Togwotee Pass

The Togwotee pass was the second highest on the bike route, and i'll have to admit i didn't do it, not for lack of trying mind, but i had to leave it behind. After leaving Moran junction just outside  Grand Teton park, i started heading toward the pass. Untill i came to road works that is. I asked nicely, then begged and pleaded but it was no use. The only way through over here is that they put your bike in the pilot truck and take it through the roadworks for you. But i was having none of it, so i waited 2.5hrs until they finished work and made my way up the pass. As it was beginning to get dark on my way up and i had passed through the few miles of roadworks, i pulled into a lodge and set up tent. Up early the following morning i set off the rest of the way to the top of the pass heading for Dubois (pronounced like a corkman -doo boys). that was all fine till at the very top of the pass there was another set of roadworks, for 2 miles either side of the very top. There was no give in them even after more of my best irish accent to get through, and given that it was 7 in the morning and i was not going to waste a day around there i had to take the pilot truck. Now this has happenned in other places but they have all let me through except for this one spot. But i made up for it later on.