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owrstrich · Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:29 am Post subject:

it went from desert to rocky mountains to lush green... truly beautiful...

more hamburgers a few tbones...

back into the mountians... i ca clearly see rain ahead... looks like our blessing of perfect weather isnt gonna hold...

by the way... it was cold... we both had our electrics on... me low... her high... of course...

now we are getting pounded... cold rain... getting dark... in the valley of death... i fear no dear... cooke city mt here we come... just another 20 miles...

more later...

j o
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lrome48 · Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:51 pm Post subject:

Nice motojournalism jo...I envy your saddle time.
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owrstrich · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:10 pm Post subject:

so here we are beautiful cooke city mt... it was 38 degrees this morning and the motobrick was covered in frost from last nights rain...

but the sun started shining and all is well... except the report is 6 miles of dirt and gravel between here and yellowstone... and the reports of yellowstone being a cluster with traffic is making us rethink our route... so we opt for beartooth pass... both ways today... us 212... to red lodge mt... then the chief joseph the other way to cody wy...

the twisted trader came over from west yellowstone to cooke city to ride the beartooth with us... he gotts his electrics on... wonder why... sunny and crisp today...

we follow the river road...

to a scenic vista...

rolling higher in elevation...

waterfalls were plentiful and raging like a moe...

alpine streams and lakes dotted the landscape...

going higher...

more later...

j o
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owrstrich · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:12 pm Post subject:

this is an exquisite place...

the tree on the rock...

more later...

j o
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owrstrich · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:13 pm Post subject:

indian taco...

double che...

from the red box car... red lodge mt... both were reported to be fantastic...

heading back to the beartooth pass... you really have to ride a mountain pass both ways to get its full beauty...

the landscape is enormous... the digicam couldnt get it... but the snow is 10s of feet deep in places melting into large alpine lakes...

more later...

j o
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drmalacarne · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:31 pm Post subject:

One of the best reports!!
Amazing pics!
Gui
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owrstrich · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:43 pm Post subject:

the road was good... just a few places of questionable surface and construction...

ebbetts.... sonora... both beautiful mountain passes... but this one is different... its colossal... and tied with my 4 favorite moto passes... ebbetts... sonora,,, chief joseph... beartooth... next year new mexico... colorado... utah... we want to experience them all...

them be some mighty snow blowers...

before we leave the high altitudes... i must leave our mark in the snow... been saving up all day... this is for our motobrick buddies at the k11og.org... what a relief...

more later...

j o
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owrstrich · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:44 pm Post subject:

now down the hill...

we took a left on chief joseph... gonna ride it back the other way this afternoon...

more later...

j o
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owrstrich · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:44 pm Post subject:

the clarks fork river scenic overlook...

more later...

j o
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owrstrich · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:45 pm Post subject:

a herd of pronghorns...

so there you have it... the chief joseph and the beartooth both ways... it was worth the slabb... but there will be no slabb on the way home... i promise...

more later...

j o
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miKeinWIs · Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:58 am Post subject: An aside....

Great pics. Did Bear Tooth and Chief Jos several yrs ago in car with 90 yo uncle on the way to Yellow Stone for his last hurrah. I had been there in 1928 in a model T.
Anyway, long to hit it with the Brick. Hopefully this Sept after the madding crowds. Hwy 14, 12, 212 any of them are great roads. Slab does s*ck in SD but it is heavily traveled. The 2 lanes are empty and pretty good roads.
To the point:
I went through Waverly last Sept on the way to my bro's in Denver on the GL500. Since my last name is klink I had to stop here:

Good ridin,
Mike
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