Today, we checked off one of the items on Biker’s bucket list – traveling the Beartooth Highway (or as I keep calling it, the Bluetooth Highway). And, lucky us, we experienced all the weather.
We started off in Cody with a pretty steady rain. After a fantastic breakfast, we made our way north to the edge of Yellowstone Park and the entrance to the Beartooth Scenic Byway.
Just a few minutes on the new road, it started raining ice. For real. We stopped and took a video but it’s too large.
And just as we were heading back onto the road, a large buck ran across the road about 30 feet in front of us. The ice didn’t last long and turned into snow for a bit, then it all cleared up and most of the rest of the day we had sun.
As we crossed the summit, we stopped at a rest stop and noticed a couple of guys carrying guns right out in the open. We asked them and found that Wyoming is an open carry state. So is Montana, as it turns out, cause when we stopped for lunch there were a few people at the restaurant with guns easily visible on their belts.
As we hit the highway for our final push to our stopping place for the night, we were reminded of our last trip across I-90. It was 10 years ago and the day Michael Jackson died, but what really brought back the memory was how WINDY it is on this highway. We were buffeted for a solid 90 minutes. For those familiar with the Unigo, despite our concern that it’s a bit wobbly on a good day, it performed like a champ.
Arriving at the hotel exhausted from holding my head still against the wind slamming into me, I was happy to grab a shower and some dinner.
Hoping our weather from here on is much less dramatic!
The Biker's Wife 