Turd on the Run

[Cormanus]

[Houtman_imp]

Wade'a second? Didn't we try this before with right (or left?) arms? ... or was it a limb?

I'd give my right arm to know that...

I'd give my right arm to know that...
After the Brexit mess all deals are off for me and Great Britain .

[Bazbro_imp]

Wade'a second? Didn't we try this before with right (or left?) arms? ... or was it a limb?

I'd give my right arm to know that...

I'd give my right arm to know that...
After the Brexit mess all deals are off for me and Great Britain .

I'd give my right arm to know that...
After the Brexit mess all deals are off for me and Great Britain .
Me too...
Oops, just realised that I LIVE here!!

[dbarkdoll_imp]

Getting things back on track here....

Left Lake Granby the next morning and headed north towards Casper, WY. My dad and uncle were born and raised there, uncle has been there his whole life and recently retired. The last time we saw each other was probably 20+ years ago so a visit was long overdue. Rode north through Walden, the CO-WY border, into Laramie. I was told that this is THE college town of the state, coulda fooled me. Wyoming is a whole 'nother place lemme tell ya. Grabbed some lunch there and continued on north. Things got reeeaaaal spread out from there.





That is Highway 77, a spur road off of 487. They had 487 completely closed due to an accident. 77 is closed in the winter apparently and I could certainly see why. NOTHING out there as far as you could see. No houses, ranches, nothing. One of those roads that makes you wonder why they even built it. It was really cool riding it and getting that big wide open feeling that one can only get out west.

Rest of the way to Casper was much more of the same. Lots of open countryside and antelope. Rolled into town very much on empty and met up with the aunt and uncle. Had a really good time catching up with them, I shoulda done it a long time ago. My uncle is very into woodworking, leather working, tool restoration etc and we had a great time looking through all his stuff. He's also got a museum sized collection of rare and unique knives, pistols, rifles, you name it. Was sad to say goodbye after two days but the all present tug of the road and forward movement drove me back out into the void.

[Vic_imp]

Wyoming is great isn't it!? So much wide open space and high plains roads that a motorcycle rider can really stretch your wheels on.

[Cormanus]

That landscape looks amazing, dbarkdoll. Not sure I'd want to ride in it al the time, but it's a great experience from time to time.

[dbarkdoll_imp]

The Void is a good title for the next days ride. No pictures from that day, not much worth photographing. The scenery finally got a bit interesting as I got near the Wind River area approaching Dubois, this waterway is very appropriately named btw. Experienced probably the strongest head wind of the whole trip traveling west through the river valley. Stopped in Dubois and hung out for a bit checking out a few shops. It was getting time to start finding a place to camp so down a forest service road I went. Shoulda just kept to the road and looked for a campground but for whatever reason I decided to get out into the back country. Finally found a "spot" alongside the dirt road that was flat enough to pitch a tent and made camp. This was the most isolated camping I did the whole trip and I was in a very weird and vulnerable place mentally. No cell service and I desperately wanted to talk to my girlfriend so a rough night was had indeed. The low point of the trip hands down. Got stormed on for a minute, swore I was being watched by something the entire night, and froze my butt off overnight. Awoke to frost on the rainfly and got the heck out of there.
Next day went quite a bit smoother and I was a short ride from the Grand Tetons. A formidable sight to approach, no doubt.





Really cool riding through the valley with the range right there the whole time, especially in picture perfect weather. Went into Jackson and hung out for a bit before deciding to make the pilgrimage to Melvin Brewing in Alpine, WY. This has been one of my favorite breweries for a long time and I reveled in the chance to visit it in person. The building and surrounding area did not disappoint.



Camped in a pretty great spot along the Snake River that night.
Headed back towards Jackson and the Tetons the next day en route to Yellowstone. No complaints riding back through the valley again, I do regret not taking the park road that loops towards Jenny Lake and Jackson Lake for a closer look at the mountains. Next time. To be fair I was in a bit a of a hurry to get to Yellowstone before it got super crowded and wanted to give myself as much time as possible there. Was able to get a nice shot of the range and lake on the way out however.



Up next.....

[the Ferret]

Beautiful pics. I love mountains. Hey you lost your fender bag.

[dbarkdoll_imp]

Beautiful pics. I love mountains. Hey you lost your fender bag.

Fender bag? Never had one. I don’t think anyway.....

[the Ferret]

Hmmm who was it that had the fender bag then? Lll