Disappointment

Weather Channel, May 19 evening: The weather report for NW Wyoming is bad. Very cold temps and rain. In Yellowstone, highs in the mid 30's with snow and rain and slush and sleet. Not good motorcycling weather. I'm worrying about this report all night and finally fall asleep thinking we need to head home on the last good day of weather and stay ahead of this crummy front.
We're not real scared riding in the rain and cold. We have all the right gear for this. But now we're talking snow and high winds. I have a fully loaded bike with a high profile t-bag. And Terri is with me. My decision is not to chance riding with Terri in this weather. But instead of heading home, we decide to rent a car and go spend our 3 days in Yellowstone anyway. Our innkeeper, Sherrie Jern, of the Wildflower Inn says we can keep the bike parked at her house We can also use their Hertz discount to rent a car. So that's what we do. Heck, it's only taken us 50 years to get out here so lets stay and see what happens.
So it's off to Yellowstone on May 20 in a car. You can say I wimped out. I feel like I wimped out. But when you read my next post and see the weather pictures from the park on Wednesday I think you'll agree it was a good decision.
So Tuesday, May 20 was another beautiful day for vacationing. Yellowstone is everything it's cracked up to be. With snow moving in that nightwe decide to head for the mud pots along Lake Yellowstone, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, upper and lower falls and Hayden Valley. Then off to check in at the Lake Yellowstone Lodge for, we hope, a nice relaxing eveing watching the snow roll in over the lake.