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Park , an otherworldly landscape of bubbling mineral formations . Be sure to cross the swinging suspension bridge and see where the boiling sulfurous springs join the Bighorn River , and the unexpectedly free bathhouse is quite nice .
Day 6 and it is time to head home , but not before a couple of canyon dives and one last dinosaur hunt . I get back on Route 20 and head north for an hour to Greybull , where I turn east on to U . S . Route 14 . Just about 8 miles east is a south turnout for a gravel byway to the Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite . The byway is about 5 miles of good gravel , easy pickings for an ADV bike and not too bad for a road bike assuming no recent rain . The site is amazing , a ΒΌ-mile swath of limestone with thousands of Middle Jurassic footprints that you can walk among and compare foot sizes . I have the landscape to myself and can easily picture a plodding train of Theropods wandering down the draw .
Back up the byway to U . S . 14 , I continue east toward Buffalo , but first I have some riding to do . Shell Canyon kicks off the fun , up to Granite Pass and over into the Bighorn Mountain Range , with some of the finest riding in Wyoming . Best of all is that you think you are done by Burgess Junction , but then you turn east and U . S . 14 is now the Medicine Wheel Passage Scenic Byway , with lovely forests and high mountain meadows bisected by sport-touring friendly pavement .
After a good 45 minutes of fun , I am now back on the Wyoming plains and hit Interstate 90 , and that is the end of my dinosaur chase . I turn on the mental cruise control and head south , back to Colorado and home . It was a great week of riding , and although I never caught any dinosaurs , I sure had fun roaming their ancient playgrounds .