The word for the day is Flexibility!
Thursday night a thunderstorm ignited a fire in southeastern Yellowstone. Thanks to a southwest wind, the fire is now at the east entrance of the park. And yes, that is the road we were planning on taking. There is another entrance, some 70 miles to the northwest but the air quality is quite poor due to the smoke. So biking into the park is not a feasible option anymore. But, we have made a few calls and will be entering the modern era for a few days. We will drive into the park (the situation is fine within most of the park), spend a few days there and then come back to Cody to decide on our exit strategy from this area. Every situation has it's silver lining and again we have been helped out by many nice people. The campground is storing our bikes for us and the rental car agency will pick us up from the campground. Also, we will be able to see more areas of the park in a car than from the slow, but steady pace of our bicycles. Again, things are working out just fine, just not exactly the way we originally planned. Another life lesson, don't sweat the things you have no control over. Once we return to Cody, we'll check on the fires and decide where this trip will take us next!
About Me
- Mary and Dave
- We are at it again. We cycled 1200 miles down the coast of Oregon, into California, over the Golden Gate Bridge and into San Francisco. Then it was a ferry across the bay to Vallejo and a lovely side trip up the Napa Valley to Callestoga. That was the end of the bike portion of our trip.
