I start today with braking news. I was stopped today by the police 2 times. Ones because I did not stop at a stop sign and the other time because I stopped to make photos about a deer. The result is two warnings...
I am really happy with that and apreciate the amiracan cops very much, they do their best.
I had a quick breakfast in the early morning, because I had a long day to do and did not know what weather i.e. road conditions I ll have to face when entering the high Rockies.
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I had my first short stop at the Great Salt Lake, which is totally frozen in the winter. Wikipedia says;
"The Great Salt Lake, located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah, is the largest salt water lake in the western hemisphere,[1] the fourth-largest terminal lake in the world.[2] In an average year the lake covers an area of around 1,700 square miles (4,400 km2),[2] but the lake's size fluctuates substantially due to its shallowness. For instance, in 1963 it reached its lowest recorded level at 950 square miles (2,460 km²), but in 1988 the surface area was at the historic high of 3,300 square miles (8,500 km2)"
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Up the village of Idaho Falls I had excellent weather and roads and run an average of 85mph, but as I thought when entered Montana and the mountains the conditions changed dramatically in less than 10 miles distance.
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That was half way to the northern entrance of Yellowstone. The west south and east entrances are closed in the winter, roads are not maintained. You can ride those section on your snowmobile if you want to.
I arrived finally at the park northern entrance at 4 in the afternoon and managed to see some deers and walked around the Mammoth hot springs.
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By chance I found a very nice accomodation tonight, where the owner helped me to organise a snow coach tour for tomorrow, which will bring me into the park snow covered, from public access closed area. I am looking forward to enjoy it......
As allways for the latest pics;
https://picasaweb.google.com/aszaip/USA2012
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