Goodbye Montana

July 7

I got in a couple of fun rides early this morning. Both of them were very pretty. The photo below was on one called South Cottonwood trail. At then end you arrive in a very serene meadow filled with alpine flowers. Don't forget you start most rides at about 5500 feet. By the end of the rides I was fairly trashed due to heat and elevation. I can't seem to drink enough water. 

South Cottonwood traill. 

To remedy my water issue... I made bacon. A lot of bacon.  It was delicious. I am still eating it today. 

I departed Bozeman to make my way to Jackson Wyoming around 8pm. I have to say this state get purtier n purtier as I travel through it. Not wanting to miss out on the scenery I slept in Big Sky, Montana.

awesome red sunset on the way to Yellowstone.

July 8 

Today I woke up and was on the road by 7. Still stunning scenery. My phone photos just don't do justice but here are a couple. 

One of the highlights of Yellowstone was that I actually saw up close (50 feet) a full grown bull Bison. The thing was enormous. I have a feeling this sighting was actually pretty rare because people were stopping traffic later for a view of a moose about 1km away in a lake.

 I took a bunch of photos of the geysers in Yellowstone but really my pics are not fantastic. If you ever get the chance to visit this place you should. It really is a beautiful park. 

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Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Pulling into Jackson Hole is like pulling into a movie set. Craziest thing I  saw right away is that they have antler displays. I don't really know how else to explain an antler display  other than to say 'take 500 dead elks horns and wire them all up to make it look like an arch'. The weirder thing... there are about 5 of them from the number I have counted so far in town. 

The ski hill ends at the street.