(Glenn) What a day! We went to bed early last night because we knew today would be long and tiring. Cathy agreed to get up at 6:00 AM and we were rolling by 6:30 on our way to Yellowstone National Park. It was so cold (low 40's) and Cathy threatened to stay in Jackson to shop but she hung in and made it fine. We heard temperatures in Alabama were over 100 degrees so we try not to complain we are having to layer our clothes to stay warm (it never got over 62 degrees in the park). I did not bring any gloves because it was hard to anticipate weather like this when you are leaving the hot and humid Alabama weather.. I may have to go shopping for a few clothes because we plan to ride into Canada and later in the Rocky Mountains so we may see more cold weather. We arrived to see the "Old Faithful" geyser blow and we showed a picture of the event that happens about every hour. It was nice but we really enjoyed the scenery of the mountains, rivers, and valleys more than any of the geysers. Jim Neal, you are right, very little wildlife to be seen, about six buffalo and a dozen elk were all we saw the entire day. Traffic was stopped and someone said there were bear cubs on the side of the road but we never saw them. The falls were spectcular but required some hiking to get the best view. It was a great day but we returned twelve hours later totally exhausted. We plan to recover by not riding the bike more than a mile or two tomorrow to eat and shop downtown.
(Cathy)For those who have traveled with the Energizer Bunny before...Yellowstone in a day..enough said. Seriously, you just can't describe all we have seen and pictures do not do them justice. Everything is just BIG and beautiful.We could all go in together and buy a ranch here for about 6 million.lol I just could not live here, it is way too cold and everything is so spread out. There's not a Wal Mart for some people for a hundred miles! Seriously. And just going to a movie would be an overnight trip.
Great scenery though!!