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> at Yellowstone
> treking on mountain bikes
> behind us is a thunderstorm several hours away according to radar
> trying to beat the weather and get a few more miles in.
> trail has a river crossing
> think we should stop here
> see smoke from a fire further down the river
> decide to investigate
> perhaps camp
> come across a mule and a teepee
> two old timers in fox and skunk skin caps and buckskins.
> asks if we can wait out the storm here
> skunk cap looks behind him at the clouds.
> i gave you half hour at the most, best hunker here
> mind if we camp the night?
> old timers: not one bit young bucks!
> hunker down and wait er out
> start getting tents out when fox skin cap old timer suggests we camp away from the river bank
> do so
> exactly 30 minutes later its pouring
> get caught in said rain still securing our bikes under our tarp and the sleeping gear.
> drenched, cold, miserable
> old timer knocks on tent
> he's got a wool blanket, a cast iron cauldron of baked beans with bacon chunks, and coffee
> instantly feel better
> rain lets up slightly
> go over to old man's teepee
> incredibly spacious
> fire ring on the inside
> peak comfy
> talk about fur trade, Jim Bridger, Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, and Hugh Glass.
> rain stops around midnight
> morning see the bank where we were going to set up is 6 inches under water.
> pack up and depart as old men make coffee and wave us goodbye
> those were the best goddamn baked beans I ever had.
