Is this friggin thing gonna fit?
All aboard!!!
The car's name fits where we're headed.
I can't believe we stopped at the Corn Palace.
Where do you put your butt on this thing?
What's in this baggie?
Could be Al's bike!.
KOA at Pine Creek, along Yellowstone River. This was the trip stagging campsite.
We told Michael there was a fancy restaurant along this trail so he decided to join us.
Rose
Thimble Berry
Arnica
Michael amazed us all by edging on to this log bridge for a picture.
[move -1] Trip starts on foot in Gallatin National Forest.
Calling planet earth.....
Dinner, second night, everyone has arrived except Mitch
All that stuff fit on these 10 bikes
"He gets by with a little help from his friends......"
You can only stuff so much in that pack!
Load em up, boys
Paradise Valley, gateway to Yellowstone
Don Qujiote & what's his name.
Yo, Peter
Paradise Valley view. Architectural image by Skip
Breakfast at the Emigrant Saloon
Where's weirdo?
Those front panniers weighed 20 pounds each (foreshadowing...)
This route into Yellowstone kept us away from traffic and provided great views of the Yellowstone River and Paradise Valley.
Devil's Slide
These spare wheels would have been handy toward the end of the trip (more foreshadowing...)
Four horsemen
We were very happy to find cold water and ice cream here after a long ride in the open.
This one is Devil's Slide. The previous one wasn't
Yellowstone RV Park, first night out, in Gardiner.
Forty miles in the wilderness, sleeping like a baby
Michael outsmarts(?) the critters
Day 2, mostly uphill starting with a long ramp
Roosevelt Gate, North entrance to Yellowstone
Yo Jerry
Michael and his bicycle catch a ride in a very special sag wagon
Ice cream at Mammoth brings on a smile.
Very serious bear box
Night 2, Campsite at Mammoth...early to bed, early to rise...
Mammoth Hot Springs, upper terrace
Bill
[Move +1. Skip's photos may be backdated 1 hour] View opening up into Gardiner's Hole as we passed through the Golden Gate
About 7 miles from Mammoth uphill to the Golden Gate
Tony in amazing meadow
First bison
Geothermal features everywhere (fumeroles)
Near campsite at Norris
Some challenging roads
Peter and Jerry retrieve Bill and Michael from Bozeman hospital
Jerry's elk. We deleted all his flowers.
Early morning from campsite at Norris
Met up with Marty & Joyce & Sam. COLD morning; Joyce made us c.c.coffee
Visitor to Jerry's tent
Ranger Dot's hike started here
Some went hiking, some went to Geyser basin
Norris Geyser basin, deep deep pond
Ranger Dot! (Pass it back)
Calcifed forest
Water across rock
That's water across the top
Looking through water here, so clear it's hard to see
Anywhere else we'd be horrified by these bacteria counts
Tony
Skeins of algae
Rainbows of color develop across a runoff stream
Rainbow
Water flowing across
Georgia O'Keefe
Norris campsite
Norris geyser basin at dusk
Peter and Steve left before the rest. This is Virginia Cascade
Edge of the road, and edge of the waterfall
B...n s...t
Evidence of the 1987 fire everywhere
Alpine meadow on the way to Canyon Village
(photo taken by a Southern Belle)
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
GCY Upper Falls
How come Michael gets to keep lichen pictures and all Jerry's flowers are gone?
Falls
Tony finds a broccoli bush and a pepper tree
Norris at dusk again. Very few people here in the evening.
What is this? Who is this?
Norris at night
Don't jump the queue if it has a bison in it.
Norris in the early morning
Bull elk
Fumerole across Firehold River, or maybe the Gibbon River
Not as steep as it looks
Elk cavort
Skip's pic
rotate this
Michael's pic
By Firehole River
Falls along Gibbon River. Lots of falls, which usually means a tough climb. Luckily we were going downhill (all the way)
Michael's bison. Michael was sentenced to view a film of park visitors being gored or tossed in the air by bison. He will never do it again.
Algae has never been so beautiful
Jerry likes this one better.
This would be a fumerole except it's under water. Jerry: "nature's hot tub"
Madison bookstore (where the gored visitor film was)
More scum. Yuk.
This, at last, is the Firehole River. Uphill
Tony never misses a chance for a swim
oooh
We can't let this lovely photo go by
Mudpots
Deep deep blue
Blooop!
This was a geyser (meaning, intermittant)
Cool pic
Colored dust or steam (technically, condensed water vapor). [BLOW UP]
Firehole River
Firehole River
What is the physics of this deep blue color?
Wow
What's this formation called?
Splush
There's nothing to say...
just unbelievably bright colors
algae
more algae. Each type grows best at a different temperature, thus, the rainbow of colors across a runoff stream
more
textures and shapes. Solid surface, must have been underwater earlier
more
more
Old Faithful Inn, fireplace and clock.
Always copied, never matched.
Might there have been
candles
here?
Outside Inn. (Don't say it)
Japanese tourists, obviously
Beer before lousy dinner. It helped
Bill
Six days into trip, totally relaxed
No thought of work
First day we had Marty with us
If there are too many architectural detail photos, blame this guy
[TUNE UP]
Hobbits built this
Beetle also waking
Skip was here
9PM
Lobby
Jerry's pic, Old Faithful
Another Jerry postcard special. Old Faceful
Waiting for Tony. And waiting. Where could he be? (Tony was miles ahead)
Jerry in front of Kepler Cascades, on the way up to Craig Pass
12x zoom. How many petals?
Jay
Umm... Continental Divide?
Crossing Continental Divide for a second time
CD
Duck Lake, Yellowstone Lake in the background
Mitch serving hors de'ourves
Fat Tire beer, Grant Village
Journaling
Mitch working on kasha, his grandma's recipe. Nominee for best camp dinner, no kidding
Look out, Bill+Gasoline
Red light district
Jerry thought this looked like a breast, can you believe that?
Drying dishes in the spin dryer, a.k.a. Big Red
[BRIGHTEN]
Hank
Jerry
Skip in identical spot 30 years later [NOTE TO SKIP - PROVIDE OLDER PICTURE PLEASE]
Or maybe this one
Tony never passed a chance to swim
Cool calcitish stuff
Flowers brighten up the drabbest rock outcropping
Rain
What are these?
Watch bird
Favorite beers
Lewis Lake
Rest stop, on our way toward Tetons
On bridge by Lewis Falls
Nice guy, but only a choice between too tele and too wide
Steep
Tetons in the distance
Several days of fabulous riding
Guess.
Steve. This is as far in as he got
Lizard Creek primitive campground, but there are not lizards [CROP]
[this one]
Guess who?
Ask me about Rachel
Steve
A marvelous bird is the Pelican
Hearts
Hearts
Phone sex? (Maybe not)
What kibitzers eat
Is what?
Lizard Creek. Freeze dried Pad Thai
9PM
Clear view of the Tetons ahead
Cold at 7:30AM
7:34AM, still cold
Kibitzers in the wild. Taken by some happy ~Danes Skip met
Why?
Sign says: Watch for Mountains Ahead
Peter's favorite day of biking
Streams cascading down mountain, melt water
Al joined us. Marty and Tony left. We're at Jenny Lake. [CHOOSE ONE OF 3]
Tortellini with borrowed tomatoes
Mirror smooth lake
Mo, Larry, and Curly, at Cascade Canyon
Cascade
Hidden Falls
Another Falls
Old man of the mountain
Al's buddy and solo camper Tom. Or maybe Doug
Trail up to Inspiration Point
Inspiration Point
Hydrological cycle at work
Nice flower. Probably camphorweed
Beautiful trail
Purple marmot & lichen
Up Cascade Canyon
Columbine
The moose! It moved a little but never emerged from chest deep in the swamp. We watched for about an hour
Skip, a.k.a. Anders
Swamp watch
Name that scat
There were 45 photos of the marmot; consider yourself lucky
Lichen
Indian Paintbrush
Red bells? [BRIGHTEN]
Low cloud rolling over mountain across Jenny Lake, 5:30PM
Fog on moutainside
Our camp at Jenny Lake
A Michael picture
Clothespins of the Tetons
Tofu master
Tofu make me happy
[FIX]
Rainbow over Jenny Lake Campground
Kibitzers watching rainbow over Jenny Lake Campground
This cloud at the mountain peak formed on one side as it blew awy at the other
Pretty. Skip, 8:40PM
Nice too
Nicer still
So nice it hurts
Primeval sunset
Al's rain pants
Good diner on Route 89
Al blends in with the local populace. Not.
Grand Canyon of the Snake River
Grand Canyon of the Snake River
Peter
Chalet breakfast
Crossing into Idaho
Palisades resevoir
Great swimming in the reservoir
Sandhill Cranes
A fixer-upper
Climbing Pine Creek Pass
11 mile climb
Climb...
Osprey
Kibitzers at base of Osprey pole
Al's sarong.
Victor, Idaho (Peter's friend Sal on the right)
Bitch Creek Beer, + Sal
Bill directs traffic
Oh no!
Idaho moon
Sal rode 10 miles on Peter's bike
Peter takes that day off
Mitch agrees this was a really good breakfast. Waitresses in Idaho increasingly beautiful, and all from out East
West side of Tetons
56 mile day. Very open, windy
Mesa Falls
Mist-fed rainforest
Open road
Al on the road
Karaoke bar
This is the only bar open on Sunday for 50 miles around. Steve takes aim
Henry's Lake State Park. Rapidly changing weather
Kibitzer slum
Henry's Lake
How do they feel about guns in Montana?
West Yellowstone bike & coffee shop
Yo Dude, Bill!
Jerry's rear rim ripped
Swim & Snooze by the river
Mitch follows Al's fashion inspiration
OK, Ok
Gardiner [BRIGHTEN]
Packing up in Gardiner. It all fit in before....
Chico Hot Springs.
Hank can't look
Mitch's birthday at a microbrewery in Bozeman
Heebs?
Art deco
Mitch with birthday present
Coal train. Sal used to work on these trains
Brush fires
Brush fires
Devil's Tower
You can climb Devil's Tower
Brush fire, sun through it
Nap in Minnesota
Nap in Friendly, MN
Last campsite