Archive for July, 2004
Saturday, July 3rd, 2004
Henry’s Fork, Snake River, ID
4563 miles 4 hour canoe trip on the river. 8 canoes, 23 people aged 2 to 65. Beaitufil day, wonderful recreational river varying in depth from no feet to maybe seven. A good depth to take kids on in case the canoe capsizes. Like we did! Everyone went ashore for a little fishing and stretching. [...]
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Friday, July 2nd, 2004
Henry’s Lake State Park, ID
4406 miles 67 degrees A perfect diversion. 2 miles off the road a state park surrounding a lake. We pulled off to have a picnic of the grapes and strawberries we bought earlier, along with the crate of food being carted across the US.
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Friday, July 2nd, 2004
US 191 Milepost 35, MT – Passing By
4352 miles This highway has to be in the top 5 most beautiful I’ve driven. Off the top of my head others in contention are the road through oak creek canyon, a few in Oregon i’d have trouble finding again, and the former US 666 in Arizona. And we just passed into Yellowstone National Park. [...]
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Friday, July 2nd, 2004
Big Timber, MT – Passing By
4234 miles It’s good to be back in the West. I’m staring at large, dramatic, snow covered peaks ahead. I missed the mountains Cassandra drove almost all night, a solid five hour chunk while I crashed in the back. I’m normally on for the graveyard shift and this was a very welcome change.
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Thursday, July 1st, 2004
Sundance, WY – Gas Station
3861 miles Car just pased 83000 miles. We also just passed Spearfish, home of our fresh new high school physics teacher. He was so cool, in fact, I can only remember his first name, Brian. He was also our Knowledge Bowl coach, but that topic will be covered in the next installment of “just how [...]