WOW! Yellowstone, Grand Tetons & Jackson Hole

Well, we made it to Yellowstone, what a park! We saw some really big buffalo, elk and deer but no bears. One buffalo got so close to our truck Mom could have pet it. We saw "old Faithful" do her thing. The park has so many geysers, including the mud volcano. Some of the geysers have a strong sulphur odor. Yellowstone will be a return trip for us in the future. Its an awesome park! We then toured the Grand Teton National Park. After seeing Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons were okay. The peaks are beautiful but we did not see any wildlife. We also did some shopping and sightseeing in Jackson Hole, WY. It is quite a resort town but with the old West flair.



But, best of all is that I made friends with 2 wonderful kids, Thayne and Rena, from Manitoba, Canada. They were so much fun to play with. They left to go home on Monday so I was left to play with Mom and Dad and Buddy, the RV park owner's dog. We are now spending the night in Utah as we travel to Gunnison, CO where Wyatt Earp once lived. I hope everyone has a nice Labor Day holiday.

Winding Down Our Washington Visit

We are winding down our visit to The Evergreen State of Washington. Tomorrow we start our trek to Boise, Idaho and then on to Yellowstone, The Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. While here, we did visit British Columbia. Mom and Dad bought me a new toy, my own RCMP Mountie Bear. One day, Mom and Dad triked over to the Bavarian community of Leavenworth, Washington. It was too hot for me to ride with them so they had me stay home and guard the homefront. When they got back, they posted the sign they bought "CAUTION KILLER CHIHUAHUA ON DUTY". They liked Leavenworth but still prefer the Alpine village of Helen, Georgia. On Sunday, Mom and Dad triked to Seattle. They were amazed at how active the downtown and waterfront areas were for a Sunday. They found that Seattle is real proud of their parking lots as they charge $7.50 for the first 30 minutes. In keeping with their hobby of locating grave sites, they found the grave sites of "Green Hornet" star Bruce Lee and his son, Brandon Lee. Of course being near Seattle, we have seen quite a bit of rain the past couple of days.

"I Pooped In Paradise"

"I pooped in Paradise" is what's printed on doggie T-shirts being sold in the store here at the Paradise RV Resort in Silver Creek, Washington. We arrived here Saturday to a packed park. Washington is the 38th state we have visited since starting our life as fulltime RVers. Sunday we headed out to visit the famous volcano, Mount St Helens. On the way, we met up with Bigfoot. We had to be real nice to him. Mount St Helens is quite a view. A lot of the forests have regrown but there are still remnants of the eruption. Today we went to Mount Rainier, the highest point in Washington. It was real cool, literally, seeing the glaciers. The clouds were pretty low so we couldn't see the peak of the mountain, but it still was awesome. Wednesday we head North to tour the Seattle area and visit British Columbia. Take care my friends!!!!

Our last California stop was in the Redwood National Forest at Klamath. What a neat area, Pacific Ocean beaches on one side of the road and giant redwood trees on the other side. I have now seen the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. I wasn’t real excited about the ocean as the crashing waves scared me. The redwoods are big beautiful trees. “Next to Redwoods, everything else is a weed”. As you can see from the picture, we drove through the redwoods, literally. From California, we are now in Oregon. This morning we stopped to see Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the US, 1,943 feet deep. It was created 7,700 years ago when Mount Mazama erupted then collapsed into itself. We are now enjoying Oregon from the East side of the snowcapped Cascade Mountains.