Western Roadtrip Archives - J. Dawg Journeys https://jdawgjourneys.com/category/blog/major-trips/western-roadtrip/ A Journal of Travel Adventures Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:48:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/jdawgjourneys.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-J-Dawg-4.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Western Roadtrip Archives - J. Dawg Journeys https://jdawgjourneys.com/category/blog/major-trips/western-roadtrip/ 32 32 78012608 2013 Western Trip Summary – Day 34 https://jdawgjourneys.com/2013/06/2013-western-trip-summary-day-34/ Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:01:00 +0000 http://jdawgjourneys.com/2013-western-trip-summary-day-34/ Honey, I’m Home!!!!  My five week journey has come to an end.  I was on the road for 34 days, traveled thru 15 different states, and logged almost 6,600 miles.  I had a very good time.  I saw some great aspects of this country that I had never experienced.  I got to travel at my […]

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]]> 515 Waukee, IA – Day 30 https://jdawgjourneys.com/2013/06/waukee-ia-day-30/ Tue, 25 Jun 2013 02:09:00 +0000 http://jdawgjourneys.com/waukee-ia-day-30/ At Kearney, the land was flat and mostly under cultivation in corn.  I can see where the University of Nebraska football team, The Cornhuskers, get their name.  I stayed overnight at the Fort Kearny State Recreation Park. It was a nice state park campground with 6 small ponds for fishing.  Next to the campground was […]

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]]> 516 Exploring the Sandhills of Nebraska https://jdawgjourneys.com/2013/06/sandhills-nebraska-day-27-and-28/ Mon, 24 Jun 2013 00:14:00 +0000 http://jdawgjourneys.com/sandhills-nebraska-day-27-and-28/ I left the Black Hills and proceeded south to the western panhandle and Sandhills of Nebraska.  Before I left South Dakota, I stopped in Hot Springs to see the Mammoth Site.  In 1980’s, a developer who was putting in a housing project unearthed some large bones.  He got some scientists involved and determined they were […]

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]]> 517 Custer City, SD – Day 25 and 26 https://jdawgjourneys.com/2013/06/custer-city-sd-day-25-and-26/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 21:21:00 +0000 http://jdawgjourneys.com/custer-city-sd-day-25-and-26/ I left Sheridan and continued my eastward trek to the Black Hills of South Dakota.  I enjoyed Wyoming and now it was time to see some new terrain.  I stopped in Deadwood to check it out and see what it had to offer.  Deadwood was established 1876 once the US government had taken the Black […]

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]]> 518 Custer Battlefield National Monument https://jdawgjourneys.com/2013/06/custer-battlefield-national-monument-day-23/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:32:00 +0000 http://jdawgjourneys.com/custer-battlefield-national-monument-day-23/ I left Cody and drove west across the Big Horn Basin.  Its 47miles of nothing but rolling scrub land interrupted by gullies that sits between the Abrasoka Range and the Big Horn Mountain Range.  I saw some prong horns along the way but that was about it. I stopped at a historic maker for the […]

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]]> 519 Cody, Wyoming – A Real Cowboy Town https://jdawgjourneys.com/2013/06/cody-wy-day-20-and-21/ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:53:00 +0000 http://jdawgjourneys.com/cody-wy-day-20-and-21/ This post on Cody Wyoming was first published in June 2013 and has been updated with additional pictures and a new video. After four days, I left Yellowstone looking forward to getting back to some civilization.  I enjoyed my visit to this huge National Park and it merits a return visit. My route out of […]

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