Up at 4am again and on the road by 5…we decided to head to
Yellowstone National Park because we thought since we were fairly close, adding
a few more km’s to the trip would be worth it. It was very worth it!
We stopped at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park Badlands
in North Dakota, where we met Sue and Marvin. Marvin was the first person in
the states to tell us that he has had Parkinson`s for around ten years. We had
a little chat about the procedures he had had to try and help him live with PD
(he had an implant but it has not had any real positive results yet).
We stopped in a little town just outside of Yellowstone to
ask how much further to Yellowstone and if there was anywhere to buy bear
spray. A local overhead us talking and made it very clear that we still had a
ways to go and the last thing we should do is try to drive the twists and turns
of the path to Yellowstone and then try to setup a soft shelled tent in the
dark. So, we took her advice and camped in a little area off the side of the
road. The scenery here is just beautiful…really made up for the last gazillion
hours of driving through East Montana and I won’t have to sacrifice feeding
Elyse to a grizzly yet.
Today was my mom’s birthday and I managed to touch base with
her from a Skype call. Happy birthday mom.
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