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Day 280: It is all downhill from here…

Now we get back into some really impressive roadbuilding.

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Just a couple thousand feet down from the top is a nice rest area.

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Lots of scenic views from here!

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And one of a loop of the road above!

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This is where the rest area is.  The pink line is the road ahead.  A few years ago there was a mud slide that cut across three of the four switchbacks!  No through road over the Pass that year!

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And off I go again!

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I think right in the middle is where the mud slide started.

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Here is one of the spots where the mud slide cut across the road.  There is a cover over the soil to stop a repeat.

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How many loops of the road are there?  The yellow lines trace the road.

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A motorcyclist’s deadly foe…x 3!

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Nearing the bottom at last!  Did I mention it was a tad cool?

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Even “off” the Pass it is a nice view.  See the Moon over the mountain?

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A gentle ride to Red Lodge through the Custer National Forest.  Huh.  I guess they had some trees after all!

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Next:  Homeward bound!

~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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