We had a short fourth day, riding 149 miles from Island Park, ID to Bozeman, MT. Once again we started the day wearing all of our liners and raingear since the temperature was in the low 50's and the weather forecast called for rain.
US 20 north was lined with pine trees, with occasional views of the cloud-covered mountains around us.
In West Yellowstone we turned north onto US 191, and quickly passed into Montana, riding through the Gallatin National Forest, 3+ million acres that is part of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem, stretching through Montana into South Dakota.
We saw one sign for Yellowstone, but never truly entered the park. There were several signs about bison roaming nearby, and to our disappointment they never made an appearance.
The Gallatin River wound it's way along the highway, the high water due to all of the recent rains and snowmelt churning over rocks. It rained off and on, but luckily never a hard downpour.
We'll stay in Bozeman through the weekend with our son and his girlfriend before we head out again, this time southeast toward Denver.
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