Eastern Journey May 2026

Heading east on the Africa Twin today.

I spent hours trying to figure out what to take. But, my starting point (the Browns Park house) is the furthest place I will be from a store on this trip. So, this morning I gave up, turned off the water, locked the gate and headed out:

I may be heading to Casper, then east to Michigan. I am not sure. But I have always wanted to visit Encampment and Saratoga Wyoming. So, I rode up Irish Canyon:

Irish Canyon is really beautiful. Today it was green, green, green. Clear sky.

Across Hiawatha:

This road across the top of Colorado and the bottom of Wyoming is really spectacular. Just amazing. I was the ONLY person on the road, other than two Williams pipeline guys. I rode around Hiawatha looking at their junk piles. Very impressive.

Past the new mega switch station on the new power lines:

I don't know what this station does, but it is really neat and looks super expensive. I think the voltage on the wires is really high because the insulator stacks are like 8 feet long!

Drank mate:

(I really like mate!) Then continued on to Baggs Wyoming for lunch, then drove down the road to look at sheep camps at the Powder River Museum:

then headed up towards Encampment. Along the way I passed the Continental Divide at Battle Pass:

It is 10,000 feet and was a bit snowy, but it was not cold. I passed two trucks on 60 miles of roads. 

I think if you click on the image below, it will blow up. This was back around Savery I think. Again, super amazing view:

On Saturday I am excited to check out the [ Grand Encampment Museum ] and then checkout the hot springs in [ Saratoga Wyoming ].