August 28, 2014

Today was chores and driving. Lots of driving.

I needed to do laundry, so instead of going out to see wolves, I went straight to Canyon and did the clothes. I got back to camp around 10:00.

My legs were hurting from yesterday's climb in and out of Calcite Springs, I decided to go for a drive.

The day before had pointed out 2 things I could use. My fishing sunglasses are wrap-around types and fit fairly close. Because of the lack of air circulation, they fog up easily, making them useless after a hike. I needed to do something about that. The other was that one of my water filters that I use to make the river water drinkable had a notice that said to not use the filter if it had been frozen. Well, it spent all last winter in the back of the truck in the garage, to it definitely had been frozen. I needed to replace that.

I had gotten the filter at REI in Boulder, so, when I was getting gas, I asked the girl inside if Bozeman had one and she said yes. So, it was off to Bozeman – about a 2 ½ hour drive. They had the filter and an anti-fog spray that may help my sunglasses problem. After lunch, it was back on the road.

I came back through West Yellowstone and than across the park back to camp. All in all, nearly 300 miles of driving today.

One leg still hurts, so I'll hold off fishing for a couple of days and see if I can't get good photos of the Lamar Canyon wolves.