The Adventures of Yogi and Boo #1

Part One: The Ignored Signs

After a long hard day Yogi and Boo were discussing what they are doing with their lives. Yogi was training to become a cop and Boo writing a book series. They were talking about where he should apply and how 5 months in the academy is going to be long and trying. That afterwards he is going to be patrolling the streets on a modest salary and they will be on a budget, not able to do much.

A little light bulb lit up above Boo's head. If Yogi is training on his own for now and Boo is writing her books on her laptop, why are they stuck here!? "why not take this time Yogi? Let's go for a drive, A journey to No where, Everywhere and Anywhere! Let's take the long way home." Boo explained with excitement!

"what about my training?" Yogi asked. "Easy! We will get a gym membership to one of the gyms that are everywhere and you can train there. We will go to every state we have never been to."

"Ok I'm in." Yogi said. Just like that they organized their savings, clothes and camping gear and set off with frank the tank along for the ride. Their first stop Chelan. It is known for apples, cherries and O yea that huge beautiful blue lake! They visited some family for the night and headed out the next morning. With two sets of ashes to sprinkle at each of the most amazing places they were to find along the way. Yogi's mother and Keesha the dog wonder.

Next stop Idaho where they drove alot and had square ice cream, Frank the tank loved it! Then it was on to Missoula, Montana they were both smitten with it's charm and homey feel. Next stop was Butte, Montana. I know what you are thinking and yes she was a Butte! The people were so friendly and made for great conversation over breakfast.

They hit the road and headed for Jackson Hole, Wyoming. When they arrived Boo was speechless, it was such an adorable town! They drove out to the Grand Teton national park and not 200 feet into it, there stood in the middle of the road, a 6x6 bull elk. Boo hurried for the video camera and zoomed in on the horns. It was so exciting to see and so unexpected! The Tetons were majestic and breathtaking at sunset! The next morning they awoke bright eyed, bushy tailed and ready for Yellowstone.

First stop of the day was old faithful, true to her name she was faithful... going off about 90 minutes after her last blow. Then up to the thermal pools, they were stinky but beautiful. Their cameras filling up and there minds taking mental note after mental note they attempted to go north. Stopping into a ranger station and finding a herd of elk in the river they took it all in for a while then moved on to find They were blocked by road construction one way and fire the other way.

This probably should have seemed like two clear signs that this was not a place to be going. Not to these road warriors, they took the four hour detour around. They stopped in Bozeman Mt to gas up and get the old changed then hit the road to the north end of the park. Upon arrivig they found a cute little town that had elk walking thru it. One big bull was leading the herd. Frank wanted to play with the elk, the bull wanted to challenge Frank. While they watched yellowstone at sunset and Yogi talked with three bull elk via bugle, They noticed the car was acting strange...sputtering and stalling.

So they set off the 100 miles back to Bozeman, while driving through on a cold, dark montana road Boo was typing away when suddenly she felt Yogi swerve the car into oncoming traffic. She looked up and saw in front of them, three buck standing in their lane. She watched almost as if in slow motion... one of the deer panicked and ran towards their car, a truck was in the lane they now occupied and Yogi was watching the scene with all of his consentration. The buck tried to shift course at the last second but it was too late. His head hit the passenger fender, then the side mirror and finally the pavement. He bounced up quickly and finished his interrupted journey across the highway.

Boo realized that had Yogi not reacted in the Andretti fashion that he did, those deer would have come through the windsheild and left the traveling trio possible without life. With a few hugs and calls home to say I Love You they made their way to Bozeman and spent the night in the snowy town. Awoke the next morning and paid $100 to be told that they had "bad gas" and to let it run it's course! My friends customer service is dead and gone.

But As they say in the Biz, the show must go on. So Yogi and Boo shaken and a little more thankful for life continue on and say goodbye to Yellowstone, Wyoming and Montana.

Thanks for reading =)

Part Two coming soon...