Re: Wyoming Trip Report (May-Jun 2025)

On Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:29:42 -0500,
  sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

 On 6/30/2025 12:40 PM, Ted Heise wrote:

...As we got into eastern Nebraska and for a good part of
western Iowa, we had hill after steep hill to climb.  These
were at times a bit much for the Acadia, and I would often end
up driving less than 50 mph so it wouldn’t be running at crazy
rpms.

 
 You gotta get used to speeding up on the downhills so you have
 enough momentum to do the climbing.  I did my best to do it
 pulling our TOAD and it sure helps, but I have a diesel and
 don't mind it chugging along if necessary.

Yeah, I do some of that, but don't want the trailer getting too
squirrely so have to moderate a bit.  And some of those hills are
just so dang big that the momentum will only carry you so far up.

Interestingly, we use a similar technique on the tandem.  When the
spacing and height of the hills are just right, it's a real blast. 
We call them "tandem rollers" and they let you build up a lot of
speed--just flying over the crests.  Tons of fun.

 I love the hilly parts of Iowa.  On the eastern side along the
 Mississippi, it's just gorgeous.  Rode the motorcycle 450 miles
 on Saturday up through Wisconsin on hwy 33 into La Crescent,
 Minnesota, then took the Great River Road down through Iowa and
 into Dubuque. Turned into Illinois and went thru Galena and
 headed home.  Beautiful day to be out riding.  Upper 80's until
 we got to La Crosse, then it jumped up into the low 90's for a
 short period, but it was manageable.

Nice!

This campsite was at Lewis and Clark Lake State Park, along an
old ox bow of the Missouri River.  No bath house, but it was
reasonably scenic and we had a nice campfire...
 
https://panix.com/~theise/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250604_195534.jpg

 
 Cool, you got another spot right on the water.  Peaceful.  How
 were the bugs out there?

I had pretty good luck getting sites on water edges.  In today's
world, many of the reservation systems give a good look at what's
around each site.

Bugs were tolerable most places, not like our camping near Lake
Huron a couple of years ago.  Those mosquitoes were blood thirsty
bastards!

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Ted Heise      <theise@panix.com>       West Lafayette, IN, USA