The weather is dictating our direction of our trip, since there is snow predicted for the mountains. We had hoped to go to Cody, Wyoming but weather reports were for rain and snow so we headed more south. Travelled Rt 26/287 through Debois then to Casper,doing about 310 miles. It started out quite cold in 40's, little rain in Jackson, then over Moran Pass with total snow covered landscape. As we rode down into the valley we lost the snow and it got warmer. The landscape and views constantly change from Cattle and Horse ranches to varied colored mountains from greens, browns, reds and yellows. The route took us through the Shoshone Reservation and we visited the Shoshone Trading Post store and museum. We traveled along the Wind River and found out why it was called the wind river valley. We had about 100 miles of gusty winds across the prairie.
We did stop and visit Independence Rock where the Oregon Trail passed and travelers wrote their names on it. It was a major point of travel for the wagon trains on the Oregon Trail and you could see where there were still ruts in the ground from the wagons.
FACTS: we have been on the road 63 days and 18 days on the motorcycle. To date we have traveled 3174 miles on the motorcycle.
FACTOID: "OPEN RANGE" is not an oven door left open.
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This must have been a long day...a lot of driving! xo
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