August 7 - Des Moines, IA to Wauseon, OH

Since we didn't stop to see anything along the way, we decided to give you our reflections on the trip.

1. It was nice to be gone long enough and without cell and email service to not be able to tell what day of the week each day was.
2. Glacier National Park was everything we had read and heard about but  so much more. That might have been because we hiked the trails and got into the haeart of the park. We also saw a lot of wildlife while we hiked and talked to a lot of interesting people.

3. We highly recommend staying at Mini Golden Inns in Hungry Horse, MT. Rick, the owner has a neat sense of humor that comes out every so often. The rooms was extremely clean and was only 9 miles from the West entrance to Glacier. That was very convenient because we visited the park very often in our 5 days there. We could take off for the park in the morning, come back in the afternoon and then go back into the park for the evening.
4. We also recommend eating at the Glacier Grill, a couple miles east of Hungry HOrse on the way to Glacier. Lots of different types of food.
5. Our Yellowstone experience was so different than Glacier because we rode more than hiked. We were only at Yellowstone for 2 days so we didn't have the luxury of the time to hike. We wanted to ride the whole park because the last time we were in Yellowstone, we didn't see the Northeast corner because it was closed.

6. Pahaska Tepee is also a place we recommend you spend some time at. It's just a couple of miles east of the East Entrance to Yellowstone. However, it was still about 30 miles ride just to get to the 1st intersection in Yellowstone called Fishing Bridge. The roads were great riding roads, lots of curves. Pahaska Tepee was also a restaurant with good food (remember that HUGE pancake?).
7. We've driven Yellowstone and now riden Yellowstone. Riding is definitely our first choice, especially with the great weather we had.
8. Enjoyed having some extra time on the way home to stop at some of the sites like the Buffalo Bill Cody Heritage Center, Ft. Larimie, and Pararie Town. Broke up the drive back.
9. Neither of us had driven west on I80. Nebraska had more trees and rolling land than we thought. Iowa wasn't all corn like we had heard and we also liked that we didn't have to fight the traffic in Chicago.
10. Since we trailered our bikes, we took along some audiobooks that helped pass the time as we rolled along the highway.

Well, that's it for this trip. Can't wait for the next one.