We arrived in Bozeman from Toronto (having changed in Denver) fairly late on Thursday night. After picking up the rental car – and eating a quick pizza in Belgrade – we zoomed over to West Yellowstone, the town closest to the western-most entrance of Yellowstone National Park. The kids really only had a few hours of sleep in a Days Inn before we bundled them into the car and headed across to try to snag a spot at a first-come-first-serve campsite (the only way to get a place in Yellowstone at this time of year, at late notice). We waited in line from about 8am to 9:30am or so, but were very lucky: we managed to get a space for our tents. While waiting in line I got chatting to an RV owner, Doug Britt. He happened to be an ex-engineer at Boeing and a good friend of Randal Newton. It’s a small world. 🙂 If you look closely you can see me chatting with Doug while waiting queueing for a spot, below.
After pitching our tents and getting settlied in at Norris Campground, we…