Montana or Wyoming ????

As Yellowstone crosses both state lines, it is sometimes difficult to know where ya are......that isn't restricted to Yellowstone for us. We got an early start, as hoped, in an effort to beat some of the heavy traffic encountered yesterday...it worked. We were able to stop and enjoy many of the side venues mentioned in the tour books. It is truly amazing how many steam vents, geysers and mud pools there are here. Yellowstone is actually a cauldron of a volcano, which is generally agreed, will erupt some day. In the meantime it bubbles away, very close to the surface. One of the Rangers mentioned today that an Elk went off one of the animal trails and fell through the strata. In less than a week it was just bones because of the heat and minerals in the "soil". It took about 6 hours to travel the 150 or so miles ( almost as slow as a Model A ) because of all the natural displays we stopped to see. Old Faithful lived up to her name and blew right on schedule...very dramatic. When we left the park we drove through Shoshone National Forest which was a sight on it's own with the sandstone cliffs eroded by the weather. We are now in Wyoming about 18 miles from Cody where we will be tomorrow for 2 nights.....how about that 18 miles and it takes two days to recover. We were going to go to Sturgis SD for the Harley Rally, but alas no camping available....they book a year in advance, so it'll be on to Custer after Cody.