Miles since Rancho Santa Fe 3253
Miles since Loreto 4063
The first half of today was a repeat of our other National Park days, only worse. Tons of traffic, road construction, every pullout for the geysers and hot springs was full with no place to park, and Old Faithful was a joke, thousands of cars, a multitude of buildings, restaurants, gas stations... it looked like Disneyland. Every time any animal came within view of the road, instant traffic stoppage. 45 minutes construction delay and we finally made it halfway through. The good news, the weather is perfect. Once past Yellowstone Lake, we head north to the northeast park entrance. The traffic is much lighter, and the views are even better. There are large herds of Bison, lots of fisherman (I've yet to see any of them with a fish!) and more great scenery. Once we leave the park we pass through the town of Cooke City, neat old town with some cool looking saloons and lodges. If we come here again. I would definitely enter the park through the North entrance or this one. From here we head up onto the Bear Tooth Pass. 65 miles of awesome beauty, incredible views and hundreds of tight corners. Traffic is light with quite a few bikes, mostly Harleys plodding along with their usual cast of characters dressed in their dew rags, fingerless gloves, and wife beater T-shirts. I can't help but think "WTF" the road goes up to nearly 11,000 feet, temps drop into the 50's.... We do see small groups of Adventure bikes and sport touring bikes, but mostly HD clunkers. The road is open and easy to pass so we breeze along. It is the best road we've hit so far. We end up in the cool town of Red Lodge, lots of small hotels and bars. 3 Harley shops. Our hotel is nice, big room for a change, decorated with old motorcycle photos, beer store across the street. Most of the other rooms have Harleys parked in front. Some of the guys walk by looking at our bike, most have never heard of a KTM.
That's OK, it's all good
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