East of Yellowstone

We leave Yellowstone by the East Entrance ( if that makes sense!). We make an early start; not difficult when there are no 'blue' jobs. We are well on the road by 7.15. It is a cold morning - 36F - but clear and calm.

Then ... we see a bison walking nonchalantly along the road!

Yellowstone National Park was the only place in the US where wild, free roaming bison survived extermination in the late 1800's. Now with over 3,000 bison, Yellowstone has the world's largest herd. They roam freely over the park as you can see!!

Not much further along the road several cars are stopped on the side of the road. We stop too and - sure enough - a grizzly bear is eating grasses and roots on a slight incline not far from the road.



Trevor speaks with a ranger who is watching the bear and the visitors. He finds out that it is a 2 year old grizzly; it has recently left its mum; it has been hanging around the campground and the rangers are watching it as it moves away. Neat!!!!









We then take more than 2 hours to cover about 40 miles as we drive through Sylvan Pass - at 8,530 ft - to the East Entrance. The road takes us through the Wapiti Valley as we follow the North Fork of the Shoshone river. It is a spectacular drive ... a bit scary though; very windy and high and of course, the drop offs are on my side!!

We are on the Buffalo Bill Scenic Byway, said to be ' the most scenic 50 miles in the world'.  We descend into fertile valleys between the ranges. It is just beautiful!

 Before we arrive in Cody we pass the Buffalo Bill Dam, prototype for the Hoover Dam.



And then we are driving into Buffalo Bill's namesake town of Cody.