Sawtelle Mountain Resort Island Park

Yellowstone rocks! So was cooles haben wir noch selten gesehen...Wir haben heute erst einen kleinen Teil des Parkes besucht und sind bereits riesige Fans. Unglaublich, was die Natur hier zeigt. Man koennte stundenlang einfach dastehen und zusehen...und es gibt wahnsinnig viel zu sehen!

Leider ist seit gestern in Montana der Winter eingezogen, weshalb wir heute morgen zuerst unser Auto freischaufeln mussten...Krass, von ueber 30 Grad in Hawaii zu 0 Grad in ...

I did stay another night, not that it could possibly let me see a park this immense, but I decided to go north to Mammoth Hot Springs. Now it could have been a relatively short ride, however the road through Norris is under construction so guess what? I need to drive back around the Loop Rd and remember we're driving 25, 35 or 45 mph depending on the area and the animal population. Temps stayed in the 60s riding at elevation ...

Old Faithful didn't disappoint.

Saw a beautiful bison at sunset.

Good riding but the traffic made it more exhausting than necessary. Apparently Yellowstone National Park gets 30,000+ visitors PER DAY!

More to come later... just wanted to post pics now while i have high-speed connection.

... the South Entrance of Yellowstone. It was pretty crowded with swimmers. We had planned on eating there, but decided to go on to another stop. We ended up at a picnic area at Lewis Lake. We ate our yummy lunch (it tasted sooo good because we were really hungry) and Matt and Sarah went on a ...

... we saw big horn sheep on the hills, snow around lake Yellowstone. Buffalo walking in front of cars and moterhomes. We drove around the north part of the Yellowstone loop to view the mud pots, Yellowstone falls, Buffalo. It was lightly snowing through out the day and ended up camping in Yellowstone, near the west entrance. I ...

What a spectacular place! This was once the exclusive outdoors getaway for wealthy railroad executives from New York - a paradise found, a place to get away and truly enjoy the beauty of nature. Lucky for the rest of us, their descendants donated the the ranch to the state of Idaho to create a state park. We enjoyed every beautiful minute of our stay in the former Ranch Manager's House.

... River. Yes there is a river that "boils" - the emergence of one of the hot springs from Mammoth that runs for a few yards and then enters Gardiner River. Approaching this phenomenon we caught sight of a few other people enjoying the experience. Stripping down to our bathers in the snow seemed a bit crazy and entering the cold waters that hid the slippery rock route round to the actual warm waters reinforced this craziness. It's weird having ...

... fires have affected the park. As we were leaving the park a herd of Elk decided they wanted to cross the road so we got to see Elk up close. It was great because you can get really close to the animals (there's a park ranger there keeping everyone safe and making sure you don't get too close) We went out the ...

The 4th of July in Lander, WY - It begin with a pancake, sausage, OJ/coffee breakfast hosted at the Senior Citizen Center. Then followed the parade down Main Street consisting of antique cars, tractors, horsemen and women, American Indians (whose culture is not only welcomed but clearly encouraged), and us bicyclists in the spandex shorts. THe children along the route were like all children scampering for tossed candy like well fed and dressed street urchins ...

Well today started at the base of the Grand Tetons. Once again what a site to wake up too. We went back in the south gate of Yellowstone and first on our list was Old Faithful. We made it there just after an eruption so we have a while to wait before the next one. There's really not much to do while your waiting. Becky and James took in the movie of the gusher and what to expect ...