It was a great two
weeks of riding in some of the most beautiful country and roads in
America.
We started out on
Tuesday June 2nd for our first stop in Hurricane Utah. It was just 4
of us. John G, Wayne, Rick and myself. It was a warm ride with it
getting to around 92 degrees by the time we hit Hurricane at 3:00pm
or so. Wayne had to work as little late on Tuesday so he didn't
arrive until 9 pm. We sat and relaxed and decided where and when we
should leave the next day.
Wednesday morning
kickstands up at 8 am for our first full day of traveling. We made
our way thru Zion and Brice canyon. Rick had never been to Brice so
it was good to show him around a bit. Weather couldn't have been
better and I don't think it ever got to 80 degrees. Our stop for
that night was Price Utah. I believe it was around 359 miles for
that leg.
Thursday morning
once again it was kickstands up around 8am. We had decided to make
our way around the Flaming Gorge National Recreation area. Fantastic
roads and country. The reservoir is huge and goes on for miles. So
many different colors of greens and browns of the mountains. We
stopped at a Harley dealership in Vernal Utah. I can't really say it
was a Harley dealership as he sold pretty much everything else as
well, (Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki) and much more. Rick new the owner
Randy Beers and we had a nice visit with him. With our break done we
once again hit the road to Pinedale Utah. I think it was a 329 mile
day.
Friday 8am we are
off to the Grand Teton and Yellowstone parks. Leaving Pinedale was
the coldest morning we had at 40 degrees. We had to stop along the
way and put on some warmer gear. It was overcast much of the day but
it as beautiful all the same. Traffic thru Jackson wasn't to bad
being a week day and the tourist season hasn't really started yet.
Luckily we all park passes or it would have cost us a fortune to get
in all the parks.
Here is a shot of
the bikes at the Grand Teton.
After the photo
shoot it was time to head into Yellowstone National Park. What a
wonderful place to see and ride. We took the southern route around
Yellowstone Lake. Man that's a big lake for sure. Seem like it went
forever. We only saw on bison and a Coyote along the way. I was
hoping to see more wild life. We stopped for a break and gas for a
bit and continued our ride thru. At the east exit we stopped for a
photo shot and met and nice full time RV couple. They were nice
enough to take out picture by the sign.
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