2015 Yellowstone Trip
July 31, 2015 Friday Day 1 Owego NY
Last campsite river raft show next morning
Ate at
August 1, 2015 Saturday
tried to get into Letchworth State park but was full because it was rated number one state park in the nation Met couple from Australia with parents from Scotland touring the country and Canada they bought MotorHome in Texas and going to sell it when they were done with there tour. He is a semiprofessional photographer. Stayed in Arkport NY not a good camping experience
August 2, 2015 Sunday
August 3, 2015 Monday
Erie KOA
August 4, 2015 Tuesday
Ohio
August 5, 2015 Wednesday
August 6, 2015 Thursday
August 7, 2015 Friday
August 8, 2015 Saturday
Visited Charley Funk in Sutherland Nebraska excellent with lots of old jump stories and of old paratrooper friends Charley did most of the talking and said he would let me do the talking next time. I told him that is what he said at our 2003 visit. Charley turned 80 on August 6, 2015
Stayed in Sidney Nebraska for two nights and got caught up on laundry and much needed rest from all the driving. It was cooler than the 102 degree weather we experienced in 2003. Stayed at Cabala's campground next to their headquarters Charle's daughter works there. Showed Charley how to power down his iPhone 3G it looked like iPhone 4 or 4s he uses Verizon as a service provider.
August 9, 2015 Sunday
See above ate breakfast at Perkins two mornings in a row
August 10, 2015 min
Breakfast at Perkins
August 11, 2015 Tuesday
Rock Springs Wyoming water electric sewer middle of very bare campground
Joan fixed excellent chili super
Denny's breakfast next morning
August 12, 2015 Wednesday
Took route 191 north toward Grand Teton
Stayed at:
Grand Teton National Campground electric site D183 one night Gros Ventre Campground 4.5 miles from route route 191.
Warned of bears and told moose were abundant here and all we saw was a chipmunk
August 13, 2015 Thursday
Very cool this morning turned the heat on
Leaving 9:00 am
Saw Bald Eagle 11:18
Tiger camper Columbia SC
Bike trails all over the place
Jenny Lake round about
Lunch sandwich turkey very large
Grand Teton National Campground electric site D185 one night Gros Ventre Campground
Excellent Steak and coleslaw supper
Friday August 14, 2015
A little rainy. Stopped at Jenny Lake welcome center where we could not even get in parking lot yesterday. Bought calendar and a books of cards.
Headed toward DuBois Wyoming KOA
Ate lunch in rest area just outside park on us 26 and 287
Dubois KOA best campsite so far right on the Wind River site 39 $54.00 for night
Route 287 very scenic more so than us 191 enjoyed it more even though it was hillier and windier
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Saturday August 15, 2015
Stayed an extra day
Texted all family and friends
Ate at Cowboy Cafe breakfast and lunch
Toured town bought 2 caps, John Wayne dragon fly ear rings
Sat in our chairs by the river for several hours and really enjoyed the sunshine and nice breeze
Updated all the apps on all our iOS devices and update to iOS 8.4.1
Sunset is really neat it is just at the top edge of the hills to our west and is peeking through the branches of a cotton wood tree here in the KOA campground DuBois Wyoming. now it is just over the hill and the sky is all aglow red of course. Time 8:01 here on the eastern edge of Yellowstone.
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Sunday August 16, 2015
We shopped at Ft Washakie Indian Reservation groceries water meat etc found vest I loved but none in my size
The first item I picked up was made in China
We almost made it to South Pass City but road got too rough turned around. The scenery on the way was excellent.
South Pass City is an unincorporated community in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. It is located 2 miles south of the intersection of highways 28 and 131. A ghost town until recently, the entire community is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1] The closest town is Atlantic City, Wyoming.
Headed toward Rawlings WY
Ate lunch in camper salad and sardines
Staying at Rawlings KOA got last site 19
Windy windy windy can hardly get in and out of camper door
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Monday August 17, 2015
Ate breakfast at TA across the interstate from campground and had steak and eggs
Took Happy Jack Road from rest area to Cheyenne WY nice views. Did not stop at any of the parks along the road.
The Welcome center (rest area) has a large bust of President Lincoln and is on the old Lincoln highway 30 and Interstate 80, highway 30 went from Brooklyn to the Golden Gate Bridge the first transcontinental highway. We did take part of highway 30 in Pennsylvania.
Staying at KOA Cheyenne WY water and electric site 28
I find most KOA WiFi service so slow it is unusable
Rained and very windy during the night
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Tuesday August 18, 2015
🎶 Good Morning to you 🎶
Ate Apple Barrel interstate 80 exit 370
The auto toilets seem to always flush while I am doing the paper work
Stopped early high winds Sidney Nebraska gusts up to 30 mph coming from our left front slid camper over about an inch
Cabala's Campground site B2 facing into the wind less rocking
Visitpinedale.org from a couple of days ago
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Wednesday August 19, 2015
Rained during the night but wind stopped
Eating at Perkins next door breakfast
Headed to North Platte Canteen Nebraska
Rest Area met guy named Fritz 85 years old and gave us lots of good information he worked at the rest area
We moved up a time zone back to central
We are out in the boonies on the North Platte River in North Platte Nebraska near Canteen Nebraska it may be a state park staying at Buffalo Bill Campground
Joan fixed hamburger broccoli onions olives horseradish organic tomato catchup for supper topped off with peanut butter pie ice cream by Häagen-Dazs
Visit net.org to order dvd for Canteen Video
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Thursday August 20, 2015
North Platte Nebraska
Ate twice at the Lincoln Highway Diner highway 30 gave them a five star rating on Yelp
Visited Railroad Museum
Visited Golden Spike Tower Museum
Bought railroad hat and DVD
Landed in Gothenburg Nebraska paid cash for campsite had credit card information stollen in 2003 visit
Lots of nice places and people here in North Platte. A book called Once Upon a Town by Bob Greene is an excellent story about the people during WW II. A very touching story about all the troop trains that stopped during the war.
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Friday August 21, 2015
Pony Express a Station 1500 Lake Ave Ehem Park
Deb's Diner downtown Gothenburg Nebraska excellent family food and service *****
Exit 211 Interstate 80 Nebraska
My Sister's Keeper by Jody Picolt
Visited Pony Express Station and Museum 12:30 Gothenburg Nebraska excellent
93% of the land in Nebraska is used for farming
Lincoln Nebraska for two nights loads to see. Spent lots of time in Gothenburg this morning and love all the Pony Express information and museum.
Bought Joan an embossed Tote Bag from the original Pony Express way station in Gothenburg Nebraska
Camp A Way campground in Lincoln Nebraska exit 401A
Saturday August 21, 2015
Lincoln Nebraska
Had first breakfast in camper after three weeks on the road. First perked coffee on this trip, excellent. Maybe we will take day off and just do laundry.
Gingers email was hacked and I told her. She has an AOL account.
Decided to take the day off and just do laundry
On the way out we got the last site two times because we came in later than I really wanted to. Today we noticed sever people checking in around two o'clock maybe to be sure then got a site or good site
Got AC on because it is really hot for us because we were used to the higher elevations where the nights were very cool. 91 feels like 96 and I believe it.
Sunday August 22, 2015
Tail wind today and got 14.2 miles per gallon for a while anyway
Ate breakfast at Cracker Barrel
Ate lunch/dinner at Perkins pork chops salad broccoli water
Stopped at Newton Iowa KOA for night exit 168 Interstate 80
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Monday August 22, 2015
Ate at Busy Corner excellent supper had old fashioned Blue berry pie
Timberline campground not so good I could not use the sewer line one toilet was so unlevel I could not use it
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Tuesday August 23, 2015
Stopped Richmond Indiana KOA drive over 300 miles today. Ate breakfast at Busy Corner and supper at Bob Evans back a couple of exits our diet is not doing well the last few days
Rate this KOA with at least 3 stars good WiFi better than most KOAs
Nothing much to see along the way the further east we get.
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Wednesday August 24, 2015
Ate breakfast at Carver's in Richmond excellent
Ate lunch in Ashland Ohio Perkins
Landed in Homerville Ohio KOA EXIT 196 on Interstate 71
Cloudy and 64°
Thursday August 27, 2015
Very cloudy this morning
Great breakfast to Country Pride
Not as good lunch at Bob Evans Where's the Turkey
Marathon Gas not so good bought 93 octane and got less miles per gallon than with other stations 87 octane I believe some stations use all the same gas and charge higher prices for some of us suckers. Bought 87 octane at Mobile in Western NY and getting 13 miles per gallon now.
Landed at Allegany State Park in Western New York called the Red House Area exit 19 off Interstate 86 super quiet and spacious sites.
Only electric no water or sewer they do have a dump station and showers.
The Welcome Center on Interstate 86 in Western NY is by far the nicest I have ever seen.
I have cell service I am using ConsumerCellular and Joan is using Verizon and does not have service. Also my Trac Phone Hotspot does not have service
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Friday August 28, 2015
Headed the last leg of our journey 198 miles to go.
Ate breakfast at Perkins Olean NY we really like the food and prices
Home 2:30 4825 miles later gone four weeks glad to be home.
Roy Frost
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