Well after two days of hard riding, we are now nestled at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, in Buffalo, Wyoming. We have covered 5 states in two days - Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota and on into Wyoming - tomorrow Montana! I have spent my whole adult life trying to get to Montana, so I am very excited to finally arrive. Tomorrow night will be Missoula and the day after that will be Glacier National Peace Park and The Road to the Sun. This might be a very special part of the journey for me, since I actually had a job at the park when I was 19 or so, intending to work there and go to school for forest management. But life intervened with a battle with cancer, and by the time I was healthy again, things had changed and in Illinois I stayed. So now I will finally arrive, not too late, just when I was supposed to.
These past two days have seen a lot. We left Illinois at 7:00 am on Saturday
With a pretty good fog, which luckily burned off fairly quickly. After one minor break down (Keith's bike blew a fuse) and one war wound (I got in a fight with a bungee cord, it won!) we made it to Sioux Falls, SD for the night. Another early start saw us to Buffalo, WY tonight, this day with only one war wound (again I got in a fight with a bungee cord, and Alan has now grounded me from using them, since I lost the battle a second time).
Alan has brought a mascot to keep us safe on the road, and so far he is doing his job rather well. Rastus keeps his eye on us all. I am sure he will be seen elsewhere as we go, so keep your eye out for him.
The weather has been a little rough. Mostly high 90's or more. Today we all were pretty sun kissed, but when we hit Wyoming, things really got rough. It felt like driving into a roaring furnace! Everyone agreed it happened exactly at the border, like going through a door. Even the bikes felt it, as most temp gages were showing 110 at one point! But now we are in "Deer Park" campground, if you can believe it, and I am going to jump in the pool before it closes. Keep your eyes out for some hopefully good pictures coming soon, as we are now heading into the beauty part of the ride, and hopefully a little cooler as well. We'll see you all down the road, and wish you happy days!
