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About that A+
Greetings:
Asside from the starter problem, the day was fantastic. The sun was shining brightly and the temperature moderate as we set out from Cody, WY. Our first goal was to traverse the Medicine Wheel Highway, US 14-A, as it climed over the Big Horn range. At 9 am the highway alert sign just past Lovell was proclaiming that the road was closed. We doubled back to the nearby Big Horn NP visitor's center for an update. The ranger there told us that the road had indeed been closed due to snow overnight, but had just been reopened.
At the top of the climb there is an ancient American Indian site which the highway is named after. Unfortunately, the ranger told us that the road from 14A to the Medicine Wheel was still under heavy snow and was unreachable. The cneter did have a nice 15 min video about the Wheel, which we watched and enjoyed. Then, we enjoyed the fantastic climb and decent over the mountain.
The vast plateau atop Big Horn had a deep snow pack. We met the snow plow & snow blower equipment as it descended. The pics show the work they accomplished in re-opening the road.
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