[Magdalen] A good idea?

[Charles Wohlers]

Well, the road does say "Closed in Winter" - and guess what? It's still 
Winter in Wyoming! Glad you saw some good sights, tho. Now comes the dull 
part - I remember stopping in Saskatchewan on a group camping trip 
throughout the West I took as a teenager. At a rest stop a local asked us if 
Saskatchewan wasn't the dullest place we'd yet been to. We *really* wanted 
to say, no, it wasn't, but in all honesty we couldn't.

Of course, we hadn't been to North Dakota yet.

Chad Wohlers
right now in
East Bridgewater, MA USA
where the dandelions are blooming!
chadwohl at satucket.com


-----Original Message----- 
From: ROGER STOKES
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 9:08 PM
To: Magdalen
Subject: [Magdalen] A good idea?

Sometimes when you can't decide which of two options is better you can 
actually choose both. In the end that's what I did with Yellowstone. Having 
visited the Western side yesterday I decided to do the North today on my way 
to Billings thinking I could leave by the North-East entrance which the map 
indicates is on the way to Billings'
I'm glad I did go back for a second bite. The bison were much closer to the 
road, like grazing right by the edge and sometimes with calves, and closer 
to places where I could legitimately stop. The topography is also very 
different, getting an audible "Wow" from me as I was about to start the 
descent of one canyon. On the way down I noticed that the road was 
cantilevered out from the rock face in part. It was different but at least 
as splendid as what I saw yesterday.
On arriving at the North-East exit there is a notice that the road is closed 
just beyond the next town 4 miles away. Not fancying having to retrace my 
steps I check it out. They are right - snow right across US 212. Absent 
appropriate tyres and chains, as well as 4WD, I have to retrace about 40 
miles to get on the road to the North entrance. Then there's another 50 
miles when I feel I am heading more West than the East I wanted before I get 
on I-90.
I arrived at my hotel about 9 hours after setting off this morning. I did 
get out of the car a few times but it was a lot of driving. Tomorrow's drive 
to Williston should be quicker, 5hrs 25 according to my satnav/GPS. That's 
abougt the same time it would have taqken me to get here had I not decided 
to go to Yellowstone again, but I'm glad I did. I just hope I feel the same 
in the morning.