Travel Blogs from Lander, United States
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Last days in the West
Friday, June 19th Grand Tetons, Wyoming We are camped with a breathtaking view of the Tetons. It is every bit as beautiful as we remembered from our visit 12 years ago with Sarah. But back to Idaho..... We spent a whole day driving along the Lochsa ...
TransAm - Day #60
... . To avoid the winds, this morning, I broke camp at 6:00 AM. for the relatively short 40 miles ride to Lander. Approximately 10 miles out of Sweet Water Crossing I was rewarded by an elevated vista of terrain that had an irregular multidirectional ...
Home sweet home on the range
... in the whole wide world (my previous dubbing of Lander although Wyoming maintains this lofty title) this afternoon. I'm only ceding Lander's placement in the event that I'm not able to return there...but Wyoming is an uncontested display of God's ...
D0: The Hikers Convene
At around 3:30 PM, I arrived in Lander, Wyoming to begin this hairbrained journey into the unknown. A surreal feeling crept over me as I parked the car after a 6 hour drive from the Denver Airport to search for the Noble Hotel, where all Rocky Mountain ...
A rainny start
So here we are, we just started our climbing oddessy, although there has been no climbing yet.... We arrive here at Lander, wy late last night and woke up to a very cold and rainny day, the idea is to run some erands today and hit the climbing gym ...
D30: Return to Civilization
... we were debriefing with a NOLS Program Manager, discussing our trip with an impartial observer, then the next I'm walking around Lander with a Chocolate Cherry Milkshake. Ice Cream, dear God, you glorious dairy concoction, I shall never ever take you for ...
30 Days in the Absaroka Mountains: An Introduction
-- Written on August 18, 2012 -- From July 19 to August 17, I decided to interrupt my regularly scheduled programming and retreat for 30 days into the wilderness on a NOLS Absaroka Mountain Backpacking course. I was not really sure what to ...
No room at almost any inn
... with the Arapaho at the end of the presentation. The only pictures we took were of the casino. We ended up staying in Lander, WY where there was a WY Harley Davidson motorcycle meet this weekend. Mostly all of the motel rooms were booked. We looked ...
WYO sure does blow... in your face that is...
Well we made it through another state. The rockies haven't been so bad as of yet pretty flat actually. I would love to write more but we are almost out of time. New contest... this time the prizes don't suck. Send your answers to mmann1123 @ ...
Snow is Great...sometimes!
... geographically and geologically amazing. Rock and mountain formations exploding with reds, yellow, greens, and every color you can imagine. Lander was a really great time despite the mini disaster we ran into. After setting up camp and enjoying a soak in ...
Hot Springs in the morning, stars at night
... to make some distance towards our next goal, Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. Heading down the road, we ended up in Lander, Wyoming at the Sleeping Bear RV Park on a bluff above town. The campsite gave us a splendid view of the ...
Leaving Wyoming
We drove from Lander to Casper and spent the night at the Ramada Inn. It is the old Holiday Inn on the River under a new name. They were very hospitable and allowed us to store out car in their parking lot for free for 4 weeks and only charge ...
friendly people and beautiful country in Wyoming
... 2 hours and a 1/4 mile later... very odd phenomenon. It's a really lovely canyon just 15 minutes away from downtown Lander.. apparently is a serious attraction for rock climbers. Would have loved to stay longer but it was pouring down rain the next day. ...
Another travel day
... aero dynamic properties of driving a huge brick. The pictures are our site and our view from this hill top RV Park here in Lander, WY. One of the benefits of travel in the Motor Coach is the large picture window in front. The last picture today shows ...
onwards to Wyoming
Got one last look at the Flatiron Mountains while I worked from a coffee shop in Boulder, then drove 6 hours to Lander through beautiful Wyoming country. First time I've ever seen a city allow camping in their city park for free.. figured would be full ...
Jour 10 - Wyoming
... usés par le temps, des millions d'années durant. Puis, nous avons visité le Sinks Canyon State Park près de Lander. Nous venons tout juste de déterminer notre planning pour les deux prochains jours. Nous voulons profiter au maximum des ...
Lander, WY - Granby, CO
Slept by the fire, awakened by sun rising over far ridge. An attempt at fly fishing. Last goodbyes, and out by noon or so. Meant to make it to Boulder, but rear tire starting to wear significantly. Limp into town at 20 mph and ...
The Oregon Trail / Independence Rock
... and keep going." Words really don't suffice. We are staying at what Marty says is "the only hotel within a 100 mile radius" in Lander, but it turns out that it's only one of the few hotels in the area, and definitely the nicest one. But for ...
June 30, 2004
I didn't write this day, but we drove over to Sinks Canyon State Park, where we met up with my Aunt Kathe and Uncle Fred. We stayed there overnight in our trailer. On June 30, we walked down to The Sinks, where the Popo Agie River flows underground for ...
Day 9 - The road to Lander, Wyoming
... . We had breakfast and now it's 32. We'll be on the road soon going through Yellowstone one last time and heading for Lander, Wyoming. Not really sure what Lander is known for. I think it might be bears, moose, and goats. We'll let you ...
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