Thursday, March 6, 2008

Planning and Itinerary

We travel by motorcycle to feel like we're in the picture not looking at a picture. But it's important to stop and explore the beautiful places we finally get to. So it's a conundrum. How much do we ride and how much do we just hang around and enjoy where we are.
I made reservations at the Lake Yellowstone Lodge for 2 nites when I first started thinking about this trip 3 months ago. As I've got to know more about the park I've been toying with the idea of staying an extra nite. Today I sprung for a 3rd nite.

The reasoning: We'll be at 7500 feet or more (altitude issues), we like hiking, there's plenty of riding in the park, we'll be able to get back to our rooms for the vacation nap easily, etc. And who says you have to travel 400 miles a day on a motorcycle tour.

Everything else is still up in the air. Questions like: Jackson, Cody or Red Lodge? How many nights? What about the weather and roads in May? I'm leaning towards a couple nights in Jackson so we can goof around in the city and the Tetons and then going to Yellowstone.