Day 3 Yellowstone to Cody WY

Last night we ate dinner at Buckaroo Bills. The guy that onwed it used to be a cop in LA and got involved in the rodney King thing. So he quit and started this place. The food was pretty good.

Here is a shot of the cabin we stayed in last night.  Slept like a log (cabin).

This was on the roof of one of the other cabins.

We left West Yellowstone and headed into the park.  There was frost on my bike this morning.  I put all my clothes on and a face mask.

I ran across this sign.  I thought it belonged in this blog.

We are just starting on the Grand Loop.  There was enough scenery to make you sick.

This is the parking area by the picture above.  We were still getting used to the cold morning at this point.

This was on the far end of the Grand Loop, just before we turned off to go up to Beartooth pass.  It was a good place to take a break.

This is the Mamoth Hot Springs from a bit of a distance.  The picture doesn't do it justice.

Having some coffee and getting warmed up (again) at the Hotel at Mamoth Hot Springs.

Here are some Bison.  We saw hundreds of them today.  Some just feet away.

We gassed up at Cookle City.  That is just outside of the park's North East gate.

We cut over and headed to Beartooth Pass.  This sign was along the way (apparently we went further than I realized).

There was a waterfall along the way to the top of the pass.  It looked WAAYYYYY better in person than on this picture (its hard to take your own picture).

This is one view from Beartooth Pass.  Its 10,947 feet.  Its above the tree line and its a bit hard to breathe up there.  This pass in on the Chief Joseph Scenic By-way and has a lot of switchbacks.  Its a fun ride!  This area is known for severe winds, thunderstorms and snow in the summer. But, we had none of that today.

We passed by lots of scenic mountains today.

Here is some more....

We ate lunch at the Red Box Car Diner.  They were busy and this is the slowest place on earth to get waited on.  I feared I would have a birthday before my next hamburger.

Finally, we made it to Cody and stayed in a NEW HOTEL.  Tomorrow we will go and see the Buffalo Bill Museum (its full of guns)

We ate dinner at Irma's.  The place used to be a hotel owned by Buffalo Bill.  It still is a hotel and restaurant.  They feature ALL YOU CAN EAT PRIME RIB.  How can you beat that?

Mel and I made quick work of the buffet.

This place is decorated just like you'd think it would be.

They even have nightly gun fights in the streets (except tonight).  I asked the clerk why not tonight?  He answered: "Because the fighters got drunk."   Yep, we're in the West.

Today was a nice easy day, but we didn't make many miles.  Tomorrow will be like this one, except that we will not be in the mountains.