Start Location: West Yellowstone, MT
Ending Location: Twin Falls, ID
Miles Today: 310
Trip Miles: 2289
States Visited: 5
National Parks Visited: 1
National Monuments Visited: 1
Attractions Visited: 1
Low Temp: 66.8° F
High Temp: 105.4° F
Min Elevation: 3619'
Max Elevation: 7096'
Route Map:
Bismarck 2024 - Day 11
Well it looks like the logging saga continues. I plugged in the new SD
card today but got no logging. Not sure what the problem is but it may
be with my wiring. I'll worry about it when we get home. I may just buy
a commercial logger, since I first built mine, there are several very
nice ones available and they are really cheap.
On the bright side I found that I could use GPS Visualizer to
create very nice elevation plots from my phones GPX data. I'm currently
just using the default plot data but there are a lot more options to
try out.
We
delayed a little leaving the hotel this morning because the temperature
got down to 45 last night. I think we left around 9:30 but the
temperature went up pretty quickly. By the end of the ride I was
reading 105 and, when we went out to dinner, one of the local signs was
reading 109. That's really too hot. Yesterday we got stopped for a
little while for bison crossing the road, today it was horses.
We
only made one stop today and that was at Craters of the Moon National
Monument. We viewed a short video about volcanoes at the Visitor Center
and rode the 7 mile loop road through the park. We did not even attempt
to hike. It was too hot and we were not dressed for it.
We
had planned to visit Shoshone Falls, billed as Niagara of the West, on
the way into Twin Falls but again - too hot. After dinner we took the
short 6 mile ride to the falls and it was very impressive. We did get a
few pictures here and here.
It
looks like tomorrow will be a hot one, We are staying in Pendleton
tomorrow night and may try to leave a little early to avoid the late
afternoon heat.
