Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Yellowstone River

Here is a shot of the Yellowstone river from the Old Yellowstone
Trail. It is a straight drop off down to the flooded river below.
Back in Gardiner, the river was crystal clear, and here you can see
where the debris flow and sediment laden flood waters have turned the
river chocolate brown. Our detour on the gravel road was about 15
miles. When we got to the end, there was another cop turning people
around and not letting them on the gravel road. I think we reached the
mudflow on the highway right after it happened...and made it through
the old highway just before they shut that down, too. We could see a
loader roading down 89 on the other side of the river as we were on
our detour. Probably going to help remove the debris. I wonder how bad
the road was and if they ever got it open?!? What an adventure!

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