Day 2: Lolo, MT to Rock Springs, WY

[kennyw]

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.