We took off from Bighorn Canyon national recreation area, and headed to Yellowstone. The drive in from the east entrance is absolutely gorgeous. The first animals we saw were at the first pass, a small herd of bighorn sheep. We were excited to get to Yellowstone, but probably more excited about stopping for showers. We spent about 90 minutes getting all cleaned up at Fishing Bridge RV park, got the dogs walked, and then headed towards the campground at Indian Creek.
The second animal that we saw, was a black bear. This surprised me because I’ve been here a couple of times and haven’t seen bears at all. The bear was crossing a small valley and people were trying to take pictures, parking was terrible, but I found a spot a little ways up the road. It turns out the bear was walking towards me, so I got a couple nice pictures and a video. From there, we saw a Buffalo, some elk, and deer.
We decided just to drive just to get to the campground, it was already about 3 o’clock. Kathy made a delicious dinner and I met a couple of neighbors. The first day we finished at 182 miles of driving.
I start the day off with a hike near the campground and manage about 3 miles with Zuzu. We got going and headed north to Mammoth Hot Springs and hiked the wooden plank trail around the spring area. I’ve been craving a hamburger so we stopped at the diner in the park and enjoyed a hamburger and some chili fries.
We continued up the grand loop road towards the north eastern gate, saw some beautiful waterfalls, and a bunch more buffalo and elk. At one point going over the last pass the traffic has stopped, and we found out there was a buffalo walking on the road, holding up traffic, for about a mile up to the pass.
We passed through Canyon Village again, and then headed down to Old Faithful, where we stopped to get some drinks while waiting for the next eruption, and managed to miss the next eruption (it was 10 minutes early. So we walked around for a bit, saw some more geysers, called family, and stayed for the next showing (20 minutes late). We headed back to camp, which was a little over an hour drive and had leftover Albondigas (meatball soup). It was about 9 at this point. The second day we managed 140 miles within the park.
My truck has been throwing engine codes, and the engine light came on twice. I did some research and it has something to do with the DPF (diesel particulate filter). When I got back to camp, I did some research, and I’m gonna try a couple of things before I have to take it in. I guess if it irritates me too much, I’ll have to do a “Delete” on the system to eliminate these issues. Not too worried now though as some fuel additives, higher rpm driving, and stop idling the truck, will probably fix the issue.
here are some additional photos for today. https://www.overlandadventureexcursions.com/photos-albums/nggallery/album/20250623-24-yellowstone