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I saw some yesterday. Wyoming is probably a bit far for you to go though.

I had thought about flying into Rapid City and renting a car but the rental prices were crazy. The Black Hills have a nice mix of different types of lodging that fit many budget points and are very accessible by car. That's one of the reasons that Sturgis is so big, the riding in the area is fantastic. The Badlands were really interesting too.

I just looked it up. Funky little place for true die hards I guess. https://beartoothbasin.com I gotta say though, you have to love a places that has signs saying it’s illegal to ride snowmobiles on US Rt. 212.

I just read that W. Yellowstone averages 170” of snow. Seems doable. What are the nearby ski areas?

The Black Hills were really cool. Custer State Park has some stunning drives.

Yes. Tons of bison wandering on the highway. We left through the northeast gate and the Beartooth Pass.

So, Yellowstone, definitely not overrated. Crowds weren’t as bad as I thought they would be until we went to Old Faithful today and even then you could go out into the Geyser Basins away from the Lodge and Visitor Center and not be crushed with people. Northwest Wyoming and the little bit of Montana we’ve been in is spectacular. Tomorrow we start the trip back east by way of Grand Teton.

Yesterday we did the wildlife loop in Custer. The bison herd was near the middle the loop, near the wildlife center. We drive through them and also saw a couple of pronghorns, a ton of prairie dogs and the burros. Then, instead of completing the loop, we took a back, gravel road to Wind Cave. We were the only car for miles. We saw another herd of bison, more prairie dogs and a coyote that was pouncing on something. It felt like we were back in the 1800’s.

Not to distract from the endless Covid talk but I had a pretty cool weather day. Today was a travel say from the Black Hills to Cody, WY. When we left SD it was cool and damp. It rained on and off for a part of the way to Buffalo, WY and temps were in the low 60’s. I did not research the road between Buffalo and Cody though and did not realize it is actually called the Cloud Peak Scenic Skyway. https://travelwyoming.com/listings/cloud-peak-skyway-scenic-byway This road was spectacular and that was in pretty heavy rain. It tops out at 9666’ in the Powder River Pass and then goes down through the Ten Sleeps Canyon. On top the car thermo read 40° and there was graupel mixed with rain at times. The peaks around the pass still had patches of snow, I thought of your dog PF. On the other side we went through a huge stretch of arid, empty land and the temp got up to 83°. We are in Cody now and will do some exploring tomorrow. Wyoming is crazy and we haven’t even gotten to Yellowstone or the Tetons yet.

Me too, at the Home Depot in W. Leb. Lebanon city ordinance was still in place.

Why? Did you miss this sight?

Lol. I have bitter Bruins fans for friends. Hockey is dead to them for the year.

I’m probably the lone Habs fan who posts in the NE forum. All you Bruins fans are going to support me right? Edit: there is one other guy, is that you?

I believe that D2 spot is basically over Tamarack’s house.

Traffic jam in S. Dakota today

Yesterday at the Custer State Park welcome center I had a guy ask me if I had seen any cars with NH plates. He was keeping track of all the different states he’d seen and hadn’t seen one yet. On a weather note, it was pretty warm yesterday, our car thermo hit 104° on the way to the Badlands. We also saw some good lightning but skirted around the main part of a decent storm near Rapid City.

Long day today. Mt. Rushmore and then backtracked to the Badlands.

I saw 2 cars with Mass plates today and wondered if either was you. One was a silver Fusion on the Needles highway and the other was Suburban pulled over looking at som bison.

It’s been beautiful. Hit some storms outside Chicago and then a severe warned cell in Minnesota but the weather has been fantastic other than that.

One thing out here in the Black Hills, no dews so the nights are pretty pleasant. In the mid 80’s today.

Looks like about a third of an inch at home and still raining. My wife said it had been thundering.

I’ve been married 20 years. I read and watch a lot of tv.

Wow. Just checked the temp back at home and it’s already 81.6°. It’s going to be a scorcha! A comfortable 61.2° here in Sioux Falls, SD as we head towards the Black Hills.

I didn’t watch much but the SiriusXM guys thought there was way too much focus on Tiger/Rocco on Saturday.

Just caught that after checking in to our hotel. 18 wasn’t much better. He had the whole world right.