Start Location: Billings, MT
Ending Location: West Yellowstone, MT
Miles Today: 227
Trip Miles: 1979
States Visited: 5
National Parks Visited: 1
Low Temp: 57.7° F
High Temp: 88.9° F
Min Elevation: 2942'
Max Elevation: 10947'
Route Map:
Bismarck 2024 - Day 10
Well no graph today. It appears we had a second SD Card failure of some
sort. There is an indication on my display if the logging to the card
is occurring and it appeared to be logging all day. However when I
plugged the card into the computer, everything locked up and I couldn't
read the card. I tried the built-in card reader and an auxiliary reader
and had the same results. Not sure what the exact problem might be. I
was able to purchase another card in West Yellowstone and we'll see how
it goes tomorrow.
Overall
the ride today was great. This was the best weather we ever had going
over Beartooth Pass. Based on previous experience we expected to be
cold and to have to put on our heated vests and even plug them in. The
temperature never got below about 57 degrees and we never even put the
vests on. The skies were clear and the ride was really pleasant.
We
arrived at Yellowstone around noon and got right in - no long lines.
Almost immediately we saw very large herds of bison - some even
blocking the road for a short time. These are very large animals up
close and I'm sure could do damage to our bike if they wanted to.
Fortunately there were no problems. We've been to Yellowstone many
times and have probably stopped at almost all of the attractions, some
numerous times so we didn't make too many stops. We did stop at Tower
Falls for lunch with hundreds of other travelers. It was also much
hotter in Yellowstone than we had thought it would be.
We finally left Yellowstone around 4:00 PM and checked into our hotel
shortly after that.
Tomorrow's final destination will be Twin Falls, Idaho.
