No Country for Cold Men
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Ursidae69
Expedition Leader
May 26th 2008
May 26th 2008
This was going to be a looooong day….
I was up early as usual and the guy at the campsite across the way was up too. He was packing his Harley motorcycle up for the final leg of his haul up to Montana. He had been driving through all the same hellish weather we had, coming all the way from San Antonio.
I waved a good morning and then he started to walk over to chat. Per the Texan citizen handbook he spoke about 15 decibels higher than needed (Just kidding to my Texan friends!)
Maybe the loud Harley had deadened his senses over the last 2000 miles. After a brief chat, he left and I heard KC’s heater kick on. Yup, he got woke up early, hell, probably half the campground did. Right about then the Texan started his beast (this is at 6:30am mind you) and rest assured that everyone was awake now!
We headed south out of the park on the scenic Moose Wilson Road. Is any road in Teton not scenic? Our friends, clouds and rain, were back this morning too, so our hopes of some sunrise shots on the Tetons were dashed. We still found things to take pictures of.
We rolled into famous Jackson Hole around 10am. The place screams Wyoming, almost overdone, but I loved it. The town was awesome. I could see myself living there, at least in the summers…
We grabbed some grub at Bubba’s, a famous place there in town and the food was worth the wait to get in. We got back on the road before noon because I had so far to go.
We followed the 191 south until Farson which was where KC turned back north to make the loop home. I hope it isn’t more than a year before the next trip amigo….
I continued south on 191 and snapped a final photo for the trip at Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area.
I continued on to Monticello, then over to Farmington, then down to Cuba, then finally home at 3am, 900 miles later. I had originally planned to stop and visit an old girlfriend of mine in Monticello, but it turned out I had to be at work the next day, so I had to push on home. It took all week last week to get my sleep back in order!
Here is an overall map of the trip with each day being a different color.
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Thanks for an excellent trip KC, I look forward to the next one amigo… :beer:
May 26th 2008
This was going to be a looooong day….
I was up early as usual and the guy at the campsite across the way was up too. He was packing his Harley motorcycle up for the final leg of his haul up to Montana. He had been driving through all the same hellish weather we had, coming all the way from San Antonio.
I waved a good morning and then he started to walk over to chat. Per the Texan citizen handbook he spoke about 15 decibels higher than needed (Just kidding to my Texan friends!)
Maybe the loud Harley had deadened his senses over the last 2000 miles. After a brief chat, he left and I heard KC’s heater kick on. Yup, he got woke up early, hell, probably half the campground did. Right about then the Texan started his beast (this is at 6:30am mind you) and rest assured that everyone was awake now!We headed south out of the park on the scenic Moose Wilson Road. Is any road in Teton not scenic? Our friends, clouds and rain, were back this morning too, so our hopes of some sunrise shots on the Tetons were dashed. We still found things to take pictures of.
We rolled into famous Jackson Hole around 10am. The place screams Wyoming, almost overdone, but I loved it. The town was awesome. I could see myself living there, at least in the summers…
We grabbed some grub at Bubba’s, a famous place there in town and the food was worth the wait to get in. We got back on the road before noon because I had so far to go.
We followed the 191 south until Farson which was where KC turned back north to make the loop home. I hope it isn’t more than a year before the next trip amigo….
I continued south on 191 and snapped a final photo for the trip at Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area.
I continued on to Monticello, then over to Farmington, then down to Cuba, then finally home at 3am, 900 miles later. I had originally planned to stop and visit an old girlfriend of mine in Monticello, but it turned out I had to be at work the next day, so I had to push on home.
It took all week last week to get my sleep back in order! Here is an overall map of the trip with each day being a different color.
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Thanks for an excellent trip KC, I look forward to the next one amigo… :beer:
Desertdude
Expedition Leader
Encore... Encore... Encore...:bowdown:
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kcowyo
ExPo Original
Sheeeit... there's not much I can add to Chuck's finale.
He got it right and captured nicely the touristy draw that is Jackson Hole. Sorry that trip to the ex-girlfriends didn't work out. I was hoping it would just because I was tired of hearing about her.
Chuck did the lion's share of the photo work on this trip. I was content keeping my camera dry and watching my friend enjoy Wyoming. We got a lucky break at the Tetons as the clouds moved off enough for us to get a few shots, as the sun slipped behind them. The reward for not quitting if you will, when the rain, snow and cold hung over us for the majority of the trip. Find the silver lining.....
A few last snapshots of my own to put a stamp on a great weekend in the Wonderland of America, with a solid friend.
We'll do it again soon brother - :beer:
Yellowstone Lake -
Old Faithful -
The Tetons -
The Grand Teton -
Representing in Wyoming -
He got it right and captured nicely the touristy draw that is Jackson Hole. Sorry that trip to the ex-girlfriends didn't work out. I was hoping it would just because I was tired of hearing about her.
Chuck did the lion's share of the photo work on this trip. I was content keeping my camera dry and watching my friend enjoy Wyoming. We got a lucky break at the Tetons as the clouds moved off enough for us to get a few shots, as the sun slipped behind them. The reward for not quitting if you will, when the rain, snow and cold hung over us for the majority of the trip. Find the silver lining.....
A few last snapshots of my own to put a stamp on a great weekend in the Wonderland of America, with a solid friend.
We'll do it again soon brother - :beer:
Yellowstone Lake -
Old Faithful -
The Tetons -
The Grand Teton -
Representing in Wyoming -
Desertdude
Expedition Leader
Bravo :clapsmile :clapsmile :clapsmile :clapsmile
HongerVenture
Adventurer
Never hurts to bump an old thread... or to applaud some great photos and storytelling. Thanks for sharing this guys.
Beautiful write up. My family had actually made a trip to Yellowstone for a week in early July in 2008. And there was still snow on the ground everywhere. We were told that it had just snowed a week or two earlier in late June. So what KC and Chuck saw wasn't even the last of it that spring!
