Day 32: Drive from Livingston, MT to Pinedale, Wyoming
On Tuesday we continued our journey south. Our destination for the day was central Wyoming. From Livingston we drove south to Gardner, MT, the gateway to Yellowstone Park.
We weren't going to do any sightseeing in Yellowstone, but since it was the shortest route to central Wyoming we went this way. In Gardner we found the original stone arch that was the entrance to Yellowstone National Park:
As we approached the actual park entrance gate we spotted some Prong Horn Sheep:
This is a nice trestle bridge for the road to the east gate to the Park and to the Canyon Lodge area of the Park:
We stopped briefly at the Mammoth area of the Park to see the hot spring pools:
The central plain of Yellowstone NP is at 6,700 to 7,200 feet elevation. There are many places throughout the Park that steam rises from the ground and ponds:
We stopped briefly at the Old Faithful Inn, one of the historic lodges in the National Park System:
We left Yellowstone at the Southern Gate and drove on to Grand Teton National Park:
The Grand Teton Mountains:
South of Grand Teton NP, in Jackson, WY, we turned on to US-189/US-191 South and headed for the small town of Pinedale, WY. The scenery for this leg of the trip was fantastic. We followed the Hobeck River and passed through mountains and then beef cattle country:
Jim