FALL HAS BEGUN IN YELLOWSTONE !!

      All the big Rally's are gone and the families have their kids back in school.  Now, we have an entire new set of challenges!   The "Gray Hairs", as the office calls them ,   are now on the road & campgrounds.   These people are the Full-Timers who have no permanent house and live in their coaches traveling the country.  

      I find them rather amusing!   They often have a very playful attitude about life, travel and things in general.   Politics really get them going !   We've had a few near death experiences right there in the office while getting them registered!   The other thing that gets their 'goat' is the cost of things.   Now, I know this is a rather expensive Park to stay at but nobody forced them to drive in here!   And NO we do not combine discounts...just cuz you're an 'Old Fart' doesn't mean we can deduct 10 % for  AARP & AAA & Good Sam & your Senior Pass to the Nat'l Parks to your nightly rate!  No matter how cute and charming you are!  Sheeesh!    And, NO, we don't provide Bingo, Pochinko, Pot Luck dinners or Pancake Breakfasts!  Get your complimentary coffee, tea, cappucino or hot chocolate in the morning and go into the Park and play!

      We did just that, yesterday, and noticed the shrubs and undergrowth have begun to change colors!  Seems like we just got here and it's already feeling like Fall.   Nights have been in the high 20's or low 30's and day temps are in the 70's.  As soon as the sun starts to go down it gets cool, fast.  Had to get out our trusty Eden-Pure space heater the other day.  Got up to take showers and there was frost all over the ground and cars.  We hate it when it's sooo cold that the potty seat freezes to our toush !  That's what we were trying to get away from!

      The Bison have completed their rut and now the male Elk can be heard bugling to their harem and other males.   We watched one group of females grazing in a meadow and noticed a Big Buck trying to round up one more doe.  Another group of females came by and the Male for that group was very wary about getting too close to the first group.  The males turned, saw each other and began to charge and  dig their horns into the grass at their feet throwing up clods of sod and mud hoping the display would discourage the other male.  They snorted and pawed for a while, then when no challenge was evident they took their own harem and skeedaddled away!   It was absolutely AMAZING!!!  Something we've seen many times on TV but never really experienced  first hand.  WOW !!

      Being here for the entire season has sure given us a chance to see many wonderful things.   We have been coming here for many, many years and always find something new to see and do.   Now that we are free to travel we can only wonder at what other fabulous adventures await us!