Saturday, August 10, 2013

Friday.... A day late.

The weather played a big part in Friday's ride. We were going to leave Cody, WY and ride the Chief Joseph Highway and the Beartooth Pass, but the dark clouds that hung over the top of the mountain made us change our plans. We took the "around" rather than "over" route to Red Lodge.

We passed by the site of Montana's worst underground coal mine disaster, the Smith Mine near Bear Creek.


WE rode to Red Lodge and took a short break and walked up and down the main street and checked out a few of the shops.

We were going to try and take the long way to Butte, but the black clouds south of I-90 made us change our minds, again.. So we just hammered it out on the Interstate to Butte, MT. We may stay here at the Super 8 Motel for a couple of days and use it as a base for our day rides.

The Weather Channel has said things will improve for the next few days...... Fingers crossed...




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11 comments:

  1. Martha August 10, 2013 at 1:09 PM

    You are in such an area. Such a dramatic area. Sky all day long. And in those parts people better pay attention to the sky! I can just feel that air.

    Great shot of Red Lodge. There's a place that gets some winter!

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    1. Erik RAugust 10, 2013 at 6:29 PM

      This south western corner of Montana is very pretty. I guess that afternoon thunder storms are very common, but you can see them coming from a long ways away.

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  2. RichardMAugust 10, 2013 at 5:36 PM

    Red Lodge looks pretty "touristy". Looking forward to more MT ride reports!

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    1. Erik RAugust 10, 2013 at 6:26 PM

      Richard, Red Lodge is very touristy and close to Yellowstone

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  3. SteveAugust 10, 2013 at 7:05 PM

    Love the last photo Erik. The mountain over shadowing the main street of the town. I love those sort of shots.

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  4. TrobairitzAugust 11, 2013 at 10:45 AM

    Fingers still crossed for drier weather. Sounds like you found a good base camp for day rides.

    One of those signs in Red Lodge says hand made chocolates - did you partake?

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    1. Erik RAugust 11, 2013 at 6:22 PM

      It was still early, and I didn't think hand made candy would travel well so I didn't.... I suppose there really isn't a bad time for chocolate, is there?

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    2. TrobairitzAugust 12, 2013 at 10:21 AM

      Chocolate - it's what's for breakfast! New slogan for you.

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  5. VStar LadyAugust 12, 2013 at 7:17 PM

    Sounds like you found perfect roads - something for both of you. I love big sky country, however I never considered Butte as my favorite place but I did find a small shop to buy some copper pieces.

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    1. Erik RAugust 13, 2013 at 8:55 AM

      There were a few roads where you looked at mountain side on one side of the road, and the tops of tall pine trees on the other...

      There was a small copper shop next to our hotel.

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  6. ClarkAugust 13, 2013 at 11:27 AM

    Sorry to post this comment on this particular entry - it is meant for your Aug. 11th entry but I didn't see a way to post comments there? There are some spectacular photos in there, particularly the ranch photo with the cows and wooden structure. Wow. I have never been to that neck of the woods before, and it is strikingly beautiful. BTW love the header image and tagline, too! Well done. Will be back to read more about your adventures!

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