We went from the Grand Teton park to Yellowstone park today, a total of 42 miles and 1800 ft of ascent. A leisurely day, enjoying the ride through the park. We went clockwise from Grant Village to Madison, passing by many areas with Geyser activity including Old Faithful. Unfortunately when we arrived at Old Faithful, it wasn’t scheduled to erupt for another hour and a half and we didn’t want to hang around, so we continued on. There were a ton of people in the park, more than at Grand Teton park. A lot of traffic, made me long for the days riding through the countryside in Ohio. At Old Faithful there is a huge visitors center, and a very large lodge. A lot of people hanging around waiting for Old Faithful to spout again. We did see our first bison! A herd of about 40, but they were maybe a quarter mile away. Hoping to get some closeup looks tomorrow on our day off. Yes, we have ANOTHER day off tomorrow! Taking advantage of these beautiful places to hang out and view the sites before our push to Missoula Montana.
Riding a bike in the park seems OK. The shoulders are narrow but cars seem to be bike cautious and give us room, though not much because there is a lot of traffic going the other way. So it pays to be cautious and always have your lights on when riding here. We are also staying more in groups, just in case someone has a problem. There is NO cell service. The campsite at Madison is very nice, but no showers,no electricity and no cell service. Fine with me!! I can be disconnected from the world for a couple of days.
Here are the RidewithGPS stats:
We had to shuttle into the park using our van as they didn’t allow bikes to enter the park, so the van carried the bikes to Grant Village in the park and we biked to our campsite at the Madison Campground.
Biking across the USA with Mike 
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