Gorgeous day of biking through the Tetons and Yellowstone. It’s really something to be out here after so many weeks of biking through flat, unchanging plains. The scenery is really unmatched out here.

Saw a ton of elk/deer along the ride today. Then midafternoon we nearly ran into a bison walking straight down the middle of the road. Bison (or buffalo, I guess they’re the same thing) are apparently pretty tempermental and end up goring a numbe of Yellowstone tourists each year, so we decided to wait and flag down a truck to block us as we passed the huge beast.

Also went and saw Old Faithful go off. I was saying to Dane that I’d have probably soiled myself if I saw that out in the wilderness, but with all the hype, hundreds of people, and countless trinkets they’re peddling around that one geyser, I found it all merely pretty impressive.

It started getting late, and we found out all the campgrounds were full. We decided we’d pull up to one of them and try to sweet talk our way into the campground. Luckily, we found out that Yellowstone has a policy of never turning away hikers or bikers. Each campground has a special hiker/biker area that ‘never fills up.’ Score! Had a great night camping under the starry Wyoming sky.