Best Western Weston Inn West Yellowstone

Der absolute Hammer...auch unser zweiter, dritter und vierter Tag im Yellowstone waren traumhaft, unbeschreiblich, spannend und dieses Mal hat sogar das Wetter mitgespielt. Wir haetten locker 1000 Fotos machen koennen, haben uns aber auf 200 beschraenkt :-) Wir haben Hunderte von Bisons (Amerikanische Bueffel), unzaehlige Elche, ca. 10 Koyoten, Springboecke, Gaense, Voegel, Squirrels, etc. gesehen. Die Elche hier sehen zwar eher wie grosse Hirsche aus, aber ...

... says). So I decided it was time to use the heated grips. OOOH, toasty. And finally made it over the heights amd begin the descent to warm, semi-arid plain.<br><br>The road to the park after Cody runs thru Shoshone Canyon with the Shoshone River dammed at the end to form an expansive lake. It is a very nice run thru the canyon, with 2 small tunnels to add a little extra.<br><br>You continue to ride beside ...

Old Faithful didn't disappoint. <br><br>Saw a beautiful bison at sunset. <br><br>Good<br>riding but the traffic made it more exhausting than necessary.<br>Apparently Yellowstone National Park gets 30,000+ visitors PER DAY!<br><br>More to come later... just wanted to post pics now while i have high-speed connection.

... Basin, we head over to the Old Faithful part of the park. It is by far, the most over-developed/commercialised part of the whole place. So large, in fact, it has two petrol stations. It seems like lots of people ,here, but when you look at the number of benches set around Old Faithful and see how many still lie empty when it erupts, you can only start to fathom how crowded it must be in summer. We arrive in time for a quick orientation at ...

... choices. We decided on one that was not on the menu - RUN. Then, we found something called a "family" restuarant. A bit more crowded. A bit less sticky. Even so, their upturned water glasses (full of condensation on the inside) did stick to the table. The day was long and there were safety in numbers. We decided to eat here anyway. Sure it looked a lot like a family restaurant, but at the close of our meal, we had a few other, less flattering names for it ...

... of eating out in the park :) ) after lunch the girls and I went to explore the creek trails. We were not 50 yards from the picnic area when we came across a small black bear (cub maybe) we backed away slowly and I got a parting picture as we took off for the picnic area. There were a couple in the area and we got some good photos again. We contiued up the road and took the gravel Blacktail Platue drive a very scenic drive high up into the ...

Day 27 - Yellowstone NP, WY - July 17, 2008 - Thursday Drove into the park today. Took about an hour from Livingstone. Had a hard time deciding which campground to stop at, but knew we had to stop and find a campsite before they all filled. Finally decided on Norris Campground, halfway between Mammoth Hot Springs (North entrance) and Old Faithful. Had a quick lunch then walked down to the Museum of the National ...

... and off as needed to maintain the constant temperature in our room. Very nice rising to a warm, toasty area. We made our way up to Grand Teton via Jackson Hole ski resort. Oh the smell of money in the area! Comparing this village to Whistler in Canada, we both agreed Whistler is far superior. Very cold today and the Teton ranges are covered in snow but oh they are so majestic. They are very high ...

... with yellow coloring in them. I think it was the Golden Gate/Terrace Mountain. Passing by broken down and dead trees from possible forest fires at some time. I just read about the historic fires of 1988 where there was no precipitation for that summer resulting in about 50 lightening-cause fires and $120 million spent on fire control efforts. That was the first time in the park's 112 year written record that something like that had occurred. 10:36 - Keith spotted some ...

... and then I got a couple of books at a used book store (2 books-$.35). Things were cheap here.<br> I got a bunch of stuff at a hardware store that had auto parts. I had checked the spark plug wires and saw that they were a big part of the problem. For those who don't know you use to run the engine when it was dark and you could see if the cables were bad by the flashing crossfire along the cables. Mine could have been lighting ...