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VIII - Crossing the Rockies
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South of Missoula the Mountains started getting rougher

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Lucky One! the Fire didn´t catched the house

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Traditions are rotting...

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straight roads towards the mountains

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they are getting curvier higher up

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reached the top, Chief Josephs Pass

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inside the Big Hole, Antelopes crossing

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wonderful clouds in the afternoon

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heavenly sunset

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next day the weather went bad

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Downtown Dillon

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Mountains North of Dillon

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Old Shop, unfortunatly closed

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crazy weather escapades

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amazing ride up to Virginia City

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remainings of goldrush times, piles of gravel

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Ghost town

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ensemble of historic houses

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nicely prepared for the touristic hordes in the summer

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Gas Station in Virginia City

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The Calm after the Storm

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wonderful clouds on my way down to Ennis

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Snowfall in the morning

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Clear Message

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Wild Wild West

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chilly night ou there

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infront of Yellowstone

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Motels in West Yellowstone, the Gateway to the Park

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Steam coming up everywhere

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funny plants growing in the hot water

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waterfall along the road

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hot springs everywhere

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Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

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very popular

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amazing gorge

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winding road

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winding river

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extraterrestrial landscapes

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wonderful reflections

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grand prismatic spring, my favorite spot in the park

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that one blocked my cycling path

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man who stare at Geysirs

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Old faithful, always in time

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riding into sunset

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the gorge at the park exit

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the wildlife at the campsites is not afraid at all

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Grand Teton Range

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Chipmunk!

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Real Mountains, Great!

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Next to the bikepath

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Rafting in Jackson

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4 of these Gates are situated around the city park

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winter in Jackson

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cold out there

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Bold Eagle

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Camping along Grey River Road

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wonderful Nature

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Great ride on Dirt Roads

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Climbing up to the top at 9000ft

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sleeping next to a rangers cabin

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almost on top, the road is getting rougher

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Beaverdam, amazing construction

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got stuck again

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10m of Mud caught me for an hour

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the road winds out of the mountains

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he didn´t get the turn

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look back to the snow topped mountains

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look towards Idaho

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Cokesville, nothing to do here

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Irrigation is everything

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Cattle on a total dry pasture

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chilly nights

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Farm lanong the road

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So right!

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snow catched me

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Utah! High altitude border crossing

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cycling towards the mountains

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reached the top! as you can see my beard is frozen

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Sunset on my way down

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the Eastside of the Wassatch Mountains are beautiful

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Park City, Skitown in Offseason

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on my way out of town

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on dirtroads towards Salt Lake City

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Emigration Canyon towards Salt Lake City

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Art in the Streets of SLC

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Downtown

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Red Light District? Not sure...

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a lot of poor people also here

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Graffiti on a wall

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Arts Installation in the streets

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relaxed park

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Old Railway Statiom

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Back in the days when trains were en vogue

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Temple Square

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BEautiful graffiti all around the city

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green neighborhoods

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the brandnew Courthouse... Strong Message

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Against Panhandling

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Downtown SLC

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Look towards Downtown