Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR) - Segment:
Togwotee Pass (Divide Crossing #7), Brooks Lake, Warm Spring Creek (Wild Camp),
Union Pass (Divide Crossing #8), near Strawberry Creek (Rain Camp), Raspberry Creek,
Green River (Mosquito City), Trail Head near Kendall Ranger Station to Pinedale (Log Cabin);
Wyoming; June, 2016

Day 3:

• We slept well through the night.
• We did not have time to draw a full water supply yesterday evening [because of the heavy rain], so we needed to top off our bottles that morning.
• We met three GDMBR riders, no photos, heading north on the Divide.
• We met two GDMBR riders, one who knew the Bee and us from Facebook. We had previously shared trail riding information. We had a good talk.
• Somewhere around Mosquito Lake, the Mosquitos became numerous and bothersome.
• We had to suit-up for two different noon-time rain squalls; luckily we edged both of those rain storms.
• The ravenous Mosquitos around the Green River were the worst of the entire summer. The Mosquitos were so dense that we could not stop to enjoy the views, we had to keep moving, AND we were wearing 100% DEET.

Day 3 - From Our Emergency Camp Near Strawberry Creek to the Trail Head Area Near the Kendall Ranger Station (Bridger-Teton NF)

Above Left: In the mountains it is usually cold at night and in the mornings. Terry is making coffee and cooking in the kitchen and I just rolled and packed the sleeping pad and stuffed the sleeping bags.

Above Right: The Tent is struck but not packed yet. Terry is stowing some gear.

Above Left: Everything is loaded onto the Bee and Terry is ready to go.

Above Right: Maybe Sticky Tofieldia (in our camp site).

Above Left: We only pedaled a few hundred yards and discovered that we had set up our emergency camp very near an informal camping area with toilets.

Above Right: Following NF-600 SW (here) and looking over Strawberry Creek's watershed.

Above Left: Looking up Strawberry Creek.

Above Right: That's me (Dennis Struck) using our new Katadyn Water Filter system. I like it better than our MSR Sweetwater system but the Sweetwater did have some good merits (longer hoses, pumps water in both pump handle directions). The merit that is most important is to continuously produce filtered water and the Katadyn is better (IMHO + Experience).

Above Left: The Queen Bee awaits her Pilot at Strawberry Creek, WY.

Above Right: Antelope - That Antelope has longer than typical horns (like an African Oryx).

Above Left: Another Antelope; usually the solo Antelopes are sequestered Males.

Above Right: Most of the day's ride was downhill, so cycling was easier and it allowed us to look around and to talk to one another.

Above Left: Park Creek Meadow.

Above Right: NF-600 and a recently cut and removed tree across the road.

Above Left: NF-600.

Above Right: Side view.

Above: Wagon Creek Road and Creek joined us from the right side.

Above Left: We went through a section of small ponds, standing water, and wetlands.

Above Right: Time for Sunscreen and a mid-morning snack.

Above Left: More creek water and wetlands.

Above Right: NF-600 is starting to become rolling between forest tops and open meadow creek bottoms.

Above Left: On a hill top we can see where we imagine the Green River to be. All of the creeks that we cycled over today drain into the Green River.

Above Right: NF-600.

Above Left: We're going left toward Mosquito Lake. We have no idea what the Forest Boundary means?

Above Right: NF-600.

Above Left: Wagon Creek's watershed.

Above Right: NF-600.

Above Left: Plenty of ponds around here.

Above Right: SE on NF-600.

Above Left: Aspen Grove.

Above Right: Wagon Creek watershed, looking SE.

Above Left: The lady (in Florescent Peach) stopped and asked, Is that the Bee? She recognized the tandem bicycle from FaceBook pictures and postings by me (Dennis). Kim Bunning, Kathy, Terry and I shared trail information. They had just started yesterday and would cycle to Grand Teton NP (another 2-3 day ride). Kim and I are both members of the Bicycle Touring Riders Forum group on FaceBook.

Above Right: We're viewing SE down the Wagon Creek watershed toward the Green River Valley where all of the local creeks migrate.

Above: Mosquito Lake.

Above Left: Some ATV'ers motored by us. From here to the Ranger Station ATV's were quite common. The drivers were always polite and dust free when around us.

Above Right: The view from the cockpit.

Above Left: We're about to dip into the Green River Valley.

Above Right: Aspen and two colors of Geraniums.

Above Left: The downhill run was a joy.

Above Right: We're at a T intersection but neither direction matters to us, we went opposite of what we are looking and we remained on NF-600. There were no other signs.

Above Left: Down the switchback we went.

Above Right: We broke out of the valley wall onto the valley floor. We still had 3-4 miles to the Green River crossing.

Above Left: This was the last batch of trees for a while.

Above Right: Our decent laid ahead. Storm clouds were forming.

Above Left: We had to put on our rain suits and we rode through two different rain cells. Luckily we were on the edge of both cells so we could keep pedaling.

Above Right: This is the Green River.

Above Left: This is a back view and we're standing in our destination for the day. This area is a trail head and parking area, and it has toilets. We were very near the national forest boundary and near the Kendall Guard Station.

Above Right: The Bee waited for us to decide what to do (no camp pictures).

Above Left: A monument dedicated to the industry of Rail Road Ties and to the Men who 'Hacked' the Ties.

Above Right: The end of the Bridger-Teton National Forest and the end of our day. We never saw the word Bridger-Teton National Park, we just saw either Bridger National Park or Teton National Park, and sometimes a rider entered one and exited the other (just an observation).