{"id":25839,"date":"2015-10-26T16:09:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T23:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=25839"},"modified":"2015-10-26T16:10:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T23:10:25","slug":"day-280-it-is-all-downhill-from-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=25839","title":{"rendered":"Day 280: It is all downhill from here&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now we get back into some really impressive roadbuilding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25840\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528001-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528001-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528001-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528001.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Just a couple thousand feet down from the top is a nice rest area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25841\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528002-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528002-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528002-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528002.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lots of scenic views from here!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25842\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528003-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528003-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528003-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528003.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25845\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528006-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528006-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528006-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528006.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And one\u00c2\u00a0of a\u00c2\u00a0loop of the road above!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25844\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528005-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528005-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528005-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528005.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is where the rest area is. \u00c2\u00a0The pink line is the road ahead. \u00c2\u00a0A few years ago there was a mud slide that cut across three of the four switchbacks! \u00c2\u00a0No through road over the Pass that year!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25846\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528007-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528007-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528007-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And off I go again!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25847\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528008-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528008-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528008-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528008.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I think right in the middle is where the mud slide started.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25848\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528009-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528009-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528009-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day1528009.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25849\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280010-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280010-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280010-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280010.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Here is one of the spots where the mud slide cut across the road. \u00c2\u00a0There is a cover over the soil to stop a repeat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280011a-e1445900597942.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25850\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280011a-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">How many loops of the road are there? \u00c2\u00a0The yellow lines trace the road.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280011b-e1445900636952.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25851\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280011b-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280012-e1445900703824.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25852\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280012-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25853\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280013-400x600.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280013-400x600.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280013-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280013.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A motorcyclist&#8217;s deadly foe&#8230;x 3!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25854\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280014-408x600.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"408\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280014-408x600.jpg 408w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280014-204x300.jpg 204w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280014.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nearing the bottom at last! \u00c2\u00a0Did I mention it was a tad cool?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25855\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280015-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280015-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280015-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280015.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Even &#8220;off&#8221; the Pass it is a nice view. \u00c2\u00a0See the Moon over the mountain?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25856\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280016-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280016-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280016-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280016.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A gentle ride to Red Lodge through the Custer National Forest. \u00c2\u00a0Huh. \u00c2\u00a0I guess they had some trees after all!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25857\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280017-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280017-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280017-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Day15280017.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Next: \u00c2\u00a0Homeward bound!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~Curtis in \/\\\/\\onTana! {!-{&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now we get back into some really impressive roadbuilding. Just a couple thousand feet down from the top is a nice rest area. Lots of scenic views from here! *** And one\u00c2\u00a0of a\u00c2\u00a0loop of the road above! This is where the rest area is. \u00c2\u00a0The pink line is the road ahead. \u00c2\u00a0A few years ago [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,33,6,5,45,8,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crater-lake-2015","category-landscapes","category-motorcycles","category-on-the-road","category-pad-2015","category-photography","category-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25839"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25860,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25839\/revisions\/25860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}