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From: Ted Heise <theise@panix.com>
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.rv-travel
Subject: Re: Wyoming Trip Report (May-Jun 2025)
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2025 02:12:58 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: My own, such as it is
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:23:55 -0000 (UTC),
  Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> wrote:

> > > > > > > > > > >  Day 1 was driving west...
> > > > > > > > > >  Day 2 we swung up into Iowa and drove across it
> > > > > > > > >  Day 3 we headed across Nebraska.
> > > > > > > >  Day 4 we drove into Casper, WY. 
> > > > > > >  On day 5 we drove to Yellowstone
> > > > > >  day 6) ... drove north along the Yellowstone River
> > > > >  On day 7 we [saw geysers and headed to Tetons
> > > >  Day 8 we rode the tandem
> > >  On day 9 we headed to Ranchester...
> >  On day 10 we bopped over to Moorcroft
>  Day 11 was our trip to Devils Tower
>  On day 12 we took out the tandem again

Day 13 was a drive from Wyoming to western Nebraska.  By now I’d 
realized that traffic on much of I-90 in Wyoming was reasonably 
light and I didn’t feel that pulling the trailer at 60 mph was 
inconveniencing other drivers all that much.  So we took that 
route around the Black Hills and through Sturgis and Rapid City.  
Neither of these towns were very attractive to me, though the 
landscapes were.  

From Rapid City we took 44 down through the Badlands, though it 
seemed more appropriate that they should have been called the 
Badroads.  Ugh.  Rough, narrow, and rough.  Did I mention they 
were rough?  There was a nice stretch through pine ridges and it 
got a little better once we entered Nebraska.

The state park at Merritt Reservoir was a bit rustic.  The place 
clearly catered mostly to fishermen, and it also seemed somewhat 
trashy.  It was fine for a night, though.  And we had a nice 
sunset...

https://panix.com/~theise/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250603_213017.jpg

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Ted Heise      <theise@panix.com>       West Lafayette, IN, USA