Pictures of where I've been and what I've seen

I made an executive decision for the purposes of simplicity and efficiency. Majority or nearly all of the pictures I have taken, along the roadside and within destinations I have stopped at, will be uploaded to my "mobile uploads" picture section on my Facebook account. This is because there are so many pictures to upload and share that would otherwise take more time than I wish to spend writing about each photograph. 

So, I hope this makes it easier for viewers and readers to follow my continuing cycling endeavor across the states. 

Don't worry! I will still be including pictures within this blog, but they will be the better and "favorite" photos captured along the way. 

For example: 

 This is found about a mile from highest pass within the medicine bow mountains located west of Laramie in Wyoming.

3000 miles????!?!?!?!?!?!

I think that's the name of a song, "3000 miles." Regardless, it is the title of my song I am singing now. (My lyrics were pretty creative, so I encourage anyone and everyone to create their own "3000 miles" song. 

Back to the point, I began part 2 if this trip a mile outside of West Glacier, MT. Now the photo you are about to see has not been doctored in any way and is viewable by all ages. Hahaha. 

So when I stopped riding in Kearney, NE,  before going to Idaho with Uncle Lee, I was at 2013 miles on my Cateye cycling computer. 

After riding through Glacier NP, I was at 2067 miles, as shown in the following pic: 

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Well boys and girls, yesterday I came about 1/2 a mile from rolling over 3000 miles. Right now my odometer shows "2999" miles, not including the miles from VT to the east Boston, MA. Thus, in a day or two when I leave for Denver, I will officially roll over 3000 miles here in Cheyenne, Wyoming. 

My guess is that I will hit 4000 miles going into Ontario, Oregon. Can't wait!

Fun statistics - August 16, 2014

So after I stopped riding today I did some math and was pretty happy with myself. Here it goes:

Odometer: 2877 miles

Miles from S. Royalton, VT to Boston, MA: 250 miles

Total mileage (so far): 3127 miles

Miles accomplished today: 56 (from Rawlins, WY to 29 miles west of Centennial, WY)

81 days

That's how many days it has been since I  began this monstrosity of a life endeavor. The end game, no clue. Something fun, something I will not vision as an obligation to a company, but as a gift worth giving from me to the world. 

Back to the subject. Here's some stats needing to be logged since riding again as of July 30th:

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7-30 glacier NP = 51 miles

7-31 browning,Mt to Choteau, Mt = 72 miles

8-1 Choteau, Mt to Helena,Mt = 104 miles

8-2 Helena, Mt to Three Forks, Mt = 68 miles

8-3 Three Forks, Mt to Palisades CG, Cameron, Mt = 75 miles

8-4 Palisades CG, Cameron, Mt to Ashton, ID = 75 miles

8-5 Ashton, ID to Jackson, Wy = 72 miles

8-5 thru 8-9: rest days in Jackson, Wy 

8-10 Jackson, Wy to Hatchet Resort, Moran, Wy = about 45 miles

(Stayed here because didn't want to be bear food)

8-11 Hatchet Resort, Moran, Wy to Dubois, Wy KOA = 60 miles

8-12 Dubois, Wy KOA to Lander, Wy = 75 miles 

8-13 (Today): rest day 

 

In 10 days of riding: 692 miles.

Here's a couple of my favorite pictures during these days:

 Bridger-Teton Mountain Range

 Enough said! (Located between Moran &  Dubois)

I felt great after seeing this road sign.

 Couldn't resist photographing this. 

Sweet!! Only 42 miles including the pass and I'm done for the day!

Had to lighten the load of change I had accumulated, do I purchased a PBR and left a tip at the only food establishment I found in Cameron, Mt in order to fill up my water bottles to last me 40 or so miles until the next stop. This night I camped about 1/2 way between there and the HWY 87-HWY 287 junction. Oh yeah, I had steak for the first time since before I left flagstaff in May, thanks to a really nice person who had cooked too much food for her family camping a couple spots over from me. I wolfed it down in seconds flat. Thank you! 

Palisades CG, Cameron, Mt

The Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. It reminded me of AZ, especially when I lived in and cycled around Phoenix. 

It was so hot this day and so riding through the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, I was super excited to get to the southern entrance to the reservation. There was road construction involving re-oiling and tarring the roads for 8 or so miles, so when I got here, the roads were a lot better and I had kicked and peeled off nearly all the tar and gravel that was stuck to my tires, frame, brakes, and shoes. At this point it also meant I had only 10 miles to go to fill up on water. Woohoo!!

Continental Divide...again, and more!

So this is really backwards considering the timeline of events but in freeing up space on my phone for more photo opportunities, until i do so, things will not be in chronological order; however, they will be documented. 

This was pretty sweet! Raining and trying not to damage my phone, I took out my phone from the ziplock bag protecting it and snapped a few quick shots of me crossing the continental divide again, this time entering into Idaho from MT. 

Looking into Idaho.

Didn't ride through fog but low clouds made an excellent riding experience.

Looking back into MT.

Idaho bound!!

Location of this pic: lower Mesa falls in Idaho along scenic highway 47. Couldn't get a good focus but stellar grouping of falls. 

Guess who?!?!? It's me! @ lower Mesa falls!!!!! Pretty awesome! (Thank you really nice old couple who gave me a ride to the scenic highway that covers this greatness!)

Above 7 pics: environmentally, meteorologically, and conclusively country-sidish cool visuals thought I would share with the world. 

This was a great sign! Made it to Jackson, WY 3to 4 hours after seeing/meeting this road sign. I only had to inflate my rear tire once , then replaced my rear tire and tube after a blowout at the WY-ID border right before a mega blast if rain poured upon me, and continued until I rode through and to Emily and Dan's in Jackson. 

I need to unload pictures from my phone, so why not here

Wyoming pictures (so far):

From Teton pass to Jenny lake (in no particular order)

So I was on my way to Teton pass from victor, id and saw a weigh station fir semi-trucks. What went through my mind??? How much dies my bike weigh fully loaded? It wasn't 100% accurate, it maybe it was, and altogether my bike and gear amounts to 80 lbs. (With me included, bike + gear + me = 260 lbs.)

Not sure why but I wanted to note where that weigh station was/is. 

Awes yeah!!!! Made it to the top going from Idaho into Wyoming. Stopped about 15 to 20 times. Was a pain to get started up a 10% grade. Walked between 1/4 and 1/2 mile to reach Teton pass. So cool (and cold) at the top. No one stopped there but me. So cool!

Above two pic's:  looking down into Jackson hole from Teton pass.

The weather cleared up to make Jenny lake enjoyable and the drive out there amazing.

Above 5 photos: great afternoon hike to the top of snow king in Jackson, Wy. Snake river brewery was a great motivator this day. The hike from the bottom of the main chairlift to the top is an elevation gain of 1500ft. I hiked it in an hour and a half, then rode the lift down. The view... Crazy awesome, but not as wicked awesome as the view from atop Teton village tram.

Above 5 photos: Jenny lake and the north end of the Tetons. My intention was to go hiking across the lake but the feet were telling me "no!!", so I walked through the water to a really nice sitting rock where I snapped these pictures and absorbed the joyously sweet views.

Above two pics: just really cool and couldn't pass up these great images/memories.

Today it cleared up enough to really see the Teton mountains on my way out of Jackson, Wy. Had a blast with Emily, Dan, Annalise, and Felix. 

Now, onto Cheyenne!

Glacier National Park...and more

I have officially started back riding after about two weeks off. First day back, rode the going to the sun road in glacier national park- that was a long ass hill( fun though). Rode over the continental divide (Logan pass), took some pictures, had a bite with my riding partner( aunt Jenny), and coasted, braked, and pedaled some more to st Mary, MT where we camped that night(wed 3/31/14). (51 mile ride)

Don't worry, I will post the pics from glacier at the end of this entry.

The next morning, after saying goodbye and given a head start to browning, I was on my merry way to choteau, MT. Made it there that night(70-80 miles) and enjoyed A/c in the Gunther Motel. Before arriving in choteau, I stopped in the town prior( forgot its name) and saw a dinosaur museum/ exhibit. I would have gone in but they had just closed- I think. (Going by two clocks with two different time zones made me forget what time it actually was cause I have wid-west time on my cycling computer still and mt time on my phone.) besides the point, still got To my destination but I will forever wonder what dinosaur history lay in that locked building. 

Again- pics will be at the end of all this mumbo jumbo I call me writing about my life.

Then the next day 8/1 I rode to Helena, MT from Choteau. I orignly figured the mileage to be 80 miles but actually did 94 riding. I explain, I stopped in wolf creek to fill up water bottles and get direction on possible alternate routes to Helena instead if the interstate, but there was no way around it. So after talking with Amy at the gas station, I went for it. About 3 hours riding in 2 hours. Almost did it. Got to the top ofthenlast hill before Helena where I would coast the rest of the way, and nearly passed out from being so exhausted. Luckily, Amy, the girl from the gas station was heading that way and saw me walking my bike ip the hill. So we  loaded my bike into the back of her truck and my legs were spared the last 5 miles to the motel 6 in Helena. If I had rode the complete distance from choteau to Helena, it would have been 99 miles, but instead, I rode 94 that day. 

Glacier National Park pictures

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