milage 245
total milage 9087
camping fee $6.60 Natl Forest after 1/2 off with senior card
Got up and rode to Gillette, WY for breakfast. Had a message from Pack that she and Rosie were in a golf tournament and would be available from 3-6 that afternoon. So I went to the laundrymat and then to the library. Using the library for the internet is nice but some of them limit you to 1/2 hr and none of them allow you to download pictures from your camera onto your flash card. So again the pictures will be added later. Had a great discussion with a man from TX that has become a full time RVer. I then went to find where Pack's RV was parked and then returned to the library and checked my e-mail.
About 2pm I got another msg from pack saying they were back at the RV. It was great to see Pack again and we had a great visit. I hope to see her again on my way East. I finally got to met Rosie and she is a neat lady. Even has her own Harley. I left them about 6pm, they had a golf tournament presentation dinner and I had a road to travel.
I meet a rider on an Gold Wing Interstate from Bangor, ME that had been really worried that he wouldn't make the gas station and that if that happened that nobody would stop to help him. He was sterotype biker. I told him that I had just been to Bangor also.
I finally stopped (after about 200 miles) just as it was getting dark at the first natl forest campground that I found in the Big Horn Natl forest. It was the last space they had (at 8400 ft)and it was about 50 ft below the snow line, complete with snow. The ride up the side of that mountain range was gorgeous. I now understand the saying "I felt like I could reach up and touch the face of God". Once again no dinner, hmm this is getting to be a bad habit. It was dark by the time camp was set up. I slept as normal, on the air mattress with the sleeping bag as a comforter. Bad choice, woke up late in the night with heavy shivering, it was difficult just getting the comforter back into sleeping bag shape and zipped up. I even put the top over my head and closed that up so only my face was exposed, finally used it as a mummy bag. But then all was ok, at least no rain. When I got up there was ice everywhere. Martin, you'll be happy to know that the Marmot bag passed its rating test but it was close :)
Broke camp and dressed with my sweat pants and sweat shirt on over my clothes. Winter gloves and hood. Did I mention it was cold?
total milage 9087
camping fee $6.60 Natl Forest after 1/2 off with senior card
Got up and rode to Gillette, WY for breakfast. Had a message from Pack that she and Rosie were in a golf tournament and would be available from 3-6 that afternoon. So I went to the laundrymat and then to the library. Using the library for the internet is nice but some of them limit you to 1/2 hr and none of them allow you to download pictures from your camera onto your flash card. So again the pictures will be added later. Had a great discussion with a man from TX that has become a full time RVer. I then went to find where Pack's RV was parked and then returned to the library and checked my e-mail.
About 2pm I got another msg from pack saying they were back at the RV. It was great to see Pack again and we had a great visit. I hope to see her again on my way East. I finally got to met Rosie and she is a neat lady. Even has her own Harley. I left them about 6pm, they had a golf tournament presentation dinner and I had a road to travel.
I meet a rider on an Gold Wing Interstate from Bangor, ME that had been really worried that he wouldn't make the gas station and that if that happened that nobody would stop to help him. He was sterotype biker. I told him that I had just been to Bangor also.
I finally stopped (after about 200 miles) just as it was getting dark at the first natl forest campground that I found in the Big Horn Natl forest. It was the last space they had (at 8400 ft)and it was about 50 ft below the snow line, complete with snow. The ride up the side of that mountain range was gorgeous. I now understand the saying "I felt like I could reach up and touch the face of God". Once again no dinner, hmm this is getting to be a bad habit. It was dark by the time camp was set up. I slept as normal, on the air mattress with the sleeping bag as a comforter. Bad choice, woke up late in the night with heavy shivering, it was difficult just getting the comforter back into sleeping bag shape and zipped up. I even put the top over my head and closed that up so only my face was exposed, finally used it as a mummy bag. But then all was ok, at least no rain. When I got up there was ice everywhere. Martin, you'll be happy to know that the Marmot bag passed its rating test but it was close :)
Broke camp and dressed with my sweat pants and sweat shirt on over my clothes. Winter gloves and hood. Did I mention it was cold?
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You named your Marmot bag "Martin"????
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