My parents came to visit us at Jellystone! They arrived on Monday and have been sightseeing around the area. The next day they went to Rocky Mountain National Park and drove through the whole park and took lots of pictures. As it turns out, they picked the best day to go -- it snowed up there the next day! Wednesday around here was cool and rainy most of the day. The mountaintops in RMNP were covered in new snow. Today we had thunder snow, which if you have never experienced is pretty amazing. This was while the sun was shining, too! In the picture above the snow flakes are falling around us, but you can't really see them.
We drove in to Estes Park and toured the Stanley Hotel, which is where the movie The Shining was filmed. The owner was the brother of the Stanley who invented the Stanley Steamer. There was a Stanley Steamer in the lobby of the hotel. It's a beautiful, big old hotel, that was built in 1909. The snow came and went all day.
Mom & Darrell leave tomorrow to head to Bennett, Colorado, to see Gary & Barb. It's been fun to have them here and I hope they have enjoyed the little cabin they have stayed in at our park.
The campground gets very busy starting tomorrow -- after all, Memorial Day is the beginning of the camping season! We are "sold out" for the three-day weekend!
I'm very proud to say that my son, Brett, is going through commencement this afternoon for a Bachelors Degree in Liberal Arts. Way to go Brett!
Can you guess who is portraying Yogi Bear?
Jellystone Camp Resort officially opened last Friday, May 11th, to snow, cold, and a foggy, cool Saturday. Today was somewhat better, the sun actually arrived for a couple of hours. It was a whirlwind two days and things will calm down now for a couple of days until we start all over again next Friday! We are enjoying ourselves and our new "job." Hope everyone is well and enjoying their weekend!
Mother Nature decided to surprise us with a snowstorm. The snow started yesterday evening and continued through the night. This photo was taken a couple of minutes ago when I took Ziva outside (she was not impressed with the snow). It's still snowing and the prediction is for snow the rest of today!
Hard to believe that last Friday we were working outside getting the campground ready for opening day this coming Friday in our shirt sleeves. Even the snow plows are already out and about!
There is a herd of about 30 elk that wander through the campground on a daily basis. They get pretty close to the campers, too! These two were nibbling on the grass in an empty campsite. Right across the road is a nice meadow that we see them roaming around. The second picture is where our camper is parked for the summer. We face West looking out over the meadow and highway.
This coming week starts our full schedule and we officially open on Friday for Mother's Day Weekend! Stay tuned! You might see Yogi Bear make an appearance here on the blog!
