SINCE I JUST GOT OVER THE VTWIN THING AND SOLD MY KAWI MEANSTREAK, WE WOULD TAKE MY 2 OLD HONDA'S,  BOTH 81 HONDA SUPERSPORTS, THE TOP SPORTBIKE IN THEIR DAY,(and if you dont believe that..just try the  competition..i did ..i owned them!!!) AND STILL FUN TO RIDE, BOTH OLDER THAN THE KID...BUT WHY NOT?
 

    CALE AND I LEFT AFTER WORK ON WED AUG  6 AND PLANNED ON MAKING BISMARK ND, FOR THE NIGHT....THEN STURGIS BY NOON ON THURSDAY........

BUTTTTT......AS USUAL PLANS CHANGE, AND I ASKED THE KID AROUND MINOT WHICH WAY TO GO...........SOUTH TO STURGIS TO LOOK AT BIKES,OR  SW TO THE BIGHORNS ASAP TO RIDE MOUNTAINS!!!

.......WELL THAT WAS EASY..I LOVE MOUNTAINS AND CURVES, SOOOO  ENDED UP IN WILLISTON ND 6 HRS AFTER LEAVING HOME AS ITS ONLY 12 HOURS TO THE FOOT OF THE BIGHORNS FROM HOME AND WE IS HALF WAY THERE...YAHOOOO!!!!!!

NICE BOOTS EH??
 

OF COURSE I HAVE NO OTHER  PICS OF DAY ONE...WHO WANTS TO LOOK AT THE PRAIRIE!   YGH!
 

THE KID IS GETTIN HOT!!  ME TOO!  ITS 100F BY NOON!
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YA YA! I KNOW..NO SAFTEY GEAR!   THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE COOLER,AS ITS OVER 100F OUT, BUT ENDED UP GETTING MORE ENGINE HEAT THIS WAY, SO BACK TO CLOTHES AGAIN.

FIRST  MISTAKE OF THE TRIP...DECIDED TO GO SOUTH A HALF HR TO BUFFALO AND CROSS THE BIGHORNS ON THE SOUTHERN ROUTE, CLOUD PEAK AREA, HWY 16, AS HAVE DONE THE NORTHERN #14A ROUTE A FEW TIMES..(DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR AND TAKE 14a AND EVEN 14!!!).........UGHHH!! THIS ONE STUNK...REALLY!.NO BIG GRADES, NO REAL HAIRY SWITCHBACKS, JUST A PILE OF SUCKED OUT,BELCHING DIESEL CAMPERS STINKING UP THE ROAD..(I DONT CARE HOW GOOD THEY PULL.I DONT PULL).  BESIDES..SOMETHING ABOUT BLACK CLOUDS OF STINKING CRAP SPEWING  INTO THE SKY JUST DOESNT FIT HERE!!! SEEMS  THEY ALL HAVE TO CHIP THEM UP AND SCREW UP  THE MILEAGE AND POISON US!

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NEXT CHEAPEST ALTERNATIVE  TO THE BIKES!!!

OK..TURNS OUT THIS IS THE EASY WAY FOR ALL THE TRAFFIC FROM THE EAST TO GET TO YELLOWSTONE. MAYBE A NICE ENOUGH ROUTE, BUT  KINDA BORING, AND NOT UP TO EXPECTATIONS.....AT LEAST IT WAS FUN PASSING EVERYTHING...(MORE ON THE NORTH ROUTE LATER)

HEADING DOWN INTO  CENTRAL WYOMING

GOT OVER THE BIGHORNS EARLY AFTERNOON AND HIT THE DESERT, FIRST SIGN IN TOWN SAID 42C105F !!! AND NOT A CLOUD IN SIGHT... WOW..NOT USED TO THIS, BUT AFTER LAST TIME DOWN HERE I REMEBERED TO CARRY A DRINK AT ALL TIMES AND DRINK LOTS AS YOU REALLY DEHYDRATE FAST! IT DID THE JOB AND NO HEADACHES THIS TRIP!
DECIDE TO STOP EARLY AROUND 5:00 AS TIME FOR A POOL!! STOPPED IN THERMOPOLIS WY. HOME OF THE WORLDS LARGEST HOT SPRINGS. (THAT BROWN GOO IS IT)  NOW AT 105+ I COULDNT SEE JUMPING INTO ANYTHING HOT, AND NOBODY ELSE SEEMED TO EITHER, BUT THEY LOOKED NICE ENOUGH....

9:30 AT NIGHT AND ITS GONNA GET COLD ANY MINUTE!!! CHECK THE TEMP BEHIND HIM!!

WE ARE COOKED AND HEADING BACK TO THE ROOM AND THE AIRCONDITIONER!!

DAY 3.....THEMOPOLIS TO TWIN FALLS IDAHO..THE LONG WAY....
TOOK OFF AT 7 AM FROM OUR NICE HOTEL, AND IT WAS ALREADY TSHIRT WEATHER, WARM AND SUNNY. HEADED SOUTH DOWN #20 TO HIT THE HIWAY(#287) TOWARDS GRAND TETON PARK AND OVER TOGOWOTEE PASS.
 

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GOT A NICE SUPRISE..
SEE THAT CRACK AHEAD? WELL IT TURNED OUT TO BE A BIG CANYON  THE wind RIVER CUT THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AND A VERY NICE RIDE !
WIND RIVER PASS FOLLOWING THE WIND RIVER..NICE TWISTY CANYON RUN FOR A HOUR OR SO!

NOT TODAY THEY AINT..ITS 101 DEG F!!!
 

EASY!!

WELL THATS THE END OF THIS CANYON AND NOW ON TO THE TOGOWOTEE PASS AND GRAND TETON PARK
 
 

OK...BACK ONTO THE DESERT STUFF FOR A FEW HRS AND THEN NORTH UP 287 TROUGH TOGOWOTEE PASS (9000' AND A DULL ONE) TO THE GRAND TETONS....THIS WAS A OK RIDE, NOT TOO EXCITING, KINDA A CAMPER ROUTE TO YELLOWSTONE, BUT NICE SCENERY ONCE ALONGSIDE THE GRAND TETONS.
I WISH THEY HAD A ROAD UP THEM!!
 
 

THAT WOULD BE  GRAND TETON.....EITHER SIDE WOULD BE THE JUST A BIT LESS GRAND TETONS.....

NEXT INTO JACKSON HOLE, WOW IS THIS PLACE BUSY..SURE AINT NO HOLE THOUGH...LOTSA $$$$ HERE!

WOW..YOU CAN SKI RIGHT INTO TOWN AND DOWN THE MAIN DRAG!!!

OUTA HERE QUICK AND UP THE TETON PASS.(8500')..NICE RIDE, LOTSA STEEP AND CURVY.....

TIME FOR A DINNER BREAK AT TOP OF TETON PASS.....WE WILL ENJOY LAST NIGHTS COLD SQUISHED LEFTOVER PIZZA!
 

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CONSTRUCTION!!! GOOD TIME FOR A STRETCH ANYWAY! LEAVING WY. AND HEADING INTO ID.

NEXT STRETCH IS ACROSS THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN WESTWARD TOWARDS HIWAY 75 AND KETCHUM IDAHO, HEADING WAY UP INTO THE IDAHO INTERIOR.  BUT......SEEMS THIS IS A REAL DESERT!! DRY, AND HOT!! HOW HOT....WELL IT SAID 114 AT THE REST STOP IN THE SHADE!!, AND TO MAKE IT WORSE THE WHOLE AREA WAS ON FIRE! GRASS FIRES ON EITHER SIDE OF US FOR HOURS!  MADE IT SEEM HOTTER! THIS WAS REAL UGLY FOR A FEW HOURS.ADD SOME SUN, A WEE BIT OF ENGINE HEAT, OK..A LARGE BIT.......AND I NOW KNOW HOW LAURENCE OF ARABIA FELT!!
 

THAT STICK OUT THERE WOULD BE WHAT THEY CALL A TREE OUT HERE!
 

2 HOURS LATER STILL LOOKED THE SAME!! FOUND A REST STOP, JUST A SMALL ONE BUT IT DID HAVE A FOUNTAIN!!  CRAP!..IT DIDNT WORK..THEN SAW A DRINK MACHINE...CRAP! IT DIDNT WORK EITHER! FOUND A TAP IN THE BATHROOM..YIPPEE, GOOD COLD WATER!  HAD A COLD SHOWER  IN THE SINK ,SOAKED OUR CLOTHES, AND HEADED OFF AGAIN!
HERES THE ONLY SIGHT ON THE PLAIN..

                                    THEY CALL THESE BUUTTS!
 
 

THIS IS WHY  ITS LIKE THIS OUT HERE????
 
 

NEXT WAS "CRATERS OF THE MOON" AREA...GIANT LAVA FIELDS...KINDA INTERESTING, BUT HOTTER!! STUFF IS AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE, DROVE THROUGH A HOUR OF IT! I WOULDNT WANT BREAK DOWN OUT HERE!!!

GAWD IS IT HOT HERE!!!  RST STOP THERMOMETER SAID 114 F!!!!! PLEASE DONT BREAK DOWN POOR OLD HONDA OR WE ROAST!! THEN AGAIN WE IS ROATING ON THEM ANYWAY!!!

    ANYWAY..TIME TO GET OUTA HERE AND BACK UP THE MOUNTAINS!!! HIT THE FIRST PASS AT SUPPER AND HEADED TO SUN VALLEY ID.

    SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS AHEAD! MORE LAVA HERE........ABOUT 6:00 PM AND TIME TO START LOOKING FOR A ROOM......
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  MISTAKE  #2   (LAST ONE!)  !!  SEEMS WE ARE INTO A REAL TOURIST AREA, KETCHUM, SUN VALLEY SKI AREA, AND NOT A ROOM IN SIGHT!! TOWN IS PACKED..KID SAYS..NOP PROBLEM, LETS KEEP GOING....DUMMY ME..I DO......SO WE .CHECKED OUT NEXT TOWN AND NO LUCK SO I DECIDED AGAINST GOING FURTHER AS  ONLY ONE SMALL TOWN AHEAD IN THE NEXT 6 HRS (STANLEY) , AND I WAS'NT SLEEPING IN A CULVERT TONIGHT.
    CALE IS MAD AS HE WANTS TO SLEEP IN THE FOREST WITH THE BEARS!!!!
    SO HAD TO BACKTRACK A HOUR SOUTH TO TWIN FALLS ! THEY HAVE A GREAT WATERFALL HERE, BUT I MISSED IT!
    GETTING TIRED BY NOW, AROUND 9:00 PM, WAY TOO LONG ON THE ROAD, BUT AT LEAST IT'S COOLER, MAYBE 38C OR SO!!!
    PULLED INTO TWIN FALLS AND GOT THE LAST ROOM IN SIGHT!  TIME TO RECHARGE!!
 
 

ENOUGH FOR TODAY!!!

DAY 4...TWIN FALLS TO MISSOULA MT!

GOT GOING EARLY AND HEADED NORTH TO STANLEY ID.AND INTO THE SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS!! VERY NICE TRIP, LOTSA PASS'S, A FEW AROUND 9000''. ONES WE DIDNT SEE ON THE MAP. VERY GOOD PAVEMENT AND  GOOD ENOUGH TO PUSH THE BIKES A BIT!  FUN!!
 
 
 

STANLEY IDAHO....NOT MUCH HERE, BUT A GREAT BREAKFAST WAS HAD! THIS LOOKS TO BE A GREAT SLEDDING AREA, SOME GREAT MOUNTAINS SUROUNDING IT AND WE ARE WAY HIGH UP!!
 

THERE IS A WELL RECOMMENDED SUPER TWISTY AND HIGH BIKE ROUTE HEADING RIGHT OUT BEHIND ME (HIWAY 21)TO BOISE, BUT NO TIME FOR THAT ONE THIS TRIP...SO WE WILL TAKE THE SALMON RIVER SCENIC BYWAY NORTHEAST TO SALMON!

THIS IS ALSO KNOW AS THE "RIVER OF NO RETURN", AND IS THE SECOND DEEPEST CANYON IN THE US, OVER 6000' DEEP. (THATS WHAT THE TOURIST STUFF SAYS!!) ITS A GOOD ONE!!!

THIS WAS A GREAT RUN! NOT TO MUCH EXTREME GRADE, BUT ENDLESS CURVES FOLLOWING THE RIVER. NICE AND NARROW!!  THIS TOOK US FROM THE GREEN PINE FORESTS OF THE HIGH ELEVATIONS, RIGHT DOWN TO THE DESERT! GREAT TO STOP AND COOL OFF EVERY NOW AND THEN!!
THIS WAS A GOOD 4 HOUR RUN BESIDE THE RIVER ALL THE WAY!   LOOK CLOSE FOR  THE RAFTS!

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NICE AND NARROW AND NONE OF THOSE DUMB GUARDRAILS TO RUIN THE VIEW!!..3 HRS OF THIS!!!!!!   ...JUST RIGHT!!!

LOTSA RAFTING IN THIS COUNTRY!

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..AFTER A HOUR OR SO OF DOWNHILL THE GEOGRAPHY STARTS TO DRY OUT!
 

TIME TO COOL DOWN...GREAT TO PULL OVER AND  REFRESH ANYTIME!!

STAY IN YOUR LANE OR SPLATT!
 

STILL FOLLOWING THE SALMON RIVER..GETTING HOTTER...UP TO 100F NOW AND RISING AS WE GET LOWER!!

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NO SHORTAGE OF SHOULER GRAVEL HERE!!!

THIS WAS ANOTHER REAL NICE PASS ...."LOST TRAIL PASS" LEAVING IDAHO,JUST BEFORE DROPPING DOWN TOWARD MISSOULA! NOT TOO HAIRY, BUT GOOD PAVEMENT AND TIME TO RACE THE KID! GOOD FAST ONE...A REAL GOOD FAST ONE...:)!!!
 

NEXT NEW SIGHT WAS SMOKE! GETTING INTO THE FOREST FIRE AREAS!  LOTSA SMOKE AROUND US IN THE MTNS, AND LOTSA BURNED OUT AREAS!
 

THATS ENOUGH FOR THE DAY..SHUT HER DOWN IN MISSOULA AROUND 5:00 AND HEADED FOR THE POOL..ANOTHER NICE 105F DAY!!, BUT NICE AND COMFY IN THE PASS'S.

DAY 5....MISSOULA TO GLACIER PARK AND THE "GOING TO THE SUN ROAD"  LOTSA SMOKE IN THE AIR AS BIG FIRES IN THIS AREA,IN FACT THE ROAD IS JUST OPEN AND YOU CANT STOP FOR A FEW MILES AS IN THE FIRE AREA. LOTSA FIREFIGHTERS HANGING ON THE EDGE OF THE CLIFFS WITH HOSES AND WATER!!
BUT FIRST A NICE RIDE OROUND THE EAST SIDE OF FLATHEAD LAKE FOR A HOUR.....
BACK INTO TOURIST COUNTY, GLACIER PARK, SMOKEY FROM THE FIRES!!  AND THE START OF THE "GOING TO THE SUN ROAD". SOMEWHERE AHEAD I EXPECT TO RUN INTO MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WHO WERE IN CALGARY AND WOULD BE HEADING SOUTH TO MEET US AT A MOTEL IN POLSON MT ON FLATHEAD LAKE.
 
 
 
 

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK IN N. IDAHO...WOW!!!


HERE I AM BACK 2 MONTHS LATER AT THE SAME SPOT IN WEST GLACIER ID.
 

TIME TO HEAD UP THE "GOING TO THE SUN" ROAD IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK!!! THIS IS A GOOD ONE..CANT GO FAST AS TOO MUCH TRAFFIC, BUT THERE ARE TIMES  THAT AINT SO BAD!

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TUNNELS ARE GOOD THINGS!!!

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AWESOME SCENERY!   ITS  LONG DOWN OVER THE EDGE! HIT THOSE STONES AND I'D LAND ABOUT 2 MINUTES LATER!!

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FIRES EVERYWHERE IN GLACIER PARK.

 

MEET UP WITH DIANE  AND KEIRA AT THE TOP OF THE PASS. THEY CAME DOWN FROM CALGARY AND WILL CARRY ON WITH US BACK DOWN TO  IDAHO AND THROUGH THE BEARTOOTH PASS AND INTO WYOMING , YELLOWSTONE COUNTY AND THE BIGHORNS.

NEXT PROBLEM IS THAT EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY HAS THEIR BIKE LICENSE, SO NOW I  RUN INTO TROUBLE!!

I DO HAVE TO RIDE IN THE CAGE FOR THE TRIP BACK DOWN THE MTN AS THE GIRL WANTS TO RIDE....SHE FOUND THIS MOUNTAIN STUFF NO BIG DEAL, AND LEFT US IN THE DUST.

GIVE ME MY BIKE!!!  THIS IS NO FUN IN THE CAR..ITS TOO WIDE AND IT DONT FIT THAT GOOD ON THIS ROAD! THIS SUCKS!!

GET ME BACK ON MY BIKE!!!!
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HERE I AM TRAPPED IN THE CAR WITH THE KIDS IN FRONT OF US!!   KEIRA HAS MY BIKE!!! GET ME OUTA HERE!!

THE ROAD RUNS ALONG THIS FOR 30 MILES!! BEAUTIFULL AND A GREAT PLACE TO COOL OFF..

SEE THE ROAD TO THE UPPER RIGHT??
 
 

STOPPED FOR NIGHT IN POLSON MT. SOUTH END OF FLATHEAD LAKE. ITS NOW 106F !  ....... 
 
 

WATER WAS GREAT!!! SPENT EVENING IN THE LAKE!!! HERES HOW DAY 5 ENDED!!!

ABOUT TO SAY GOODBYE TO MY BIKE AGAIN!!  SEEMS I GOTTA SHARE!!

ONE HOUR OF RIDING LATER..WAY TO GO!!
 
 

HERES NEVADA CITY GHOST TOWN....GREAT PITSTOP, TOWN IS ALL THERE AND JUST LIKE THEY LEFT IT!!....HOTEL AND RESTAURANT ARE OPEN, THE REST OF TOWN IS JUST LIKE THEY LEFT IT IN 1800'S
 
 
 
 
 

I HAD DEEP FRIED PICKLES IN THIS PLACE!!!  NEVER HEARD OF THEM BUT I LOVED THEM...COURSE NOBODY ELSE DID.......

BUT ITS 105f AGAIN!!!!!TIME TO GO....

 

GOOD PITSTOP..THEY HAVE THE COMPLETE TOWN OPEN TO EXPLORE!!
 
 

HERES THE GRUMP!!!  HE'S BORED..WANNA RIDE!!!

2 MILES EAST IS ANOTHER , VIRGINIA CITY..ITS BEEN RESTORED AND ALL THE STORES ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS..NICE STOP! OLD TRAIN RUNS BETWEEN THEM.

I'M IN THE CAGE AGAIN FOR A HOUR AS KEIRA LOVES THESE EMPTY BACKROADS AND I GOTTA SHARE!!  ...at least i'm in a real car with a real motor  pointing the right way, and the right wheels pushing the car and it can be fun on these roads also!!!!!
 

 BACK INTO THE MTNS AGAIN ON WAY TO BOZEMAN FROM VIRGINIA CITY.....SHORT DAY..HOT HOT..TIME FOR A POOL!!!

HERES A SHORT PASS , DEER LODGE PASS, SOUTH OF BUTTE. THATS THE GIRL GETTING TOO CLOSE TO THAT WATERFALL!

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BACK ON THE ROAD HEADING TO RED LODGE!!

BEST PART IS THE BIKE IS 3 YEARS OLDER THAN HE IS!
 

TIME TO GO UP THE BEARTOOTH PASS    ....SOMEWHERE OVER 10,000 FEET UP AND ABOVE THE SNOW!!!  ....START OF 40 MILES OF EXTREME UP AND DOWN!!
 
 
 
 
 

THIS GOES ON FOR MILES......UP AND UPPPPPP. LOTSA FUN!

LOOK WAY DOWN!!

 

THIS PIC TAKEN ABOUT 1/4 WAY UP!!CHECK OUT THE SWITCHBACKS! I LOST COUNT HOW MANY.
 

  LOOK HARD FOR THE SWITCHBACKS..THEY GO ON FOR MILES!!!

FINALLY SOMEWHERE COOL!!  THIS FELT GREAT!! I WAS PROBABLY THE ONLY GUY ON THE MOUNTAIN HAPPY RIDING WITH BARE HANDS AND MY JACKET OPEN! AROUND 50 DEG F..NICE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT!!AND YES ITS A FEW THOUSAND FEET STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE RIGHT!!

NEAR THE TOP, UP IN THE TUNDRA.  THOSE STICKS ARE TO FIND THE ROAD UNDER THE SNOW IN THE SPRING WHEN THEY START CLEARING IT!!!
 
 

PITStOP NEAR THE TOP..
 

HERES THE GANG AT THE TOP OF THE PASS!!!! SCARY EH???

THE PICS JUST DONT SHOW THE STEEPNESS VERY WELL, BUT THAT ROAD BELOW IS  DROPPING LIKE MAD!! RIGHT HERE IS ABOUT 10,500 FEET UP  AND JUST STARTING DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BEARTOOTH! THIS SIDE ISNT QUITE AS EXTREME, BUT ITS STILL FUN AS ITS REAL NARROW, AND IT HAS NONE OF THOSE STUPID GUARDRAIL THINGS TO SCREW UP THE PICTURES! AHEAD ABOUT A HOUR IS YELLOWSTONE AREA. AND  FOREST FIRE  SMOKE AHEAD!

HEADING BACK DOWN THE SOUTH SIDE
 
 
 

WONDERFUL WHAT YOUR KIDS DO WHEN YOU GIVE THEM THE CAMERA!!!!!

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HERES A GREAT PITSTOP..SUNLIGHT BASIN!!..BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER IS 600' UP! ...  .....

THE KIDS WERE THE CROWD FAVORITES PITCHING ROCKS OVER THE EDGE 600' DOWN....WHEN THEY HIT THEY JUST EXPLODED! PROBLEM WAS THERE WAS NOT A ROCK WITHIN 1/4 MILE OF THE BRIDGE AS ALL LONG SINCE PITCHED...BUT KIDS WENT UP THE MTN AND GOT A BUNCH!!
 
 
 
 

DEAD INDIAN PASS !!

LOOKS RIGHT AT HOME WITH THE ANIVERSARY HARLEY'S!! This would be the only time  the 900 would be behind them though...EVER   :) ..BUT THEY ARE A LOT LOUDER THAN ME !!!!
 
 
 
 

I AM ABOUT TO LOOSE MY BIKE TO KEIRA AGAIN FOR THE TRIP DOWN  DEAD INDIAN PASS!! CRAP!!!
 

LOOKING WEST OFF THE  EDGE OF DEAD INDIAN PASS , CHIEF JOSEPH HWY!
 

INTO CODY WY. FOR THE NEXT 2 NIGHTS.......TYPICALLY COOL WEATHER AS USUALL....BUT IT DID GET NICE BY 5:00.... ONLY AROUND 108!!!

THIS IS A GREAT TOURISTY TOWN...CLOSE TO THE BIG PASS'S AND  3 MAJOR HIWAYS MEET HERE AND FUNNEL ALL THE EASTERN TRAFFIC INTO YELLOWSTONE PARK! THIS IS  A STEADY CAR AND BIKE SHOW ALL DAY LONG!!  BIKES RULE IN THIS COUNTRY!!   SPECIALLY HARLEYS!!

 

THE BIGHORNS, BEARTOOTH, CHIEF JOSEPH, YELLOWSTONE PARK, WIND RIVER PASS,AND SYLVAN PASS ARE ALL WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF HERE..GREAT PLACE TO STOP!!!

SEE THAT GUN UP THERE..THEY SHOOT AT ALL THE JAPANESE KBIKES OUT HERE, BUT WE  FOLLOWED A PACK OF HOGS INTO TOWN AND THEY MISSED US!!

HERES HOME FOR A FEW DAYS IN CODY ..ORIGINAL CABINS FOR THE WORKERS WHO BUILT THE BIG DAM NEAR HERE..GREAT INSIDE ONCE WE CHASED THE BEAVERS OUT!

AND JUST OUTA EARSHOT OF THE 5 MILLION HARLEYS  RUMBLING BY!!!
 

DAY 8...HANGING OUT IN CODY.....THE KIDS WENT SWIMMING AND DI AND I HEADED EAST UP THE PASS INTO YELLOWSTONE PARK....ABOUT 150  MILES RETURN FOLLOWING THE RIVER UP THE PASS!! NICE RIDE IN THE AM BEFORE IT GOT REAL HOT!

SYLVAN PASS INTO EAST GATE OF YELLOWSTONE PARK...
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This would be Buffalo Bill reservoir just west of CODY. WY.
 

THAT WAS ALL FOR TODAY..BACK IN TOWN BY NOON AND INTO THE POOL, THEN OUT ON THE MAIN DRAG TO WATCH THE SHOW!!..

BUT BEFORE WE GOT BACK I HAD A RACE WITH THIS BUFFALO THING..SEEMS THEY LIKE TO CHASE BIKES.....THING KEPT UP TILL 3RD GEAR!!!!

SEEMS THEY CATCH A LOT OF HARLEYS, THE BONES ARE EVERYWHERE!!

HERES 14A OVER THE BIGGHORNS.......GOING EAST UP THE WEST SIDE.  LOOK CLOSE AT THE SWITCHBACKS....ALL THE WAY UP AT 10% GRADE.
 
 

THIS IS A 10% GRADE FOR 10 MILES..LOOK WAAAAY FAR  IN THE PIC..THIS WENT ON FOR  A LONG WAY..I AM TAKING THIS PIC ABOUT HALF WAY UP THE SWITCHBACKS LOOKING BACK WEST.....
 
 

YOU KNOW ITS UPHILL!!!!..2ND GEAR AND 8000 RPM MAKES IT FUN THOUGH!!!
 

LOOK DOWN...THIS IS LOOKING EAST OFF THE BIGHORNS MTNS ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN!

...THATS THE twisty ROAD HOME DOWN THERE!!!! TAKES ABOUT 15 miles TO GET DOWN...
THAT FLAT STUFF OUT THERE WOULD BE ON THE WAY HOME...ABOUT 12 HRS AWAY!......UGHHHHHH!!!
 
 

KEIRA  STOLE MY BIKE AGAIN!!

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BACK ON THE FLATS...HEADING EAST DOWN THE INTERSTATE TOWARDS N DAKOTA!!...AND KEIRA IS BUGGING ME FOR THE BIKE AGAIN!

THE KID SAYS...................SEE YA NEXT YEAR IN COLORADO!!!!!

HOME AGAIN.....TOOK 940 PICS, CANT GET ANY MORE ONTO MY PAGE AS SERVER LIMITS ME...
 
 

AS FOR MY MTN PASS RATINGS ON THIS TRIP......THE BEARTOOTH BLOWS THE REST AWAY, JUST LONGER AND AS FAST AS YOU WANT TO GO!  THE "GOING TO THE SUN ROAD" IN GLACIER PARK IS A BEAUTY..SLOW, BUT AWESOME SCENERY!!!!  I LOVED THE SALMON RIVER/RIVER OF NO RETURN AREA AND DEFINATELY THE CHIEF JOSEPH HIWAY/DEAD INDIAN PASS. I WOULDNT WANT TO MISS THE NORTHERN BIGHORNS EITHER.
 
 

PLANNING TO HEAD TOWARDS COLORADO AGAIN NEXT YEAR, THEN  SEE WAHTB THE WEATHER DOES AND EITHER  SW TO CALIFORNIA AND UP THE COAST MOUNTAINS, OR JUST HEAD NW AND UP THE ROCKIES INTO OREGONA AND WASHINGTON..EITHER WAY..NO REAL PLANS AND NO MAIN ROADS!!  AND PROBLY THE OLD HONDA'S AGAIN !!