[Geysers] FYI - reason to avoid YNP in late July

[David Schwarz]

   While I hate the noise of unmuffled bikes as much as anyone (I used 
to live between two biker bars that were open _late_, and used to 
fantasize about what I could do with a nice heavy tripwire), I seriously 
doubt that there's going to be noticeably more motocycle traffic in 
Yellowstone at the end of July than there always is.  Don't forget that 
the Sturgis Rally is a week or two later and is fully 20 times larger.  
The Sturgis crowd, almost certainly including a good number of Hell's 
Angels, has always blatted their way through Old Faithful for a few 
weeks in late July and early August.  It's just one of the signs of 
midsummer, like the warmer days and less frequent Aurums.  A few hundred 
more bikes passing through, give or take, isn't going to make a 
difference.  My advice is not to hang out too much in front of Lower 
Ham's at that time of year if you value your hearing.  Most places that 
aren't right on the road, the noise just blends in with the general din 
of humanity.

   As for the Hell's Angels themselves, yeah, in some regions they 
operate as an organized crime syndicate, but in others they really are 
just another bike club, and regardless, I doubt they're going to come to 
Wyoming spoiling for trouble.  A vacation's a vacation, you know?  No 
one wants to bring their work with them.  Given their demographic, I'd 
guess you're more likely to get some member of the "older generation" 
chewing your ear off about his arthritis and heartburn than trying to 
mug you.  And if he did, I'm sure you'd have no problem outrunning a guy 
in a walker.

David

Freund, Udo wrote:

> The following is an article that appears in today's Billings Gazette.  
> I, for one, plan to avoid the Park in late July because I dislike the 
> noise that so many bikes create, assuming that many of them will 
> travel through the Park before and after the rally.  Sad that Cody is 
> so desperate for $$ that they are actually welcoming a gang with a 
> long history of criminal activity to the city.  And I'm terribly sorry 
> if I am encroaching on anyone else's curmudgeon status.  (c:)
>
> <article snipped>
>
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