for May 30 Canyon Village to Great Falls

Continued up the east side of Yellowstone Park. Walked out to Tower Falls (and Dad got many words of admiration and encouragement). Found out that the day before the road hadn't even been opened. At one point the snow on the side of the road was much higher than the car. Also a section where the chuckholes of winter were still waiting for repair. Saw another WSU Washington license plate. Had a picnic lunch at a Mammoth Hot Springs picnic table. I hiked up a bit but found none of the lower hot springs were active. Several elk have made the area their permanent hangout. Just as we were leaving the park area we ran into two adult and two baby mountain goats.

At this point we had three missing license plates, but in our first town spotted a Rhode Island, so were down to just Vermont and West Virginia missing. It was very interesting to have earlier run across a trucker from Nova Scotia and a car with 'Citizen Potawatomi Nation" license plates.
Took highway 89 up to Great Falls and really enjoyed the green grass, budding out trees, and being accompanied by snow-covered mountain out the rear view mirror.

Stayed at a Super 8 Motel, as we have most night, and got a hold of Erica so we could plan getting together on Sunday.