2009 Bike Trip

Name the species of duck (common name) and win a shot of Patron tequila.

We were fortunate to avoid an ugly storm cell that followed us on our left flank throughout a fair-weather morning ride. The pace on I94 helped us move down and around the storm front near Salt Lake City where we turned to the northeast toward Yellowstone Park in Wyoming. Off I15 on Hwy 20 E we perched our bikes on a high point and took stock of a large weather system that was in the process of bunging itself up against the mountain ridge that we would need to cross en route to Yellowstone. Posted pictures don't do justice to the threatening but beautiful sky that featured a wall of water, covered by a layer of black swirling storm, under a topping of puffy white clouds under deep blue sky...sufficiently intense that we decided to call it a day in Island Park, Idaho after a late lunch. Hail was the deciding factor in our decision to park the bikes. We are staying at the Anglers Lodge and the sun has just come out revealing a very tranquil mountain community complete with rushing river, log homes on lots carved from deep bush...snow peaks in the distance. Glenn and Ian are happy in the bar. Looking forward to riding some of the excellent roads from our 2007 trip to South Dakota.....love to family and friends at home. Neil