Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Red Lodge, MT

We had a leisurely breakfast in Cody this morning and headed out on the highway for a short drive of 118 miles to Red Lodge, MT over Chief Joseph and Beartooth pass unarguably the top 2 motorcycle roads in the country. The views are spectacular and the winding road with 65-70 mph speed limits is icing on the cake.

We rolled into town under threatening storm clouds but we're able to set up camp with dry weather. Steve decided to stay in camp while Jerry and I went to town for a burger.

My cockpit

Jerry in the rear



Beartooth mountain 




We will be in this state for a week.

Our camp sight in the Custer National Forest.




Cody Wyoming

I split off from Steve and Jerry and road to Dubois, WY to see a friend, Mark Quigley, who is guiding fly fisherman this summer in the area. We had a meal at the Cowboy Cafe and then Mark showed me some local sights. One was a lake that is the head waters of the Wind River. From there we went to the top of a pass where we could see the Grand Teton Mountains.

After saying our goodbyes Mark took off to do some fishing on his own and I headed for Cody by driving through Teton and Yellowstone National parks to catch up with the guys. We spent the night tent camping and doing laundry at a KOA.
 
I almost got run over by a very large bull Bison while leaving Yellowstone. He came lumbering out of the bushes and onto the road just as I went past. Literally had I been a second later he would have bowled me over. No time for a picture but I have the incident imprinted in my mind.



The sign is pretty intimidating so we didn't go in to the property




Head waters of the Wind River 


Mark Quigley and his ride


The Grand Tetons


Us with the Tetons in the back ground