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Trip To Wyoming for Walk the Winds Gathering Pix

PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 8:31 pm
by Nobody
Lenora & I just returned Thursday nite from a couple of weeks 'on the road out west' to attend tnttt member slowcowboy's Walk the Winds gathering near Pinedale, WY. Left central AR on Saturday, Aug 9th & got to New Fork Lake near Pinedale on Thur, Aug 14th after a meandering trip thru OK, TX, NM, AZ, & UT. Had a great trip & enjoyed it all, even 'swarming' mosquitos at the NRA Whittington Center primitive camp near Raton, NM. Temps in the mountains were nice in daytime & cool (I'd say cold) at night. Too cool for old folks who hafta get up & go outside during the night ;) . Had a great gathering, met a lot of nice folks (I think ALL TDers are like that...), saw some new & interesting country, & revisited other places we'd seen before. After leaving the gathering we headed north to Grand Teton & Yellowstone NPs before revisiting the Buffalo Bill Museum & Western Center in Cody, WY. Gasoline prices were considerably higher than around home but don't think we paid more'n $3.72 per gallon even 'off the beaten path' in the mountains. Other than the mosquitos at NRA Center we were subjected to swarms of flies at campgrounds in WY & NE on the way home but all in all an enjoyable trip. Figured we'd share a few pix of our trip with y'all...

Our campsite at NRA Whittington Center, NM
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View from Firehole C/G, Flaming Gorge, WY & visitor at C/G
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Little Firehole, Flaming Gorge Nat'l Rec Area, WY/UT
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Visitor at Walk the Winds camp
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Grand Teton NP, WY
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Fumarole at Steamboat Point, Yellowstone Lake
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Our campsite at Buffalo Bill SP near Cody, WY & view of canyon near dam on Buffalo Bill Lake
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Following pix are in or around the Buffalo Bill Center of the West Museum, Cody, WY
Statue of Sacagewea with her son Jean Luis on her back
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Lenora at Lower level Entrance
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Buffalo Bill statue outside rear of museum
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Diorama of hunting camp at museum
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Lenora w/Polar Bear
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Lower Wind River Canyon near Shoshoni, WY & our campsite at Lower Wind River C/G
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Campsite at Ft Robinson SP, NE
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Guess this should have been posted in Trips, Pics, & Highway Tales - Admin please move if required...

Re: Trip To Wyoming for Walk the Winds Gathering Pix

PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 9:49 pm
by Juneaudave
Great pictures!!! Thanks for sharing! :applause:

Re: Trip To Wyoming for Walk the Winds Gathering Pix

PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 12:42 am
by S. Heisley
You take good pictures! Thanks for sharing! :applause:
Glad you had a good time. :thumbsup:

Re: Trip To Wyoming for Walk the Winds Gathering Pix

PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 6:12 am
by Loader
Thanks for sharing the pics Harvey. Looks like you and Lenora had a great trip out west.

Re: Trip To Wyoming for Walk the Winds Gathering Pix

PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 10:48 pm
by pchast
Thanks for sharing!
:D

Re: Trip To Wyoming for Walk the Winds Gathering Pix

PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 2:04 pm
by Nobody
Loader wrote:Thanks for sharing the pics Harvey. Looks like you and Lenora had a great trip out west.


Yeah Earl, it was a great trip, until the last day. We camped Wednesday nite 8-20 at Windmill SRA, NE near Grand Island. Flies were in abundance (to put it mildly :shock: ) & about midnite we experienced a helluva thunderstorm with rain, hail, lightning, & high winds. Glad the wind was sort of quartering from right rear (over the hatch) & not hitting us broadside :worship: .The TD vibrated considerably & actually rocked a time or three. I wasn't seriously worried but it kept us awake for a while. Next morning dawned partly cloudy but nice. Still windy so we started on toward Iowa/Missouri on I-80.Ran into several rain showers & several places there was still water on the roadway. Discovered that my wheelwell seams are still (maybe again??) allowing a little water to migrate into the cabin. We'd planned to camp in SW MO that nite but at the first rest area on I-29 in MO I found that the bedding, especially the sheets on Lenora's side were damp (not really wet but pretty damp :R ). She said she DID NOT want to spend the night on wet sheets so we upped the speed to around Interstate limits & drove straight on home. Took us 15 hours (with a couple of stops for meals) but we arrived home a little after 11:00pm,, 721 miles from Windmill C/G. I'm too old for many days like that ;) . Feeling better but probably still haven't fully recovered. Even with the last day it was a thoroughly enjoyable trip. :thumbsup:

Re: Trip To Wyoming for Walk the Winds Gathering Pix

PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 2:18 pm
by jss06
Great Pictures. I drove through Cody and the Wind River Canyon on the way home. The scenery was amazing though there.

Re: Trip To Wyoming for Walk the Winds Gathering Pix

PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 6:53 am
by rockinrobin
Always enjoy new trip pictures ! Thanks! :thumbsup: