Triangle C Ranch Stanley

We landed in Dubois, WY about 9:30 PM last night - talk about spooky - it is one of the most isolated in America- about 75 miles in each direction to the next highway, no hospital either. Our info source (very nice lady who checked us in at Twin Pine Lodge) told us she was delivered in a car driving to that next town. She has been here for 50 years!

The cabin hotel was so cute and cozy. We hadn't made ...

Aug. 29th. While walking into a health food store in Ketchum, we met a couple of guys who struck up a conversation about our RV. Both of them got excited and animated about the route we "had to take" on our way to Yellowstone National Park. One of them even came back into the store 10 minutes after saying goodbye and brought a map for us with the route laid out. That much enthusiasm made us agree that we would change our planned ...

... deep, and I was hydroplaning through them. Being thankful for not already having crashed, I did slow down a bit. The lightening show was spectacular though, illuminating the night and striking the nearby hilltops. I stopped for the night in Dubois, Wyoming and enjoyed a greasy burger and cold beer before crashing. Mileage for the day: 553km

... other in Thermopolis (where we had to stop to soak in the springs of course). Amazing to see these ancient pictures carved into stone and wonder about the people who carved them and the purpose in doing so. Wind River Canyon was an amazing drive as was Big Horn Canyon and we were lucky enough to do that one twice! After my dear husband forgot his wallet 100 miles back at our cottage - Er! Go visit Wyoming!

... in the view. I can't get over how nice everyone was on the trail. In addition to people saying 'hello,' many of them stopped to talk to us. It wasn't uncommon to stop for five minutes and chat about where I was from or how our trip was going. A couple older folks we met on the trail talked to us about wild college parties and hanky panky. Our fantasy day in fantasy land started to come to an end when winds in the area started ...

Start of the trip. End of the summer at TVRC. Time to hit the road! Can't contain shouts of joy; a sunny 3 hour ride to Sarge's ranch on the other side of Lander. A good lamb roast and some time with good friends. Great smores.

Left Sturgis and Sheldon at about 9:30a.m.. He remembered to wish me Happy Birthday. Left on my own, aiming in the direction of Jackson Hole. Beautiful, hot day. At about 2p.m. realized I was getting very burnt. Temp today 96F. Great roads. Lots of bikes. Travelled to Buffalo, Worland.... In Thermopolis ran into winds that were making my bike dip and weave like the birds. A bit of rain that felt like needles. Solution....speed up and race and rain ...

You can't go into the Old West without a little Cowboy town beauty and activity, and Cody Wyoming was just that. Home to the famous Buffalo Bill Cody we got our old west fill with, a gun fight, some country eats, a night rodeo, and just some old west flavor.

... skiers summit, a 1500 foot skin from the yurt and dropped into the lower south face of the Williams Peak ridgeline. We received about 5 inches overnight which blanketed our tracks from the day before nicely. We traveled up the basin between Williams and Thompson and snuck around the East side of Thompson Peak. Dropping our skis at the saddle, a group ascended the peak via a mini couloir and some scrambling. After bagging the peak, the group rejoined on the ...

... on the moraine ahead of us, who kept an eye on us and kept "yakity yakking" at us until Rubi couldn't stand it any more and started barking and was ready to swim over the shore and up the moraine. We stayed out on the lake for a couple of hours, just floating and exploring... The evening was quiet. Deb won the cribbage game, and we reprised the spaghetti dinner from the night before. As we tried to drift off to sleep, we heard thunder and saw lightning but it never got too close....