Hello! After being without internet (or cell phone service!) for the duration of my stay at Yellowstone, the Epic Road Trip Journal has some catching up to do. I plan to get several posts out tonight until I’m caught up.…
Hi there— a lot to cover today, it’s a dual entry completing yesterday’s journal plus today’s. Day Eight: June 17 The weather surprised me again, but this time pleasantly. When I drove around for my first look at Dinosaur National…
Day 8: June 17 Okay, just a quick update tonight, I’ll write full report on the day tomorrow, because I suddenly expect to have time. I did three short hikes in Dinosaur National Monument today, as well as driving the…
Day Seven: June 16 Today’s drive was not as long as I had thought it was: it was long, to be sure, but not the longest of the trip, and it left me time to add a first visit to…
Day Six: June 15 My day got off to a nice start as I found this family taking advantage of the lawn outside my room. Finally with a full day in the park thanks to an 8:00AM entry reservation, my…
Day Five: June 14 With Rocky Mountain’s reservation system putting off my park entry until 2:00 in the afternoon, as I described yesterday, I decided to drive Trail Ridge Road from one end to the other this afternoon, stopping at…
Day Four: June 13 Today did not go as planned, although it managed a partial recovery by the end. The drive from Colorado Springs to Estes Park was comparatively short, for a “drive day.” I expected to arrive by noon…
Day 3: June 12 Not a travel day today (although I did note my mileage for the trip report at the bottom of the page). Instead, today was the trip’s first full sightseeing day. I visited the Garden of the…
Day 2: June 11 I expected today to be a drive day without anything noteworthy alone the way, although getting into prettier scenery as I approached the mountains. In fact, I didn’t quite get into the mountains yet, they’re hovering…
Program note: it’s almost funny to look back at my last post and see myself confident about resuming a weekly or semiweekly schedule for my History of the United Offworld Colonies series. I could write a whole blog post in…
