Winter on a bike is all about wind chill, cold rain, dangerous roads, and auto drivers who can’t see you until the last minute. If you have the misfortune to find yourself far from home when the snow begins to fall, the smart thing to do is to get off the bike and hitch a ride.
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If you’re running marathon distance daily on the Appalachian Trail, this won’t interest you, but if you’re looking for time off in the middle of nowhere, with gear that’s more than marginal, your choices are either hauling it in on your own or footing the bill for an airdrop. Packs like the Trapper Nelson cost a lot less than a helicopter.
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Not too much of old 66 survives today, and many of the tourist attractions — which included rattlesnake farms, dinosaur parks and dancing chickens who seemed to have no clue about how to dance — faded into the dust along with the old road. Yellowhorse Trading Post survived and prospered.
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