Thursday, September 2, 2010

West Yellowstone to Cody



We've made it to Cody, WY, and have crossed the last pass of the Rockies!
We're a little short on time today though, so we'll post some pictures with just a few brief descriptions.


Neale in the early morning fog at our campsite near West Yellowstone
Long line of vehicles waiting to get into a road construction site with one-way at a time traffic.  They had to wait that much longer because of a few bicyclists going the opposite direction......
Beautiful country and clouds in Yellowstone!

High desert near Mammoth Hot Springs
The pass down into Mammoth Hot Springs
We picked  up a traveling buddy named Taylor.  We were heading in the same direction for a few days and decided to team up.



Peaks and pond on the other side of the pass.
We stayed near Mammoth Hot Springs with a cool trail crew worker named Kip.  One night his roommate showed up a little tipsy and insisted we drink his beer and wear his Park Service hat and motorcycle helmet.  We were only too happy to comply.

Heading East out of Yellowstone it got cold and rainy.  But the sun came out just in time for lunch!
Got an awesome campsite in the Shoshone National Forest!

We climbed up all these switchbacks (and many more that are out of sight) from the bottom of this valley to Dead Indian Pass at 8,000 feet.  Worth it for the view- and the ride down the other side!
Neale at Dead Indian Pass
Coming down the other side of Dead Indian Pass toward Cody.  These were our last views of the Rocky Mountains.

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