An easy day today, sliding from Arco over to Hailey, via the back roads of Idaho. Why Hailey? Well, friends there have a spare room, a place to park my rig, and, oh, yes, a hot tub. And a lovely deck where I am typing this entry as the wind shakes the aspen leaves and…
Westward Ho: Wyoming to Idaho
Ha, didn’t count on zero wifi at Yellowstone, but it makes sense. It is a HUGE park, and I actually enjoyed the no-pressure zone of not responding to Facebook posts or tweets or emails for the better part of three days. All the better to focus on the experience of being in Yellowstone, which is…
Westward Ho: Day 10
Started the day like this, at Rocky Point State Park, near Belle Fourche. Yesterday’s stormy weather was nowhere to be seen as I hitched up and headed out. Lovely blue skies, no headwinds or crosswinds, so happy driving for a while through eastern Wyoming. I started over Route 16 through Bighorn National Forest and saw amazing…
Westward Ho: Day 9
South Dakota seems like a normal-sized state until you decide to drive across it. In one day. And with either headwinds or crosswinds tormenting you the entire time. I mostly set the cruise control to 55 mph and watched the scenery go by. And amazing scenery it was. No picture I took really gets across…
Westward Ho: Day 8
Started the day on the western edge of central Wisconsin, where I have family to visit, including three great nieces, and ended the day on the eastern edge of South Dakota, at a place called Pelican Lake. Before I got too far into the drive, I met up with a spacetweep friend on his home…