Day 6:
Having slept soundly through the night, we packed up our tent and all of our stuff into the car and headed north from Norris Junction to Mammoth Hot Springs. There we were hoping to see some bull elk since we had only seen one and it was hard to see through the thick trees, and also some moose and big horn sheep, which we hadn’t seen at all yet. Unfortunately, we did see any of them. We walked along the salt flats and viewed some more thermal areas in that area.
Mammoth Hot Springs.
Salt flats at Mammoth.
We then continued toward the north entrance of the park. Along the way we stopped at the 45th parallel which is half way between the equator and the north poll.
Me at the 45th parallel.
Along the way out of the park we crossed into Montana. A few minutes later we exited the park. From there we headed for I-90 and left Yellowstone National Park behind us. Once we reached I-90 we headed west. A short while later we stopped again at Three Forks where three rivers come together to make the head waters of the Missouri river.
Three forks.
That was fun to see although, I have to admit, I had been dozing out on the drive so I was half asleep as I saw it. Oh well! From there we drove a couple hundred miles more through Montana before we reached northern Idaho, the 42nd state that I have been too. We stopped briefly to get fuel in the quaint town of Wallace. Getting back on the interstate, we continued on until we reached Spokane, WA. Make that 43 states now! There we got a hotel and stopped for the night. It felt good to be able to take a shower again and to catch up on news stories (and my blog). Took a quick swim in the outdoor pool and had dinner, and then rested the remainder of the evening. The comfortable bed called my name and I fell into a restful sleep.
End day 6.
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