Sheridan - is a cute lettle town with one street and an old fashioned motel. Nevada City is ALL old wood/western buildings very cute with cabins and motels, B&B and then Virginia City where we viewed Boot Hill Cemetary.
We came back through Ennis - the little town we thought was so cute and ate at the Ennis Cafe. If you are ever there order the cinnamon roll. It is huge and very good. Also they have "world famous" strawberry pie but we saved that for next time.
From there we headed to Yellowstone. It is $25.00 for a 1 week pass to Yellowstone and Tetons.
The first wild life we saw was Canadian Geese on the river and then an Eagle and a nest. We stopped at Midway Geyser Basin
and was amazed at how many people were there.
We saw a elk doe across the river going in and enjoyed it with about 80 other cars of people. 
We arrived at Old Faithful about 45 minutes before she blew and walked through the original lodge. Just like I remember it except not this crowded. Of course that was about 40 years ago so - time change. We have both been surprised at how many people are on the roads, how many motor homes and how many foreign visitors are here. Anyway, we waited around with a few hundred of our best friends and sure enough about 7 minutes after 
she was scheduled - she blew her top.
Heading out we saw some elk on this side of the river and then further along a lone large doe that posed nicely for us.
We decided to head back to West Yellowstone, Montana and stay the night and after a few attempts found the Stagecoach Inn. It is like a chalet on the outside and western on the inside. Looks better than it sounds - has big pine beams, a fireplace, rustic furniture and a moose, bison and elk mounts. Very comfortable and attractive. We are on the 2nd floor but they have an elevator!!!! The hallways have cute little ceiling lights with buffalo on the shades and the room has drapes and bedspread with bear, moose and buffalo and rustic twig style chairs. The AC is a little unsized for the temp we like and this hot weather they are not used to here. Last winter they had 170 inches of snow here and at least twice that much in the higher elevations - now that sounds wonderful!
We ate at Bullwinkles a popular restaurant, bar, and also has a liquor store and casino tonight. I had trout and Ric had walleye and we had bourbon pecan pie for dessert. We both found today too HOT. especially me. wimpy wimpy wimpy!
Anyway after dinner we stopped in a couple of shops - sports and outfitters and book stores and then came back to the room to cool off.
The fire back in 1985 really stripped Yellowstone of a lot of old growth timber and although it has reseeded itself it makes you appreciate a big tree when you see them.
Tomorrow is up in the air - it is supposed to get even hotter not sure I want to enjoy that we'll see. Take care!
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