Motel 6 Rock Springs

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 ...

... for settlers to come through that area, and on the other side of the highway the land had been cleared off and planted to alfalfa with quarter-circle irrigation systems in place. Speaking of those interesting corn storage facilities, I forgot to describe them the first day I noticed them, but what I first noticed were some sort of house sized metal cage-like devices that looked sort of like large, circular bird cages with kind of ornate bell-shaped tops. When I saw the ...

... country. When you see it all first hand you realize we could feed the world ten times over if we wanted too. You know you are not in Florida when you enter a restroom in the Midwest. The worst restroom out here is twice as clean as the cleanest restroom in Florida. It is such a blessing to not only find hot water and soap but an abundant supply of paper towels. 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 ...

... notamment dans la gorge qui s'appelle Red Canyon. Un détour à recommander...même si du coup nous avons roulé à fond ensuite pour rejoindre Salt Lake à temps pour rendre la voiture de location et rejoindre notre hôtel. Nuit, ou disons halte nocturne super courte : coucher minuit lever 4h pour vol au départ à 6h10 direction Boston (prononcer Boa-ston) ...via Dallas. Dernier épisode, plus urbain de notre voyage.

... 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 ...

... is developing wisdom in Buddhism. I dropped off Nick and met Mona. Sweet girl. I decided to drive straight to Seattle from there. I'm such a crazy decision maker, its like an 18 hour trip from that point. I also called my brother Eric back home to set up a place that I could stay on couchsurfing.com. I'll drive as far as I can. And then drive some more towards Seattle. I don't know what to expect the next couple of days but here I go. Miles driven today: 373.3mi Daniel