coming up on this adventure
we're getting ready to take off our backpacking trip and we've got lacey and andrew here
and a bunch of people showed up last night there's joey we've got anthony who came all
the way from new york we have a jason over here from colorado and yeah it's gonna be a great
turret you ready to backpack yellowstone i am let's go let's go see some bears
i think we're in a bear jam or something because traffic is uh pretty much at a
standstill we are on our way to the slough creek trailhead we will be doing hopefully a
two-night three-day backpacking trip we had to adjust the trip because of the
front that's moving in so this is all dependent on whether we may hike out early
but we'll see it's uh nice right now just a mix of clouds and sun but i do know rain is coming
and snow as well gonna keep my fingers crossed for good weather and hopefully
an amazing trip my first backpacking trip of 2022 and only my second time backpacking in yellowstone
as we drew nearer to the trailhead the
weather was looking more ominous a foreshadowing of what was to come
we've made it to the trailhead it seems like it's been days and many miles getting here
but we're here no rain so far get to walk a little bit been days of driving so it's
going to be amazing super super stoked to be here at the slough creek trailhead
getting ready to set out on the slew creek trail
there would be seven of us on this trip which is a larger group than i'm used to
but in grizzly country as far as i'm concerned the more the merrier
the entire group was aware of the impending weather however no one opted out not one
person wanted to miss the opportunity to backpack yellowstone rain or shine there
is so much wildlife here in predatory danger that it makes it a very unique and exciting experience
i've seen him a few times there's been a few times like right by the camp we're going to where it's
like this where you're sitting out there and you i've looked up and just seen a wolf coming right
right up the trail until it spots me so we just have all the animals
the hike has been beautiful so far the weather is cooperating
so far i'm a little rusty with the backpack took me a long time to pack
and it feels heavy right now but it is absolutely gorgeous and well worth it
we just saw a moose and now we've got bison out in the meadow
it's a great thing about yellowstone lots of wildlife
we made it to our camp everybody's getting set up talking gathering firewood it's pretty awesome
i'm so happy to be here with a great group of people everyone's super cool couldn't
ask for anything more and a better way to spend memorial day weekend
so i looked at the
weather in grizzly country i definitely want to set up camp near others
the evening was spent enjoying each other's company and sharing
stories around the fire until almost midnight
it's been raining all morning trying to wait it out before going out for coffee and breakfast
it seems like it's getting a little lighter but it may be raining all day
there are bison grazing way on the other side
the rain wasn't stopping so we got a nice warm fire going to enjoy breakfast by
we were contemplating whether we should move on to our next campsite we had such a great fire going
and we wondered if the people that had the site reserve this evening would show up
worst case scenario if they did we would just pack up our stuff and move on
it's been raining all day it is afternoon now
we are still at camp number one we're just kind of taking our time we've had a fire going and uh
just waiting it out hopefully the weather will get a little better but if not we're just gonna head
out and head to our next camp most likely unless the people don't show up that are supposed to
take over ours we may stay but uh we decided just to get moving and walk down to the slough creek
well we've decided to hit the trail we packed up camp and we are on our way to our next camp
uh it's still raining hasn't stopped i think it stopped for maybe 10 minutes but it's light enough
that we can continue on and uh there are some bison on the trail ahead of us so we'll have to
skirt around then there are two of them that i can see um i put away my sony because it's
raining i don't want to wreck my camera so i think most of today will be shot on my phone
we're heading off trail here to avoid the buffalo the bison that's right there
what do you guys think of the rain it's a very washington-like actually from 1am to
now just non-stop
our second camp was only a couple of short miles from our first camp
we were hoping for another night around the fire mother nature was not having it she allowed
just enough time for us to set up our tents before it rained harder and longer than before
we have arrived at camp looks like a pretty sweet spot
that is snow
so
good morning we got a little snow here last night it's quite a bit overnight but a lot of it's
melted already i didn't film anymore yesterday because it started pouring rain just had to set up
our tents and we stayed in our tents pretty much all night couldn't get a fire going or anything
looks like a beautiful morning so far definitely still a lot of weather hanging around so i'm
not sure what's going to happen but i'm just enjoying it and this beautiful dusting of snow
it was time to hike out and end the trip backpacking in yellowstone is magical
no matter what the weather and what made this trip even better was spending time with old friends
and meeting new friends it is a trip i will never forget
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