July 4, 2006 – Day 8 - 172 Miles Lovell, WY
Lovell, WY area
Went on a great ride with brothers Wayne and Terry B, Wayne’s son, Ethan, and Bobby.
Over-exposed picture of the hole-in-the-head gang. From left to right (and I mean right), Wayne, Bob, Ethan, and Terry.
We rode out to Bighorn Lake (Reservoir), saw wild (more accurately, feral) horses and a Bighorn ewe with offspring. The road was under repair and had more than the usual allotment of pea-gravel. I wasn’t unhappy when we turned around and headed up through the Bighorn National Forest.
View from the "top" of Big Horn Mountain, before the descent to the valley on US14.
The primary road, US14Alt, is the steepest road in the U.S. with grades as steep as 11-12%. Believe me, it gets your attention. And the views…wow, the views. Stopped at the Bighorn Lodge at Burgess Junction for sandwiches and a couple of beers. (Don’t normally drink and ride, but we spaced them out and included food…seemed sufficient justification to me.)
Finished the ride by riding down the “easier” US14, stopping at a beautiful falls whose name escapes me now.
The brothers know this land like the back of their hands having grown up here and running elk hunting outfitting trips up the canyons.
We went back to Wayne’s house and had a cookout, a little beer drinking, and some more guitar music and singing. I can’t say enough about the graciousness and hospitality of this entire family. I felt at home, as if I’d known these people all my life. And I have sort of …they are like most of the real people I’ve met throughout my life. It was a pure pleasure.
Went on a great ride with brothers Wayne and Terry B, Wayne’s son, Ethan, and Bobby.
Over-exposed picture of the hole-in-the-head gang. From left to right (and I mean right), Wayne, Bob, Ethan, and Terry.
We rode out to Bighorn Lake (Reservoir), saw wild (more accurately, feral) horses and a Bighorn ewe with offspring. The road was under repair and had more than the usual allotment of pea-gravel. I wasn’t unhappy when we turned around and headed up through the Bighorn National Forest.
View from the "top" of Big Horn Mountain, before the descent to the valley on US14.
The primary road, US14Alt, is the steepest road in the U.S. with grades as steep as 11-12%. Believe me, it gets your attention. And the views…wow, the views. Stopped at the Bighorn Lodge at Burgess Junction for sandwiches and a couple of beers. (Don’t normally drink and ride, but we spaced them out and included food…seemed sufficient justification to me.)
Finished the ride by riding down the “easier” US14, stopping at a beautiful falls whose name escapes me now.
The brothers know this land like the back of their hands having grown up here and running elk hunting outfitting trips up the canyons.
We went back to Wayne’s house and had a cookout, a little beer drinking, and some more guitar music and singing. I can’t say enough about the graciousness and hospitality of this entire family. I felt at home, as if I’d known these people all my life. And I have sort of …they are like most of the real people I’ve met throughout my life. It was a pure pleasure.
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