aeyates

@aeyates (11)

Age 82

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road trip 9/14 leaving yellowstone

aeyates @aeyates (11) 15 Sep 16

Leaving WY and heading to Rexburg,ID today, We were held up for an hour leaving the park because a herd of Buffalo was crossing the road. Yesterday it was a herd of mule deer crossing the road. On 9/13 there were hundreds of...

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road trip - 9/11 - Cody, WY

aeyates @aeyates (11) 12 Sep 16

Drove from Sheridan, WY to Cody, WY on 9/11. Took I90 to near Dayton, WY and got on route 14. Gas was 2.80/gallon near I90, the gas station had 2 non-working pumps. Drove about 10 miles to Dayton and gas was 2.28/gallon. Parts of...

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road trip 9/10 Sheridan, WY

aeyates @aeyates (11) 11 Sep 16

After Devils Tower, drove to Sheridan WY to stay overnight. Saw several oil rigs and a few working oil rigs. In Wisconsin it was wind turbines by the side of I90, and in SD and WY it was cattle. I updated the Garman GPS before...

road trip 9/10 devils tower

aeyates @aeyates (11) 11 Sep 16

Today we visited Deadwood and Devils Tower on our way to Cody, WY. Our original plan was to go to Greybull, but we stopped at Sheridan. Deadwood was part of a gold rush at one time and they still sell Black Hills gold. There is...

road trip 8/9 Sturgis SD

aeyates @aeyates (11) 11 Sep 16

We did tourist stuff today. Starting at MT Rushmore, then to Cody State Park, and finally to Crazy Hourse Memorial. From Rushmore to Cody State park the roads go thru a national forest. Narrow , twisty roads, tunnels carved out...

Road trip - day 8 - Sturgis, SD

aeyates @aeyates (11) 9 Sep 16

We drove from Mitchell, SD toward Wall, SD yesterday. Right before Wall is the Badlands National Park. the place is so rocky and barren that crops could never grow. It is an amazing thing to see. The western entrance to the park...

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Road Trip - day 6b - Mitchell, SD

aeyates @aeyates (11) 7 Sep 16

Went from Sparta, IL to Mitchell , SD today -- route 90. In MN, the roads were of uneven quality, some good others not so good. I have never seen so many windmills, there were thousands. Mostly on the north side of RT 90. No...

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Road Trip - Day 6 - Sparta WI

aeyates @aeyates (11) 7 Sep 16

Drove from South Bend, IN to Sparta. Staying at a nice Best Western At 3PM the traffic in Chicago was 5 lanes of slow and stop.

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Western trip - day 4

aeyates @aeyates (11) 5 Sep 16

Finally, we are on the road. We are travelling to San Francisco by car. After a weekend with my brother in Vermillion OH, we are moving. Our first stop overnight is in South Bend, IN. Our daughter gave us some gift certificates to...

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western trip - day 1

aeyates @aeyates (11) 2 Sep 16

drove from Syracuse, NY to Vermillion, OH. With 2 breaks, It took 6 1/2 hours. Lunch was at Steak 'n Shake on Church Street in Erie, PA. -- it was good!! My brother is having a party at his house this weekend, it is sort of a...

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western trip

aeyates @aeyates (11) 26 Aug 16

I am planning to drive from Syracuse NY to San Franciso,CA via Wall, yellowstone, and Reno, then come back thru utah, colorado,and St Louis... It looks like a whole lot of nothing to see between St Louis and Chicago

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