Love the pictures in this thread. Makes me jealous. Keep them coming.
Love the pictures in this thread. Makes me jealous. Keep them coming.
“To me there is no dishonor in being wrong and learning. There is dishonor in willful ignorance and there is dishonor in disrespect.” James Hatch, former Navy Seal and current Yale student.
Highway 64 in New Mexico between Taos and Chama. Great road, fast sweeping turns, and no one around. Beautiful forest, with no cabins or development at all. This is a stop towards the top, looking at a the Brazos Cliffs.
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View of Mt Uncompagre from just below Slumgullion pass (who comes up with these names?). Just south of Lake City on Colorado state road 149.
“To me there is no dishonor in being wrong and learning. There is dishonor in willful ignorance and there is dishonor in disrespect.” James Hatch, former Navy Seal and current Yale student.
Great Pictures, looks like an outstanding time on your bike. There is nothing like riding... when you are in a car, you're in the car. When you are riding... you are in that environment. If it's raining you are wet, if it's hot you are sweating, and when it's beautiful... it's all around you. It reminds you that you are alive.
Decided to ride some new roads this weekend. We got a hotel in Cedar City, and gave ourselves all day to get there. We took hwy 6 from Santaquin to Delta. Then hwy 50 across the Great Basin to Great Basin National Park. Just outside of The small town of Hinkley, there is a sign that says No Services for 89 Miles. It’s a stark landscape, but still interesting with dry lakebeds and desert mountain ranges.
Great Basin NP is basically a mountain oasis in the desert. The drive to Wheeler peak goes from ~5,000 to ~10,000 in elevation. There was still a lot of snow up there, which made for a challenging hike, but very cool scenery.
“To me there is no dishonor in being wrong and learning. There is dishonor in willful ignorance and there is dishonor in disrespect.” James Hatch, former Navy Seal and current Yale student.
Wheeler Peak was the windiest hike I ever did. Felt like it was going to knock me right off the ridge.Originally Posted by chrisrenrut
This has to be one of the less visited national parks, being so remote. Still, on this holiday weekend, the parking lot was full, and they cave tours were all booked. Still, I’m sure the crowds were nothing compared to Zion, Bryce, or Arches this weekend.
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We then took the back roads to Milford, Minersville, and Cedar City. Still trying to decide our route home tomorrow.
“To me there is no dishonor in being wrong and learning. There is dishonor in willful ignorance and there is dishonor in disrespect.” James Hatch, former Navy Seal and current Yale student.
Love wheeler peak (I believe I hiked it when Sancho did). But look out for skunks! They got one of us.
I love that picture!
Gorgeous. But I don't think I want to see any snow for awhile.
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it's not easy getting there, but the effort can be worth it to see some of the scenery and ride some of the roads in northeast Wyoming and western South Dakota. We just finished a 4 day ride. Our time was limited due to my brother not having much time off available.
The Bighorn mountains east of Yellowstone were a welcome site after crossing the high desert from Lander to Worland. The Cloud Peak Skyway is a classic high mountain pass road. It's a nice diversion prior to about 70 more miles of high desert on the way to Devil's Tower.
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The Black Hills of South Dakota are amazing. Great scenery, history, and windy roads. Spearfish Canyon to Deadwood was a treat. Deadwood is interesting. It is the only place where casino gambling is legal outside of Nevada, Atlantic City, Indian reservations, and riverboats. The history is interesting, but everything else has turned pretty touristy.
From Deadwood, we headed south to Mt Rushmore. This was the ultimate destination, and it did not disappoint. Huge crowds, but they do a good job of managing traffic and accommodating everyone. The story of how it was created is well captured in the museum and theater. It was awe inspiring.
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Leaving Mt Rushmore, we continued south on a road that looked like a scribble on the map. It had loops in it, which I couldn't understand until we experienced them, a 270 degree switchback that bridged over itself. The road went through Custer State Park, and on to Hot Springs. Just a beautiful, fun to ride 100 mile stretch of road. There are lots of things to see and to such as caves, lookout points, lakes, etc. But we wanted to make it to Casper, so Mt Rushmore was our only stop. No sightings of Rocky Raccoon, or McGill/Lil/Nancy.
After Hot Springs, it was back to grasslands and high desert. We hit a huge thunder cell 10 miles east of Casper. The rain and wind was so heavy, we pulled off the freeway and stopped for 20 minutes. A lot of other cars stopped too. Lightning was all around us, the kind you see, hear, and feel at the same time. Very scary, but we got through.
“To me there is no dishonor in being wrong and learning. There is dishonor in willful ignorance and there is dishonor in disrespect.” James Hatch, former Navy Seal and current Yale student.
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