Beartooth Highway (Part 1)

I first heard about the Beartooth Highway many years ago so it has been on my “to do” list for a long time. I think most people access the Highway via Yellowstone’s northeast entrance/exit but when I went last year, that was still closed due to the flooding. This, however, enabled me to enjoy the views out the east entrance/exit along the highway to Cody and also the amazing vistas from the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway north of Cody, as I made my way to the Beartooth. I lucked out and stayed at a national forest campground on the Byway that had just stopped their full services but was still opened and no longer charging a fee! I was very close to Beartooth so I took day trips on the Highway from camp where I had dropped my trailer.
The Beartooth Highway. Well, it was everything I had always heard it would be–and more. The “more” turned out to cause my first ever panic attack–at least I assumed that’s what it was. I have a very healthy fear of heights and it absolutely overwhelmed me on this occasion. The scenery was truly stunning and I’m glad that I went but, because of my fears, I don’t know if I’ll ever return.