Day 11

 We took a back road to Hill City for breakfast then spent the better part of the day slooowly driving through Custer State Park and stopping at the Chief Crazy Horse monument. Back to Keystone to check out the brew pubs to see if they had ESPN TV so that Jerry and Rick can watch tomorrow’s Suns game. No luck so far.

Here are the pictures.

One of several narrow tunnels

The Needles

Very narrow tunnel

One of the pig tail circle bends and bridge

Breakfast place

Bumper to bumper traffic

Coming out of a tunnel with a view of Mount Rushmore

Herd of Bison in Custer State Park

Chief Crazy Horse Monument 

Day 10

 Today we left Sheridan to the West back up on 14 to Greybull then back East on 16 to Buffalo and I-90. We road that to Spearfish, SD. We dropped off the interstate to take 2 lane blacktops to Keystone and our motel for the week.

My GPS route somehow got us on 10 miles of gravel road. With our old riding skills on off highway bikes we navigated the road just fine.

One of many road repair waits

Waiting for the road to open up

We saw a lot of these

In the Black Hills

10 miles of gravel roads

A section of Shell Canyon on 14 West of Sheridan

Day 9

 The rally is over and everyone hit the road. Steve and I zig zagged our way over several mountain passes to arrive in Sheridan, WY for the night. 

I took a few pictures but the camera is in the bike's saddle bag and I’m dressed for bed so I’ll post those tomorrow.

As promised here are pictures from this day.

These were taken on highway 14A and 14 on our way to Sheridan. 

Day 8

 We did some exploring around town today. Drove to the Great Falls that the town was named for. Then to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center and the Charlie Russell museum. In the middle of the day hit a Perkins restaurant and had to have some pie. 

The party’s over tonight so tomorrow Steve and I head to Sheridan, WY via scenic routes. 

Day 7

 The rally officially opened today so we checked out the vendors but didn’t see anything I had to have. Quite a few more K1600 riders showed up and pitched their tents. 

We got a nice rain shower this afternoon then 5 of us took a Uber ride to a steak house for supper. 

Here are some pictures. 

Day 6

 We had a nice ride to the rally site here in Great Falls through rolling hills with the snow capped mountains in the distance. 

We arrived around 1:30 and an hour later watched them set up the tent. We’re planted now until Sunday morning. 

This is where our friends from the K1600 forum will over the next 5 days. 

Day 5

 We left Dubois this morning around 8:30 and rode West to the Tetons then North through Yellowstone. 

What a zoo that was. I swear there were 2 years worth of tourists in the park. Long strings of cars and motor homes all going 5-10 under the 45 mph speed limit. Then all the attraction pull offs were crammed full with 1/4 mile stretches in both directions of vehicles parked on the side of the road. We didn’t stop at any of them which is sad. Steve and I have been there several times over the years but it would have been nice to see some of prettier hot springs again.

One of the roads we planned on taking to get out of the park is under construction so we had to take an hour or more detour. We were able to connect to Beartooth Highway though.

On the North end of Beartooth is Red Lodge, MT where we are staying in a KOA Kabin for the night.

So with no stops in Yellowstone I don’t have any pictures in the park.

I did take some fresh ones of the Tetons and a couple along Beartooth.

We are off to the BMW MOA rally in Great Falls, MT tomorrow.

Tetons

KOA in Red Lodge, MT