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| Taking it all in |
Day 23 was a bad day. It is the first day on our Odyssey that we did not make it to our planned destination. We have come to the conclusion that we are fair weather campers. This cold spell and threat of rain is doing us in.
We made it as far as the tourist town of West Yellowstone, just outside of the west entrance to Yellowstone National Park. We were meant to get another 14 miles down the road to camp in the park at Madison Junction Campground, in the middle of nature with the bears, bison and elk. But we arrived into West Yellowstone later in the afternoon than usual (about 4:30pm) after a later start in the morning because it was too cold to get out of our cosy sleeping bags, tired from riding uphill most of the day then into a headwind on the final flat section of the day, rain clouds in the distance ahead of us, again chilled to the bone from the wind and lack of sunshine, and an overnight low of 32F / 0C forecast.
It was just too tempting to run into the Slippery Otter for a beer and call around to find some cheap(ish) accommodation in town. Yep, the promise of a warm room, comfy bed and hot shower lead to our epic fail of the day.
We're disappointed with ourselves but we're enjoying watching Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill on Conan at the moment on TV instead of snuggling in our tent.
Enough said. Here are some pics from our day.
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| Montana's Big Sky and a whole lot of nothing else |
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| Madison River |
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| Looking at Raynold's Pass |
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| View of Madison a River along Raynold's Pass |
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| Quaker Lake formed in 1959 by an earthquake landslide |
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| Hebgen Lake |
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| Grayling Arm of Hebgen Lake |
CRANKING ODYSSEY STATS
Total Odyssey miles: 1,345
Overall Fastest Speed: Steve (39.9 miles per hour) Mandy (35.4 miles per hour)
Bludge Days: 1
Bonks: nil
Dog chases: 3
Dummy Spits: Steve (2 - Day 10 because it rained; Day 16 - because the rocks in the river were slippery)
Mandy (0.5 - Day 14 those freakin' wreckless Idaho drivers!)
Flats: Katie (4)
Wrong turns: 6
Beer of the day: Harvest Moon Pigs Ass Porter
Lesson of the day: a full length sleeping pad is the bomb to keep out the cold all way down to your toes (despite the extra weight!)
No. of days with no shower: 9
No. of days in a hotel: 6
Starting weight: Steve (90kg) Mandy (51.5kg)
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