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I couldn’t help but think about the lady at the motel who wouldn’t allow you to have a room because you were on a bicycle! The lady at this motel was much nicer. 😊
5 years agoYou found better lodging than I did when I stayed in Chadron back in 1973. Very budget conscious, I checked at the jail and they let me sleep in the empty drunk tank. It was fine until the middle of the night when they threw a drunk in with me who sounded like he was going to die for the next hour and a half. In the morning they brought both of us coffee and a cinnamon roll, so it all worked out OK.
5 years agoI’m pretty intrigued by these so-called “fancy drinks”.
5 years agoIn fairness to the honey bun, the quart of chocolate milk, which I chugged in 45 seconds, might have contributed.
5 years agoThe large frosted honey bun (and the associated sickness) finally make an appearance! It took long enough, but now this is an official cross-country ride.
5 years agoI can’t explain why, but I find this billboard absolutely fascinating.
5 years agoGreat color coordination!
5 years agoWhat a coincidence!
I hope you had a good time in the park. Riding through it on a bike is not a very good way to see things, unfortunately. As I'm sure you observed, traffic can be terrible.
I've been on some very empty roads since leaving Yellowstone, which is what I prefer.
Enjoy your vacation!
Scott, there was a mention in the description of the route about the tunnels, but I'd forgotten about it.
Which is actually a good thing, because otherwise I'd have been worrying about it all day.
I'm in Buffalo tonight, and finally seem to to have escaped the enormous Yellowstone tourist zone.
Jeff! We were in West Yellowstone and the park on Wednesday! We turned south at Madison where you went straight. We didn't see any cyclists until then, so we didn't see you without knowing it. Since we've been on the road I haven't always been able to keep up with you.
5 years agoThanks for the refresher! I rode through Yellowstone once, over twenty years ago, at exactly this time of year. I hit snow and had to bail on the plan to bike Beartooth Pass, and dropped down to Cody instead. I remember well worrying about that last hill before Cody.
5 years agoOh, my gosh. What a great shot.
5 years agoThanks - I wondered what they were.
5 years agoLast year's mullein.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbascum_thapsus
Unfortunately, I'm not as budget conscious as I should be - this has basically turned into a credit card tour in which I carry a tent as a backup.
5 years agoHowever, I'd totally be up for sleeping in a jail... As long as it was empty.