Yellowstone National Park

Established in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is America's first national park. Located in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, it is home to a large variety of wildlife including grizzly bears, wolves, bison, and elk. Preserved within Yellowstone National Park are Old Faithful and a collection of the world's most extraordinary geysers and hot springs.

Today, (Saturday-7/23), we enter the park through the north gate. We rode a 152 mile loop where we saw Mammoth Hot Springs, Tower Falls, Old Faithful and Yellowstone Lake.  The altitudes within the park vary greatly by location as do the temperatures.  We experienced temps today ranging from the high fifty's to the mid 80's.

The vegetation ranges from near desert types near the North entrance, to subalpine meadows and forests on MT Washburn.  Lodgepole pine covers over 60 % of the park.  We saw Elk, Bison and a snake. Oh, and a Polar Bear, see picture below.

We left the park through the East entrance and headed to Cody WY our last stop of the day.  The ride to Cody was spectacular!

Tomorrow we are off to Gillette WY.

Today's Mileage 214

Trip Mileage 587

Wendy's Next Hybrid

Mammoth Hot Springs

Yellowstone River

Tower Falls

Polar Bear -
Remember Do Not Feed the Wildlife!

Old Faithful

Yellowstone Lake

That's all Folks Until Tomorrow!