Day 5 Our second full day in Yellowstone National Park. Left Canyon Village and went for Lower Geyser Basin. We saw… yes, you guessed it, geysers, hot springs, mudpots, fumaroles. There were so many of them we were getting bored. Skipped the Midway Geyser Basin altogether, especially as we saw the queue of cars waiting for a place to park. Stopped at Old Faithful. There’s an entire village built around Continue…
First morning in Yellowstone. After waiting for the sun to rise and warm us up (like some lizards), we jumped in the car and went exploring. Went northbound and visited: Beryl Spring – one of the geothermal features producing the fog I kept seeing the previous night. Our first sight and it was pretty cool. One of the hottest springs in the park, with the water close to boiling point. Continue…
Probably the longest drive of the trip – 8 hours in total. After 4 hours on highways, we got another two to cross the mountains and another two through Yellowstone, to our campsite. Let’s jump straight to the mountain crossing. The road’s name is Beartooth All American Highway. Climbing up to over 3300 meters, it’s their version of the Transalpina. Or rather Transalpina is our version of Beartooth. Started from Continue…
Day 1 Morning finds me groggy from too little sleep following the midnight flight. Still, I don’t have time to relax – I have to run some errands. Get an Uber to the car rental office, get the car, go to the bike shop, try to buy the bike I talked to them about… but it’s out of stock… discontinued actually in preparation for launching the 2019 model. Get back Continue…