Closer to Home

Sorry there was no post yesterday. Wasn't much to say. Spent most of the day waiting at the Harley shop for the bike to get well. Then, the ride was all interstate, so no pictures. I just wasn't in the mood to take pictures and you didn't miss much. Missoula to Dillon, Mt. doesn't have much to see. Plus, everything is hazy. You'll see that in some of the pictures to follow. Not a cloud in the sky, but everything is covered in haze. It seems it is all caused by the fires in California..............

The ride from Dillon over to Jackson Hole had some really scenic things. Like all the potato fields........
Here is a shot from Teton Pass down into Jackson. You can't see the town because of the haze. At least it doesn't show up in the pictures...
Here is a shot of the Grand Tetons. This is usually a GREAT picture. But, again, the Californians had to share their smoke with the rest of us......
After we left the Grand Teton National Park and headed southeast on route 287 (yep, the same 287 that goes through Ft. Worth), the scenery got really good. Here is a GREAT shot of what we got to watch for over 200 miles:
This shot didn't come out as well as I hoped. If you zoom in, look to the left of Dave's head, just above his bags. That gray thing is his ponytail. We were running about 75 mph and his hair was blowing straight out to the side. The flag on the back of my back was doing the same thing. We estimated the cross wind at between 45 and 55 mph. The bike was leaning at about 80 degrees just to keep it going straight.
We'd planned on making more than the 500+ miles we made today, but after fighting the wind for a couple of hundred miles, we decided it would be more fun to have a cold beer. So, we stopped in Rawlings, Wy. It is about 1,100 miles from here to home. Should be there in a couple of days unless we run into bad weather. Sure hope we miss it all....... From here to home, it won't be too exciting. All interstate from here to Raton, N.M., then 287 towards Dallas. Oh boy. Love that route.............. But, we'll try to post tomorrow night just to let everyone know where we are. May not post the day I get home. Have other things in mind that might keep me busy for a while, but I'll try to put together a wrap up post. Dave and I were talking tonight about all the stories this trip has generated. It will be a while remembering them all...................