These are the photos we made (except the photos that have been stitched into panorama photos, in cronological order, with a few comments, but not yet selected for interest. Click on the pictures to get a 1024x768 version; each one weighs in at about 100KB.
Start: June 14
June 15: First night on the Black Canyon campground near Ramona.
Up, on and after Mesa Grande
That's me, near Anza
June 16: In the mountains near Palm Desert
The road down to Palm Desert
Palm Desert (probably)
Towards Mecca
Box Canyon Road
Camping in the Box Canyon
June 17: Up Cottonwood Pass (Joshua Tree NP Entrance)
Down from Cottonwood Pass
Cholla Cactus Garden
Looking back down what we climbed up yet
Boulders near ? pass
Down towards 29 Palms
June 18: Bristol Lake
Up the ? pass
The only shadow for miles (the I-40)
Near the top of the ? pass
Down towards Kelso
Dunes near Kelso
Kelso train station (under renovation as visitor center)
June 19: Flowers in the desert
We are not the only ones climbing towardss Cima
Jushua Trees near Cima
Cima (yes, all of it)
Between Nipton and Searchlight
June 20: Las Vegas
Reassembling the bikes in St. George
June 21: Near St. George
Virgin River Valley near Zion NP
Views from the Campground in Springdale (near Zion NP entrance)
June 22: Zion Canyon
Views from Angel's Landing
View back to to Angel's Landing
From Angel's Landing Trail
Climbing out of Zion Canyon on the east side
June 23:
They don't want bicyclists in Utah: A bicycle path (puke!) as bad as
any, and of course the proper road is forbidden for bicyclists.
June 24:
June 25: Between Escalante and Boulder (UT)
The Escalante River
Towards Boulder
Close to "Summit" pass (they don't care for pass names in Utah)
"Summit" pass, 9400ft/2800m (highest point in the journey). Note
to self: If you are photographing yourself, think of not standing in
front of the sign you want in the picture.
Down and up from the pass
Finally down
June 26: Utah Highway 72
Utah Highway 10 (not recommended)
June 27: Morning on the Campground near Ferron
The reason why we don't recommend Highway 10: Coal Transports
June 28: US6/US89
June 29: Tabernacle Choir (they were on tour, so we only saw some
recordings)
"This is the Place" monument
Dian Thomas,
our host for the morning, and her guests (Guida Ponte, and us).
The Temple square
June 30: No Pictures
July 1: Coming out of the Memorial Park Campground near Utah Highway 39
Breakfast!
Near Woodruff
Bear Lake
July 2: Along Bear Lake
July 3: Snake River
That's not me
Flags for crossing the street
July 4:
Independence Day parade
Scenic Boat trip on the Snake River
Rodeo
Fireworks
July 5: Extracting the hub of a too-weak wheel
The new wheel is installed at Hoback's bike shop in Jackson; it was
built by McGhies bike shop in Las Vegas, and I am happy with it. The
weak wheel was sold by Tri-a-bike in Palm Desert and had 6 broken
spokes until Jackson.
July 6: Tim and Michael, who invited us to put up our tent in their camping lot (the campground was full)
Remnants of the fire of '88
This time I noticed that we stood in the way
Yellowstone Lake
Bison
Moose
July 7: Photos from a bus tour around Yellowstone
Crowd waiting for Old Faithful
Old Faithful
More photos from the bus tour
Female deer (called "elk" by the locals)
Male deer (called "elk" by the locals)
Eagle's nest
Black bear
Virginia Falls?
Deer/Elk
Yellowstone Canyon
Bisons
Natural bridge near Bridge Bay
July 8: Pelican
More geothermal features
Bisons
View from the climb to Dunraven Pass
Grizzly bear
Dunraven Pass
Descent from Dunraven Pass
Tower Falls
Yellowstone River Valley
Coach
More fire remnants
Petrified tree
Landscape
Female Deer/Elk near Mammoth Hot Springs
Mammoth Hot Springs
July 9: Yellowstone Valley towards Livingston
One of us was fascinated by American patriotism
On I-90
In the Valley of the Shields river (climbing up)
Camping in Veteran's Park in Wilsall
July 10: Wilsall Bar
Further up the Shields river
Phone Booth in Ringling
This bird of prey is pretty big (maybe 4-5 feet wingspan). What is it?
July 11: Northwest of Helena: Flesher Pass
The moon
July 12:
Thomas swims in Lake Alva
Along Montana Highway 83
Swan Lake
July 13:
West Glacier
I swim in Lake McDonald
July 14: Hiking day
July 15:
July 16: Flathead National Forest
Entering Kootenai National Forest
Kootenai River between Libby and Troy
July 17:
July 18: Camping on the way to Kootenay Pass
Note the bear-safe position of the (green) food bags
Kootenay Pass
July 19
Sherman Pass
Republic
July 20
Woucunda Pass
On US97
July 21: The three-pass day
Loup Loup pass
Climbing up to ...
Washington Pass
Rainy Pass is just a small hill from this side
Diablo Lake
July 22: Down the Skagit River
Two veteran motorbikes
Further down the Skagit river
July 23: David, a minister and fellow bicyclist
Look back at the mountains
A snack of berries
On Washington Highway 20 and 19 across the islands
July 24
The Ferry to Seattle
Jay Farrar concert in the Showbox
July 25: Seattle at night
July 26: Seattle from Veteran's Park
