Sunday, September 7, 2014

Yellowstone Ride

Went on the HOG Chapter's Annual Yellowstone Ride.  This is our 4th year participating and we enjoy it.  We spend the night in Chico and enjoy the hot pools.

For some reason, Gary and I are the experts on Cody.  They asked us where the best place to eat was. We mention Granny's because it's large enough for us, or there is the Irma or Sunset House.  It was decided we go to Granny's.

We had to be at the dealership before 9:00 am as the ride left promptly at 9:00.  We made our way to Cody for breakfast.  We ate at Granny's, they are very good at getting our large group inside and served.  We were smart this time getting gas.  The group always stops at the gas station at the top of the hill as you get into town, we gassed up at the station right next to the restaurant.  We also got a good parking space.

We made good time getting into the park.  Right at the entrance there was a moose down the hill but we couldn't see him very well and nobody really stops so that I could get some photos.

With all the road construction in the park, we rode to Canyon Village.  We made a stop at Artist Point for a break and photo ops.  We got a group photo but not on my camera.  One lady was kind enough to take the photo, then she asked if she could get in our group photo and send to her family.  It was fun.

We made it to Chico and got checked in around 6:00pm.  We had wonderful weather, nice for a September day.  The water in the pools wasn't as warm as it usually is.  One of the guys talked to worker and they think that the earthquake the park got last week some how messed up the water temperature.  The water was warm just not as warm as usual.

We didn't ride back with the group on Sunday morning.  They always ride back into the park and take the Northeast entrance and down the mountain into Red Lodge.  We had things to do at home.

We had a nice ride home, left Chico pretty early around 7:00 am, had breakfast in Big Timber.  We were home by 11:00 am.

Had a great time and look forward to next year.


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