by J. Dawg | Jun 24, 2013 | Nebraska, Western Roadtrip
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...
by J. Dawg | Jun 20, 2013 | Western Roadtrip
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...
by J. Dawg | Jun 19, 2013 | Montana, National Parks, Western Roadtrip
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...
by J. Dawg | Jun 17, 2013 | Western Roadtrip, Wyoming
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...
by J. Dawg | Jun 14, 2013 | National Parks, Western Roadtrip
The only advance reservations I made for this trip were at Moraine Park in Rocky Mountain National Park and at Canyon Village in Yellowstone. It was a good move. Canyon Village is central to the park and is one of five campgrounds (there are 12 in the...
by J. Dawg | Jun 14, 2013 | National Parks, Western Roadtrip
The next stop of the Rocky Mountain Ramble was Yellowstone National Park. Driving north from Grand Teton, its a short 20 miles up the road. I came in at the southern entrance and for the next 22 miles there is not a lot. The scenery is pristine...