Man, Motorcycle, Mountains Day 6

Man, Motorcycle, Mountains

Day 6 -- Montana

Woke-up to 59 degree morning after a good nights sleep in the cabin.  Headed north at 615, trying to beat the showers I saw heading our way, and I did.  After an hour, I got on I-90 and headed west.  It was a little chilly, and had a very brief shower, not even worth stopping for rain gear.

I-90 ran in a broad valley with the Yellowstone River and a train track keeping company and mountains on either side.  This is one of the trains.  It was fun to come up on them and pass them.

I crossed the continental divide and reached Butte, Montana--another mining town.  Then headed south on I-15, crossed the divide agian. 

This is in a rest stop along I-15.

Soon, I turned west on 43 and rode through another valley alongside another river.  Lovin it!

I pulled over and put on the rain gear because the skies ahead weren't looking friendly.
I rode through a thunderstorm, then reached the town of Wisdom, then another thunderstorm, then got to Idaho 93, turned south, and rode through another thundersorm!  Each storm lasted for 15-20 minutes, then took 30 minutes to dry off, then repeat.  Harley rain gear kept me dry.  Bike was pretty dirty by the time I reached Salmon, Idaho after an exhausting 404 mile ride.

I'm staying at the Syringa Lodge, very nice place overlooking Salmon.

This is the view from the deck off my room.  Tomorrow night will be quite the contrast, I'm afraid, as I'm planning to camp again, this time in West Yellowstone where the low is forcast at 45 degrees with 50% chance of rain.  There might not be a blog tomorrow.