I WAS HACKED

I tried to write everyone on my e-mail list to let them know that my address book had been violated…I hope this has not been to much of a hassle for anyone…Well hello George…We are in Island Park, Idaho…Just over the mountain from you…We have family coming in this week and our schedule is pretty full for the next two weeks…We really want to visit you and it will probably be some time in August before we can get away…I washed the motor home yesterday and put some pork chops on the grill…It was a good day…Slept like a baby last night and looking forward to breakfast of bacon and eggs…As you know on Sunday I am allowed eggs…We both have lost weight and are having to buy new clothes…Of course this is just another excuse for Mary Ann to buy clothes…We went to the head waters of the Missouri River, where the Gallatin, Madison, and Jefferson merge with the Missouri…We had a picnic lunch in the State Park…Of course this is in Montana…The trip was just about a hundred miles from Island Park…This is beautiful country here and we really enjoy exploring every nook and cranny…I have a picture of our picnic…The only problem with the trip was the mosquitos…We have tickets to the Play Mill in West Yellowstone Thursday…We always look forward, each year to one of their plays…Talk to you later…Philip

Mary Ann and the picnic

I WAS BAD…

Well we made it to Old Faithful Inn and got the ice-cream…You guessed it…I got two scoops…Probably won’t get any dinner tonight…Here are the pictures I promised…Enjoy…Remember to click to enlarge the pictures…Mary Ann standing in line for ice-creamYellowstone is recovering from the fires of 1997…I rode the motorcycle through here during the fire…We were trying to get to the West exit then, but it was blocked…Could hardly breath the smoke was so thick…Another recovery pictureThe Madison RiverAnother Madison pictureThe Madison This is a view from our camp…Looking out the windshield

Mary Ann is going shopping in Idaho Falls tomorrow…I will probably stay with the motor home and carve…I am working on a turtle…Still starving…Philip

GOING INTO THE PARK TODAY

This past week has been a joyous one…Have heard from those that are from my past…Caught up with news from those that I thought a lot of…Life changes and we move on…Well, today we woke up to our regular Sunday breakfast of bacon and eggs…Mary Ann only lets me have eggs on Sunday…If you knew how much I love eggs you would know that this is a real sacrifice…Breakfast is usually cereal…I checked my e-mail and took my shower…So now I am ready to do some scouting around…We come to Yellowstone almost every year and still have not been over a lot of trails…We have a favorite activity and that is when we have scouted a destination we will go to Old Faithful Lodge and get some of their ice-cream…Since I have cut back on calories I can only have one scoop…By the way I have lost about 50 lbs. this summer…I will try and get some good pictures today and try to put them in the blog tonight…I don’t know what we are having for lunch but, Mary Ann said if we are eating ice-cream this afternoon we were going to eat very light…I guess it will be ice tea with a straw…Sunshine is eating better than me…I will talk to you later…Starving Philip

OUT OF TOUCH

For the last four days we have been dry camping on the Gallatin River in Montana, just north of Yellowstone…We could not get internet or any phone service…I always worry about any emergency messages that may come my way…It was a beautiful place to camp by the river and in the valley between two mountains…We did not go anywhere during the time we were there…We just kicked back and carved, watched the people floating through the white water, watching the river flow…The sound of nature was relaxing and made the nights very restful…We took some pictures so you could experience nature as we did…I know it is impossible to let you hear the sounds, feel the coolness of the weather, smell the fresh smells of the evergreen forest, and listen to the sounds of the wild life…Hope you enjoy the pictures…We have traveled to Island Park, Idaho for the next month…I don’t believe we will be out of touch electronically for the next thirty days…Talk to you later…PhilipJust meMary Annour camp siteThe river behind the motorhomeSome raftersThey are having funMore rafters

 

As you see, we are having a real adventure

I JUST TOOK THESE PICTURES

The sun finally peaked throughElk Grazing

Our Space In Custer GulchSome Pictures Of The Park

I really hope to be able to write more each day…Philip

GETTING READY FOR THE FOURTH

We have been in Custer for almost a month now…It has been  a good time ,except for the weather…It has rained every day that we have been here…My wood carving class was a very good experience…Each time I go to a class, I learn something useful…The park is filling up with holiday visitors and it will probably be full by this afternoon…The buffalo seem to be in larger numbers this year…It has rained so much that there is an abundance of grass for the wild life…There should be a very good reproduction in wild life if there isn’t a fire to destroy the food supply…I am constantly thinking about my sister and her husband, David,…There son, David Wayne is the reason for my concern…David Wayne has fought a courageous fight and has not given up…His wife has shown a devotion to their faith and faithfulness to David Wayne…Sometimes lemon aid is hard to make when life has dealt a specially hard hand…Prayers continue to be lifted up…I will publish some pictures if it stops raining long enough…I think it has stopped raining now so I will hurry out and be back in a few minuets and put them in the blog..Talk to you later…Philip