Yellowstone...

Wow, what a cool ride through the Bighorns coming out of Buffalo, WY!  Twisty, smooth road up over a 9600 ft. pass dropping into a beautiful valley to the town of Ten Sleep. We stopped at a cool little cafe for breakfast in Ten Sleep.  First morning cup of coffee of the trip.  It was delicious!

We got to the east entrance of Yellowstone just west of Cody around noon.  It was Ken's first visit to Yellowstone, my 3rd - but it's impossible to get bored of this national park.  It's size and diversity is simple awesome.  We rode around a couple of the loops, stopping to snap a few photos and exited out the north entrance to Bozeman.  I had never been in that area north of the falls.  The views into the canyon and dropping down the river drainage made for a scenic ride.  There was plenty of time to look around as it was raining and the gapers were driving down at a snails pace.  There was a minivan a couple cars ahead of us that was actually riding his brakes on the uphill sections.  We could smell them burning the whole way down.  No possible way to pass due to the wet roads and amount of blind corners, so we just crawled down and enjoyed the views.

We stayed the night at a Greg & Cassidy's - Greg is friend of Ken's from Virgina who now lives in Bozeman.  They have a beautiful house in a neighborhood high on a bluff and we enjoyed some burgers, beers and good conversation.  Thanks for the generous hospitality, beds and showers!  We also got to witness on of the coolest lightening storms I've ever seen.  My first time in Montana and I definitely need to come back and explore more.  So far it looks like a super cool state.

Tomorrow we cross Montana and plan to stay in Sandpoint, ID...

Cafe in Ten Sleep.

Ken with Yellowstone Lake behind.

Yellowstone Falls.

Cassidy, Greg and the little one.