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Opening Day on Montana’s Beartooth Pass #ExploreLocal
Adventures, Destinations, Photo Essay, Tales from the Road

Opening Day on Montana’s Beartooth Pass #ExploreLocal

The Beartooth Pass, part of US Highway 312, connects Red Lodge, Montana, to Yellowstone National Park creating a squiggly asphalt line sixty miles through some of the most rugged and beautiful landscape the USA has to offer. It is consistently ranked in the top ten best drives in America, and often number one by motorcycle publications. It is a Scenic Byways “All American Road,” meaning that just driving it is a destination in itself.

driving montana's beartooth pass
Snow canyon!

This nearly perfect collection of curves and peaks starts just an hour from my home base of Billings, Montana, so I’ve driven it a lot. I’ve driven the Pass at night. I’ve been caught in surprise snowstorms. I know every curve in the road and many of the trails that leave the road behind for the glaciated summits and lake-jeweled valleys. So, I’m kind of bored of it, right?

Um, no. But, after so many experiences on the Pass, including seeing massive wildfires blacken mountainsides and being chased by mountain goats trying to drink my pee, not much surprises me about the Beartooth Highway anymore.

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2016 in Pictures
Adventures, Photo Essay, Photography

2016 in Pictures

Another retrospective on a year of wandering.

It’s pretty late in the year for a post like this, but that’s the way it works, sometimes.

2016 started out with a bang (or maybe a roar) with a trip to see the 58th running of the Daytona 500. From there, I went west enjoying desert storms and mountains wildflowers. While I hit a lot of places I’d seen before, I was able to explore those places more deeply. I also made it all the way to the opposite coast and saw the magic of the sun setting over the Puget Sound. It was a pretty good year, and I’m looking forward having the adventures that will go into next year’s retrospective!

You can always see where I am right now by following @arteriesofamerica on Instagram!

daytona beach sunset, travel
Sunset hits Daytona Beach the night before the Daytona 500 shatters its tranquility with 43 V8s cranking out 38,000 collective horsepower not to mention over 100,000 screaming fans.

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