Day 5 was all over the map as far as riding goes.  Temperatures ranged from 2C – 35C.  Sunny calm mornings to gusty afternoon winds.  Clean dry pavement to snowmelt-wet asphalt.

The goal was to swing out and do the ‘fun’ sections of US212 and WY296.  Unfortunately, I didn’t stick to my original plan and enter Yellowstone from the Billings and coming out of the North-East exit would mean I would have to double up one of the sections. Is it bad that all I kept thinking about for these 2 days is the Travelling Salesman Problem?  I chose to do WY296 twice since it was shorter.  I wasted a lot of time getting back onto 212 at the 310 Junction instead of going through 308 at Red Lodge.

Beartooth Highway(US 212) and Chief Joseph Scenic Highway (WY 296) are definitely ‘must do’ highways if you like to drive, ride, enjoy scenery or just road engineering.

WY296 – See all those twisties?  Beware the tar snakes, they will bite you!  Too bad, otherwise it would be just so much better.

US212 – Cold and gusts of wind when I went.  Still amazing.