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Trip Two Day 9: 17 miles 317 miles total.

The campground office opens at 7, I wake up about 6:45 and scrupulously clean up all my odds and ends not knowing what sort of reception I’m gonna get. I needn’t have worried, turns out long distance cyclists are a protected species in Yellowstone. The summer staff there comes from all over, the place is packed with tourists, good and bad. But everyone sees a loaded-up cyclist and they know we have come hundreds, maybe thousands of miles.
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I’m packing up and a big tall bearded German sounding guy, could be Dolf Lundgren’s brother asks me if that’s my bike, grins broadly, impressed. A quiet older gentleman shows up, opens up the office, invites me in, makes me a cup of coffee. Turns out he’s a retired Cop from San Antonio. Retired Cops make excellent Campground Hosts. Tho I ain’t gonna spend the night at the campground he writes me out a free shower pass for the big shower/laundromat building down the road. In the laundromat the guys there show me where I can charge my stuff and are asking me questions about the trip. Not far away there’s a high dollar cabin rental place and a nice restaurant, same thing, Interested people asking questions.

I had already been one day in Yellowstone, the plan was to stay there that second day, head out to Cody the day after. Originally on that second day I had been planning to ride 37 miles to a place called Canyon and camp there. The problem was from there it would be a 96 mile ride to Cody. I was figuring Cody would be a two day trip involving a camp out in grizzly country anyway but I opted to camp at Yellowstone Lake Marina instead which was only 84 miles to Cody.

No phone service no internet, I had no way of gathering info about the route, the weather or anything else, it was like the old days before computers. With respect to bears, bear spray is like a fashion accessory in Yellowstone, but the people that live and work there said the paranoia is WAY overblown. I did learn that in some places in Yellowstone groups of riders actually run the bears off on horseback.

Easy day; around friggin huge Yellowstone Lake, the same one that gets tilted by the shifting Caldera beneath. The lake is fringed with little steaming bubbling hot springs, reminders that you’re on the stove top.

I get to thecampground and who’s there? Sacre Bleu! The same French family from the KOA from yesterday morning. We sit and mangle French and English for a couple of hours. I get to eat well 😎


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Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
But everyone sees a loaded-up cyclist and they know we have come hundreds, maybe thousands of miles.


Or took a car to Great Falls.


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Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual.
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Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit.
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My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Originally Posted by deflave
Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
But everyone sees a loaded-up cyclist and they know we have come hundreds, maybe thousands of miles.


Or took a car to Great Falls.


You’re right, between San Antonio-New Mexico State Line-Lubbock and Great Falls-Yellowstone-Cody on this trip I only got about 900 miles so far.

Now I gotta go into Cody, find power outlets and WiFi and plan my next move. I right now I’m on a roll, but the locals tell me south through Monsoonee to Fort Laramie would be freakin difficult; prevailing south winds and ninety miles between water some places.

Gotta figure it out.

Oh, it was an SUV, Honda Passport (????), pretty nice, fit my whole bicycle in back.


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Wrap a couple gallons of water in a wool blanket.

That should work.


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Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual.
Originally Posted by Judman
Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit.
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My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Serious question, given the nature of the majority of your posts:

Were you molested as a child?


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Originally Posted by Simoneaud
Birdy do you post while riding your bike? or you stop that often? .


It ain’t hard given our almost universal phone coverage, I’ll get bored or tired riding and take a break.


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Take time for the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody.

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Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
Serious question, given the nature of the majority of your posts:

Were you molested as a child?


Yes.

But she was gorgeous.


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Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual.
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Originally Posted by deflave
Wrap a couple gallons of water in a wool blanket.

That should work.


Makes good sense to me.

Canteens covered in wool were common back in the old west as well as some military issue canteens too.

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Birdie,

great story about the ride on a dark wet dreary night and singing.

But, a 90lb bike and no genuine bicycle bell?

Oh wait, maybe not such a good idea to be ringin' a bell. Bruins might think you were a hiker all packaged up for their dinner.

Enjoying the story so far.

Geno


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Originally Posted by deflave
Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
Serious question, given the nature of the majority of your posts:

Were you molested as a child?


Yes.

But she was gorgeous.





And his cousin......


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There are night time bikers here. Lotsa of winter night. (hint)

Mikebird needs a real bike light. With strobe.

Gotta have light to see aholes roll coal!


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Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad
Originally Posted by deflave
Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
Serious question, given the nature of the majority of your posts:

Were you molested as a child?


Yes.

But she was gorgeous.





And his cousin......


Dang, I thought he was a Pole or something from the Chicago area, not a Scotch Irish from hillbillytucky. You mean to tell us it's not a monopoly on good lookin' cousins takin' advantage of their relatives?

Geno


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Originally Posted by Bristoe
Take time for the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody.


Definitely one of the best museums to visit if you like guns and history of the old west.


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Originally Posted by chlinstructor
Originally Posted by Bristoe
Take time for the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody.


Definitely one of the best museums to visit if you like guns and history of the old west.



If someone doesn't like guns and the old west, they can go pound sand! grin


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Originally Posted by rockinbbar
Originally Posted by chlinstructor
Originally Posted by Bristoe
Take time for the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody.


Definitely one of the best museums to visit if you like guns and history of the old west.



If someone doesn't like guns and the old west, they can go pound sand! grin


PREZACTLY!!! 🤠


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Originally Posted by deflave
Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
But everyone sees a loaded-up cyclist and they know we have come hundreds, maybe thousands of miles.


Or took a car to Great Falls.


That part of the story isn’t told. Lose street cred with bycyling bros


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Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego.

Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
Serious question, given the nature of the majority of your posts:

Were you molested as a child?


Were you? Or is that question off limits to you?


Originally Posted by Bricktop
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego.

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Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
Originally Posted by deflave
Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
But everyone sees a loaded-up cyclist and they know we have come hundreds, maybe thousands of miles.


Or took a car to Great Falls.


You’re right, between San Antonio-New Mexico State Line-Lubbock and Great Falls-Yellowstone-Cody on this trip I only got about 900 miles so far.

Now I gotta go into Cody, find power outlets and WiFi and plan my next move. I right now I’m on a roll, but the locals tell me south through Monsoonee to Fort Laramie would be freakin difficult; prevailing south winds and ninety miles between water some places.

Gotta figure it out.

Oh, it was an SUV, Honda Passport (????), pretty nice, fit my whole bicycle in back.


You better get to peddaling if you plan on hitching a ride with kaywoodie in Colorado


Originally Posted by Bricktop
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego.

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Originally Posted by 79S
Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
Serious question, given the nature of the majority of your posts:

Were you molested as a child?


Were you? Or is that question off limits to you?


No and no, but I don't post like Travis does either.


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