welcome to montana everyone i am in west yellowstone to be specific and it kind of
came about because of necessity i am experiencing some issues with a trailer i have a hot water
heater issue it is not igniting so i'm going to have to take the trailer in for a warranty repair
so i've been here at the bakers hole campground for a couple of days i have
an appointment in a couple more days so i took the opportunity to get some work done
i edited my last backpacking trip video which is a five day trip so it did take some time
heard a little thunder just now looks like some thunderstorms are rolling in if you missed that
video go ahead and check it out here i think here or here i can never remember
anyhow yeah i uh it was an unexpected detour however i am a firm believer that everything
happens for a reason because some big adventure opportunities have presented themselves and uh
or at least one so uh yeah i think it's actually going to be a good little layover i am going to
explore the area over the next day or or so before i have to take the trailer in which i'm not taking
it too far away and uh so i'm gonna go ahead and make a nice dinner tonight and then tomorrow get
on to some exploring you might recognize this campground because i was here back in may when
i came to yellowstone for my slu creek backpacking trip so it is a familiar place which is nice it is
a forest service campground and i was able to drive in and get a first come first serve spot
so it's all working out rather nicely just fingers crossed that the repairs will go smoothly as well
i've got some chicken tenders i have seasoned up which i will saute along with some veggies and
cook up some rice and i usually cook all of the chicken tenders this is obviously much more than
i will eat tonight but i will eat the leftovers throughout the next couple of days yeah a lot
of folks don't like brussels sprouts but i love them especially if they're seasoned up nicely
in the pan that'll cook the chicken i'm going to saute it in a little olive oil
and i think the brussels sprouts i will saute in butter
got the chicken going and butter is melted i will be adding the brussels sprouts
do you like brussels sprouts let me know
everything's looking mighty tasty
full disclosure i'm cheating on the rice and cooking it in the microwave all right
this looks so good
voila dinner is served it is raining
the rain had stopped just in time to reveal a gorgeous sunset along the madison river
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top of the morning to you i slept like a rock last night i didn't wake up until after seven a.m
and that is late for me i'm an early riser you know this is not my preferred method of camping
however when you get closer to the parks it is definitely harder to find places to boondock
this is a great alternative because it's right along the beautiful madison river which actually
runs through the park it's dry camping they do have several pull-through sites and they
do actually have electric sites that are a little more expensive it's twenty dollars a
day to dry camp and i think it's maybe eight dollars more a day for the electric sites
um you know it's a beautiful scenery it's very close to the west entrance of the park
it was convenient for me convenient for me in the situation that i'm in so it worked out as
you saw i got a little rain here last night it was peaceful hearing the sound it really cooled things
off it's been very warm it's been in the mid 80s however this next coming week it's supposed to be
in the 70s once again which is nice the plan for today after i make myself a little breakfast is
to do some exploring there is a lake with an interesting history that i want to visit
so make sure you stay tuned for that and i also plan on driving into the park i do have to go into
town for a bit just to run a couple of errands but yeah the bison are in the rut right now so it
could get interesting inside yellowstone national park anyhow let's get this stay started i'm going
to make myself a little breakfast sandwich and i'm out of bread so i'm going to use a hamburger
bun it's going to be open face so i'll just use half of it got some bacon cooking up here smells
so good i'm going to toast my half a hamburger bun here in the same pan i cooked my bacon in
i was headed north to check out a very interesting lake
but got sidetracked further along the madison river
so
earthquake lake is located on the madison river in southwestern montana
it was created after an earthquake struck on august 17 1959 with 28 fatalities
northwest of yellowstone quake lake is six miles in length with a maximum depth
of 125 feet the earthquake measured 7.5 on the richter magnitude scale
and caused an 80 million ton landslide which formed a landslide dam on the madison river
oddly enough this uh river valley was submerged on august 17th 1959 today is august 17th 2022.
the earthquake was the most powerful to hit the state of montana in historic times the landslide
traveled down the north flank of sheep mountain at an estimated 100 miles per hour killing
28 people who are camping along the shores of hebgen lake and downstream along the madison river
being from southern california i am very familiar with earthquakes i
lived through the 1994 northridge earthquake so all that information hit very close to home
i know people that lost property and just hearing the recount of the stories
in the film that they offer for viewing at the visitor center was pretty heart-wrenching
you should definitely watch that film if you visit the area and if you visit earthquake
lake anyhow i think it is time to make my way into the park i opted to take a scenic
loop back to west yellowstone which took me through the charming town of ennis montana
okay so i came into the park the other day and there were no bison around and apparently
they are making their way over to both the lamar and uh hayden valleys however the lamar valley
is still closed because of the flooding so i will be making my way over to hayden
valley to see if i can find some bison or any type of wildlife maybe even grizzlies
i'm assuming there's some sort of wildlife ahead because we are moving very slow
i do need to make a correction because when i did come through the other day i did see one
injured bison he had an injured leg and he was in this area so he could still be here i'm not sure
i would imagine that uh he is ripe for target for other predators being that he can't really
move unfortunately so it'll be interesting to see if that's what everybody's stopping for
the bison is right in front of these cars
so they can't get around it so i'm about to drive around it now
uh oh it's like walking right in front of this land cruiser there he is
yikes it's coming right my way so i'm going to uh roll up my window
wow that fella's walking down right down the middle of the road
came right by my car luckily he didn't decide to get into a battle with my truck
sun is shining and it's pouring that was pretty awesome i think i was more excited
to see the bald eagles than i was a bison but it was very cool to see them both in one spot
weather is taking a bit of a turn now we have hail i see it bouncing off my head okay well i just saw
a huge bolt of lightning and i don't know where it struck down but it hit not too far from here
so i am going to start making my way back to camp yeah it's looking a little ominous out here
this is a sign as you enter my campground i'm back here at camp safe and sound no lightning incidents
i did see some elk on the side of the road on my way back out of the park which was very cool
they looked young and one of them was really playful and kicking around but they were on the
roadside i couldn't really stop i was just trying to film while i was stopped in traffic anyways but
they're just beautiful to see it was a beautiful day in the park i did get to see bison the elk
and then two bald eagles which was really cool the weather moved in and it's looking pretty ominous
still outside got here to camp and got my truck lined up and you know ready to hitch up in the
morning and already starting to put a few things away i did uh discover that the cap on my truck
one side is not unlocking unfortunately so i've tried everything and i can't get it to unlock
so it looks like something that i'll also be doing tomorrow is going by a locksmith i'll
be uh getting everything all packed up and you know heading to a major city tomorrow to take
care of these things and little things like this happen all the time i don't always share them
on the channel the heavy duty hitch that i have for my tongue luckily this did not happen while
it was attached to the tongue but i do lock it and keep it all in one piece when i'm in transport and
the locking mechanism got stuck in there and they had to send me a new one my backup truck
uh camera monitor failed and malfunctioned and i had to get a new one sent to me you know these
little things happen all the time and it's things that i have to deal with and this video
might not be a big adventure you know sometimes there's big adventures and sometimes there is
just taking care of life and i'm really living out here and there's always things to be done
i do have some epic adventures coming up and uh as always i appreciate you guys hanging with me i
appreciate your support i love you all and stick with me because we'll uh be going on some more
awesome adventures very soon i will see you on the next one see you soon everybody thank you bye
at the locksmith this thing is a huge pain
all right i came to this place and they are going to hook me up and get me all fixed up
we at least got the tailgate down and we know what the problem is so whew