Earache

Duly noted.

Phil and I got in few miles of dirt today as well....

Forgot your chains? We have you covered...

Saw a couple of the locals out for a stroll after we left the park, out in hills....

Hot gases escape the Earth in one portion of the Park...

Old abandoned soldier's barracks used from the 1880's through 1915 to house the garrison that guarded the Park...

We got up early today and tried to get through Yellowstone with as little aggravation as possible. Lines were long at the entrance, even at 6:30 AM. Cool old train station in town that brought visitors in years gone by. Unused now....

Airbnb continues to disappoint; crappy little house with crap furnishings for $400+ a night. Won't be suing them again...

Continuing across Montana towards Yellowstone and into our Airbnb for the night....

Not yet, but we haven't made it home yet, either.

Heading back into Wyoming tomorrow and hoping for lower temperatures. Hit 104F today - hot! More pics to come....

Quick lunch at a lodge out in the boonies...

Phil's video of today's ride. Firefighters in a helicopter landed right over us in the beginning.....

Phil and I got out to our favorite river road for some fun today...

We land in our home for the next 3 days, Anaconda, Montana. Staying at a friend's hostel that he's building. Not quite done yet, so it's mattresses on the floor for us. What the Hell, it's free...

Had to stop in Big Hole, Montana for a break. 30 miles from the fire but the sky still looked weird.....

So sad to see this place burn, but it's a natural cycle of things. Cops in the street keeping people out as we exit the area....

Flames were hot enough that you could feel them from the road and pants, even through our jackets....

Should have listened to the cop, it was kinda scary to ride amongst so much smoke. The forest was getting ready to burst into flames any minute. Fences were already toast....

After lunch we hump north to cross into Montana. When we arrived at our turn onto the Montana road we wanted to take, a State Trooper was there and told us that he had just closed the road. Shit! About a 3 hour detour to get around it. We begged to be let through and he relented and let us go. Wild fire all around...

Lunch stop in Salmon, Idaho....

Next day and we're crossing Wyoming and southern Montana. Desolate doesn't begin to describe this area. Temp was about 98F / 37C...

Walked across the street to eat and survived what had to be the worst pizza and food ever. At ;least the drinks were good.....

Our hotel reservations got messed up and we didn't have a room for Friday night. Luckily got one of the last rooms in town at the Hotel Shithole in Rock Springs. Wyoming. Phil has a BMW and proved his twat-ness by bringing a bike cover for it...

Sorry, internet has been non-existent over the past 3 days. It's a fairly new invention in this part of the country.