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Bell Lake Ride

Bell Lake Ride

Bell Lake Ride

Bell Lake Ride

Bell Lake Ride

Bell Lake Ride

Bell Lake Ride

Bell Lake Ride

Bell Lake Ride

Bell Lake Ride

Our last day at the Potosi Campground we decided to head on up to a lake called Bell. The distance seemed easy enough. Only a little over 3 miles. And then there was the 4 mile ride to the trailhead. What we ran into next was some of the most washed out atv trail in these parts. For at least the first mile anyway. But then it got better and eventually turned into a real technical single track. Which we like. And inded the climb was well worth it. After a sit down for some snacks we be-bopped back to camp. Good times. And then realized we had visitors …

Lower twin lakes sits at around 8000 feet and is in the Tobacco Root Mountains. We arrived at our campsite late night as per usual. Set up our camp unknowingly in the perfect place. It  always seems to work out. Right?

The next day we did what we normally do. Started climbing, and climbing, and climbing, and ending up somewhere that is unacceptable to the normal human powered party. And then found our way back home. The loop seemed  huge but in the end … awesome.

The location of our food hang

Mo walks the snowfield from Triangle Lake

Mo walking the snowfield between Triangle and Sheep lakes

lake at 10,000

Mo checkes out sheep lake

Looks stormy at Glacier lake

Mo breaks back to Glacier Lake

Today we wanted to see how far up the drainage we could go. Every 500 feet of climbing it leveled out to another series of lakes. The first one was triangle lake. And then the next one was Sheep lake. On our way up to the next level I landed the wrong way and hurt my leg. At first I was scared because of the pain that was going through my body. I thought maybe I would need an extraction. But after a while we were able to make a crutch and I was able to get back down to camp. That was about it for day 2.

After a long climb we finally reached Glacier Lake

Mo navigates a rocky pass as we make our way around Glacier lake

This spooky lake has already taken victums that were never recovered

After a long day scrambling through scrub brush I was exhausted

Mo shows us the corect boot ski technique

We parked in the parking lot and headed up the trail. We just Bought Elle and last night car camping out of it was great. So much room and versatility. But now we were starting our bike backpacking section of our vacation.

The climb was pretty long but eventually we finally made a way to Glacier like. That was the easy part though, because getting around the lake took the rest of the day. By the time we got to the outlet, or inlet I might say, it was evident that we needed to camp and get some rest. Looking back though I wish we could of made it up to triangle like. It was a beautiful spot were we decided to camp. I spent the afternoon lounging in my new hammock. What to do the next day was the question in our heads as we lay her head on the pillow and went to sleep.

This year Mo and I teamed up for the two men er I mean two person division. Overall and that includes all male teams we won the two person division. Actually this was pretty fun and it revitalized my interest in 24-hour racing. Doing the Solo is pretty hard but was even harder because you never get to rest and you never see your partner. But this was fun and I was really impressed at how Mo turned it on and save the day. I was able to put in three strong laps in the morning to solidify our win. But Mo just kept going and going and going and put it over a hundred miles alone. Awesome!

Early morning pee run before the race

The grain elevators are Rapelje’s icon on the horizon

The start of the 2015 24 hour race

Bill grabs his bike

Mo rides through the town of Independence

The old McCleary place

The road to Boulder pass

Resting on a scree slope

Mo pushes, er pushing

Mo heads towards Boulder Pass

Another car camping trip. Ye ha. We decided to go up into the Absoroka and camp on the Boulder River. And just like any other adventure we had to see where this road ended up. It ends up that it turns into a trail that goes past in a ghost town. And then up to Boulder Pass. Oh what did we see that was unusual here? We saw a Porsche coming down off of this pass. This a pass which had boulders and rocks and it was questionable on how the four wheelers actually made it. But this person had taken this Porsche and retrofitted it for four wheeling. That was really weird.

Mo crosses the creek

Mo crosses the wooden walkway

A wooden walk bridge

I know what you’re thinking. The Chrome browser right? Well there’s also a mountain called Chrome in the Absoroka Beartooth Range.

And what do you think snuggles and I tried to do with it? We tried to climb the damn thing. And you know what we saw. Oh no wait a second that’s the next day. You have to wait till tomorrow to find out what we saw.