Today was spent touring the local mountain passes and taking a ton of pictures. From Red Lodge there are two passes into Wyoming, the Bear Tooth Pass and the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway. The Bear Tooth is closed for a couple more weeks for snow clearing, I think the summit is about 10k ft. We were only able to get about 17 miles in on this side of the pass before we hit the barricade. The Chief Joseph Highway (Hwy296) is open though and the far end of it connects to the other end of the Bear Tooth so we could check that side out too... and Hwy 296 is the Best. Road. Ever. Last night we had a nearly clear run of Hwy296, 45 miles of very entertaining road and only had 2 cars in the way. The first run down it today was about the same, good times :) The Bear Tooth from the south is a fantastic stretch of road too, great views and alot of fun to drive. We stopped at the "Top of the World" because the road was getting down to single lane with deep snow on either side. One of these days we'll plan a trip later in the year when the whole pass is open. We did find a very cool waterfall fed by snow runoff but decided against hiking in to it.
So back the other direction we ran Hwy296 again back to Red Lodge but stopping for lots of pics this time. This time there was no one in our way but we stopped frequently anyway. Last time I was out here I had the G3 so I wanted to take advantage of the 20D and the 10-22mm lens on this trip. We got back to Red Lodge around 7pm and found the restaurant we ate at when we were here a couple years ago that has the best sweet potato fries on the planet.
Tomorrow we have a change of plans and we're going to head to Glacier instead of spending another day running the passes, we don't want to overstay our welcome ;) I don't think it will be very long before we're back out here anyway, hopefully with a yellow car.
Oh, and a PSA for the guys with the diesel pickup trucks. Your truck isn't fast, you are in our way, and you aren't going to keep up with us. Thanks.
Even more pics today
Trip Stats:
251 miles
4hrs of driving
54mph average speed
21mpg
19k ft climbed
one gas stop
1 comment:
You do need some rice to balance out that diet. But I'd need to retrofit Grip-spec SH-AWD handling master gear into teh yellow before that trip! Looks like you guys are having a blast. Wish I was there. Pwn3d.
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