Tag: Travel
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D. Tickner Was Here…
… and apparently so was A. Freeman. We didn’t actually plan a route on this trip. We had a general idea that we wanted to stay as far north as possible without hitting cold weather, and we wanted to spend time in places that are new to us. We like agenda-less travel, even to the…
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Rush Hour in Wyoming, Camping in Idaho
Started the day with a bit of rush hour traffic. I’m not sure why, but they all decided to go to work at the same time. Just like in the cities. The ranchers waved us through the crowd and we were on our way. West to Idaho After a short stop at Fossil Beds National…
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Meeks Cabin
The plan for the day was to get somewhere near the Great Salt Lake without getting tied up in the metro Salt Lake City area. We crossed Wyoming on I-80, caught up on gas and fresh water, and I (not we) picked a National Forest campground for the night. I’m not familiar with camping in…
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Trail 793
Back on the road, at least for a couple weeks. We started week or so late, mostly because the time that it took to recognize that our refrigerator wasn’t working, compounded by the delays in getting a warranty replacement from the factory in B.C. Fridges ship freight, not Fed Ex or UPS. New (refurbished) fridge…
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Dodging Tumbleweeds
We spent a good part of Saturday dodging airborne tumbleweeds. Our trip from Palo Dura Canyon through the Oklahoma panhandle and southern Kansas put us in an area of strong southerly winds – 30mph with gusts to 40mph. The weather service issued Red Flag warnings for the area. We passed through Beaver, Oklahoma just ahead…
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Piccolo Grande Canyon
We’ve not been to Texas in a decade – the last time was a ten day stay at Big Bend – so a detour to what looked like a decent Texas State Park was in order. Palo Duro State Park seemed like a good place to visit. The Park claims that that canyon is the…
Michael Janke 