Day 3 Beartooth Pass

Firstly, thank you for all your comments.  I read them all but I am getting behind in my replies.  For some reason campsites do not have electrical outlets and I have to use a plug somewhere else.  Like tonight I am sitting outside of the washroom on a hard wooden bench which is giving me a bum ache because of the wrong typing angle.  Plus I am typing in the dark on a small laptop and missing the keys a lot

I am not used to Solo Traveling, whether by Plane or by Motorcycle.  I tend not to eat or stop so on a hot day I just keep riding.  Then because of this heat I can't seem to eat, I don't feel hungry.  I buy a meal and have to force myself to eat it

I got an early start this morning, packed up and left the campsite early.  I decided not to fiddle with my MSR Whisperlite stove as my plan was to go somewhere for a good breakfast to start my day right

The two girls have also packed up bright and early BUT they locked their car keys inside their car and had to wait for someone to open it

As I was looking for a place to eat in Downtown Bozeman I continued down the main drag, I think and then I stopped behind another bike which looked familiar.  He was from the same campsite . He was riding to the Valkyrie rally in WI.  Long story short we ended up on the Interstate.   I managed to find a meal a few miles down the road.   Eventually I made it to exit 408 and then headed south to Red Lodge where I found the start of the Beartooth Highway

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I am not sure I have ever been on a road with so many switchbacks, no shoulders and no where to pull out for photos and one-handed photo taking is not that safe, but I managed a few anyway

There were many bikes out today

My bike was leaned over on the last switchback into this gravel pull out and I nearly dumped as my front wheel rolled over a big rock in the middle of the road.

The day started very hot at the bottom so I removed most of my layers, but I was freezing at the top.  There was still snow up there

This was the first viewpoint.  Two groups of Harley riders.  they gave me the evil eye as I parked among them

I even managed to squeeze in the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway

Very little traffic.  Nice sweepers over rolling hills.  Changing terrain

Some road has patchwork and tar snakes

and other sections are newly paved

You travel at the bottom of a valley and then you hit many switchbacks at the Eastern End.   Karen !  Yes, I mean lots of switchbacks mainly uphill.  I think you may like them , , ,

I ended up my day in Cody, WY.   Here is the famous Buffalo Bill's Hotel Irma.   No, I didn't have a meal here.  When I am alone I just eat junque food

but I did manage to snap a photo before the sun when down