From: theise@panix.com   
      
   On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:23:55 -0000 (UTC),   
     Ted Heise  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...   
      
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   Ted Heise             West Lafayette, IN, USA   
      
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