Re: Wyoming Trip Report (May-Jun 2025)

Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:23:55 -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 rode the tandem

On day 9 we headed to Ranchester...

On day 10 we bopped over to Moorcroft

Day 11 was our trip to Devils Tower
On day 12 we took out the tandem again

 
Day 13 was a drive from Wyoming to western Nebraska.  By now I’d
realized that traffic on much of I-90 in Wyoming was reasonably
light and I didn’t feel that pulling the trailer at 60 mph was
inconveniencing other drivers all that much.  So we took that
route around the Black Hills and through Sturgis and Rapid City. 
Neither of these towns were very attractive to me, though the
landscapes were. 
 
From Rapid City we took 44 down through the Badlands, though it
seemed more appropriate that they should have been called the
Badroads.  Ugh.  Rough, narrow, and rough.  Did I mention they
were rough?  There was a nice stretch through pine ridges and it
got a little better once we entered Nebraska.
 
The state park at Merritt Reservoir was a bit rustic.  The place
clearly catered mostly to fishermen, and it also seemed somewhat
trashy.  It was fine for a night, though.  And we had a nice
sunset...
 
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We have traveled extensively all over this country. Bad roads are not
unique to any state. However… we are on our way to Seattle to visit family
and I can tell you that I40 from Amarillo through New Mexico has to be
number two.  I40 through New Mexico to Amarillo has to be number one.