Off the beaten path: A Lander, Wyoming, overnighter. (Favorite Ride).(Brief Article)

Publication: Rider

Publication Date: 01-MAY-02

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The idea was a natural, as living here in the Grand Tetons of Wyoming means that I'm close to some excellent motorcycling territory. So my buddy Brian shipped his Triumph Thunderbird up for a two- or three-day trip. Having done the Grand Teton/Yellowstone Park gig and more the previous summer, however, I needed to come up with another plan. After a quick talk with the fellas at Jackson Hole Cycle, I decided a two-day trip to LANDER, WYOMING, returning through DuBois, would fill the bill.

Braced by the cool morning air, we soared over Teton Pass from my home in Driggs, Idaho, and headed south of Jackson on Highway 26 to the Hoback River Junction. Heading west along the Hoback through the Bondurant Valley, we first stopped at a riverside plaque commemorating the passing of the Astor party in 1811. Led by Wilson Price Hunt and financed by John Astor, the party passed through here...

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