Porter, Philip, and Gail and Amber Storey revel in their adventures, backpacking and meditation respectively, in the Wind River Range, Wyoming.
WIND RIVER RANGE of WYOMING
GDMBR #11: Why Are We Doing This? Wyoming
Why are Porter and I on this four-month, 2,700-mile Great Divide Mountain Bike Route adventure? It’s a fair question and one we’re often asked, in light of Porter’s bike exploding, grizzly bears, logging trucks on narrow mountain roads, getting lost in the wilderness, storms, and all manner of physical and emotional risks. Nearly 2,000 miles […]
GDMBR #6: Wind Lifts Wyoming Workers!
I thought what you’re probably thinking when I read this headline in a local Wyoming newspaper! But it refers, thankfully, to retraining oil and gas workers to work in wind energy. We’re endlessly fascinated by what’s going on in the places we’re visiting on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, from watching the National Finals […]
GDMBR #5: Ladder Ranch to Romantic Rawlins, WY!
With deep snow in the Colorado mountains, we leaped from the northern border of New Mexico to the southern border of Wyoming, where we had our most fascinating overnight stay yet–at Ladder Ranch, WY, a massive working sheep and cattle ranch since 1881, for six generations. We stayed in a comfy room in the cookhouse, […]
HIKING THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL: #35
Gail and Porter Storey hike the 3,100-mile Continental Divide Trail from the border of Mexico to Canada, with Porter hiking mostly solo and Gail as trail-angel support.
Continental Divide Trail #31: Made it to Wyoming!
Og (aka Porter) gets sick but makes it into Wyoming on the CDT, and Amber kisses Nathan.
Continental Divide Trail #19: Susie Lindau’s Fitness Challenge!
Gail Storey and Amber accept Susie Lindau’s Fitness Challenge while supporting Porter’s hike of the Continental Divide Trail.
Continental Divide Trail #15: Yellowstone!
Porter hikes through Yellowstone, Gail continues as trail-angel, and Amber gets a selfie with Old Faithful.
Continental Divide Trail #14: Wyoming Wildlife
Buffalo cause a traffic jam on US 287, Porter sees wolf tracks, Gail rides the World’s Largest Jackalope, and Amber rides in the mouth of a bear.
Continental Divide Trail #13: Wind River Range, WY!
Porter Storey survives the rugged Wind River Range, WY, and Gail and Amber meet him in the wilderness for resupply.