Day 13 of the Ride

It is a cold morning in West Yellowstone, Mt. We had a good evening camping about 25 miles outside the park and a very cold ride over here. I don't know what the wind chill is with 43F temperature at 65 MPH is but I can tell you this much; it's cold
The plan for today is to work our way through the park seeing as many of the beautiful sights as we can (Old Faithful for sure) and then exit on the east side and make our way to Cody, WY for a visit to the museums. Should have some excellent photos to post this evening of Yellowstone.

Yellowstone is everything I hoped it would be. It's different than Glacier; more regal like a Grand Dame. We entered from the West Side and were immediately treated to a herd of Elk grazing just the other side of a pristine river. Then we started climbing in the direction of Old Faithful. We had a few photo ops and stopped at the "paint pots" and took the hike. That hot water sure looked inviting and if I had the opportunity I'd have taken a bath in it.

Next was Old Faithful and it lived up to its reputation for being on time. The only surprise is that it doesn't make a lot of noise. For some reason I thought it would be a noisy explosion of water and gasses but it's not; still very impressive as you can see from the photo.

After the show we continued our ride east through the park where we saw a large black bear cross the road; no photos of that, then we came across some buffalo (see above) and crossed back over the Continental Divide at 8,391 feet. The bike performed without a hiccup at that elevation. Diesel must have done it some good.

We saw moose on the way out of the park but were not in an area where we could safely stop for photos.

From there we headed towards Cody, WY and along the way stopped at the Buffalo Bill Cody "Pahaska Tepee" for lunch. This is the original lodge he built in about 1904. The food was excellent and the service was satisfyingly slow so we could sit back and relax and rest up for the ride into Cody.

All the people along the way continue to be just fantastic. They are interested in who we are, where we came from and all the places we have seen.

Spending the night here (motel tonight) and will leave for "Battle of Little Bighorn" battlesite tomorrow.