September 2021

We did laundry and Walt cleaned our bikes on Sunday, August 1st. The Smoking Waters Mountain Man Rendezvous (www.westyellowstonenet.com/events/smoking_waters_mountain_man_rendezvous.php) was in West Yellowstone from August 1st thru 8th, so we went to visit. There were about 20-25 tents, “Mountain Men & Women” in character and all sorts of authentic western items.  We talked a length […]

On Friday, July 23rd, we left Rock Springs, WY, and the Escapade Rally to drive north to Yellowstone.  The drive through western Wyoming consisted of bare rock hills interspersed with green valleys where rivers and creeks flowed. As we continued on US 30 west, the valleys began to be irrigated bringing out even more shades

Leaving the Black Hills on Saturday, July 17th, we traveled through the Thunder Basin Natural Grasslands to Caspar, Wyoming.  At Caspar, we traveled on the Oregon Trail route up the North Platte River, past Independence Rock, a significant milestone on the trail, to Rawlins, WY, on Interstate 80.  We spent the night at the Western