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I spent the night in a log cabin in Cooke City, Montana, an old mining town near the northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park. I had a great breakfast at the Log Cabin Cafe in Silver Gate, Montana, a place recommended to me by the proprietor of the Antler Lodge Log Cabins where I spent the night. The morning special turned out to be biscuits and gravy. My father would have been delighted at such a breakfast! I ordered scrambled eggs and bacon, and this turned out to be some of the tastiest food I'd had on the trip.
After photographing the Log Cabin Cafe and the main street of Silver Gate in the early morning light, I headed for the entrance to Yellowstone. I entered Yellowstone at 7:30 a.m. and had not driven 100 yards when I pulled over to take my first photograph of a female moose and small deer on the right side of the road. They didn't budge so I was able to get a few photos.
Having a heightened awareness of elevation after my trek across the Beartooth Mountains, I happened to notice the readout on my GPS at the northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park was 5,314 feet. After driving at nearly 11,000 feet this elevation seemed like nothing to me.
The Soda Butte Creek runs on the left side of the road throughout the beginning of the drive in Yellowstone National Park. The Yellowstone Grand Loop drive gave me many opportunities to see prairie dogs, buffalo, elk and wolves.
The buffalo seemed to be prevalent in the Lamar Valley. I stopped and photographed Undine Falls, the Gardiner River, and Rescue Creek. I stopped briefly at Mammoth Hot Springs to walk around and see the limestone cliffs before setting out for Gardiner, Montana and the Yellowstone River.
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