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Category: Yellowstone

Chasing 70s 2020 Part 9: Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks

After nine wonderful weeks in the Pacific Northwest, it was time to conclude that portion of our road trip and move inland, way inland, to one of our favorite areas in the western United States; Yellowstone and Teton NPs.  Originally our plans called for a stop-over in Leavenworth, WA and then some time in the
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Earthquake Lake

This trip to Yellowstone has really been diverse for us.  Besides our efforts to see some of the “off-the-beaten-path” stuff and doing new things we had not done before at Yellowstone, we also set out to explore the area outside Yellowstone.  In the north, we did the Beartooth Highway. During our travels these last few weeks,
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The Beartooth Highway

One of the things we have always wanted to do in conjunction with a trip to Yellowstone is drive the Beartooth Scenic Highway.  The highway is actually U.S. Highway 212 that runs between Red Lodge, Montana and Cooke City, Montana.  It scales the 10,947’ Beartooth Pass for 64 miles and 82 curves.  It was crossed
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