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Hyggehejsa :)
Nøj manner, hvor har vi oplevet noget de sidste par dage. Man kan vist godt sige vi har fået os en forskrækkelse eller to, men vi har så sandelig også oplevet noget der overgik en hver forventning.
Vi tog to overnatninger i Salt Lake City, hvor vi slappede lidt af, var lidt i fitness, vaskede tøj og ladede op til den næste mundfuld. Fra Salt Lake City kørte vi til Cody, en 8timers køretur. Vi overnattede i Cody, som var en lille hyggelig by, som bar stort præg af cowboy og indianer.
Onsdag skulle vi til Yellowstone national park. Vi glædede os begge to og håbede på at se et par vilde dyr derinde, men turde ikke sætte næsen for højt op efter det. Dog kort efter vi var kørt ind i selve parken, kom vi ud af et sving og 30m foran os stod der to BISONER, midt ude på vores kørebane. Vi var rimelig nervøse....for ikke at sige PISSE BANGE. De to kæmpe dyr gik forbi bilen med blot en meters afstand. Det var så vildt at blive kastet ud i dette som det første.
Nå, men bisoner var ikke det eneste vi så den dag. Vi fandt hurtig ud af, at når der holdte nogle biler i vejkanten, eller der stod nogle mennesker samlet med kameraer og blikke i samme retning, var det værd at holde ind. Og således stødte vi på vores første bjørn. Vi var i total ekstase. Senere så vi sågar en mere og det var helt klart højdepunktet den dag. Begge bjørne var grizzly bjørne. Udover dyrene, så vi diverse gejsere, mudder vulkaner og store vandfald. En af de andre store oplevelser den dag, var at se "Old Faithful" gejseren i udbrud.
Dagen efter skulle vi op i den nordlige del af parken. Vi havde læst at man skulle tage til "Lamar Valley", for at se vilde dyr og dagen forinden havde jo ligesom lagt standarden. Vi drømte dog stadig begge om at se bjørne unger, velvidende om at det nok ikke kom til at ske, eller hvad?
På vej til Lamar så vi pludselig en masse biler parkeret og folk med kameraer. Vi holdte selvsagt ind og steg ud. Men skuffende nok var der intet at se. Vi snakkede med en mand, der fortalte at man ventede på en sort bjørn der plejede at komme ned til dette vandhul hver dag sammen med hendes tre unger. Men der var selvfølgelig ingen garanti for at hun gjorde det den dag og hvis hun gjorde, hvornår det ville ske. Det eneste vi bed mærke i var ordet "bjørne unger", så vi satte os til at vente sammen med de andre entusiaster/fanatiker. Vi ventede og ventede og ventede og ventede endnu længere. Efter at have siddet der længe, valgte vi at køre. Vi var halv irriterede, da vi daffede til Lamar Valley. Skuffelsen sad helt ude på tøjet og lysten til at se mere den dag var = 0. Lamar bød på rigtig mange bisoner, kæmpe hjorte, rensdyr og på vejen tilbage stødte vi også på en flok væddere. Inden vi skulle dreje af for at køre hjemad, valgte vi liiiige at smutte forbi bjørne stedet en sidste gang. Man kunne jo aldrig vide, vel? Men nej, stadig ingenting. Så vi skulle kun lige hen og vende bilen. Men på vejen tilbage forbi vandhullet, står den der. Den sorte bjørn. Det hele gik meget hurtigt og vi nærmest væltede ud af bilen. Det her var helt klart highlightet af vores oplevelser i Yellowstone: Bjørnemor og de tre unger. Vores ekstase-moment fra dagen inden, kunne slet ikke måle sig med følelsen vi stod med i det øjeblik.
Nogle små facts:
Vi har nu været i 7 stater: California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Montana og Idaho.
Bestiller man sodavand i byen, er der selvfølgelig "refill" inkluderet.
Xing Xang Xung og Abby har fuldstændig deres eget liv. De gør ind i mellem helt og aldeles hvad de har lyst til.
Vi frygter lidt at en mexikansk dame kommer efter os, da vi fik os rodet ud i at skulle være med på et billede sammen med hendes ægtemand.
Køb aldrig det mørkeste brød i butikken, bare fordi man vil leve sundt. Slet ikke hvis der står "pumpernickel" på.
"Mud volcanoes" stinker af rådne æg.
Godnat fra mig :)
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Hello hello :)
Oh man, we have experienced quite som stuff the past days. We have had a shock or two, but we definitely also experienced things that exceeded any expectations.
We spent sunday till tuesday in Salt Lake City, where we relaxed, worked out, did some laundry and charged for the next adventure. We had an 8 hour drive from Salt Lake City to Cody, a small cozy cowboy/indian town.
Wednesday we went to Yellowstone national park. We looked very much forward to it and hoped to see a couple of wild animals, however we didn't expect it. But shortly after entering the park, we were coming out of a turn and 2 bisons were standing 30m infront of us in the middle of the road. We were a bit nervous....or rather SCARED TO DEATH. The two huge animals walked 1m next to the car. It was crazy being thrown into this as the first thing.
But bisons weren't the only thing we saw that day. We quickly learned that when cars parked along the side of the road or if there was an assembly of people with cameras and eyes in the same direction, it was worth stopping the car. And thats how we saw our first bear. We were so happy. Later on we saw another one and these were definitely the highlights of the day. Both bears were grizzly bears. Besides animals, we saw geysers, mud volcanoes and big water falls. One of the other big experiences that day, was seeing "Old Faithful" erupting.
The day after we wanted to go to the northern part of the park. We had read that you should go to Lamar Valley if you wanted to see wildlife. We dreamed of seeing bear cubs, but knew that that wasn't going to happen, or was it?
On the way to Lamar we saw a lot of parked cars and people with cameras. We stopped and went out of the car. But there was nothing to see. We talked with a man, who told us that they were waiting for a black bear that had been coming to this lake the past couple of days with her three cubs. But there was no guarantee that she would come that day and if she came, when it would happen. The only thing we heard was "bear cubs". So we joined the awaiting crowd. We waited and waited and waited and waited even longer. After having been there for quite a while, we choose to drive off. Slightly irritated we drove to Lamar Valley. The dissappointment was huge and we didn't really feel like seeing more that day. In Lamar we saw a lot of bisons, elks, reindeers and capricorns. Before heading home, we choose to drive past the bear place one last time. You never know, right? But no, still nothing. So we just needed to turn the car around. However on the way back past the little lake it was there. The black bear. It all went very fast and we kinda fell out of the car. This was absolutely THE highlight of our experiences in Yellowstone: Mama bear and the three cubs. Our joy from the day before, was nothing compared to what we were feeling in that moment.
Some short facts:
We have now been in 7 states: California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.
When you order soft drinks, there is free refill included.
Xing Xang Xung and Abby have there own lives. Sometimes they do whatever they feel like.
We fear that we might have pissed off a mexican lady, by unwillingly ending up on a photo with her husband.
Never buy the darkest bread in a store just because you want to eat healthy. Especially not when it says "pumpernickel" on it.
Mud volcanoes smell like rotten eggs.
Goodnight from me :)
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