Friday, June 18, 2021

Day 2

 Another early morning. I set the alarm for 5:30 am but woke up at 3:30 wide awake so I figured why fight it and got up. It was about 70 but I knew I would ride in some higher elevation in the morning hours so I put on my heavy jacket. Sure enough at about day break I stopped and added a fleece shirt underneath..

I rode highway 139;North out of Loma, CO. What a great road, lots of elevation changes and both tight and sweeping curves. Fortunately the sun came up as I was negotiating deer and open range cattle on the side of the road. I love my Clearwater Ericas driving spot lights.

I stopped in Naples, UT which is near Vernal for breakfast. I had brought up Denny’s on my GPS but before I got there I saw Abby's Restaurant with the open sign out. I whipped in there and had a nice pancakes, ham and eggs meal.

At 11:00 I drove into Farson, WY home of the Big Cone. I’ve stopped there before and was determined to drive on by but…..the bike turned in just like a devining rod. Far be it for me to argue with outside forces so I parked and bought a “baby cone”. Imagine what a double scoop must be like.

No lunch needed so I carried on to our friend, Mark Quigley’s house in Dubois, WY. Steve had arrived earlier so we compared our ride experiences the past 2 days.

Pizza for supper and I’m sure an early bedtime tonight.


Flaming Gorge reservoir 

 

1/2 of Wyoming looks like this


Mmmm butter pecan

Mountains in the distance.