Jacqueline’s Jaunts

We were up early to leave by 9:00 AM for Billings, Montana. Once in Billings, we plan to hook up power, jump in the jeep (we decided to name her Charlie), and drive to  Little Bighorn Battlefield . They are only open Friday-Sunday due to the construction of a new visitor center. It looks like it will be a cool building.  On the way out of Yellowstone, we had a slight delay between Norris and  Mammoth Hot Springs. It was a bison traffic jam. The cool thing was we were in our RV, so we were up high and could see everything. I was able to get some great photos, and there was a “ red dog ”, a baby bison. Our last look at bison as we leave the park. I’m sad and really want to come back, but I’m so glad I got to experience the wonders of this park. It is truly incredible.  This little one still had its umbilical cord. We arrived at the  Billings KOA  around 2:30 PM. We checked in with the office, found our spot, hooked up the electrical, and off in the jeep....

  This trip is mainly to visit Yellowstone National Park. It’s been on my bucket list. We will be visiting five National Parks: Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Theodore Roosevelt, Glacier, and the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. The states we will travel through are Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota, Montana, and Washington. Our planned route is below. We left on Friday at 11:30 AM, an hour and a half after our plan. We made it to Ryan and Amanda’s by 3:45 PM. Just in enough time to park the RV, grab our jackets, and jump in Ryan’s truck to head to La Pine for Tucker’s Little League game. We knew it was going to be tight time-wise, but we made it. The game started with Tucker’s team scoring five runs in the first few innings. The game was tied in the fifth inning. In the next-to-last inning, the other team pulled ahead by one. His team had one last chance at bat to score the tying run, but it did not happen. Tucker had one hit, one strikeout, and an inf...