- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
I was invited on a ride with Cody and a handful of his riding buddies, destination... scenic parts of Wyoming. We had 2 riders (Tyler and Drew) on BMW GS1200's, 2 on BMW GS800's (Cody and Jeremy) and myself on my KTM 990 Adventure. Cody and I met up in Vernal, UT and headed up North past Flaming Gorge looking for a campsite. We ended up finding some great high-country with amazing lakes and streams all around. We setup camp, dropped our bags and went out exploring the dirt roads around the area. That evening we cleaned up in the COLD lake and had soup in a can for dinner, heated up over the campfire.
The following day we rode to Green River, WY where we met up with the other riders, 2 from SLC (Tyler and Jeremy) and 1 from Denver (Drew). We loaded up on some food and made a plan, heading out towards the historical mining town of Atlantic City. It was getting late, so we took a quick tour of the town wishing we had more time to spend in the bar there. We headed up into the mountains North of Atlantic City by way of Louis Lakes Road... the temps were very nice up high, but the mosquitoes were insane! We ended up camping a little lower for less bugs, finding a great campsite just as the sun set. The night was cold, despite it being late June and 100 degrees back at home! I had frost on my seat that morning!
The next morning we ride down thru Sinks Canyon, into Lander for breakfast and gas then rode into the Wind River Indian Reservation and mountains, by way of Dubois and then Union Pass. The Wind River mountains were amazing, they were new to me and I was very impressed! We rode a lot of high-mountain dirt roads, explored side roads and lakes and enjoyed the cool weather and scenery. The road was good, but it had it's share of loose gravel and one of the big GS's found a loose corner and really put it's crash bars to use, smashing it into the cylinder head. We continued to explore, working our way towards the mind-blowing scenery of the Green River Lakes. The campground at the Green River Lakes was empty and looked great, until we stopped and were completely mobbed by 28 million mosquitoes! We camped a couple miles from the lakes and it was much better. We made plans to setup a base camp for 2 nights, do some exploring w/o bags and have some fun on the big bikes.
The following day we rode to Green River, WY where we met up with the other riders, 2 from SLC (Tyler and Jeremy) and 1 from Denver (Drew). We loaded up on some food and made a plan, heading out towards the historical mining town of Atlantic City. It was getting late, so we took a quick tour of the town wishing we had more time to spend in the bar there. We headed up into the mountains North of Atlantic City by way of Louis Lakes Road... the temps were very nice up high, but the mosquitoes were insane! We ended up camping a little lower for less bugs, finding a great campsite just as the sun set. The night was cold, despite it being late June and 100 degrees back at home! I had frost on my seat that morning!
The next morning we ride down thru Sinks Canyon, into Lander for breakfast and gas then rode into the Wind River Indian Reservation and mountains, by way of Dubois and then Union Pass. The Wind River mountains were amazing, they were new to me and I was very impressed! We rode a lot of high-mountain dirt roads, explored side roads and lakes and enjoyed the cool weather and scenery. The road was good, but it had it's share of loose gravel and one of the big GS's found a loose corner and really put it's crash bars to use, smashing it into the cylinder head. We continued to explore, working our way towards the mind-blowing scenery of the Green River Lakes. The campground at the Green River Lakes was empty and looked great, until we stopped and were completely mobbed by 28 million mosquitoes! We camped a couple miles from the lakes and it was much better. We made plans to setup a base camp for 2 nights, do some exploring w/o bags and have some fun on the big bikes.
Hopefully it was a one-time thing.
