2017 West Coast - Rain in Yellowstone

Have you ever wondered where UPS will deliver too?

Oddly, where ever I head to, on a motorcycle, a UPS truck will impede my journey.  We found this UPS in a remote northern part of the Yellowstone park.

We left Jackson and headed north toward Yellowstone. To our west was the Teton Mountain range.

As we got closer to the Yellowstone gate, the ski was darkening so we pulled over and suited up for rain. Just as we got back onto the road the ski opened up. When the bike is moving we are not affected, as much, by the rain. So when we got to the gate and had to sit in line for 10 minutes, we got drenched. To make matters worse, it hailed upon us. Traffic thru the park sucked! If you plan to go anywhere fast, dont! We got wet.

About 15 minutes from Old Faithful, the rain stopped.  We visited a scenic overlook and then pulled into the Old Faithful parking lot. There were tons of cars, lots of traffic, and numerous people. Since we had a wait for the eruption, we bought some souvenirs. Then we split up, LoriAnn got in line to get us lunch. I headed out and found us seats.  LoriAnn found me and we finished eating in time for the blow.

Check out the background behind the plume. Another storm was coming. Right after the blow was over, rangers were telling people to get indoors or get in your cars. We went to the bike and suited up for rain again. We got out of the parking lot and onto the highway, and then the rain and hail came again.

Later in the afternoon, the rain cleared. This gave us an opportunity to enjoy the scenary. We looked hard for wild life in the park. We saw canadian geese, an antelope, deer, a bear and lots of buffalo.

Today was a short day in miles, with 199 completed.