Thermopolis, Wyoming

As we left the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota at 3:15pm, it became apparent that

we needed to make up some ground as we had around 350 miles to Thermopolis. Sure in a

straight line, it would be easy. We had no such line. We had to go over the Cloud Peak Skyway which takes you past places like Crazy Woman Mountain, Wild Horse Hill and Meadow Lark Lake. At it's Peak, we were at over 9,000 feet above see level. There was snow on the side of the

road from a nearly missed storm that had just passed through. This was rugged land, but very breath taking land. We had no time to stop, but everyone wanted to stop to take pictures. I do not know if my memory can do it justice. The Sun left us into the night and in the dark, dodging Deers, whose place in the city seemed more welcome than ours. We finally found our hotel and went to have dinner. The restaurant was closed. It was 9pm. Small, very small town. We had pizza in the bar and lots to drink. We shut the bar down that night. It was an odd place for a bunch of Los Angeles Bikers. Taxidermy covered the walls and I mean covered. We had a great time. We saw so much awe inspiring scenery in one day, we needed to unwind. Let's just say I payed the price riding the next day. It was worth it.