YELLOWSTONE

Tuesday, July 14
From Rapid City, we ventured across some lesser traveled roads to enter Yellowstone from the East Entrance. Even the journey to the park was filled with wildlife. We saw hundreds of wild antelope, moose and herds of buffalo. Our first impressions of Yellowstone were that of disappointment. The first 20 miles inside the park were completely burned out. But, by the time we had experienced Old Faithful and some of the other highlights of the park, we were glad we had taken time to visit. The wildlife was not as plentiful as we had hoped, but we did still see elk, a black bear, a flat beaver and an assortment of foul. While driving in the park, I thought I heard a cat, but dismissed it to just hearing things. We stopped for a late dinner only to learn that the cat noise I had heard was in fact a calico kitten that had ridden more than 100 miles lodged inside our engine. The locals that came in the restaurant to warn us of the sounds coming from our car were excited to adopt the “Lucky” cat.
Miles traveled 670