Yesterday
was such a nice day I stripped down the bike and headed into
Yellowstone. The bike is so much more fun without being weighted down.
I spent the day in the park, saw a number of sights and then around
6:00pm it started to rain. I had to start heading back to my hotel in
Cody since it would be getting cold and windy in the rain.
Just one more stop at the Yellowstone Grand Canon, that's all.. just a few more pictures.
That was the beginning of a disaster. I took one to many pictures and
it got cold, wet and dark. I still had 90 miles to go, and I was only
going 25mph due to the rain, it was dark and I was freezing. After two
hours I made it to the park east exit. I still had 52 miles to go and
everything hurt since I was so cold. Afraid of bears, I parked at the
entrance to the park under some lights. My jacket and paints only being
mesh did nothing to stop the cold getting to my bones. It was now
below 40 and raining. I stopped a
camper rolling by and got a trash bag to put over me. That was little
help. With 50+ miles to go, a mountain to cross at 8300 feet I was
doing all I could to not freeze to death. I came up on a set of cabins
and a bar, walked in, did not even have to say a word. It was obvious,
I needed a place to stay. The bar tender hooked me up with cabin 22
and I was safe from freezing.
Moral of the story, always carry rain gear.
This morning I got up early, rode back to my hotel, took a HOT shower
and got something to eat. Think it is going to be a short day today.
Duane
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