We collected Colin's bike from Eaglerider early this morning, & it seemed to be running well enough. Even though we weren't convinced with their 'bad gas' theory, they had drained the tank & replaced the gas, & as long as it was running & we could be on our way, we were happy with that.
Once again we rode through the plains with the Tetons on our left, towards Yellowstone. Colin & Sandra, & Kev & Janet hed missed having their photo taken at the Yellowstone sign, so we pulled into the lay-by for them at the entrance to the park. There we met some people with interesting motorcycle & sidecar combos, & very comfortable they looked, too, with all mod cons in the sidecar, including a DVD player with drop-down screen! The one below is a Triumph.
Colin & Co also wanted to see Old Faithful as they had missed it the previous day, so we gave them directions & agreed to meet up later in the day at our Cody hotel.
We again rode through Yellowstone, but this time taking a different route, turning eastwards through Fishing Bridge, & enjoying the beautiful scenery as we followed the edge of Heart Lake for several miles. Eventually we left the park, & skirted the edge of the Shoshone Forest before dropping down the sweeping bends to our lunch stop at Pahaska Teepee Lodge, once Buffalo Bill's hunting lodge. There were a group of people on the roadside when we arrived; they had sighted a moose in the trees about 50 yards away, but he had moseyed off by the time I got my camera. Shucks!
Heavy black clouds loomed in the distance, & we could see the occasional lightning bolt on the far side of the hills as we continued our ride towards Cody. As the afternoon wore on, the wind got up & large spots of rain began to fall, slowly at first, then it lashed down hard & heavy for several minutes. We got through it quickly enough though, & by the time we reached our log cabin acommodations around 3.30pm everyone had dried out again.
Every Nite is Rodeo Nite in Cody! So the posters proclaim, & it's such a fun & entertaining evening it's really not to be missed! Not just for tourists, Cody residents take their rodeo seriously, & it's an evening out for the whole family. Everyone in our group wanted to go, & they all had a great time, however John & I had to pass; we've been before, & we had more mundane things to attend to, shopping for drinks for the van, washing, & checking out alternative cabin accommodations for future tours. We also wanted to update this blog, but couldn't get online, so we thankfully had an early(ish) night.
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