We woke up slow this morning... thinking this will be our last day of camping and sad to leave the campsite and the town. We are planning on just driving through the Tetons and Yellow Stone and not spending too much time. Hoping to see some animals but we have been here before and can come back again easily enough.
That is not how it happened... we did just drive through the Tetons.. and we will be back again... we only hit the top part of it and really would like to spend a bit more time there. We then started through Yellow Stone.. every intention when we started of just doing a quick drive through on the corner of it... and .. we ended up driving all the way around the outside circle.. and leaving in the complete dark. We were able to take some roads that we had not been on before and saw some places we look forward to going back to explore :)
We saw so many animals and it was a nice drive.. it was cool and a little damp... rained on us a bit.. thing is... that was awesome... so many people melt in the rain.. that it was like having the park to ourselves. The only place we really saw a bunch of people was at one spot.. where there also happened to be a few bears. Would have loved to have been able to pull over somewhere and spend some time getting some really good photos.. but.. with the motor home there was no way that was happening.
When we came out of Yellow Stone at the west enterance it was 10 pm and we were way past hungry and tired... thought we would stop at the MacDonalds and grab some quick, cheap and easy food...so was not happening... first off.. it took three of them to take our orders.. possibly one of them spoke some english... and then...when they got the order all correct.. they asked for 3 times what we have ever payed for the same order. I thought at first it was a language issue... nope! If you know us.. you know from looking at us that we are not strangers to MacDonalds...and with five kids the things I love about it is that it is ALWAYS the same.. and it is always cheap.. this is a kid friendly place.. not a five star restraunt. I looked at the lady like she had spouted a few extra heads... then my jaw dropped... I was not even sure what to say... I asked how much for the mcchicken ( it is like a dollar here) and she said $3.78 .... I ripped my debt card out of her hand so quick I thought for sure part of her hand was coming with me... no way was I supporting that. We headed back to the motor home.. after using the bathrooms and looking at the other people in there like they were nuts... and had some soup and crackers. Last time we went to the west enterance we were there for the most awesome doughnuts we had ever had... and we were so disspointed then too.. the shop had been taken over by someone who served up doughnuts or egg rolls.. both having been cooked in the same grease :( * yes I know some of this post is not very nice .. but... my problem is people who can speak english just fine when they want something.. and then can not speak it at all when something is expected of them...and as for egg rolls and doughnuts.. I love them both... but do not think they should be cooked in the same grease at the same time just to save a buck*
Anyway... sort of was a sour night... but we drove on to Bozeman and slept in a Walmart parking lot again. We love Walmarts.. you can just pull in and park and sleep... in the morning there is a bathroom and a MacDonalds with fair prices.. and anything else you could possibly need. I do have to mention.. this Walmart had more Rv's and people in cars sleeping... than any other I have ever seen. Very clean and friendly and gas right there on our way out :)
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