Bow Tie Tour

Today we had breakfast with the True brothers and had more excellent conversation then packed our bikes and headed north. Our goal was to hit Yellowstone national park then ride up into Montana. We rode through the dessert then through the mountains, over the river and through the woods but never made it to grandmothers house.

We made it to the park entrance at 8:30 only to discover that the road closed at 8 so we were stranded and doubled back to find a cheap hotel. The doubling back wasn’t so bad because the thirty miles before the park entrance is a beautiful winding road along a river with a full moon reflecting from it. We found a neat place but the rooms were a little on the pricey side so we walked out and met the owner of the place, after chatting for a little bit he gave us a discount and we had a place to stay for the night.

We unpacked and walked back to the bar to see what was happening and to try some Alaskan beer that we had heard about. There wasn’t much happening, some rodeo guys were playing pool and in the big room there were three people singing karaoke. We bought a six pack and turned to leave when the lure of the karaoke took over. I had had Johnny Cash in my head all day and decided to give “Jackson” a try. I had sang a few lines over the intercom at a southwest ticket counter and thought it should be to difficult. I managed to get through without sounding horrible and enjoyed being on stage so we hung out for a while and I tried my hand at the whole karaoke scene. I sang “Superstar” by the Carpenters next followed by “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” by John Denver and “Ring of Fire” by Johnny Cash. I did ok on “Ring of Fire” and the local talent got on stage for “Plaise di Amour” a la Elvis. He did a good job so I took it as a challenge and responded with “Teddy Bear” by Elvis and brought down the house. The other guy backed down after that brought an end to the Karaoke glory days. We stayed there for a while longer chatting with some cool folks then headed to bed.