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- Friday, August 25, 2017 at 1:58 PM
- ☀️ 33 °C
- Altitude: 171 ft
United StatesRoseville38°46’20” N 121°16’39” W
On the road again
August 25, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
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- Friday, August 25, 2017 at 2:02 PM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 3,848 ft
- United StatesBaxter39°12’43” N 120°46’53” W
Caravan style
August 25, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Up the road aways we met up with our driving buddies and started the caravan!
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- Friday, August 25, 2017 at 2:19 PM
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 5,528 ft
- United StatesCrystal Lake39°19’10” N 120°33’49” W
Driving
August 25, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
My view for the next two weeks
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- Friday, August 25, 2017 at 4:14 PM
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Altitude: 4,154 ft
- United StatesGilpin39°36’8” N 119°20’10” W
Outside of Fernley
August 25, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
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- Friday, August 25, 2017 at 4:29 PM
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Altitude: 4,032 ft
- United StatesMiry Place Canyon39°43’7” N 119°4’56” W
Driving the Nevada salt flats
August 25, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Loving the speed limit
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- Friday, August 25, 2017 at 7:25 PM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 4,409 ft
- United StatesButton Point41°1’31” N 117°35’8” W
Road Tripping
August 25, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
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- Friday, August 25, 2017 at 7:25 PM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 4,439 ft
- United StatesBattle Mountain40°39’29” N 116°57’32” W
Travel Buddies
August 25, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
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- Friday, August 25, 2017 at 9:00 PM
- 🌙 23 °C
- Altitude: 5,650 ft
- United StatesWells41°5’59” N 114°57’29” W
Wells, NV
August 25, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
Turning off the interstate north to Idaho. Goodbye nicely paved road!
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- Friday, August 25, 2017 at 11:00 PM
- 🌫 18 °C
- Altitude: 5,223 ft
- United StatesJackpot Airport/Hayden Field41°59’6” N 114°40’3” W
Overnight stay
August 25, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 18 °C
We spent the night at an RV park at Cactus Pete's Casino in Jackpot, a small town on the border between Nevada and Idaho. It was actually quite a cute little place with grass and trees, and perfectlyRead more
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- Day 2
- Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 11:53 AM
- 🌫 28 °C
- Altitude: 5,246 ft
- United StatesGrays Landing42°8’47” N 114°40’52” W
Idaho
August 26, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 28 °C
Southern Idaho looks like a whole heck of a lot of nothing
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- Day 2
- Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 12:48 PM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 4,022 ft
- United StatesLateral C-3942°34’34” N 114°15’13” W
Driving Day #2
August 26, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
The first stop of the day for road construction. Yippee! As a bonus, we got to pass over the Snake River Canyon which was SPECTACULAR.
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- Day 2
- Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 1:55 PM
- 🌫 30 °C
- Altitude: 4,439 ft
- United StatesW 1.7 Lateral42°45’48” N 112°51’50” W
Books
August 26, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 30 °C
Listening to Stephen King's Desperation on the open road - creepy!
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- Day 2
- Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 2:39 PM
- 🌫 30 °C
- Altitude: 4,613 ft
- United StatesLittle Pocatello Creek42°54’45” N 112°26’26” W
Road maps
August 26, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 30 °C
Benchmark makes the best road maps. When we were in Utah we had ZERO cell service most of the time and relied entirely on paper maps. Luckily that's not the case this trip because we are missing anRead more
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- Day 2
- Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 2:42 PM
- 🌫 30 °C
- Altitude: 4,600 ft
- United StatesCity of Firth43°18’22” N 112°16’2” W
Blackfoot Rec Area
August 26, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 30 °C
All along the I84 and the I15, there are sections of the Snake River that are dammed up to provide water sources and rec areas. The rec area in Blackfoot had areas for boating, jet skis, and swimming.Read more
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- Day 2
- Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 3:36 PM
- 🌫 27 °C
- Altitude: 5,863 ft
- United StatesCity of Ashton44°8’57” N 111°25’29” W
Into the trees
August 26, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 27 °C
Leaving behind the Snake River Plain and heading into the mountains in the Targhee National Forest
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- Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 5:13 PM
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 6,299 ft
- United StatesIsland Park44°25’7” N 111°22’20” W
Island Park
August 26, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Now we're driving through Island Park, a cute little town with year round recreation. There's Buffalo River and above the dam Island Park Reservoir, and there's even a sno-park. Most of the buildingsRead more
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- Day 2
- Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 5:31 PM
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 6,742 ft
- United StatesDry Fork44°38’31” N 111°19’8” W
Henrys Lake Mts
August 26, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Approaching the Henrys Lake Mountains, then we will drop down into Yellowstone.
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- Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 5:51 PM
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 6,680 ft
- United States13S05E34ABBB01 Well44°39’44” N 111°6’3” W
We made it!
August 26, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Finally! Into West Yellowstone and on to Wyoming.
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- Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 6:00 PM
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 6,680 ft
- United States13S05E34ADBC02 Well44°39’24” N 111°5’23” W
Yellowstone West Entrance
August 26, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
We've arrived! This is the excitement on my face to see Yellowstone!!
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- Day 2
- Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 6:56 PM
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 8,238 ft
- United StatesYellowstone National Park County (historical)44°42’12” N 110°35’33” W
Part 1
August 26, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The weird thing is we are driving all the way through Yellowstone and out the East entrance to visit Cody, Wyoming, then we head back to officially visit Yellowstone. Today was essentially a photo opRead more
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- Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 9:00 PM
- 🌙 13 °C
- Altitude: 7,766 ft
- United StatesLake44°34’1” N 110°22’58” W
Part 2
August 26, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
And of course we ran into several traffic jams from the bison rut, but we got to see a beautiful sunset over Yellowstone Lake.
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- Day 3
- Sunday, August 27, 2017 at 11:00 AM
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 5,469 ft
- United StatesTrout Creek44°29’0” N 109°20’12” W
Driving into Cody
August 27, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
We opted to stay several nights at Buffalo Bill Reservoir North Fork Campground for the duration of our time in Cody, Wyoming. It's about 15 minutes outside of Cody and sits on a beautiful man-madeRead more
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- Day 3
- Sunday, August 27, 2017 at 1:00 PM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 4,990 ft
- United StatesBuffalo Bill Center of the West44°31’30” N 109°4’20” W
Irma Hotel
August 27, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
First stop was the Irma Hotel, the original historic hotel that Buffalo Bill built in the early 1900s in the middle of nowhere, to start attracting people to his new tourist town of Cody. It's builtRead more
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- Day 3
- Sunday, August 27, 2017 at 3:00 PM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 5,007 ft
- United StatesCody44°31’33” N 109°3’51” W
Trolley Ride
August 27, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We signed up for a tour of Cody by trolley. They took us back to the foundation of the town and what Buffalo Bill had in mind when he established the town. The population is only about 9,000 peopleRead more
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- Sunday, August 27, 2017 at 4:39 PM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 5,052 ft
- United StatesTrail Creek44°30’56” N 109°6’14” W
Old Trail Town
August 27, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Next up was Old Trail Town, a collection of original buildings from the cowboy days arranged into a Main Street and town. We were able to see the Hole in the Wall cabin, which was the hideout forRead more