{"id":204,"date":"2012-05-04T15:21:49","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T15:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/?p=204"},"modified":"2012-05-04T15:22:10","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T15:22:10","slug":"day-4-yellowstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/?p=204","title":{"rendered":"Day 4: Yellowstone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all wake early to a bright, clear and very cold morning. Last night we made it to Deer Lodge, MT. The RV park had a notice to find our own space and to drop the $30 in a letter box. Of course we did, we&#8217;re RVers now, and we abide.<\/p>\n<p>The reason it&#8217;s so cold is that at 4500ft the air is dry and thin and moisture simply drops out of the air as snow. Like this (you&#8217;ll need to look closely):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0703.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-185\" title=\"IMG_0703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0703-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0703-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0703-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0703-880x586.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As is our routine, breakfast is fresh fruit salad, granola and whole nuts, mixed with natural \u00a0yoghurt. He&#8217;s how it looks:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0106.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-215\" title=\"Something like a breakfast\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0106-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0106-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0106-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0106-880x585.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After breakfast, we work as a team to break down the rig ready for travel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-216\" title=\"You got my back, Malcs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0025-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0025-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0025-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0025-880x585.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After that, we settle down to a morning&#8217;s drive. Driving the rig in this part of the country is easy, everything is so spread out and there is so little traffic that it&#8217;s a joy to swing the coach round the turns and nudge the accelerator until we&#8217;re coasting along at 75. Yes, that&#8217;s the speed limit here, so no letters please. Today we&#8217;re up in the Rockies, and headed for Yellowstone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0116.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-217\" title=\"The rolling hills of Montana state\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0116-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0116-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0116-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0116-880x585.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I guess there&#8217;s two ways of looking at Yellowstone National Park. It&#8217;s a place of stunning natural beauty, with forests, rivers, mountains and plains, all full of wildlife like elk, bison, birds and bear. Alternatively, it&#8217;s a semi-active volcano with \u00a0many signs of unsettled activity which is long overdue a large event, possibly on the scale of an explosion. So a great place to visit on your holidays. Some of the landscapes are positively alien:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0125.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-218\" title=\"Hot springs at Yellowstone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0125-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0125-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0125-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0125-880x585.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is caused by volcanic hot springs and sulphuric gases which dissolve and then deposit the limestone rock into bizarre stair-like formations. It&#8217;s accompanied with the pervasive pong of sulphur, like rotten eggs, and sheets of vapour which rise and drift. To the God fearing pioneers which came across this place for the first time, it must have seemed like hell itself.<\/p>\n<p>For us, you can get a nice picture:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-219\" title=\"Malcolm and Lucy at Yellowstone National Park\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0120-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0120-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0120-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0120-880x585.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all wake early to a bright, clear and very cold morning. Last night we made it to Deer Lodge, MT. The RV park had a notice to find our own space and to drop the $30 in a letter box. Of course we did, we&#8217;re RVers now, and we abide. The reason it&#8217;s so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-diary","category-en-route"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221,"href":"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions\/221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tullyroan.com\/coasttocoast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}