06-15-2016, 06:52 AM
Day 2 route map: 524 miles, ~11 hours
I stopped to camp just south of Lolo, MT. I woke up to cold and sunny weather, packed up camp, bundled up, and headed south.
I made my first stop at the Lost Trail Pass summit rest stop. My hands were numb due to the temps dropping to 35*F on the pass.
From there I continued south to Salmon, ID. It warmed back up to 50*F by this time and the forecast was for warmer weather there so I removed the rain jacket and headed southeast.
What I didn't realize was that road was actually a mountain pass. The longest stretch of straight road over a mountain pass in the world is my guess.
I cut across the north side of Idaho Falls towards Jackson, WY. This pic was a stop at the top of the pass just west of Jackson. This is where traffic got busy. Glad I just brushed the area and turned south from there.
US 191 south of Jackson into Rock Springs was a decent ride withlittle traffic.
The weather turned to rain as I approached Rock Springs so I opted for a hotel over camping that night.
But I did catch a nice rainbow just north of town.
I stopped to camp just south of Lolo, MT. I woke up to cold and sunny weather, packed up camp, bundled up, and headed south.
I made my first stop at the Lost Trail Pass summit rest stop. My hands were numb due to the temps dropping to 35*F on the pass.
From there I continued south to Salmon, ID. It warmed back up to 50*F by this time and the forecast was for warmer weather there so I removed the rain jacket and headed southeast.
What I didn't realize was that road was actually a mountain pass. The longest stretch of straight road over a mountain pass in the world is my guess.
I cut across the north side of Idaho Falls towards Jackson, WY. This pic was a stop at the top of the pass just west of Jackson. This is where traffic got busy. Glad I just brushed the area and turned south from there.
US 191 south of Jackson into Rock Springs was a decent ride withlittle traffic.
The weather turned to rain as I approached Rock Springs so I opted for a hotel over camping that night.
But I did catch a nice rainbow just north of town.