Out West Trip: Day 34 (Devil’s Tower, WY to Custer State Park, SD)
Today’s highlights: Standing in the World’s Largest Log Chair. Visiting Mount Rushmore. Driving the Iron Mountain Road. camping with friends at Custer State Park. We woke up slowly and started to pack up. We decided to eat breakfast at the KOA cafe, but it ended up being quite expensive for a very mediocre meal and
Out West Trip: Day 33 (Thermopolis, WY to Devil’s Tower, WY)
Today’s highlights: Swimming in the World’s Largest Swimming Pool. Eating at the Utter Cafe in Buffalo, WY. Watching “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” in the shadow of Devil’s Tower. I woke early to attend my conference call, but could not connect, so I went back to sleep for a while. Camille got up early
Out West Trip: Day 32 (Jackson, WY to Thermopolis, WY)
Today’s highlights: Another bison traffic jam. Our final Continental Divide crossing. Ordering food via red telephone from our booth. Swimming in the hot springs in Thermopolis. I woke at 5:30 to try to connect to my conference call, but could get neither a wifi nor a mobile hone signal. Grrr. Up so early, I worked
Out West Trip: Day 31 (Red Lodge, MT to Jackson, WY)
Today’s Highlights: A summer solstice snowball fight. Seeing a bear. Getting stuck in a bison induced traffic jam. Picking up Evie. I got up early for a conference call, then we started getting ready to go. It took a bit longer than hoped, but we were headed out of Red Lodge by 10am. We drove
Out West Trip: Day 28 (Jackson, WY to Red Lodge, MT)
Today’s Highlights: Watching Old Faithful erupt. Seeing bears, bison and elk. Marveling over springs, geysers, terraces and more. Beds with sheets and indoor plumbing. We woke early and packed up. From the Kamping Kabin, we went into town to grab bagels and coffee to go, then made our way to Grand Teton National Park. After
Out West Trip: Day 27 (Jackson, WY)
Today’s Highlights: Limping into town with Evie. Getting a rental car. Using redbox for the first time. Staying in a Kamping Kabin. We woke up early, worked on packing up and started to call car places. The “foreign auto” place was closed for the weekend, but eventually, Rob got ahold of a car repair place.
Out West Trip: Day 26 (Vernal, UT to Jackson, WY)
Today’s Highlights: Getting to Wyoming. Visiting Idaho for a few minutes. Driving in a snowstorm! Evie breaking down in front of our KOA, of all places. We slept in until 7:30 this morning. I tried to get some work done, but, as we’ve come to expect, the wi-fi did not work very well. I managed
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