OK, in the intervening period since my last post we have been having a pretty nice time. Lots of rain, just about the whole time we have had rain. Daily. Ugh, reminds me of New England weather. However, a rainy day in Yellowstone can be a lot more interesting than a sunny day someplace else.
We have done a bit of in and out of park travel. Bozeman, MT one day, joined Costco. Found a cool little thrift shop for Jolene to browse and a sporting goods pawn shop next door. Found my water boots for fly fishing there. Great deal, they were still new and about 20% of what I had seen them online for. Costco had the waders I needed. Just about done setting up my fly fishing kit. In July I will go to a 4 day novice course lead by Rhea Topping, a recognized expert in fly fishing.
The following week we just hit the little town of West Yellowstone, found a great vet for Koda. He was sure excited.
This week we explored Jackson Hole. What a cool town, good shopping, closer than Bozeman, and a real neat drive. About 95 miles. Good grocery store, Sports Authority, and Orvis shop. Gotta stay away from that place, the $ signs have $ signs on them! Ultimate fishing store though.
In Park travels. Lamar Valley, this is where we will be taking courses, me the Fly Fishing, and Jolene to be determined. LV is THE place for wildlife viewing.. This is where the first rangers kept the bison herd to increase it. It is now used as a learning institute by the Yellowstone Association. Many small log cabins and a big one. Big one has the kitchen and classrooms. While in the area we saw many bison, elk, a black bear, a big horn sheep.
Unfortunately the bear was only recognizable thru binoculars, and the zoom on my little digi camera was enough. Getting camera envy out here. Not far from here we saw the females with the babies on a cliff side. 
On our drive back from Jackson Hole, a big grizzly (probably 800 lb) crossed the road about 8 cars ahead of us. I was ready for a good picture, but he went off into the brush. Never had a decent shot.
With us being in such a central location, hundreds of visitors a day passing before us, we meet many people. State of origin comes up a lot. I look for clues, like a Gators jersey, pretty sure they are from FL. Red Sox hat, pretty much New England. One Red Sox hat was on a family , (not the whole family), who happened to be from our old hometown in RI and of course we had acquaintance's in common. Always a kick to have this happen.
All for now. Hope you don't give up on reading, I'll try to post a little more often.
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