It's Almost Time

Wild beast found roaming the park

Yellowstone River

Bison in Hayden Valley

Grand Teton Sunset

Grand Teton sunset

Howdy. As you can see from my lack of posts the internet at Grant Village is dreadful. I am occassionally able to connect for a couple of minutes before losing signal. As you can guess, this makes it nearly impossible to upload any sort of photos or to even make my way to updating this puppy. My apologies. I feel like I've been apologizing all summer for the lack of quality internet connection. So, when you're disappointed about my quality posts, just think to yourself, "It sure would have been amazing had this kid updated daily...". Well, I didn't.

First off, I would just like to acknowledge Jake's posting of my web cam performance the other day. So tastefully put together, with great commentary. Thanks to him for taking time out of his busy schedule to watch a fool run around a delayed live stream of the world's most famous geyser. Except, I'm pretty sure his schedule isn't that busy. Whenever I talk to him it seems as though he just got done playing a game of FIFA or just got done running. Maybe I'm missing something... Oh yeah, he does have a full time job. Man, I hope I don't have one of those any time soon. (Dang, I sound like a responsible adult).

Presently, I'm coming to you live from the Bozeman Public Library. I thank them for the speedy internet access. As I mentioned in my last post, I receieved a new stereo unit for my beastly Pontiac Vibe from Ma and Pa for my day of birth. I made my way north this morning to get that puppy installed. It took them approximately 18 minutes to get the Vibe from the parking lot, to the garage and right back out with a new CD player securely attached to my dashboard. Props to Sound Pro for that. Not like I have many readers that reside in the Bozeman area, but if anybody comes across this page that needs any sort of home theater, stereo installation, etc. done I recommend these fellows. They were speedy, and did superb work.

Yesterday evening I went down to the Tetons to catch the sunset. I was mildly disappointed by the fact that a few of the prescribed burns in the area created a smoky haze that took over the mountain tops, making it difficult to get any good pictures. Don't worry -- I didn't get too upset. I just chose to work with what was provided. I was provided with a great view of some fall foliage and along the river providing some great color. Even if the photos didn't turn out too great, it was still neat to watch, that's for sure. There were loads of people stopping their vehicles to snap a shot of the beauty that was taking place as well. I felt like a chump when all the professional photographers showed up with their lenses the size of Texas standing like tripods. I decided to depart a little sooner than I wanted in order to make most of the drive with some daylight remaining. It's a lot easier to dodge animals when it's light, rather than sneaking up on the rear end of a bison's brown fur in the pitch black Wyoming night. Trust me. Well, my plan didn't work out like I thought it would. Within about 30 minutes I had to slam on my brakes as a young deer darted across Grand Loop Road and had to dodge the speeding silver bullet that was coasting along at 40 miles per hour. I missed him. He missed me. Thankfully. My biggest worry was the fact that my camera flew off the passenger seat along with my water bottle. Don't worry -- no harm done.

I'm not sure I have much else to talk about at the moment. The weather here is glorious, it's been well over 70 degrees for high temperatures for about a week and a half now. Usually there is snow on the ground by this time of the year, so no complaints there. The park has almost no traffic due to the end of the season coming, so it's a bit easier to drive from location to location without the fear of rear-ending a tourist.

I suppose I shall be on my way. I have a bit of a trek to make back to Grant Village. The drive is about an hour longer than coming from Canyon. So, off I go with newly installed car stereo with a direct USB plug-in allowing me to jam comfortably for hours on end. Thanks to the 'rents.

Until next time...