Can't Believe It

Everyday that I'm here I keep thinking, "Wow I really live and work out here!" It is amazing. Today was a good day. We saw a wolf run right out in front of us. It was out of no where so none of us had our cameras ready. That was in Lamar Valley. Right down the road we saw a mom grizzly bear and her 2 cubs. They were so cute. They again were to far to get with my camera. They were also really cute. Then we went over the beartooth highway. There was snow everywhere. It was awesome. I was playing out in it and making snowballs. We waited in line to go over it. We were like the 10th vehicle. It was so pretty. I loved it. Then we went to a town called Red Lodge. It was a nice little town. Very friendly people. Betty saw a candy store so they had to stop at it. That was not a good idea. We all walked out with bags of candy. It was $6 for a pound of whatever. Well that was my day today. Yesterday I woke up to it snowing. :) And we were suppose to get t-storms. So we decided to go to Bozeman and see Pirates 3. It was a really good movie. Tomorrow I'm going on a hike and taking a day to rest. Then on Monday we are going on a Yellowstone in a Day tour. And we get paid to do it. That is always good. Well thats all for now. Be sure to look at my pictures. Later

SNOW

Guess what, yesterday it SNOWED!! It was so pretty. Today it did a little bit, but not much. It is suppose to snow the next couple of days. But it isn't sticking. That stinks. But it was still really pretty. I was the only one that was excited about it. I wonder why? O well. Everything is going great. I have 3 days off next week. I think we are going to the Tetons. That will be fun. I don't know what else I'm going to do on the other days off. Hopefully hike in the southern parts of the park. I can't wait. Well that's all I really have to say today. I haven't seen anything interesting or done anything. Hopefully this weekend I will have more pictures and more interesting things to tell you all about. Later

Finally A Day Off!!!

So I feel like I just came out here to work and not enjoy the park. But today and tomorrow, I have off. That is exciting. We got to ride on the old yellow bus the other day like I said. It was really cool. They put the top down, so it was a little chilly. But as most of you know I was dressed warm. Then that night we went to find this cemetery. Of course it was up this huge hill and we still couldn't find it. Thats ok it was a good hike. Well today I went to church, then we went down to Norris Geyser Basin. It was really pretty. Just to let everyone know, I got the second picture link to work. I hope it works for everyone. We are going bowling tonight. Everyone in reservations is going. It will be alot of fun. Its free and so is the pizza. Always a good thing. Well everything is going well. I'm getting along good with my roommate. And so I can't wait to hear from everyone. I miss you all. Later

Bikers

Ok, so I had to work an 11 hour day today. That was horrible. But the good part was at lunch, we met some biker guys. They had really cool motorcycles. We asked them for rides, they said ok. IF ONLY WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORK. I went into work and acted sick and said I needed to go to the hospital and some bikers would take me. They just laughed. It was pretty funny. Well other than that I got a roommate. She is pretty cool. She is in housekeeping. Which is probably not a good thing, cause this is me you know. Well anyways I found it weird that she had been to Mexico to build a house like I had. It was the same group down there also. Well other than that she is from Oklahoma and 26. She is going to school to be a hotel manager. Tomorrow I get to ride in one of the old yellow buses. That will be cool. Also I get to go on another tour of yellowstone on the bus. Then we get to go on a photo safari. That will be fun. And it is all for FREE. Always good. Sunday we get to go bowling. Well everything else is the same. It is wonderful out here. It is so pretty. I hope everyone is doing ok and talk to you all soon.

Happy Mothers Day

So first of all Happy Mothers Day to everyone.
So yesterday, I had a day off, finally. We went over to tower and then we went down to canyon. Up by tower, we saw a black bear. It was very pretty. The ranger had its lights on and all these people were in the road. So I had to slow down and the ranger yelled at me to keep moving and don't stop. I was thinking you really want me to drive the speed limit while all these people are walking down the middle of the road and you have your lights on. But I didn't say it I understand what he was doing. Then when we went down to canyon, we saw a grizzly bear. It was far enough away but then it walked up to us. It got way to close to us. It was about 25 yards. People are suppose to be 100 yards away. And I was so mad at some of the people. Because they had their children just running around while a bear is just walking around. This one little boy was walking around by me and I asked him where his parents were. He said I don't know over there somewhere. I was like you need to go find them. I couldn't believe that the parents were just letting them walk around. I know that Mom would have had me hand and hand and as far away as possible. Even though Allen would have been right up by the bear. It was a girl bear with a collar. I guess she had gotten in some trouble last year to they had to collar her. But she was so cute. Well that was about my day.
Side note...Thanks Mom for everything. And I hope you have a Happy Mothers Day. I love you and miss you.

Another Good Day

So it has been a weird week. I have been working 8 or 9 hours a day. It has been a little overwhelming. But today, we decided to go on a drive out toward lamar valley. So on our way a grizzly bear walked right out in front of us. It was so cool. So far I've seen 3 grizzlies and 2 black bears. And another thing I saw was a wolf and its 2 pups. There were so cute. There was a den not to far from the road. They put up signs so no one would walk any farther. That was my exciting day today. On Sunday, we went to west Yellowstone. We saw a bald eagle. That was cool. It was a really pretty drive. So anyways, people are starting to come into the park and everyday more and more people come in. I told Betty today, that if it was July and that bear had walked out onto the road, traffic would have been stopped for hours.
Everything is still going well for me. I love it out here. So here is my address if anyone wants to write me.
Carrie McClane
MHS
PO Box 741
Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190

I love getting mail. And I would love to hear from everyone. And thanks to everyone who is sending me mail. It makes me happy. Well off to another 9 hour day tomorrow. WOO HOO!

Never Going To Believe What I Ate!

Ok, so most of you know that I don't like to try anything new. But Thursday night we had what is called a shakedown at the Mammoth Dinning Room. We had to sit at a table with 3 other people. We all had to eat something different. It was to get the cooks and the other people ready for the opening of the dinning room on Friday. Well the lady sitting beside me ordered the steak and most of the other things were seafood. So guess what I ordered. A bison steak. Yep, bison. Can you believe I tried that. I can't. It was ok, I had to cut it into little pieces cause it was a little chewy. And I couldn't handle eating a lot at one time. So I was doing fine until one of the ladies said, "Carrie you remember the bison that was walking around here the last couple of days and we didn't see it today. He is what your eating." So at that point I was done with my meal. Although I know that it wasn't that one bison. Because they have bison ranches around here like we have cows. Well other than that everything is going fine. I'm working on my own on the phones. It is a little crazy at times. But it is ok. Well I have to go work some more so later.

Gonna be a bear

OK, today was an ok day. I started working on my own. It was a little crazy. I had to get help a lot cause it seems that everyone that had the weird reservations called me. O well I made it through it. Then we went on a hike that was a mile and a half. It was a steep incline on the way up. It was a little hard. Well I saw this and thought it was so funny and wanted everyone to read it.
Gonna be a bear
In this life I'm a woman. In my next life, I'd like to come back as a bear. When you're a bear, you get to hibernate. You do nothing but sleep for six months. I could deal with that.
Before you hibernate, you're supposed to eat yourself stupid. I could deal with that too.
When you're a girl bear, you birth your children(who are the size of walnuts) while you're sleeping and wake to partially grown, cute, cuddly cubs, I could definitely deal with that.
If you're a mama bear, everyone knows you mean business. You swat anyone who bothers your cubs. If your cubs get out of line, you swat them too. I could deal with that.
If you're a bear, your mate EXPECTS you to wake up growling. He EXPECTS that you will have hairy legs and excess body fat.
YUP, GONNA BE A BEAR!!