August 2014 - Page 2 of 2 - Diary of Scott Morris

Day 72 – Yellowstone!

We rolled up to Old Faithful lodge 4 minutes before the famous geyser shot off.Â Had we arrived by car, we would have missed it. Once you get to the Upper Geyser Basin, it’s so much better to have a bike than a car!

Before that… a car might have been better.Â The climbs …. [Continue reading]

Day 71 – cyclotouring!

Eszter gives her best Grizzly Bear pose in front of our cute little Grizzly Cabin.Â At $25 they are a steal, and a huge upgrade from sleeping in a wet meadow with Pooh Bear clouds that come and rain only on us.

Today we got to play cyclotourist.Â All dirt and paved roads.

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Day 69 – No shortage of adventure

After today’s ride I sure don’t feel shortchanged on adventure. I’m sure the Wyoming Range is beautiful and full of challenge,Â full of unknowns, but the CDT had all of the above, and then some.

It was perhaps the most difficult route finding on the trail yet. It is compounded largely by the fact that …. [Continue reading]

Day 68 – A choice of nonexistent trails

We didn’t end up taking the Wyoming Range route. Instead we are going to brave the yellowstone crowds and ride through the park. Turns out Eszter has never been, so why not? She rightly pointed out that the Wyoming Range trail sounds like something I should enlist Lee Blackwell on, for a different trip. Multiple …. [Continue reading]

Scott
Digital Nomad, nowhere, USA

Lifelong mountain biker, trail mapper and programmer. Sometimes bikepacker, sometimes runner, sometimes packrafter. I love to ride my bike, get out, and explore this beautiful planet we find ourselves on.

I live in a 20 foot GeoPro Trailer, traveling about the west. Main author of TopoFusion GPS Software, co-founder of Trackleaders.com.

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