Thanks Ted

We pulled into Livingston, Montana on Wednesday night and sat down to a delish meal of bison pot roast thanks to Bay's friends Julian and Marleen. The bison came straight from Ted Turner's ranch; he regularly culls his herd and sells the meat. We woke up early the next morning and Julian and Marleen took us to Yellowstone National Park. Our first stop was the Boiling River, perhaps the greatest place on earth. The river comes up out of a cave and is a part of the same geothermal system as Old Faithful. There are pools and waterfalls at the confluence of the Boiling River and the very cold Yellowstone River and you can swim around and find your own private hot tub. While at the Park we also saw tons of tasty bison, elk and two packs of wolves. The wolves were amazing. We spotted the second pack right after they had finished eating a kill and watched as they slowly ambled up the hill. Bodhi must caught a whiff of them while he was stuck in the car because we could hear him whining from 30 yards away. Bodhi also got an eyeful when a buffalo walked within a foot of our car. I can't imagine what he must have been thinking.

Yellowstone was amazing and offered a tiny glimpse of how incredible the entire Plains area must have been with buffalo, elk and grizzlies roaming the landscape. Fences, cows and corn just ain't the same.

Before hitting Livingston, we stopped at Three Forks, where the Galliton, Madison and Jefferson meet. They form the headwaters for the Missouri River, the longest river in the country with a watershed of 580,00 square miles.

That's a big river.