The weather looked promising so we decide to visit Yellowstone National Park. The east entrance to Yellowstone is closed due to an avalanche and the next entrance is the Northeast entrance by way of Cooke City. The road to Cooke City is the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway another road to take on a motorcycle. Just a beautiful drive!! This was going to add extra hours to the ride but off we went. It is a long ride to the entrance but worth it. We saw bison, deer, elk, long horn sheep, antelope and the rear end of a Grizzly. There were more people than I thought would be there on a Tuesday in May but I can only imagine the traffic jams during the summer. When grizzlys are sited, the road becomes a parking lot with everyone wanting a glimpse. The weather was perfect and it took us just 5 hours :) with numerous stops to see the animals, to get to Mammoth Hot Springs. Mammoth Hot Springs has numerous places to eat, fuel and motels but the thermal features are very cool looking. We had a nice lunch and decided to look around a bit and head back to Cody, made it home in 4 hours with just a few stops to see some more animals. Yellowstone is a great place and we hope to go back and see Old Faithful, if not we will be back, I am sure.
Pictures are of just getting to the Northeast entrance thru Cooke City.
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