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Der Grand Teton National Park eignet sich super zum Baden und Wandern, leider ist es dazu im Moment eher zu kalt. Wir haben die traumhafte Kulisse (Rocky Mountains) trotzdem sehr genossen...immerhin die ersten richtigen Berge seit 6 Monaten :-)<br><br>Ansonsten gibt es in Wyoming nichts ausser endlosen Ebenen mit Tausenden von Rinderherden...kein Wunder, bei den vielen Burgern, die hier in den USA gegessen werden. Die meisten kennen ja Salat nur als Teil eines Burgers :-)<br>

... in Wyoming looked good. The van was making a loud knocking noise on the rough roads so I checked underneath and found a loose rear shock. So we are stuck here until it is fixed drinking wine and watching HBO. Stay tuned. Nels<br><br>.

Drove through Nebraska and most of Wyoming to get to Rock Springs WY today. Arrived by 5 pm. The mountains are real cool. So cool that there is still snow on top of many. We stopped at the Fort Cody Trading Post. It was filled with all kinds of good stuff. I managed to escape without making a purchase. I was in ...

... one, I thought perhaps the people had large birds in an outside aviary. Then, I began to notice more of them, and couldn't figure out what they were but didn't think there would be that many people with outdoor aviaries. Then I saw some small barn-like structures with open slots between the boards on the sides and figured out they were corn cribs for storing dried corn on the cob for later feeding. And, I saw one corn crib that was made from some kind of brick or white stone ...

... it became 1 to 2 miles or more between them. There were cross fences to contain beef cows in pastures, and I no longer saw the interesting corn storage facilities that I had seen the past couple of days. The vegetation changed too as I climbed. Wide open flat fields gave way to rolling hills with clumps of mostly cottonwoods, willows and cedars growing in grass land. There was one stretch where the woods hadn't been cleared out and it was possible to imagine what it was ...

Wow, this was a cold, snowy, and windy day. I stopped at the famous overpass in Kearney, but it did not open till 10 am and I was not going to wait an hour. But, I did get a good photo of it and the buffalo out front. The wind gusts were between 40 and 60 mph causing the snow in the farm and ranch fields to blow across the Interstate thus creating slippery conditions. I ...

... see it but no luck. Added moose and a distant eagle to list of wildlife we saw. Day ended up being a lot longer than we planned. We were going to stay in Jackson and go back into Teton to take some morning pictures the next day but the hotels seemed too expensive so we headed on south to Rock Springs which was about 4 hours away. When we got there at ...

... faire un arrêt sur le parcours à Green River, petite ville à l'entrée du Parc de Flaming Gorge (gorges flamboyantes). Il y a aussi un parc ou l'on peut rencontrer des chevaux sauvages, mais pas de chance, à notre passage ils ne sont pas là! Flaming Gorge nous rappelle le Lac Powell près du Grand Canyon : un barrage sur la rivière (verte bien sûr) a immergé le fond des gorges découpées créant un méandre ...

... in the water basins look incredible in the fields of Utah! They make impression of a snow somewhere in the middle of summer... We have not have any steak yet (Ian!), but have seen many potential steaks walking on the fields... still on the list... It's funny how you can find casinos in Nevada in ...

Day 23 Morning. Beautiful sunrise right over the mountains. Sleep was cold as it's relatively dry in the area. But I got up and felt like the best thing in the world would be to sit up on a large rock and chant towards the sunrise. It turned out pretty awesome. We packed up our tent and then decided to get some breakfast before rafting at the local Gunsmoke cafe, a place to eat right next door to the Acquired Tastes Rafting Company. We filled up on coffee and eggs and I got my ...