I want to see moose!

As a quick update(we found internet in a national parks visitors center) we have been enjoying Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons for 7 days now and will stay 1-2 more days. After arriving at Glacier/ Yellowstone we fell into a groove and haven't wanted to get out of it. We've been hiking almost every day which has been great and have spotted tons of cool wildlife. The parks are very relaxing and a wonderful contrast to the cities that we were trying to escape. The weather is a bit crazy as it has thundered at least once a day and gets into the low 40's F, 5-10C every night, but the views and fresh air certainly make up for it. I really love it here.

Starting in Glacier we stayed in Kalispell and Browning Montana and were awed by the mountainous area and the glacial valleys. Beautiful wildflowers seemed to pop up everywhere and fresh glacial runoff rushed through streams and over falls. A park ranger informed us that they would probably lose all of their glaciers within 10 years so if you want to check it out you better hurry up. We hiked around Sun Point to a few falls and around the going-to-the-sun mountain to see a glacier whose rapid melting was made obvious by how small it sat in the huge valley it carved out for itself years ago. We intended to hike to the grinnell glacier but the area was closed due to bears. I hope we can get back before it melts!

After glacier we headed to Yellowstone which it packed in August. On the first day we camped out of the park and spent time with three bikers heading to Sturgis who told us of the craziness of the festival "You will see all that you ever wanted to see in two days", one said.

We then awoke early to get a site in the park. Noah and I split up and he waited at another campsite. I got a site at the Norris Campground but not before I sold it for $100 to some one who got shut out thinking Noah for sure would have a site at the other place. Not 10 minutes after I got the cash in hand Noah showed up hoping I had got something. Luckily I met Anna Tommy and Jack in line who generously let us share with them for the night. We spent the rest of the week hiking looking for wildlife and spending time with our newfound friends. We saw some pretty amazing things such as heard of hundreds of bison, 10 bears 3 black and 7 grizzly, elk, mule dear, wolves, marmots and more. But I still Haven't seen a bull moose so we are in search of one today and tomorrow in the tetons.

Photos will follow as we have tons of them (Noah loves to take bison photos).

After this we plan to head eastward through Minneapolis, Upper Peninsula, Sudbury, Ont. and then home. But I will be reluctant to leave as there is a wonderful force that is pulling me to this corner of the country and I will have trouble breaking free.