How I Became a Seattle Hoosier (part 2 of 2)

Devil's Tower, Wyoming was pretty cool, but not that tall. Look at how far I squished it down.


This is Big Horn mountain. The Hyundai Accent had some serious issues with this part of the trip. It smelled like burning and we had to pull over several times. It might have been worse than the Rockies.


But man, it was cool when we got to the top. Driving through the mountains was so much cooler than I thought it would be.


We got to Yellowstone that night. It was cool, but I didn't think the scenery was as good as some of the other places we went.


The cool part of Yellowstone was the wildlife. We saw a huge group of elk in a clearing. There were probably 20 of them. I really wanted to see a bear, but we never did. However, we ran across this big guy. He was just strolling across the road. Didn't seem to care about us at all. I'm pretty sure I could have ridden him, but we needed to get back on the road.


The next day we saw another one and I got close enough to pet him!


Then we were on the last leg of the trip. We hit Ol' Faithful. It was cool, but not as impressive as I'd hoped. Worth doing though. Then totally exhausted and sick of sitting in the car, we decided to drive straight through to Seattle without any more scenic detours.


Mt. Rainer, we're almost there!


And we finally made it. 2,600 miles in 3.5 days, but it wasn't wasted. It was an awesome trip and something everyone should experience.