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That was AWSOME!!!! Left Wednesday and stopped in between to sleep. Got to the Rocky Mountains by mid Thursday. Went to see a waterfall and about 15 ft away there's a huge brown bear. Looked me up and down, stood up, got back down then walked off. Grabbed my wife and all I could think to say was 'bear, bear, Bear, BEAR!' It walked up river looking for fish. We left and seen a herd of elk in the basin.
Camped out Thursday to Friday morning. Got up and drove around the park, stopping wherever we liked. Snow capped mountains in mid July, pretty cool.
Drove Friday evening near to the Grand Teton NP. Slept that night and finished the drive Saturday morning.
Spent Saturday at the Grand Teton. Saturday evening drove up to Yellowstone and camped there.
Got up Sunday and toured through Yellowstones lower and upper loops. We were there a few years ago so we stopped at our favorite sites. Sunday night drove part way to Crater Lake, Oregon.
Monday drive to Crater Lake NP Oregon. Had a tire go bad on me in the middle of no where, no spare, no jack. Tire still held air, but it had a horrible vibration on the front. 60 miles to the nearest town. Limped it into the next town at 30 mph. Got a used $25 tire and drove on. Crater Lake was a volcano that erupted and the inside turned into a lake after. Drove the rest of the way Monday night to the Redwood Forest in California. Slept at the northern most tip of California Monday night.
Tuesday got up and drove through the Redwoods in California. Then to the beaches of Crescent city. The smell coming up from the flowering cliffs overlooking the ocean was pure bliss. Seen a blue whale and her calf in a river. Ranger stated it was odd but they had been there for 5 days.
It's late, will finish the rest tomorrow. First day back to work, sucked.
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