Bighorn Mountains & Yellowstone
Washington, Idaho, Montana & Wyoming
May 31 – June 7, 2008

2869 mile route over 8 days. Your actual mileage may vary!

Pictures from everyone, written narrative by John.

Actual Miles 2687
Best Dinner , Viva Mexico  Lewiston, ID
Best Breakfast,  Mountain Lodge  Stanley, ID
Favorite gas stations, Shell
Best Hot Tub, Mountain Lodge Stanley, ID  “hot spring tub w/view”
Best Bartender   Petee  at Bear Lake Lodge   Burgess Junction, WY
Best Greasy  spoon lunch cafe Renee’s in Idaho Falls 

Complete Route – 2869 miles – May 31 to June 7, 2008

Day 1 – 5/31 Saturday Seattle, WA to Lewiston, ID – 451 miles

Day 2 – 6/1 Sunday Lewiston, ID to Dillon, MT- 381 miles. Update: We actually ended up spending the night in Missoula after Paul’s bike ended up with a couple of sheared off header bolts.

Day 3 – 6/2 Monday Dillon, MT to Red Lodge, MT – 340 miles. Update: Day 3 ended up being a ride from Missoula to Red Lodge on I-90 for Greg, Allan and myself. John and Paul rode from Missoula to Bozeman after Paul’s bike was repaired.

Day 4 – 6/3 Tuesday Red Lodge, MT to Burgess Junction, WY – 287 miles. Beartooth Pass was closed. 🙁 We ended up riding east from Red Lodge and doing and “up and back” on Chief Joseph bypass. We then rode on to Burgess junction where we waiting for John and Paul to catch up. They did ride through Yellowstone.

Day 5 – 6/4 Wednesday Burgess Junction, WY to Jackson, WY – 426 miles

Day 6 – 6/5 Thursday Jackson, WY to Stanley, ID – 305 miles (Dinner at Redfish Lake Lodge)

Day 7 – 6/6 Friday Stanley, ID to Baker City, OR – 313 miles

Day 8 – 6/7 Friday Baker City, OR to Seattle, WA – 379 miles