The Gray Ghost II's first trip to the Bighorns!

[bigjohnsd]

I queried the Black Hills BMW "Riders" to find someone to accompany me on my ride today but had no takers.
They all drink coffee but "Ride" not so much.....

I left Spearfish at 0600 and returned at 1600 - a great little ride with two stops.
I slabbed it on I-90 to Buffalo WY and stopped for gas, coffee and a breakfast burrito.

Rode over the Cloud Peak Skyway (US-16) and down through Ten Sleep Canyon - traffic-free, I passed three or four vehicles in 65 miles.

North to Greybull from Ten Sleep and back over the Bighorns via US 14 and Shell Canyon to Burgess Junction, then down the East face to Dayton - not one vehicle impeded my run - unbelievable on a Friday before a three day weekend!

A stop for gas and sustenance in Sheridan and then US 16 to Gillette WY before the 90-mile slog home on I-90.
My original plan was to take US 16 from Moorcroft and run by Devils Tower but there were some ominous-looking clouds to the North.
The clouds caught me between Sundance and Beaulah WY and I ran in a bit of rain and hail for about 10 miles.

There are a bunch of pictures in the video below.

[escapefjrtist]

Nice, thanks for the ride-along BigJohn!

~G

[Abercrombie FJR]

Lucky. All I got to ride today was on a dirty old FJR to the school to interview new rider coach candidates.

[raYzerman]

Lucky. All I got to ride today was on a dirty old FJR to the school to interview new rider coach candidates.

Kawasaki's are dirty..... you shouldn't be following one around when in Ohio.

[bigjohnsd]

I guess it is a good thing that I rode "The Loop" on Friday as there is a Winter Storm Warning in effect from now through Tuesday evening for the Northern Bighorns. Ten to Twenty inches of heavy wet snow are expected at elevation.

Will winter end in May?

[fontanaman]

Thanks for posting John. The weather has just been plain cold this spring. Spokane finally experienced it first 70° plus day in 235 days. Meanwhile in the south things are smoking hot.