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Hopefully someone found the report helpful. It's my second favorite trip that we've done and is what I'd consider an "accessible adventure". At two weeks/2800 miles it not as difficult to get your mind around as Alaska. I wouldn't hesitate to take the Dodge/FWC and do this trip with my better...

Farson is the only place between Pindale and Rawlins for fuel. South Pass City and Atlantic City are tiny, no gas stations here. You'll need about 210 mile range for this stretch. Just past Atlantic City is where we had planned to camp on the banks of the Sweetwater...

Sat Sept 27 - Day 14 - Pinedale to Rawlins - 250 miles Today is the day I've most looked forward to on the trip. Our route takes us onto the Oregon/California Trail in the actual tracks of thousands of settler wagons, with a stop at the historic Parting of the Ways. Until I read...

Things get real good as we start up and over Union Pass. From Wiki: Union Pass is a high mountain pass in the Wind River Range of western Wyoming. The pass is located on the Continental Divide between the Gros Ventre mountains on the west and the Wind River Range on the east. A triple...

Fri Sept 26 - Day 13 - Coulter Bay Village, Tetons to Pinedale, WY - 180 miles Our plan for the next three days is: Pinedale tonight. Camping on the Oregon Trail near Atlantic City tomorrow. Back to the truck Sunday night. Today though, we may have to make some judgment calls because of...

Lunch time, another chance to soak it in... Back underway, we cross the Continental Divide for the 4th time on the trip... ...and sneak up on the west slope of the Grand Tetons. Just a few miles after ^this^ shot, I was flagged down by a guy hiking toward me on the road. It's...

Thur Sept 25 - Day 12 - Clover Meadows to Coulter Bay Village, WY - 185 miles Another beautiful day starts with Jim getting a scouting report from our neighbor. Worth noting, he says that in 27yrs of hunting the Gravellys, he's never seen a bear...wish we knew that last night. We hate...

Making the turn for the Gravellys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnghTW-j-NI You had to pay attention to the ruts in this section or get spit off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nH5XYI2-OQ Nice campsite here, I believe it's a waypoint marked "good camp_" in Tony's data. Also...

Let's get riding.... Only stop today is Dillon for fuel, and we spot our first ADV bike of the trip, the F800GS gets away before we speak however. Knowing we're primitive camping again tonight, we grab some supplies and fill up our water jugs. The 150 miles today is mostly gravel county...

Wed Sept 24 - Day 11 - Bannack Campground to Clover Meadows Campground - 150 miles I've given us easy miles today since we're breaking camp and setting up again tonight. We also want to wander around the ghost town a while. Up again early, I walk around the campground, soaking up my first...

Heading into the Bitterroot Range. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n87V_Bs3mIg Maybe my favorite vista of the trip. This is the view you dream of riding your dual sport thru! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt-WdzpLMcQ More homesteads - hard to imagine how remote...

Tues Sept 23 - Day Ten - Idaho Falls to Bannack Campground - 170 (190) miles One of my favorite days of the trip, the route today takes us across the agricultural Snake River Plain, then gets very remote as you cross the Continental Divide and Bitterroot Mountains into Montana. Things...

Monday Sept 22 - Day Nine - Rest Day This one will be quick. Like I said, the GuestHouse Inn is a great spot to stay. Parking in back puts you between the hotel and the Snake River, which has a beautiful riverwalk. There's a decent restaurant across the street, and a Walmart a mile away. It...

McDougal Gap Winding back down to the Greys River. Found a nice spot for lunch right on the Greys River. Ummm.... Lays. The second half of the day was unremarkable. Being a Sunday, we fought dust clouds from departing hunters pulling campers all the way to Alpine...

Sunday Sept 21 - Day Eight - Near XCELLENT KAMP1 to Idaho Falls - 150 miles Today is an easy day with short miles, so we don't have to rush getting away from camp. As usual, I'm up wandering around at 6:45 - and it's a little chilly. (clock is two hours fast) Fire is feeling pretty...