This week is turning out to be more work than a job! We started out Monday going Northeast out of town and took the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway up to the North East Entrance to Yellowstone and then followed the Beartooth HIghway down through the North Absaroka Wilderness area of Yellowstone in hopes of seeing wildlife. The driving every day is trying. We had lunch at the Dead Indian Campground and I was startled by a small bull! Just turned around to be aware of my surroundings and he was staring at me from across a stream! Glad it wasn't a bear! Continuing up the mountain...switchbacks and steep, narrow mountain roads. Then we made it back down to the Fishing Bridge and Yellowstone Lake where we saw the greatest amount of wildlife. My request was filled when we came upon a buffalo carcass by a stream and a large grizzly came bounding across a marsh and began feeding on the carcass. We saw 200+ buffalo yesterday and probably that many today. A herd was on the road and we were all stopped. Some of the young bulls were fiesty and wanting to spar a little and were getting mighty vocal. On down by Yellowstone Lake, there was another boar grizzly walking along a pond and further down  we spotted a mama grizzly and 2 playful cubs. We saw huge Elk...5 mountain goats and many water fowl. Today we drove over 225 miles. Left the dogs in Cody at doggie day care and went to the other side of the park and watched Old Faithful erupt. Had lunch in the cafeteria of the Lodge there. Did a little shopping in the gift shop and went to the 2nd floor for ice cream before heading up the highway and exploring some other geysers and paint pots. Meanwhile the fire has grown to over 22 miles in length. They have over 250 firefighters, 5 helicoptersand 2 staging areas. One to our east and one to the west. It is smokey again here tonight, but when we came out of the park tonight, they have one of the horse lodge - ranches on evacuation notice and it looked like the flames were right behind their main buildings. Sad deal. Hope they save it.  Saw a beautiful new Monaco Coach today at the intersection going to Fishing Bridge, that had been in a collision with another vehicle....what a mess. Took out the drivers side front quarter.....two or three bays and the front corner was all smashed. Not a cheap deal...probably $25,000 dollars of damage and it'll never be the same. DH was having a ball today looking at geysers and water falls. He's into reading all the history behind these wonders, and quite the photog.