Stanley Basin, Sawtooth NRA
2 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Beautiful basin with relics of gold mining times and the company of happy grazing cows. The Sawtooth peaks stand majestically in the backdrop. Stanley Creek runs through the basin lined by lush green Czytaj więcej
Kelly Creek Rd, Sawtooth NRA
3 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
A short hike and a relaxed day of dispersed camping on NF 653 Road through a burned pine forest that runs parallel to a creek. Fascinating! Lots of cows and birds (woodpeckers, mountain blue birds, Czytaj więcej
Sawtooth Mountains
4 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Leaving Stanley Road
Stanley Museum
4 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Cool museum with items from the area's ranching, trapping, mining, and homesteading history. My favorite exhibit is the ice box log cabin insulated with 18000 lbs of sawdust!
Pioneer Park, Stanley, Idaho
4 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Nice town park with a couple of homesteading log cabins from the area's pioneer era connected by a short trail. Nice playground and view of the local airport. Sunset over Sawtooth Mountains. No wonder Czytaj więcej
Herd of Pronghorns!
5 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Wow, our older son spotted a big herd of pronghorns run across the meadow and up a hill! They were far away so I had to use my biggest zoom. They camouflage extremely well in the sagebrush desert! Czytaj więcej
Redfish Lake, Sawtooth NRA
5 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Rain with some thunder today! Felt like we were back east for a few hours. Even saw a rainbow (no photo though).
Pronghorns
6 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Custer, An Intact Ghost Town
10 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
A ghost town in the Challis National Forest, owned by USFS. We spoke to the caretaker and learned of a route to Challis through the historical road now known as the Custer Motorway Adventure Road! Czytaj więcej
Custer Motorway Adventure Road
11 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
A fun road adventure through the Custer Motorway in Challis National Forest. Ghost towns and other remnants of the gold mining era.
Challis, Idaho
11 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Finished touring the Custer Adventure Motorway, with final destination in Challis. This town was also the destination for the mountain mining communities to restock supplies in the late 1800s, but Czytaj więcej
Irrigation
11 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Without irrigation, much of Idaho and the west would be barren wasteland.
Willow Summit
11 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌫 24 °C
Too beautiful for photos! A view of Mount Borah, the highest peak in Idaho at over 12000 feet.
Swan Valley, Idaho
12 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Pretty scenery not too far out of Idaho Falls on our way Grand Teton National Park
Teton Pass
12 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We're in Wyoming! A glimpse of the Tetons and Jackson.
Entering Grand Teton National Park
12 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Greeted with colorful sky at dusk.
Grand Teton National Park
13 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Mainly just passing through. We're rushed for time to get back east. But the Teton peaks do look nice from our truck's windshield. You can see Teton Glacier from down here.
Targhee National Forest, Wyoming
14 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
Camped on Grassy Lake Road just beyond John Rockefeller Memorial Highway, which is a part of Grand Teton National Park. These photos are taken the following day, on our way out. Interesting to see new Czytaj więcej
Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park
14 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Hello Old Faithful. Even though we try to avoid crowds, we figured we should pay a visit to good Old Faithful geyser to indoctrinate the kids. This is my third time. Still fun to watch!
Bison in Lamar Valley
16 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Last stretch of Yellowstone before the Northeast Exit. Bison, bison, everywhere!
Beartooth Pass Summit
16 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Driving on Beartooth Scenic Byway, Shoshone National Forest. As high as the road goes in the Rocky Mountains. We spent some time admiring the alpine tundra and saw a pika (alpine rabbit).
Beartooth Scenic Highway
16 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Passed the summit, now heading downhill on the Beartooth Highway toward Montana!
Climbing up to Bighorn NF
17 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Embarking on a 5000 feet climb up the mountain via our truck camper to Bighorn National Forest. We were hoping to see bighorn sheep but was enveloped by fog at higher elevations. There was rain, and a Czytaj więcej
Sheridan, Wyoming
18 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
Passing by Sheridan, Wyoming. Overnight parking at Walmart
Black Hills NF, South Dakota
19 sierpnia 2015, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Pulled over on the side of Forest Road 270-1c for a free and quiet night of dispersed camping. We did hear a pack of howling coyote and an owl last night. We also met a rancher driving on the roads Czytaj więcej