The Catskill Chronicle

The Beartooth All-American Road passes through The Beartooth Corridor. It is one of the highest and most rugged areas in the lower 48 states, with 20 peaks reaching over 12,000 feet in elevation. In the surrounding mountains, glaciers are found on the north flank of nearly every mountain peak over 11,500 feet high. The Road itself is the highest elevation highway in Wyoming (10,947 feet) and Montana (10,350 feet), and is the highest elevation highway in the Northern Rockies.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

5:45pm, someplace starting with an L in Montana.

Beartooth Pass beat me up today. Beautiful ride through Yellowstone, even if there were a lot of people. Also tons of elk and bison. Ugh.

At this moment, I am the literal manifestation of ‘not in a rush’.

After the Beartooth (BT), I stopped at a cafe for food. It had tons of motorcycles out front, so it was the obvious choice of culinary establishments. Ate lone wolf style, but it was nice to be in like company just the same:) Tried to order the crocodile chicken fingers, but they were out.

After I got back on the bike, it was early yet, only noon or so.

There were several discussions on the road about the best way to get back to NY, if I was not going to go down to Utah and ride the “once in a life time rides there”. Take 212 east through South Dakota, or take 312 south to catch ALT14.

In the end, I just did what I normally do when in doubt. Follow the bikers. They all went 14a. Problem solved.

Anyway. I’m camping for the night. Super tired tonight. Pushed it kind of hard. 12 hours or so of riding. It’s early, but it would have been stupid to ride anymore today.