June 18: Rawlins, WY to Riverside, WY (61 miles)
June 19: Riverside, WY (Irresistible event, rest day required!)
Okay, so we’re still in Wyoming—but only 28 miles from Colorado!—We were waylaid an extra day in Rawlins due to 30-60 mph winds for a day (which turned out to be great—more to come on that later). Now, after [...]
Woodcutters rodeo jamboree—with friends!
Windy Wyoming wanderings
June 14: Dubois, WY to Lander, WY (73 miles)
June 15: Lander, WY to Muddy Gap, WY (82 miles—a new daily record)
June 16: Muddy Gap Station to Rawlins, WY (45 miles)
June 17: Rawlins rest day… unexpectedly. (Damn.)
Total miles to date: 1500
The last few days have brought more notable Wyoming sights and sounds. Leaving Dubois a few [...]
Crossing Togwotee Pass
June 11-Grant Villiage, WY to Colter Bay, WY (40 miles)
June 12-Colter Bay, WY to 10 miles from Togwotee Pass (27 miles)
June 13-10 miles from Togwotee Pass to Dubois, WY (39 miles)
Total miles to date: 1,297
We’ve crossed over Togwotee Pass. It took two days longer than planned, but we made it to the other side. What [...]
Mooses!
—Earthquake Lake, formed instantly by an earthquake (hence the trees in the middle of the lake), 120 feet at its deepest point—
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—The stunning Grand Tetons—
Yellowstone, day 2: In which we see Old Faithful… on a YouTube clip. Plus: a weather lament
June 10-Madison Junction, Yellowstone Park, WY to Grant Village, Yellowstone Park, WY (40 miles)
The night’s sleep at Madison campground was, in a word, wretched. The outside temperature dropped to 38 degrees and our tent and sleeping bags are ill-equipped to warm us in such weather. We tossed and turned and slept only a little. We [...]
Yellowstone Park, day 1: bison jams, backtracks, and a stick of butter
June 8-Twin Bridges, MT to West Yellowstone, MT (72 miles)
June 9-West Yellowstone, MT to Madison Junction Campground, Yellowstone Park, WY (20 miles, but only 14 miles of forward progress)
–Entering Yellowstone–
Yellowstone. Hmm. I didn’t have much idea of what the park would be like prior to our… rather memorable… visit so far. We’d heard from westbound [...]