Re: Wyoming Trip Report (May-Jun 2025)

On 6/23/2025 12:14 PM, Ted Heise wrote:

On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 15:26:41 -0000 (UTC),
   Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> wrote:

  On Sat, 21 Jun 2025 14:27:33 -0000 (UTC),
    Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> wrote:

>

  Day 1 was driving west...

  Day 2 we swung up into Iowa and drove across it

  Day 3 we headed across Nebraska.

  Day 4 we drove into Casper, WY.

  On day 5 we drove to Yellowstone

  day 6) ... drove north along the Yellowstone River

  On day 7 we [saw geysers and headed to Tetons

 Day 8 we got up and had our usual coffee.  Unfortunately,
something blew when I started up the grinder while the electric
kettle was heating.  After lots of fooling around with the GFCI
and the shore power, the only way I could get things to work was
by running a 110 V extension cord from the site pedestal in
through the trailer window.  Ugh.
 Once we were done with breakfast and coffee, I tried to fix the
power issue.  The basic problem was the GFCI outlet had tripped,
and I’d been unable to reset it.  I’d also disconnected and
reconnected to the park power, but no joy.  Thinking the outlet
itself may have been at fault, I bought a new one in town and
replaced the outlet.  It would not work either, so I gave up for
the day.

Did you find the problem eventually?  There must be a fuse/breaker bank somewhere.  You'd think the GCFI would blow before the breaker went, but if you've replaced the outlet you must look further, assuming you did reset the new breaker too?

At that point, we hauled the tandem over to Jenny Lake Visitor
Center.  I’d found a roughly 40-mile route online that seemed
within our ability; unfortunately, the distance from Jenny Lake
was more than I expected, so we ended up doing almost 50 miles and
we were whupped when we got back…
 https://ridewithgps.com/trips/288956429

That's a nice day!  Not flat either.  You'll look back and be glad you did it someday.

FWIW, I was not that impressed by Jackson.  It seemed crowded and
hectic, without the charm of places like Moab.  The NP itself was
beautiful, though.

Turning into a tourist trap from what I've heard...rich tourists.
Moab isn't like it was before either.  We were there about 5-6 years ago and stayed right in town.  Had a great time.  When we went through there this fall it was crazy.  There was a jeep gathering going on, so maybe that had something to do with it.  I didn't want to stop there at all this time.  Too busy for me.
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