Planned on an easy day today. Big thunder boomers over the night. Threw everything in my tent last night. About 5a needed to get up and use the facilities. Couldn’t find my glasses. Found the facilities. Couldn’t find the tent then. It was dark. Eventually I found the tent and cranked off another hour of sleep.
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Nice morning. Woke up at over 7000′ in the Montana mountains. Blogs will be delayed due to lack of wifi / cell service in the wilderness. We started with some of Mike’s famous camp coffee made with filtered mountain stream water. Good and strong. Had to stop at an auto parts store in Red Lodge to fix the tail light on my Honda. Headed out of town for the Bear Tooth Pass into Yellowstone. Continue reading
Late start this morning. Mainly from me. The late nights are not compatible blogging at the end of the day so I have been trying to push these out early before anyone gets up. Slept well at the Blue Gables Motel and Coffee Cafe. The lady who runs the place loves to talk and will serve you all the coffee you want in the morning. Continue reading
Great Day. Woke up and the storm had passed. I got up in the morning before all and sat under the trees to write the blog. No cell service so posting will have to wait. Sheriff’s deputy stopped while he was cruising the campground. Gave us some good tips on the area. Continue reading
Wednesday. We packed up and rolled out of Rapid City right around nine-ish. With the sounds of the previous night’s karaoke in our heads we got onto the interstate and headed west. Sunny and supposed to be hot. Easy ride at speed. After about 40 miles we got off and on to a 2 laner to go see the place for close encounters, Devils Tower.
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The rhythm of the ride. Its not just the mechanics of motorcycling. Its the bonding of people involved. The acceptance of experience.
Started this morning by sitting in my camp chair watching the sun come up over the Missouri river. I am pretty much still on eastern time and the campsite is near the facilities. Great sunrise over the hills of South Dakota. Boys got up and they fired up one of the backpacker stoves and we had starbucks instant coffee. Continue reading
What a change from yesterday. Not a cloud in the sky. Low 40s but forecasted to be 70. Windy but not like before
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Late start this morning. Thunderstorms were moving through and finally abated 830ish. We took our time loading and decided to dress in full weather gear. This will be one of the wisest decisions on the trip… Continue reading
It was 530a by the time we got saddled up, dressed and said goodbye to Irena. I usually hate the I-75 trek. On Friday’s its an autobahn of those trying to get ‘up north’ for the weekend. This Saturday morning traffic was fairly light. We had almost 90 minutes before the sun came up.
The anticipation of a trip is a great way to stretch it out. Planning, prepping, discussing. Its been going on most of the summer. The first talk of it was last year.
The garage has been a mess. I mean like a mess. 3 car garage and I can’t get one car in. Usually the ‘toys’ are relegated to one bay and one bay only. Two bays are typically wide open and the cars easily fit. Irena’s on the left, mine on the right. Continue reading