Everything Goes Wrong

THE PILGRIMAGE: A SHORT SUMMARY

THE PILGRIMAGE: A SHORT SUMMARY

34 Days and 3,500 miles later I’m much tanner than I was when I left, Lazarus has a few new parts and a few parts that are still missing.I have met a crazy amount of amazing people who live in this beautiful state, and a few that I really didn’t want to say goodbye to.

There are adventures everywhere. 

Get out and explore your world. You don’t even have to go very far. Just within your own state, you’ll be surprised by the amount of opportunities that will present themselves if you just get out and meet them. 
Often times you’ll meet them when everything goes wrong. Adventure is what happens when your plan goes awry....

THE PILGRIMAGE: DAY 26-29

THE PILGRIMAGE: DAY 26-29

With my boots finally dried out, I loaded up, stopped at the Forest Service office to get some more detailed maps of the area, and I headed to the “ghost town” of Rimini...

THE PILGRIMAGE: DAY 25 Baby's First Watercrossing

THE PILGRIMAGE: DAY 25 Baby's First Watercrossing

I left White Sulphur Springs with the intention of visiting Diamond City, a ghost town in the Big Belt Mountains, and finishing the day in Helena and Rimini. The weather had different plans. ....

THE PILGRIMAGE: DAY 23 & 24

THE PILGRIMAGE: DAY 23 & 24

I hung out in Red Lodge for a little while, ended up talking to another guy who was also doing the “moto-vagabond thing” as he called it, but he has a giant brand new BMW 1200. It was a little funny to talk to him, because the biggest problem he’s had on his trip since leaving Indiana was getting ‘bogged down’ in some mud in the badlands. He had to wait for an hour for the mud to dry, and then got free. Yup.....

THE PILGRIMAGE: 11-15 The Break Down

THE PILGRIMAGE: 11-15 The Break Down

Spent all of Sunday working on Lazarus in front of my hotel room. 
Methodically removing the air box, checking the air filter, removing the spark plugs, checking that they spark, removing the carbs, checking that the little jets weren’t plugged and so on......

THE PILGRIMAGE: DAY 9 & 10

THE PILGRIMAGE: DAY 9 & 10

I moved a little slower than usual getting out of Zortman, went a little too hard with the locals. Woops.
Had a nice little lunch at a place called the Hitching Post in Malta, before making my way to Fort Peck trying to out run this storm. ....

THE PILGRIMAGE: DAY 5 & 6

THE PILGRIMAGE: DAY 5 & 6

Reluctantly left my cozy cabin at Glacier Mist RV Park, in Cut Bank and headed south. Note to the wise, don’t drive over the Tiber Dam on the east end of Lake Elwell (outside Shelby) because holy hell giant. loose. terrible. gravel. ....

THE PILGRIMAGE: DAY 1 & 2

THE PILGRIMAGE: DAY 1 & 2

Officially Day 1 of the Pilgrimage!

Easy 173 mi day, and went down Hwy 211 that turns into a very fun dirt road which features this view. Yes please. Despite the on and off sprinkles and a little chilly at 58*F, a successful first day with no issues from Lazarus, yay! … (as I huddle in blankets trying to feel my legs again at my Grandma’s house in Thompson Falls.) ......

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THE TIME INBETWEEN: The Pilgrimage Prequel

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THE TIME INBETWEEN: The Pilgrimage Prequel

The trip from Moab, Utah to the Bitterroot Valley to get Lazarus ready for the Pilgrimage. 

I find a Missoula man in the middle of nowhere in Utah, I get lost then adopted by strangers, and Lazarus's stator decides it is it's time to die.