Once we arrived in Yellowstone, we met a man named Roy. Roy works for NPS (National Park Service, a branch of Dept. of the Interior), and he is in charge of Payroll, and other things in the ESB (Emergency Services Building) which Coty also works out of doing Maintenance around Old Faithful, mainly in the Visitors Center and other bathrooms around including the Ranger Station. Roy showed us our apartment that we would be living in until November. It is in an 8-Plex building, which is all one level and is nearly brand new at the back end of the Government living area. Although there isn't much of a living room in our apartment, it has a great porch, and nice big bathroom.
We moved all our things in, and went to see Old Faithful go off. In July, the weather was decent here. It was sunny, and not too hot. I think in July it was about 80 degrees here, but once the sun went down it was about 40 degrees. It was dark when we went to see Old Faithful erupt, and was pretty cold since we had just left Utah which was in the high 90s.
In July, we drove the whole Grand Loop road, and saw Mammoth, Canyon, Fishing Bridge, Old Faithful and Tower/Roosevelt. We found some pretty sweet places that are just off the road a bit, most things most people would never know were there unless they got curious and had nothing better to do, like us. We saw the petrified Redwood tree, which is a quarter mile off the road after Tower/Roosevelt heading East, I believe.
I was on a quest to find a Wolf in July, but without a large scope it was impossible. Luckily I found a man that had a scope that was capable of viewing up to 16 miles. I saw a Wolf eating a Buffalo carcass. It was amazing. Coty's schedule is 4 days of work, 3 days off, so we had a lot of time to drive and view anything and everything.
July was mostly spent getting our bearings of the park, unpacking, and exploring. We also found the exploring never ends here, and it's great.
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