June 25, 2013
Last night we had to eat out. Rained again.
Could not cook outside. Ate at
the Lake House that sits on Yellowstone Lake.
Beautiful lake in the sunshine. Rained
again during the night. Tents all wet
again. In fact, it is raining again here
in Wyoming where we are tonight. I am
sitting in the laundry room doing this.
Today, we left about 6:30 in the cold and there was a
drizzle still. We headed out of Yellowstone
on a 21 mile ride. Saw no wildlife, but
a great falls, Lewis Falls. Second falls
we have seen. We saw Gibbon Falls the
night before. Jack says he heard there are
almost 300 falls in the park but only a few are accessible to tourists. We have seen some bald eagles and elk, but no
moose’s. Everybody has seen a bison
except for me. I think they should have
a little zoo like thing where people like me can see animals we did not see
while in the park. Just before the South
Entrance, we rode past Lewis Lake. We
rode through Lewis Canyon. Looked like
the Grand Canyon. Got out of the park
and had coffee at a place I think it was called Flag Ranch, about 2 miles
outside of the South Entrance. A little
too nice for us but coffee was good. They had pictures of bear, bison, a
moose. So that took care of me. Soon
thereafter, we had to wait for a herd of elk to cross the road. About
a dozen. Had a pretty good ride
after that along roads with good shoulder until we came upon a construction
zone where they were repaving. They
would not let us ride through the construction zone. We had to have our bikes loaded into a pickup
and they drove us to the end of the construction zone. Whole process took about 30-40 minutes. Soon thereafter, Jerry proceeded on to meet
Sue at the RV Park and Jack and I took a detour to the Tetons. It was about a 30 mile total detour, but it
was well worth it. Those of you that
have witnessed the “big boys” know what I am talking about. Very impressive. Jenny Lake is at the base of the Tetons. Another beautiful lake. Can’t tell you the feeling you have riding
along a road on a bike and having those mountains just sitting there while you
are riding on the rim of the lake. While we had lunch, we sat with a couple from
Australia. They come to the US every
year for several months and travel around in a 37 foot RV. When they get done with their trip, they
store the RV and go back to Australia and pick up on their trip the next year
where they left off.
Jack and I got to the campsite while Jerry and Sue were
heading toward Jackson Hole. Put up
tents and proceeded into our evening routine.
All along our trip, we have been on roads and in areas
that have historical landmarks that talk about Lewis and Clark. A lot of our
trip has been along the Lewis and Clark Trail. For you history buffs, you know how
important those two guys were. For me
and Jack, we had no idea. Those guys
don’t get the credit they are due. There
is a book called “Undaunted Courage” that Jerry has already read. If you need
to get me a Christmas gift…….. He has kept us up to snuff on their travels and
such. Two amazing guys. They did more to shape the West than anybody. Jerry is like the Internet. He knows all about Lewis and Clark, Yellowstone,
the volcano in Yellowstone, and on and on.
They man is a walking encyclopedia.
Tomorrow we are heading toward two cities named after Indian chiefs and
he was telling us the story how they got into a mano on mano scuffle. Don’t know how he retains it all.
Tomorrow, we had for Fort Washake. 118 miles away.
Jeff, Jerry, Jack, and Sue
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