off. There's an app on the website that tells you when the next estimated time is.
As we were waiting, a bison strolled up from the parking lot
. Saw some elk on the way back
Night view once the sun went down, quite a few stars out. Saw the tail of the bear constellation
Nighttime here was dead quiet, we got lucky in our Bay Bridge Campground that it was tent only and peaceful. Bathrooms were up the hill along with bear proof trashcans.
Day 5: Yellowstone, WY to Bozeman, MT
153 miles, 3 hr 10 min
After not sleeping great, we woke up and headed to the grand canyon of yellowstone.
Saw some more elk on the way
Also on the way were some calderas and mud caverns. We stopped and caught up with an awesome park ranger, told us a bison blocked the pedestrian path the entire afternoon before. Also gave us a hiking tip of doing the north rim trail and also doing the 500ft vertical climb trail.
Mud pits
Finally we get to the north rim and start walking around. It was stunning how nice this area was and how out of shape we were. We spent a lot of time here as it was really nice
After finishing with the grand canyon, we started driving to the west entrance to head up to big sky.
This is what it looks like across most of yellowstone
We ended up getting to big sky, grabbing a quick lunch and hitting up the big sky golf club. It's amazing to hit a golf ball towards a mountain. Also it was snowing at mid-station on the ski mountain, little chilly
These birds were the most obnoxious things I've heard, anyone know what these are?
Once done with golf, headed to Bozeman and stopped at an Applebee's. Waitress was super friendly as was everyone we interacted with in Montana. Rest of the night was spent in the pool/hottub with a few beers
This post was edited on 7/5/20 at 11:09 pm
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Posted on 7/5/20 at 10:05 pm to CuseTiger
Day 6: Bozeman, MT to Coeur d'Alene, ID
366 miles, 5 hr 49 min
First stopped at the University of Montana since it was not far away. Nice stadium surrounded by mountains
Then continued to Missoula for a quick hike at the Maclay Flats. This trail is flat and pretty easy for kids, but we needed to get our legs moving after driving so much. Pretty nice views below, took maybe a half hour for 1.7 miles
Golfed at coeur d'alene golf club after checking into the hotel. Great wooded course, had to watch for houses a bit. Finished this round in 3 hours so we had time to rush back to the hotel and get free beer in the lobby.
Once we had our free beer, we went to downtown coeur d'alene for dinner at Crafted. Very nice place, would recommend to anyone interested in craft beer or good burgers.
Took this pic before dinner of the seaplane on the lake
Downtown Coeur d'Alene was one of my favorite spots on this trip for some reason. A lot of fun, really nice people, and lots of things to do. Masks were not a thing here, you'd only see people from Washington that drove across and were wearing them. When we got back to the hotel there was a guy bitching about Inslee
Day 7: Coeur d'Alene, ID to Issaquah, WA
295 miles, 4 hr 35 min
Drove from Couer d'alene through Spokane to start the day, didn't stop at all out there. Then we hit the farm area and what looked like great plains, had no idea the middle of washington was farmland.
We stopped at the viewpoint off of 90 and got this picture below of the columbia
Got some quick Jimmy John's in Ellensburg, where we noticed that gas prices were quickly increasing the further west we got. After lunch we continued to Cle Elum and golfed at Sun Country Golf Resort. No one in front of us so finished in 2.5 hrs, great sunny day for my first day in Washington.
155 yrd par 3 downhill a 300ft vertical, used an 8 iron and sailed it
We then continued on our way to Snoqualmie Falls, really nice looking restaurant up top
Didn't spend long here before heading to Issaquah for the night. Stopped at the Gaslamp bar across the street and it was pretty good
Day 8: The end
Unfortunately all vacations have to come to an end. Dropped off my friend at Sea-tac, no traffic either down there on the 5, 405, or 90 so apparently I got lucky. Since he's left, I already went camping at Money Creek campground and hiked Heybrook Lookout Trail. Lot of people wearing masks on the trails which made me question why they were doing it. People out here are very friendly, everyone is a character as I'm finding out.
Vacation wise, if I could have done maybe 1/5 of the miles and had a week that would have been excellent. But we made do with our limitations and I don't think I would have traded anything besides the cold weather in Yellowstone and the okay meal in Buffalo. Would highly recommend taking the time and doing a road trip the right way this summer
366 miles, 5 hr 49 min
First stopped at the University of Montana since it was not far away. Nice stadium surrounded by mountains
Then continued to Missoula for a quick hike at the Maclay Flats. This trail is flat and pretty easy for kids, but we needed to get our legs moving after driving so much. Pretty nice views below, took maybe a half hour for 1.7 miles
Golfed at coeur d'alene golf club after checking into the hotel. Great wooded course, had to watch for houses a bit. Finished this round in 3 hours so we had time to rush back to the hotel and get free beer in the lobby.
Once we had our free beer, we went to downtown coeur d'alene for dinner at Crafted. Very nice place, would recommend to anyone interested in craft beer or good burgers.
Took this pic before dinner of the seaplane on the lake
Downtown Coeur d'Alene was one of my favorite spots on this trip for some reason. A lot of fun, really nice people, and lots of things to do. Masks were not a thing here, you'd only see people from Washington that drove across and were wearing them. When we got back to the hotel there was a guy bitching about Inslee
Day 7: Coeur d'Alene, ID to Issaquah, WA
295 miles, 4 hr 35 min
Drove from Couer d'alene through Spokane to start the day, didn't stop at all out there. Then we hit the farm area and what looked like great plains, had no idea the middle of washington was farmland.
We stopped at the viewpoint off of 90 and got this picture below of the columbia
Got some quick Jimmy John's in Ellensburg, where we noticed that gas prices were quickly increasing the further west we got. After lunch we continued to Cle Elum and golfed at Sun Country Golf Resort. No one in front of us so finished in 2.5 hrs, great sunny day for my first day in Washington.
155 yrd par 3 downhill a 300ft vertical, used an 8 iron and sailed it
We then continued on our way to Snoqualmie Falls, really nice looking restaurant up top
Didn't spend long here before heading to Issaquah for the night. Stopped at the Gaslamp bar across the street and it was pretty good
Day 8: The end
Unfortunately all vacations have to come to an end. Dropped off my friend at Sea-tac, no traffic either down there on the 5, 405, or 90 so apparently I got lucky. Since he's left, I already went camping at Money Creek campground and hiked Heybrook Lookout Trail. Lot of people wearing masks on the trails which made me question why they were doing it. People out here are very friendly, everyone is a character as I'm finding out.
Vacation wise, if I could have done maybe 1/5 of the miles and had a week that would have been excellent. But we made do with our limitations and I don't think I would have traded anything besides the cold weather in Yellowstone and the okay meal in Buffalo. Would highly recommend taking the time and doing a road trip the right way this summer
This post was edited on 7/6/20 at 12:37 am
Posted on 7/5/20 at 10:33 pm to CuseTiger
A little touristy for my taste, but sounds like you got to see some new places which is always fun. Nice write-up. Did you spend much time in Sheridan? If so, what was your impression?
Posted on 7/6/20 at 12:29 am to CuseTiger
Look like magpies. Just an obstinate critter, but very intelligent.
This post was edited on 7/6/20 at 12:31 am
Posted on 7/6/20 at 7:51 am to CuseTiger
quote:
These birds were the most obnoxious things I've heard, anyone know what these are?
black billed magpie. you can see them all over the intermountain west.
Posted on 7/6/20 at 10:36 am to CuseTiger
quote:
These birds were the most obnoxious things I've heard, anyone know what these are?
Those birds are magpies. We have them here as well.
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