dokodemo

I slept very well, but it was hard to get going in the cold morning. Sipped a cup of Tonx's blend and packed up. Took a little walk to see the Tetons once more, and then sadly got on my way. Plan was to go back up through Yellowstone and over an 11000 foot pass, so I wanted to get going early.

The weather became steadily worse, a driving frozen rain. The sky was mostly whited-out and driving was slow, but it didn't make it any less enjoyable. Eerie music like Roky Ericson, Skullflower, and Amon Tobin, and Asteroid #4 made it all quite surreal.

Saw many more buffalo today than yesterday, and a female moose. Some people saw a Grizzly bear and cub, so I took a 30 mile detour to see if I could too, but failed in that errand.

Consulted a backcountry ranger about the Carter City pass, and he said "well, its open, but I wouldnt try it today", so I didn't. I headed back to the North Entrance (Gardiner) and took my time getting there. Stopped and had lunch on a riverbank, watching some amazing little blue birds which could hover like a hummingbird. There was a heard of elk near the park entrance, so I stopped to watch them for a while. As the state border changed from Wyoming to Montana, the weather was perfect again. I had an incredible drive up through the Absoroka mountains, and out of Bozeman towards Billings. I had some internet tasks looming on my mind, so I started netstumbler up for the hell of it, and realized there are WAPs all over, even in the middle of nowhere. I found a place to camp near a hotel in Billings (which is apparantly a very horrible town with a smelly refinery and a lot of cowboys with Bush stickers). I am connected to the hotel's network to get this message out. Hope it finds you all well. Tommorow I want to check out some petroglyphs nearby, and then head towards the Black Hills. Not too much else to say, it is all fantastic and I am loving the road.