Enthusiast III
Friends,
Mulled and mulled over figuring out a rally point and it made my brain hurt because it would be too convoluted. So I resolved to leave it to the last minute and just write an inform for those of you that can bug out, drop in, be local, etc. (Poor decision - as I write this I realize some folks might have wanted to join with more notice). Anyway, below is a summary and date list of our journey from Alameda, CA to Denver, CO via Wyoming and Montana over the course of ~12 days. We tend to switch every other or two nights between camping and hotel/bnb. My son is now 12, and I haven't been up there since I was his age. RTT is mounted, school is out, I have been WFH for 15 months...so there is no time like the present!
Potential "hangouts":
Date Range: Tuesday, June 15 through Sunday, June 27.
(For me, I have to be like...online at work until Thursday 6/17 so I will be chasing cell signals during the day)
T 6/15 - Reno, NV because I haven't gambled since fall of 2019 (not hardcore, like Pai Gow poker and hold 'em)
W 6/16 - Work till around 2 or 3, then hit US-50 and sleep at Spencer Hot Springs
Th 6/17 - Early drive to Ely, find a signal around there to work, then find camping defaulting to Cave Lakes SP
F 6/18 - Maybe camp, maybe not as I putter up to SLC
S 6/19 - picking up my son in Salt Lake City midday - then drive to Alpine, WY for a hotel for two nights
S 6/20 - Tetons, Gros Ventre, fishing, napping, etc.
M 6/21 - Fishing, Tetons, camp near south entrance
T 6/22 - Obligatory Yellowstone drive and walk, camp outside west entrance
W 6/23 - Have booked white water rafting with Big Sky outfitters out of Gallatin - 1pm-4pm less challenging course. Hotel in Bozeman. Meeting my boss for the first time ever for dinner in Bozeman
Th 6/24 - Mosey back through the park, maybe stay around Cody or camp, maybe try to get down to Wind River to camp a night north of the dam
F 6/25 - Start making a real effort to go to Denver
S 6/26 - maybe do a long drive to Denver, maybe not
S 6/27 - definitely want to be in Denver and hopefully never operate a motor vehicle again ever
Well, that about sums it. I welcome feedback, suggestions, advice, etc. If anyone out there would like to meet for a beer or show us a creek that would be rad and by all means feel free to DM me to see if we can connect. I have some potential camp spots mapped and have our bear country strategy sorted - will tread very softly.
If this is an inappropriate post for content or placement, apologies and will take it down if so.
Be well,
Emerson, Jonas, and Zia
Mulled and mulled over figuring out a rally point and it made my brain hurt because it would be too convoluted. So I resolved to leave it to the last minute and just write an inform for those of you that can bug out, drop in, be local, etc. (Poor decision - as I write this I realize some folks might have wanted to join with more notice). Anyway, below is a summary and date list of our journey from Alameda, CA to Denver, CO via Wyoming and Montana over the course of ~12 days. We tend to switch every other or two nights between camping and hotel/bnb. My son is now 12, and I haven't been up there since I was his age. RTT is mounted, school is out, I have been WFH for 15 months...so there is no time like the present!
Potential "hangouts":
- Loneliest Highway - Wed 6/16 - ~Sat 6/19
- Jackson, WY / Tetons - Sat 6/19 - Mon 6/21
- Yellowstone - Mon 6/21 - Wed 6/23
- Bozeman Area - Thurs 6/24
- Mosey the slow way to Denver CO, via Cody, Casper, etc. eventually to I-25
Date Range: Tuesday, June 15 through Sunday, June 27.
(For me, I have to be like...online at work until Thursday 6/17 so I will be chasing cell signals during the day)
T 6/15 - Reno, NV because I haven't gambled since fall of 2019 (not hardcore, like Pai Gow poker and hold 'em)
W 6/16 - Work till around 2 or 3, then hit US-50 and sleep at Spencer Hot Springs
Th 6/17 - Early drive to Ely, find a signal around there to work, then find camping defaulting to Cave Lakes SP
F 6/18 - Maybe camp, maybe not as I putter up to SLC
S 6/19 - picking up my son in Salt Lake City midday - then drive to Alpine, WY for a hotel for two nights
S 6/20 - Tetons, Gros Ventre, fishing, napping, etc.
M 6/21 - Fishing, Tetons, camp near south entrance
T 6/22 - Obligatory Yellowstone drive and walk, camp outside west entrance
W 6/23 - Have booked white water rafting with Big Sky outfitters out of Gallatin - 1pm-4pm less challenging course. Hotel in Bozeman. Meeting my boss for the first time ever for dinner in Bozeman
Th 6/24 - Mosey back through the park, maybe stay around Cody or camp, maybe try to get down to Wind River to camp a night north of the dam
F 6/25 - Start making a real effort to go to Denver
S 6/26 - maybe do a long drive to Denver, maybe not
S 6/27 - definitely want to be in Denver and hopefully never operate a motor vehicle again ever
Well, that about sums it. I welcome feedback, suggestions, advice, etc. If anyone out there would like to meet for a beer or show us a creek that would be rad and by all means feel free to DM me to see if we can connect. I have some potential camp spots mapped and have our bear country strategy sorted - will tread very softly.
If this is an inappropriate post for content or placement, apologies and will take it down if so.
Be well,
Emerson, Jonas, and Zia
