Enough for today

Was planning on getting to Salt Lake City today but way too tired to
drive another minute!

Will post some pictures, videos and some more stories when I get to my
room.

By the way – thanks everyone who's been posting comments on the blog –
I love them! Just pardon me for not responding to them…

The hotel

Old Faithful Inn (1903-1927) – Yellowstone National Park WY
Robert Reamer, AIA

photo: Lester Lefkowitz/Corbis

Old Faithful Inn is an exposed-log, wood-frame building of enormous proportions. The massive gable roof is the building’s central feature. The enormous, seven-story lobby of gnarled logs and rough-sawn wood is perhaps unique in American architecture. The inn is one of the few remaining log hotels in the country. It has influenced the rustic style of architecture seen throughout the nation’s parklands.

Day 8

Got a signal in the park! Last night I was not able to check my emails
but this morning the cell phone connection went through.

At the Old Faithfull Inn – a very large and interesting log building
with 300 rooms next to the famous geyser.

Going to walk around a litlle this morning and then head south to Salt
Lake City. It is freezing – and supposed to get worse so really glad
to be heading south now.

In 3 or 4 days I will reach LA and meet up with Marc, give the bike a
major tune up, new tires and head down towards Brazil πŸ™‚

By the way – was at the bar last night and started talking to a guy
who is cycling from Seattle to Indiana! He's been on the road for 2
weeks already! Then I told him I was going to go to Brazil… Turns
out he was raised in Brazil!!! Manaus more precisely!!! His parents
are missionaries and lived there for a while.

What a coincidence!!!

Update

Cold but dry. Can see the mountains already with snow!! Almost ran out
of gas – a guy at a rest area had 2 gallons to spare for $10 – would
not have made it! The next gas station was 35 miles down the road –
well – might have made it but not worth risking πŸ™‚

Now off to secondary roads to Cody, WY. Right now in Buffalo, WY.