The eastern entrance to Yellowstone. We had just planned to motor through the park to say we'd done it but little did we realize how many wonders lay ahead that would turn this into an all day adventure. It took some real patience to get a picture of the sign without tourists standing in front of it posing for photos.

This is the 8,000 + ft. pass you have to cross if you enter Yellowstone Park from the east. It was lightly snowing and the guys warned me that if I mentioned one more time how wonderful my electric vest was, they were going to take it away and burn it to warm their hands! Vince is no doubt rummaging through his tank bag looking for something warmer to put on and wondering how he got signed up for this winter weather bullshit! Oh, why are we sitting up here you ask? We're parked up here in this desolate pass so Joe can take pictures of the snow. Really. No shit!

We're over the pass, the sun is coming out and life is good once again. I turned off my vest and Vince is calming down. We're overlooking Yellowstone Lake. The couple that Lenny spoke to the previous day at Shell Falls stopped to say hi and that they were glad we found our frozen friends.

One of many amazing sights in the park, this cave loudly belches sulfurous steam and smells just like Tacoma. Scott swears he saw the troll that lives in the cave. Hmmm!

What a bunch of tourists! Joe insisted that we pose in front of this stinking mud hole. We were equally fascinated and horrified by the numerous signs warning of the dangers of wandering off the path and telling how many people have been horribly scalded and even killed by the boiling, caustic mud.

This is the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and a spectacular sight. The colors on the canyon walls are caused by all the volcanic steam vents spewing chemicals. The photo does not do this justice so get on your bike and see it for yourself.

This is the Blue Star Spring and is one of the many geothermic features surrounding Old Faithful. The hot water spring is vivid blue, crystal clear and is fringed with a delicate, lacey, crystaline rock formation.

We were going to blow off Old Faithful but somehow it seemed sacrilegious to come this far and not check it out. So we waited 85 minutes and she put on a great show. It takes that long for it to recharge, build up pressure and blow water and steam 110 ft. high. We felt complete and continued on our journey.

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