Today we drove the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway, Highway 296, a 45-mile-long state highway that follows the route taken by Chief Joseph as he led the Nez Perce Indians out of Yellowstone NP and into Montana in 1877 during their attempt to flee the US Cavalry and escape into Canada. Click on thumbnail to view images
Category: 2021
Cody Wyoming
On Saturday, July 17th, we left Pinedale and drove to Cody, WY, staying at the Cody Trout Camp RV Park until July 22. Cody is one of the West’s great places. It’s surrounded on four sides by mountains, rich in wildlife and a place filled with adventure. We visited the Buffalo Bill Center of the…
Wyoming and Wind River Ranges
On Monday, July 12th, after the Green River Rendezvous was over we moved the RV to the Yellowstone Trail RV Park in Pinedale, WY, a brand new park. We stayed until Saturday for 5 nights enjoying Pinedale and the scenic Wyoming area. We hiked the Sacred Rim Trail, a 4 mile out-and-back trail on the…
Green River Rendezvous, Pinedale Wyoming
On July 6th, 2021, we drove to Thane, Wyoming, where we stayed for 2 nights on our way to Marbleton, Wyoming to Rob’s Roost RV Park for 5 days. We couldn’t get into a park near Pinedale because of the Green River Rendezvous Festival was happening, July 8-11, and we wanted to experience the Mountain…
4th of July Weekend, Driggs Idaho
We left the RV parked at Challis Hot Springs RV Park and drove to Driggs, Idaho, in the Jeep to visit with Kevin, Ericka and the kids for the 4th of July weekend. We stayed in Victor in a cabin at the Teton Valley Campground for 2 nights. The first afternoon we went to Grand…
Sawtooth National Forest
On June 28th we arrived in Stanley, Idaho, from Caldwell, staying at the Mountain Village RV Resort. There are only 6 sites available and only 2 with 50 AMP service, so we had to book early to get a spot and I was only able to get 3 nights here. The drive along the Ponderosa…
Silver Falls State Park and Sahalie Falls
Today, June 16, we visited Silver Falls State Park, located 20 miles east-southeast of Salem and 1 1/2 hour drive from Eugene. The Park is the crown jewel of the Oregon State Parks system, being both Oregon’s largest State Park and boasting one of America’s most impressive waterfall day-hikes, the Trail of Ten Falls, a…
Oregon Coast
On June 3, 2021, we took our RV to the Guaranty RV paint shop to give the roof a new look. We booked into the River House Inn in Florence on the Oregon Coast for three nights. We have a nice room on the second floor looking out across the Suislaw River and Bridge and…
Oregon Waterfalls near Eugene OR
On June 1, 2021, we took RSHRPA in for repairs and a paint job at Guaranty RV in Junction City, Oregon, and went on a day trip in the Jeep to Sweet Creek Falls, one hour drive west of Eugene near Mapleton. It was a beautiful hike through dense moss covered trees for 2.2 miles,…
Coyote Gulch Hike
On May 10-12, 2021, while staying in Escalante, Utah, we went on a 3-day-backpacking adventure to the remote red rock beauty of Coyote Gulch, a tributary of the Escalante River. Access to this magnificent canyon is via a remote gravel washboard road called Hole-in-the-Rock Road, out on the Grand Staircase-Escalante plateau. We left at 7…