Wild West Tour: Issue 7

Day #6: Richfield UT. to Jackson WY.

Today was to be a catch-up day, We decided to take some Interstate today to make up some time. We wanted to get into the Jackson WY area earlier so that we could have a little time to do nothing. We had to go a pretty long distance today, 420 miles. So we took a ride on I15 through Salt Lake and Provo. Both seemed nice with rolling hills to the East.

As we crested the top of one mountain we looked down at a beautiful lake that we didn't know what it was. Since we had picked a different route this was an unexpected lake. It turned out to be Bear Lake, which was beautiful and blue. This was the point where said goodbye to Utah, and hello to Idaho! We stopped in the little town of Montpelier for fuel.

Back on US 89 into the Jackson area. The Snake River was the site in the area, many places offering rafting trips down the river. It turned out that our camp site was nearly on the shore of the river, which made for a nice backdrop. Shortly after we arrived a couple more Bikers from Idaho arrived to camp as our Neighbors, they were very nice an also had some good suggestions for riding in the area. I was up late trying to get my laundry done before bed. Which ended up being pretty late.

Todays trip was different than the rest, with the Interstate route, but the Snake River area was NOT at all bad. The road ran with the river which made for a very scenic ride.

Tomorrow we head for the Great Tetons, and Yellow Stone. -matt-