Wyoming Ride - The Week Ahead
July 13, 2008
Today starts a week-long journey through the mountains of Colorado and Wyoming with the destination being the BMW Motorcycle Owners Association national rally in Gillette, WY. Tom, Paul and I will be leaving the metromess after work to head up the road a bit to Vernon to get out of the Dallas traffic and take advantage of a few hours of relative cooler temps. Tuesday will be a ~ 500 mile ride to Westcliffe, CO via the northeast section of New Mexico. Wednesday's ride will following the valley splitting the Rocky Mountains in Colorado up to Dubois, WY. Thursday we will ride down to the Grand Tetons and then head up to explore Yellowstone, and wind up in Cooke City, MT. Friday's trek will go over the spectacular Alpine-like Beartooth Highway that winds its way down to Red Lodge, MT. We will also pass over an interesting looking mesa in Wyoming on our way to the rally site at Gillette. Saturday will be an off-day from riding. I will show my bike in a 25th Anniversary of the BMW K-Bikes along side another MOA member that has an identical K75S with VIN's in sequence. We are considering this event as "Separated at Birth and Reunited in Gillette". After dragging ourselves out of the tents on Sunday, we will visit Devil's Tower and then wander through Sturgis and the Black Hills on the way to the Badlands National Park in South Dakota. Monday will be a ride south through the heartland on the way back home with an overnight in Hays, KS. The total ride should rack up around 3,200 miles. Check back daily at http://motoblog.richardswim.com for updates during the week's ride.
Here are some GoogleMaps route links that should be close to our actuals:
Prologue - Vernon, TX 198 mi – GoogleMaps-Prologue
Day 1 - Westcliffe, CO 534 mi – GoogleMaps-Day1
Day 2 - Dubois, WY 542 mi – GoogleMaps-Day2
Day 3 - Silver Gate, MT - 261 mi – GoogleMaps-Day3
Day 4&5 - Gillette, WY - 347 mi – GoogleMaps-Day4
Day 6 - Badlands NP, SD - 344 mi – GoogleMaps-Day6
Day 7 - Hays, KS - 484 mi – GoogleMaps-Day7
Day 8 - 541 mi – GoogleMaps-Day8
Today starts a week-long journey through the mountains of Colorado and Wyoming with the destination being the BMW Motorcycle Owners Association national rally in Gillette, WY. Tom, Paul and I will be leaving the metromess after work to head up the road a bit to Vernon to get out of the Dallas traffic and take advantage of a few hours of relative cooler temps. Tuesday will be a ~ 500 mile ride to Westcliffe, CO via the northeast section of New Mexico. Wednesday's ride will following the valley splitting the Rocky Mountains in Colorado up to Dubois, WY. Thursday we will ride down to the Grand Tetons and then head up to explore Yellowstone, and wind up in Cooke City, MT. Friday's trek will go over the spectacular Alpine-like Beartooth Highway that winds its way down to Red Lodge, MT. We will also pass over an interesting looking mesa in Wyoming on our way to the rally site at Gillette. Saturday will be an off-day from riding. I will show my bike in a 25th Anniversary of the BMW K-Bikes along side another MOA member that has an identical K75S with VIN's in sequence. We are considering this event as "Separated at Birth and Reunited in Gillette". After dragging ourselves out of the tents on Sunday, we will visit Devil's Tower and then wander through Sturgis and the Black Hills on the way to the Badlands National Park in South Dakota. Monday will be a ride south through the heartland on the way back home with an overnight in Hays, KS. The total ride should rack up around 3,200 miles. Check back daily at http://motoblog.richardswim.com for updates during the week's ride.
Here are some GoogleMaps route links that should be close to our actuals:
Prologue - Vernon, TX 198 mi – GoogleMaps-Prologue
Day 1 - Westcliffe, CO 534 mi – GoogleMaps-Day1
Day 2 - Dubois, WY 542 mi – GoogleMaps-Day2
Day 3 - Silver Gate, MT - 261 mi – GoogleMaps-Day3
Day 4&5 - Gillette, WY - 347 mi – GoogleMaps-Day4
Day 6 - Badlands NP, SD - 344 mi – GoogleMaps-Day6
Day 7 - Hays, KS - 484 mi – GoogleMaps-Day7
Day 8 - 541 mi – GoogleMaps-Day8
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