Thursday September 13 – Friday September 14, 2018
It’s with heavy hearts that we continue our Wyoming 100 without our sweet Flo. She has been with us in 35 states.
We got a late start and drove a couple hours south of Jackson, WY to Soda Lake near Pinedale. The drive was beautiful. We saw a small herd of mountain goats and herds of pronghorn antelope.
Soda Lake was 9 miles out of Pinedale on a dirt road. No crowds here. We saw some beautiful work horses – no fences just free range.
Soda Lake was beautiful. We road the dirt roads around the lake. Some sketchy sand areas.
As we were on our way back to Pinedale, down the very dirty, bumpy road in our very low clearance Fiat, Lenny remembered he had put his phone on top of the car to sync it with his Strava app. So back we went. Bumpity bump!!
Friday morning we picked up ebikes at Hoback Bikes in Jackson. We packed the bikes and headed out of Jackson and onto the North Pathway which would take us to Jenny Lake. The southern section goes thru the National Elk Refuge. We enter the Grand Tetons National Park and cross the the Gros Ventre River. Our campsite is in the National Park along this same river. We enjoyed awesome views of the Grand Tetons.
There were more bikers as we traveled further north of Moose and some good climbs. We crossed the beautiful Snake River and saw fly fishermen.
This is one of the most beautiful trails we’ve ridden while on this wonderful journey. It’s difficult to describe the beauty here. Fall is coming soon so the Aspen are turning gold.
We were disappointed with the crowd at Jenny Lake. It was a congested mess. So glad we could just turn our bikes around and flee. Our trip from the bike shop in Jackson to Jenny Lake and back was 47 miles.
We returned to the bike shop to have the bikes recharged. After lunch we took the Community Pathway to Teton Village. We are on the opposite side of the valley for this ride.
We traveled past beautiful cattle farms. There was a osprey nest near the trail. He protested loudly each time we passed.
We enjoyed seeing the ski run and gondola in Teton Village. Got a bit lost on our return to Jackson – received some quick directions and were on our way. Think we were biked out after 73 miles today.
We completed our Wyoming 100!
- Platt River Trail – Sept. 2017
- Soda Lake
- North Pathway
- Community Pathway
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Our map is filling up. 11 states in the northeast to go. The LORD willing.