DK's Definitive Ride Report - Some of the Best Scenic Roads Out West - Tons of Photo'

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Yellowstone is on my to do list via bike/trike ... seen it many times ... never via 2 or three wheels.

[DK Custom Products]

Yellowstone is on my to do list via bike/trike ... seen it many times ... never via 2 or three wheels.

We're opposites!

We've been there many times, but never in a car....but there have been a few times when we got caught in traffic, in the sun, on a hot day, and it would have been nice to be sitting in air-con.

Kevin

[DK Custom Products]

Day 17-

Today is the first of 3 days that we're exploring Yellowstone at a relaxed pace. Always before we've been thru Yellowstone and only had 1 or 1.5 days, and then our schedule had us moving on.

I think most everyone has seen tons of photo's of Yellowstone, and Mary took over 500 today, but I'm just going to share a few...well, about 20 of them.

Here we are coming up to the entrance. We already have our NP pass, so we just stop and get a map...



... go thru and pull over to look at it, deciding what we'll do today.



Saw this bike/trike? go by...



...we were stuck in a bit of "buffalo in the road" traffic, you can see how low and small it is on the right side, above the fairing, as it cooked along in the bike lane.



We saw a LOT of buffalo today!



And some fantastic sights!



Waiting, a good distance back, for them to cross the road.



Saw a few groups of riders today.



Yellowstone is an amazing place, and very scenic. But whenever I see this kind of activity, I can't help but think the earth is leaking, and one day it's not gonna be so pretty here. eeek!



Mary enjoying the walk thru the earth's pressure relief valve.



More in next post.

Kevin

[DK Custom Products]

Day 17 concluded-

hahaha, Stock. Bikes. Suck. Did not know Mary took this pic til this afternoon when we got back and I downloaded all her photos.



We headed over to Old Faithful...



...walked over to near it, had our lunch, and it was still another 1.5 hours before it blew again....we saw that just a couple of year ago, so we took a few photos...



...and were on our way. Here's another little traffic jam. Buffalo are walking down the middle of the road, between the cars. I hung back, keeping an escape route open...



...they came to about 10 feet from our front tire, then decided to cut across our lane and walk along the side of the road. Mary was pretty nervous and did not take any photo's until one of them was right beside us...I still could not move forward, since there was another one right in front of us. But I was ready to cut left, into the oncoming lane, if necessary.

This photo is of one right beside us, about 5 feet away. Massive creatures.



Absolutely stunning views!



Another guy that Mary grabbed a pic of as we rode by.



Mary in the Mirror...heading back to W. Yellowstone.



A quick look back...we have two more days to putt around.



Back "home".



Tomorrow is more time in Yellowstone!

Kevin

[ol' school]

Awesome pictures as usual! Yellowstone is full of beautiful scenery! Love the buffalo pics! Probably is pretty unnerving sitting on a trike in the open with one walking that close to you!!!

[MDO]

Awesome photos Kevin! You & Mary will need to publish a book.

[DakotaTG]

Some great pictures of Yellowstone and the buffalo. Gayle and I have been thru Yellowstone 12 times total with several trips on the trike and the rest in a car. Been there early in May and late in October. Actually living here in Idaho now we will get there a few more times I'm sure. We have also been very close to the buffalo. One time Gayle could have slapped the one on the hind quarter as we rode pass, but not a good idea to do that. We've also been close to elk near Mammoth Hot Springs. On a couple occasions we had called out to people to back away from buffalo as they were getting very close to get their selfies and pictures.

Have also been close to buffalo in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in ND. On one occasion we had to stop and help out a couple on a motorcycle that had been hit by a buffalo. Took about 15 minutes for park rangers to get there, about 45 minutes for two ambulances. She had a fractured ankle and he a perforated lung. They actually didn't see the buffalo as it was the last of the herd crossing the road and was hidden by brush and a deep ditch and just came up into them. Three rangers ended up responding and one of them was going to go looking for the herd to see if the one buffalo was injured.

Enjoy the ride!!!

[DK Custom Products]

Awesome pictures as usual! Yellowstone is full of beautiful scenery! Love the buffalo pics! Probably is pretty unnerving sitting on a trike in the open with one walking that close to you!!!

Thanks. Yes, it is not comfortable to be within range of them and not have a good escape route.

Awesome photos Kevin! You & Mary will need to publish a book.

Thank you!

Some great pictures of Yellowstone and the buffalo. Gayle and I have been thru Yellowstone 12 times total with several trips on the trike and the rest in a car. Been there early in May and late in October. Actually living here in Idaho now we will get there a few more times I'm sure. We have also been very close to the buffalo. One time Gayle could have slapped the one on the hind quarter as we rode pass, but not a good idea to do that. We've also been close to elk near Mammoth Hot Springs. On a couple occasions we had called out to people to back away from buffalo as they were getting very close to get their selfies and pictures.

Have also been close to buffalo in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in ND. On one occasion we had to stop and help out a couple on a motorcycle that had been hit by a buffalo. Took about 15 minutes for park rangers to get there, about 45 minutes for two ambulances. She had a fractured ankle and he a perforated lung. They actually didn't see the buffalo as it was the last of the herd crossing the road and was hidden by brush and a deep ditch and just came up into them. Three rangers ended up responding and one of them was going to go looking for the herd to see if the one buffalo was injured.

Enjoy the ride!!!

Thanks. Yes, I've seen some Youtube vids on them knocking bikes over with just a effortless toss of their heads. They can move fast too, when they want to. I prefer to keep my distance!

Kevin

[DK Custom Products]

Day 18-

Today is our second day in Yellowstone, and it is starting out beautifully!



Almost right away we saw these buffalo slowing down a LONG line of traffic going the opposite direction.



They were walking right down the center of the lane!



Cute!



Stopped for some photo's of this waterfall...the beauty in this NP never fails to amaze.



Back riding, enjoying the views!* It is so nice to be able to take our time on this trip, and stop wherever, whenever we want, knowing we have 3 full days to explore.



This is the section of road construction that a few folks have mentioned.



Sheepeater Cliff...when I first read that I thought it was because sheep "ate it" falling off the sheer edge.* Then I read the explanation for the name.* lol



Just amazing, picturesque view after view!*

Was sort of surprised to see snow in Yellowstone still, but there it is.



Even though the speed limit is relatively slow in the park, and the roads are mostly straight...there are some really fun sections of road too.



​​​​​​​More on Day 18 as time allows.

Kevin

[ol' school]

Love the pics Kevin and Mary! Beautiful place to see indeed!

[LadyonaMission]

Yellowstone is on my to do list via bike/trike ... seen it many times ... never via 2 or three wheels.

Well, get ready. Next spring Carla and I will ride up to your house and ride along with you. It will be lots of fun, trust me.

[DK Custom Products]

Day 18 continued-

I promise, I know folks have seen endless photos of Yellowstone...I am not posting many of all the amazing sights we saw that Mary photographed, just a few here and there that seem unique to our ride thru.

A look back at a waterfall..



...and a look ahead.



One of 50+ photo's Mary grabbed of Mammoth Hot Springs as we rode thru-



We saw this sign and wondered why Beartooth Pass would be closed today.* Day after tomorrow we are planning to ride the pass.



We stopped for some pics of this waterfall.* To give some perspective on how large it is...there are two people that you can barely see at the top left of the falls.



Lava Creek looks like a good place to stop and eat our lunch...



Messing around by the water...it is really moving quite fast!



Fixing to eat by the creek.



This is a really nice little glen...



...couldn't hear much of anything over the rushing water, but caught a glimpse of a curious moose, about 75 yards away.



Day 18 concluded in next post.

Kevin

[DK Custom Products]

Day 18 concluded-

A bit closer now, only 60 yards away.



Back rolling. Absolutely beautiful riding!



That's a BIG wall of rock to our right!



Cloud pic for Mary, fun curving road for me. lol



Climbing Mt. Washburn...



...at 7900 feet there's still a bunch of snow. Mary in the Mirror.



Near the top!



Down the other side now, we take a side road to the Virginia Cascades. It is one way, narrow and curvy...



This pic was taken as we are rolling, looking down, off the side of the road.



Headed back to our Motel in W. Yellowstone.



What an amazing day, and we still have more to see tomorrow!

Kevin

[Jack Klarich]

You had to say that four letter word SNOW

Cool pictures and great story line thanks for all the posts , hope you and Mary are having a great time

Them Moose sure are ugly

[Trent]

That's because it looks like an Elk...!! Ha ha!!!

[MDO]

A great job on the play by play of your trip of a lifetime, along with the awesome pics.

The road were the snow was, what was the outside temp riding through there?

[hardwickbv]

Great Pics!!!

You now have my wife planning a trip to Yellowstone.

Bob

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Well, get ready. Next spring Carla and I will ride up to your house and ride along with you. It will be lots of fun, trust me.

Might wanna wait until a little closer to summer ... Spring is pool opening season ... and ... Lots of Yellowstone has snow in the spring ... even in the Summer ... Sorry Jack ... didn't mean to say that 4 letter word.

[DK Custom Products]

You had to say that four letter word SNOW



Cool pictures and great story line thanks for all the posts , hope you and Mary are having a great time

Them Moose sure are ugly

Cool, glad you're enjoying them!

That's because it looks like an Elk...!! Ha ha!!!

You know I get them critters mixed up.

A great job on the play by play of your trip of a lifetime, along with the awesome pics.

The road were the snow was, what was the outside temp riding through there?

Thank you. It was in the low 70's when we rode thru about mid day.

Great Pics!!!

You now have my wife planning a trip to Yellowstone.

Bob

Cool! I think you're going to enjoy it!

Kevin

[DK Custom Products]

Day 19-

So, today is our last day in Yellowstone. After spending the day looking around, we will be exiting via the NE entrance and traveling the few miles to Cooke City, where we'll be staying tonight.

What a great way to start the day...



...I can already tell it is going to be one of those perfect riding days!



Some fellow riders out enjoying the day!



Stopped at Canyon Village to look around. Yeah, that's snow in the parking lot.



Here's even more snow that I had to play in a bit. lol



Photo of some wildlife that Mary snapped while we were riding.



Yellowstone's Grand Canyon!



Amazing land, perfect weather and a great road to be riding on!!!!



After parking we walked to the look-out on the South Rim...



A closer look at the waterfall.



More in next post.

*Kevin