You guys have fun! I am home. I left Red Lodge at 0900 went up and over the Bighorn mountains on 14A. Wonderful... stop at Bear Lodge for a burger and tots! I always wanted to go to the Medicine Wheel but never knew exactly where it was. It's on 14A at 9600'. The road descended on Wonderful curves on the east side and the ascension on the west is good except a shorter section has damage but no big deal with the S10. As you know zi wanted to go to Devil's Tower... but once I hit I90 by Ranchester I put the cruise at a gas sucking 84 mph and went home. Pulled into town in time to get to church at 1015 in my riding clothes then home. Some deciding factors were...
1. 93° F and the next couple of days were the same.
2. It was just going to keep cooling down and... there was no wind in Wyoming and SD!!!
3. That mental switch flipped and I wanted to go home so I went during the best conditions. Saw an asteroid burn through our atmosphere and a couple of coyotes in different Locations. My bright lights were handy! Went by Sheridan at around 4:30.
This situation ( burning down the hwy) is the only time that I wish that the bike had more power. I'll get better at loading lighter next trip. Should help!
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So this is the track up to midnight
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This is from midnight on. A little over 1000 miles... and I didn’t even get serious about covering ground until I got on 90. Went slow through the Bighorn mountains stopping at overlooks and it is a 1.2 mile hike to the Medicine Wheel with inclines. Easy gravel road though. 2.4 round trip.
Now to get my yard back into shape and start the tear down to clean this bike up and check every bolt. Do forks, oil, drive oil, air filter and stuff. Oh, valve check as I am at 27,000 miles. (A local S10 rider on the forum said he could show me or guide me through that) Just around 12,500 miles on the trip in 44 days.