Day 28: Sunday, July 24, 2005 We rode 43.5 miles and climbed 2844 feet from Flagg Ranch to Togwotee Lodge. You never, never know when you will luck out and have wi-fi in the most unlikely places!! We have it here at Togwotee Lodge so I have to get all caught up!
Thinking that a 42 mile day—even with a significant climb—would be a day we could handle, we slept in and had a leisurely breakfast. There were several places along the way where we knew we could stop for food or Gatorade and knew we could have a wonderful lunch at Jackson Lodge—so it seemed as though it would be a pleasant day of riding. And it was, but that climb at the end was just all we wanted to handle and made the day seem like a 70 miler!
Leaving Flagg Ranch, still on the wonderful John D. Rockerfeller, Jr. Parkway with the good shoulder
with changing views
and the shoulder went away
but the pull-outs were nice
first glimpse of the lake and the Tetons
some ducks(?)
and a couple more on the water
every now and then someone comes along to do a photo
Welcome sign
view from inside the Jackson Lodge
Wayne, you were right on!! The most awesome view!
and from outside on the patio
from the patio
Moose sighting! I also got a movie of him walking across the meadow which I cannot put in here but it is pretty neat!
as we left Jackson Lodge and headed toward Moran Jct.
zoomed in shot
another view before we turn away
coming to the road to Jackson off to the right
another of many looks back
and a look ahead
A rider doing the Adventure Cycle Great Divide ride that started in Jackson today. They are stopping at a campground before the climb up to Togwotee Pass so they will have the whole thing to do tomorrow morning.
Second Moose of the day out there in the water
Now we come to the Moran Jct where we head up toward Togwotee Pass
another look back
and a zoom of it
and a look ahead
the the South
to the Northeast
and Southeast again
Tomorrow night will be Dubois and tracking our drum brake shows that it is in Riverton so it should arrive in Dubois OK
another look back
and ahead
and back from further away
with a zoom of that
Continuing the climb and hoping that is a good news sign
And it is!!!!
For some reason this view really looks wonderful to me!
and this one too
Our Cabin
looking up toward the Lodge
looking out our window
We had a wonderful dinner at the Lodge and even allowed ourselves to enjoy Strawberry Cobbler with Ice Cream for dessert and it was sooooooo good! What a treat!
With another short day tomorrow and the 9 mile climb coming first thing we look forward to a good night's rest and will just sleep till we wake and hope we do not miss breakfast!