This was a spur-of-the-moment trip. As we were driving up the Glacier Lake Road, Bryan said, and I quote, "I am not sure how much propane we have but I think we will be OK. I was going to bring the other stove but forgot it."
Needless to say, we had NO propane. Bryan invented a Dog-Bowl Cooker.
Emmie was NOT impressed. It was her bowl. I was impressed we had excellent cheese steak sandwiches. But we decided it would be easier to drive home to make coffee in the morning.
Wednesday the initial plan was to take the Honda 90's and ride the Morrison Jeep Trail in the Beartooths. After driving to Roberts to buy Wyoming Off Road Permits, it was brought to our attention the trails in the Beartooths were probably not open. Brad at Power Sport was correct. Nothing is open on top.
So back to the drawing board.
Plan B: The Pryor Mountains
Step 1: Beartooth Ranger Station - Direction and Maps
Step 2: Take the long way to Bridger because of road construction. We took the Joliet/Fromberg Road for the first time. That is a neat area.
Step 3: Wait in line for a significant period of time at the Maverick station to gas up.
Step 4: Take wrong turn on Pryor Mountain Road but think we can back track and we could but...
See the road on the other side. That is were we need to be. So all the way back around. Finally after driving for 4 hours on interesting dirt roads we arrived at the trail we wanted to ride. Only to find that my battery was dead. The great thing about 90s is you can push start them but that means you never want to let them die in a flat area.
Step 5: Ride down beautiful, steep trails for an hour.
Step 6: Get lost on the way back to the van. Ride DOWN steep washed out ravine. Get scared by something in the bushes. Ride UP steep washed out ravine.
Step 7: Arrive at van after 3 hours of riding with busters on my throttle hand. Did I mention my throttle sticks?
Step 8: Drive two hours home, taking all the right turns.
Even with a few extra adventures we had a great ride.
As some of you know I started knitting last Fall. My whole driving force was that you can make yarn out of dog hair and goodness knows we have an ample supply of dog hair. I haven't learned to spin yet but I have taken classes in almost everything else. I learned to knit with more than one strand of yarn, make socks on the magic loop two at a time, crochet, and needle felt. I love it all. I love buying and stashing yarn. I love that I can take a project in the car. I love that you can watch a movie or visit or listen to an audio book and still be working on a project.
If I am not knitting or crocheting, I am probably on Ravelry, looking at what other people are making or searching for more projects. The problem is I have so many projects that I want to do that I don't get all the other things done. I haven't read a book all summer. I know I should be ashamed. I haven't blogged about the family adventures and we have been on many. If you ask Bryan and the dogs, all I do is knit. I would disagree. I still kayak, garden, and am a sled dog mom. But I have to confess that just today I was looking for a vacation where I could go without dogs and sit in an air conditioned area and knit or maybe crochet.
