Super 8 Motel - 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>

Randi woke up at 4AM at the rest area and started driving. I slept. We shared driving and resting as we crossed Nebraska and Wyoming. Our only stops were rest areas. We could not take any more rest areas, so a Best Western in the middle of ...

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 ...

... Wyoming with huge equipment digging ore and loading trucks to be taken to some other place for processing. Considering the part of Wyoming through which I traveled today, the mined material is probably TRONA which is the naturally occuring form of sodium carbonate. But, it could also be coal as Wyoming is the largest producer of coal in the US. And it's possible that it could be uranium. In any case, this state is a big producer of coal, oil, natural gas and coal bed methane ...

... an area where there were snow patches on the ground at highway level but far away in the hills. At some place west of Laramie on Hwy I-80, as I was thinking about the book 'My Friend Flicka' which was set in the Snowy Range west of Laramie and was one of my favorite girlhood books, I crossed the Continental Divide at 7,000 feet. I told Scooter it was all downhill from that point westward. He didn't seem impressed, but I was because it really felt as though I was on my ...

... to see the Abe Lincoln statute, but it was so cold and windy that I was the only one there. You might ask, why is Abe Lincoln standing over I-80. The answer is that I-80 tracks most of the route of the much older US Route 30. Route 30 is better known as the Lincoln Highway and is the first road to cross the entire U.S. Thus, you will find many Linclon Highway references ...

... all but one sleezy motel were full so we had to drive even farther to get to Green River, Wyoming and ended up paying as much for a hotel there as we would have paid in Jackson 4 hours earlier-oh well. We discussed whether to start our trip home or try and get one more destination in and decided to get some sleep and decide the rest of our plan in the morning.

... 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 ...

... of their churches around the city. Whatever huge building appeared to be a government office, bank or a library, happened to be the Church of Latter Day Saints... Whether modern or Disney-like castle, its magnitude is breathtaking! I especially adore the Great Salt Lake. The white minerals ...

... we take pictures by the "Welcome to..." signs; Mormon country; any other kind of country; the disgusting amounts of signage/advertisement for Little America (see photos); the hesitancy to change a fuzzy radio station with the fear that only country stations will be clear; no signs of civilization for miles and miles; each other's boredom; nothing at all. (6) Stare and appreciate the scenery--Even when driving!... well ...