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  • Daisy to Lulu Passes

    Saturday, our goal was to go up Daisy Pass and come down Lulu Pass. https://ridewithgps.com/trips/52011472 And that’s what we did. It was a great loop and included some amazing wildflowers up on the passes. And a pretty snowy but rocky downhill coming back. One thing to note was a run-in with a couple four-wheelers. This…

  • Evening Ride

    Today I’m posting pictures of a recent trip into the Beartooth. https://ridewithgps.com/trips/52011470. I think the pass is Daisy and that evening after adventuring all day we did an after dinner spin on our bikes. After dinner spin is funny because what happened was we biked all the way at the top of Daisy pass. So…

  • Mud Lake

    I have pay-day-chores although late and then return to a bike project today. So many tasks. https://www.facebook.com/Bills-Web-Lodge-103875108068198/ because I don’t like how Facebook filters and allows trolls. Made a page so I can send posts and forget. No longer have to monitor, I think. Looking back on this day: https://williammartin.com/2002/07/14/itialian-opera/ https://williammartin.com/2004/07/14/seeking-paul/ https://williammartin.com/2009/07/14/11-days-to-go/ https://williammartin.com/2010/07/14/smoke-on-the-water/ https://williammartin.com/2012/07/14/the-beauty-of-turmoil/ https://williammartin.com/2016/07/14/hillgard-basin-day-2/…

  • Lulu Pass Road Day 2

    Waking up in Buttons (https://photos.app.goo.gl/xi75cEsy7oNhD6TUA) the air is fresh and I start the grinder. Most mornings I like to brew a fresh cup and walk. I love to take a gander at the sun and see how the world is waking up. I like to discover that today I am alive and I have the…

  • Lulu Pass Road Day 1

    Let’s see. I was having a foul day on Thursday. Got into a fight. Broke my phone. Found out the van had a damaged sensor and was hanging from the bottom. I just had a grim morning and if it weren’t for snuggles. To make us coffee and get us going. I think I’d still…

  • Hanging Out In Gardiner

    Going for a walk in the morning … https://ridewithgps.com/trips/51733157 Then I am hanging out on the wall of Mo’s condo. With the others … In the afternoon. An adventure up on the bench … of course. https://ridewithgps.com/trips/51709251 I am thankful for trails unridden, Gardiner, and Mo letting me sponge off her.

  • Lava Creek Hike

    We started from an area Mo calls the bone yard. A term they use at her job. Which is Yellowstone National Park. The hike (https://ridewithgps.com/trips/51770294) started out nice enough, leaving the bone yard and opening out into a drainage with the Gardiner River flowing through it. Which confuses me. Why is it called Lava Creek…

  • Beattie Gulch

    A “quick and dirty” mountain bike ride after work produces some magnificent views of the land that surrounds Yellowstone National Park. The weather was looking bad, so I did a gravel grinder out towards Tom Miner. https://ridewithgps.com/trips/51659495 But as I was pedaling my way down the gravel road, I kept looking to my left and…

  • Gardiner Walk

    A walk. A new place. The only way in. It traps you. It might be worth it once you get there.

  • Dead End

    It looks like a dead end. Some may know it otherwise. Some think a troll will pop up and kill them. Why even cross the bridge to see the other side? Why get up in the mornings. The fact is that life is a dead end. And for me, I need something to do while…

  • Exploring Gardiner

    I have been living in Gardiner, Montana with Mo who works in YNP during the day. What does an apartment husband to do in a compact border town? Explore, what else? Today’s learning video over at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSsoVjTgYJ0 Here is to hoping everyone I know has a wonderful holiday weekend.

  • Buttons Mod

    When cornering Buttons throws all the stuff we have lying around across the van. So today I am mounting all the gadgets we have. Outside thermometer, solar hookup, the fan control, and carbon monoxide detector. All mounted today. See Buttons images at https://photos.app.goo.gl/xi75cEsy7oNhD6TUA.

  • Enduro Series Canceled, Hiking Lessons

    We just learned last night that the Montana Enduro Series has given up the ghost for the 2020 season. Thanks go out to all those vacationing, antimask brats that have not been socially responsible. I want to rant. I want to find a piece of rope. I have no purpose anymore. If I can’t go…

  • A moment in time

  • Osprey Falls Challenge

    We have done this like 3 times (https://williammartin.com/2018/09/10/off-the-beaten-path-in-the-park-osprey-falls/), but never the challenge (https://ridewithgps.com/routes/33087059). What is so different about the challenge, you ask? Well, normally to do Osprey Falls you just bike or hike from Mammoth. Super easy. The challenge is to ride from the Yellowstone Gate in Gardiner all the way up Old Gardiner Road,…

  • Mo’s Flowers

    So Mo AKA snuggles has been crawling on the ground and has come up with some cool findings. Flowers. IT’s Friday, have an enjoyable weekend.

  • Eagle Creek

    Mo was out looking around while I was perching above a cactus flower. “Bitterroots!” I heard Mo’s words, and my heart dropped. No more photo of the day for me. She had found a Bitterroot. So rare to find, really. Not because it is rare, but its flowering window is so small and it only…

  • Getting Things Dialed

    #buttonsthevan is coming along with a better bike mounting situation in the garage. We have learned that the most frustrating thing with living in a van is the bike situation. It HAS to be easy to put them away and get them out. Things like pedals and damage caused by traveling has us pulling out…