I used most of my water but the only thing better than one cup of coffee is two.
What a great morning view.
Whoops, looks like I’m lost again.
Here’s the road to backtrack.
But look, I found a shortcut!
The shortcut evaporated.
Wisely chickening out, backtracking from my “shortcut”, and backtracking to Oil Springs Road yielded me this road sign.
Taking a break amid the cows.
Heading into the Natural Gas plant.
It turns out much of a Natural Gas plant (or maybe “field”?) is just scatteredpipes sticking out of the ground.
This is called Rainbow Cliffs, it was underwhelming.
Lander was a miracle! Free camping, with shade and grass!
A happy hippy crowd.
With dogs!
And kids to pet the dogs.
And food trucks! And beer trucks!
What more could a tired desert wanderer want?
Lander is where? Rainbow Cliffs… lol…like Jacob’s lake at Yellowstone….drove hard to get there….mud puddle!
Lander is roughly in the middle of Wyoming. Or, as I got there, three hard day’s backcountry ride from the Montana line.
Nirvana. I’ll have a cold beer and a burrito! Yessssss!
Ya know, there are a few intervals between the TW200 and a mega power ADV with weight to match. Like a 300cc honda or kawi dual sport. Even a DR 650- 100 lbs more than your bike, but 100 less than the average ADV bike.
Now that I’ve got a little more experience I think about 300-400cc is probably a sweet spot. I definitely lean more to dirt than pavement though. The TW is really designed for the most unforgiving terrain at the expense of a worn out rider.