Across USA

We left Silver Gate quite early to go to Billings( Montana)trough this Mountain Pass. The scenery it was breathtaking and it reminds a lot the Cadore region in Italy . The only difference : 200 times BIGGER !!!!!!!!!! On the way to Sturgis you can find antiques !!!! This Farm it was burning !!!! Before to arrive in S.Dakota , we made a stop at the memorial of the Little Big Horn Battle ( do you remember Lt Custer and 7th Cavalry ?) . Some of you knows that I love the Native American culture and to be there it`s been a great moment for me . Below you can see a descendent of the Cheyenne warriors that together with Lakota, Oglala, Hunkpapa, Sioux and other tribes won at Little Big Horn . Her name is Maije ( her indian name is Clear Dove) After a brief visit ( by the way one of the Custer`s soldiers it was Italian) we took the 212 East direction to Sturgis, where we arrived around 7.00 pm . Do you have an idea of how big is Montana ? We rode for hours ( 3 ) in a middle of nothing

We woke up thinking to have a nice day ( from the weather point of view ) and have the possibility to visit the Park slowly ,enjoying the warm sun that was with us yesterday . We opened the curtains and ............damn`d !!!!!! It was raining . Do you know that thin rain that can continue for hours ???? Exactly that one . We didn`t to get depressed and we dressed properly to go to the park despite the bad conditions ( even the guy on the below picture it was dispppointed about the rain ) . Unfortunately , on the way to the park ( in the mean time the rain became stronger ) we have foud 11 miles of road works that force us to drive on a dirty road with a very slippery mud . The mud and the rain made the ride very tough ! Thanks God, around noon the clouds disappeared and a fantastic blue sky with a vivid sun were finally above us Under the sunlight the colours of the park changed and finally we can appreciate the beauty of the enviroment . The valley of the Yellowstone river , is

Today it`s been a tranfer trip ; from the Southern Nat`l parks to the north . On the way to SLC, the scenery it was nice only on the first 40-50 mls , the remaing part is was pretty boring We made a stop at Rice ( just before SLC ) and we went to visit a local Dinosaur museum ( pretty cool ) . They have the only skeleton of Utahraptor Kids outside the museum Anyway ,it was my first time to SLC and .............. I didn`t see anyting that will bring me back here again . Different story the second part of the stage !!!! It`s been so nice that I`ve took only few pictures ( a couple of these of the refreshing watermelon that Ivyn and Marie gave to us ) I have enjoyed the ride so much that it`s been impossible to have a stop ! From Montpelier to Afton ( 47 mls on the Bozeman Trail) the ride it was pure adrenalin !!!! The road , the scenery, the colours, the mountains , the hills , the asphalt and above all ..... NO CARS, has given to me the perfect situation THAT EVERY BIKERS WANTS TO HA