In the bighorn basin

We ended up spending a few extra days in yellowstone, due to a fire that closed the main loop through the park. Fortunately, yellowstone isn’t a bad place to get stuck. We were debating on whether to ride 90 miles the other way round the loop, or take the gnarley north road out of the park, when we were rescued by the amazing Yip family, who gave us a ride to the other side of the park. We got to join their family for a day, including a successful eagle hunt, and a great swim in the firehole river. Thanks Yips! Today we had an amazing ride out of the park, riding through some beautiful country. We also dropped 3000 feet and had a great tailwind. We rode pretty close to another huge fire – close enough to see the flames! We finished off the day at a great italian restaurant, where i ate two orders of rollatini. Still a bit behind, but we only have one big climb left – 6k feet over the bighorns. We should start that tomorrow! Ps we survived a staredown with a buffalo