Rockie Mountain Trip - Day +2
Steve at the summet of the Bighorns
At the bottom of the Bighorns we turned North into Montana and then over to Red Lodge. Leaving Red Lodge we started up to Beartooth Pass. The scenary was so beautiful. It was hard to keep the eyes on the road and not on the scenary. The mountains in this area are awesome. There was some snow on the hills but nothing to worry about while riding. There were plenty of curves and switch backs, to require you to keep your eyes on the road. We cleared the 10,947 foot summit and headed down the twisty, hairpin route to the bottom. Wonderful, awesome, inspiring!
You can see switchbacks on the Beartooth
As we left the Beartooth Pass, we turned south onto Chief Joeseph Highway. The Chiefs highway is a great road to travel with its own set of sweeping curves and twisties. On this route was a very interesting gorge with a rumbling river at the bottom. As we stood admiring the view Steve made an interesting comment: something about not having to go to Europe to see great sites like this. There is so much beauty in the USA that many people do not take the time to see. On the Chiefs highway you have to cross over another 8000 foot summit. A wonderful road, and maybe a bit under rated. I say this because of the very little traffic on this route as compared to the Beartooth. There was also some more cows. This time they were really close to the road. It made me think about the Mario Racing game on the WI. There is a track on this game where you have to drive through the cows. Ok, I guess you have to play the game to understand where my mind was.
We finished the day at around 4:30 in the town of Thermopolis WY after only traveling about 380 miles. After checking in, we headed over to Pamida to find some parts to repair my micorphone. Last night we diagnosed the problem as a broken wire in the microphone. We didn't have any parts to fix it last night. So again today it was a series of clicks and sometimes I'd talk right into the radio. Communications is important and really does help a road trip, and the lack of it becomes challanging. Anyhow, we fixed the radio tonight and we are ready for tomarrow. Steve said I McGiever'd it. I say I jury rigged it. Regardless it appears to work.
As for stops; We stopped for a break in Redlodge Montana and got gas in Cody WY.
Dinner tonight was Subway; nothing special. Its Sunday and we are in a small town. Most of the restaurants are closed. So we made due.
Tomarrow we head down to Colorado.
TTFN - LA I love you - Todd
Comments
--Joe
Well done.
Wags