Rockinrog Goes for a Ride

Staying in the cabin after leaving Yellowstone worked out, because due to getting caught in a thunderstorm the night before and then the moisture in the morning air from camping beside a lake meant I had to put away my tent soaking wet. So I used the fan on the air conditioner to dry everything out.

I got up in the morning and headed back into Yellowstone via the Roosevelt Arch. This was the first entrance to the park and since 1903 people have been entering the park passing under the arch, originally in stage coaches.

I saw lots of buffalo on the way out of the park to the Beartooth Highway.

I even had to wait for some to cross the road.

A couple parting shots of YS.

The Beartooth Highway.

After coming out in Red Lodge I headed for Glacier.
After a lengthy wait for road construction

I ended up in a RV park in Conrad MT, run but this delightful lady

She charged me $12 and then brought me a new razor and gum compliments of the chamber of commerce.
After a while she came back by and gave me the wireless key, not bad for 12 bucks a night.

The next morning I got up and headed to

Most of these pics are from the Going to the Sun Road.

I was impressed with how clear the water was, hopefully these pics show it.

And that pretty much wrapped up the goals I had for the trip. I had thought about heading into Canada, But if I did 500 miles days I was 4 days from home and I like to leave a couple extra days in case I encounter any problems. The bike had been a little slow turning over in the cold mountain mornings, I was bit afraid the battery might be going.
I never did see a Griz, or a black bear for that matter.

Stunning photographs. Thanks for sharing.

I made it home tonight. I put in a couple 700 mile days coming home and went through Chicago to make it interesting. I don't recommend you try either.
I will post up some stats from the trip as soon as I get them calculated.

Glad to hear you made it back!
Looking forward to rest of the pics!
When are you doing it again?

Some trip Stats
11 days
5407 Miles
$1100
F800GS averaged 52 MPG

Things I added for this trip:

I don't have a regular waterproof MS GPS, but I bought a RAM mount for my TOMTOM auto GPS and man it was nice having that thing. Not only for navigation, but to let me know how many miles till destination, just a nice thing to have.
I also added a Britannia Composites screen. This allowed me to adjust the screen to shoot the wind up over my helmet.

Things I wished I had tried for the trip:
LD Comfort shorts
Some sort of cruise control or even a cramp buster.

Daily mileage stats:

Day 1 480 miles
Day 2 497 miles
Day 3 517 miles
Day 4 487 miles
Day 5 400 miles
Day 6 143 miles
Day 7 440 miles
Day 8 384 miles
Day 9 744 miles
Day 10 735 miles
Day 11 580 miles

Those are some long days! I averaged 400 per day on my last trip and that was about perfect. Nice pics!

Interesting is one word for it! Glad you're back safe.