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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Topic: Wyoming/Montana ideas Posted: 17 Sep 2014 at 9:12pm |
Yeah Leo. It sucked. I mean blowed. Kept seeing the overhead signs reading "High Wind Warning 35 miles". After 35 miles we would see another and another and another. Still thinking about those pioneers in prairie schooners with no slide-outs who finally made it to the Great Salt Lake and said, "We did all that for this??!!"
fred
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Leo B
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Posted: 17 Sep 2014 at 6:58pm |
That is some serious wind!!
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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 17 Sep 2014 at 6:36pm |
Wyoming blows!
Did for us anyway. 55+ mph headwinds, -6 mpg entire crossing via route 80. Can't win 'em all. Maybe next time. fred
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Budward
Senior Member Joined: 21 Apr 2014 Location: SC/NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 438 |
Posted: 17 Sep 2014 at 2:23pm |
If you find a small 2 way radio let me know....we somehow lost one there
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blackcat
Newbie Joined: 06 Sep 2014 Location: Sumner, WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 11 |
Posted: 17 Sep 2014 at 12:19pm |
We are taking 15 south to Pinedale- the campground in Dillon looks like a good stop. I remember Dillon being a beautiful place, but haven't been there in a while. Fortunately we have a big truck that hauls horse trailers over passes, so we should be ok with the steep grades. Thanks for the warning Mountainrev!
Budward, the campground at Scab Creek looks great. We're going to stay there this weekend. Thank you!
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Budward
Senior Member Joined: 21 Apr 2014 Location: SC/NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 438 |
Posted: 09 Sep 2014 at 7:00pm |
We camped for a night at Scab Creek (BLM) near Pinedale a few weeks ago.
Nice small campground- The campground is 12 miles south of Pinedale on US 191, then 7 miles east on WY Road 353 and 7 miles north on gravel BLM road 5423. http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/field_offices/Pinedale/recreation/rec_map.html As for Butte- we stayed for a night at a Bureau Of Reclamation campground- White Earth Campground on Canyon Ferry Lake about 50 miles NE of Butte. Open, no shade but on a lake.
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Mountainrev
Senior Member Joined: 22 Jul 2014 Location: Eagle, Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 193 |
Posted: 09 Sep 2014 at 12:39pm |
What route are you taking from Butte to Pinedale? If you're taking I-15 south from there, and can make it another 60 miles or so, we stayed at this campground in Dillon, MT, a couple of years ago on our way to Glacier Park: http://csrvmt.com/. It was a good overnight campground--clean, quiet, and pretty area. If you do go that route, are you planning to go over Teton Pass from Victor, ID, to Jackson, WY? If so, have you driven that before? We did that this year (pulling our popup, just before we got our new R-Pod). Be prepared for 10% grades! Very, very steep pass. It will test the limits of your tow vehicle. |
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Newsguy12
Groupie Joined: 30 Mar 2014 Location: Nathrop, CO Online Status: Offline Posts: 54 |
Posted: 08 Sep 2014 at 2:46pm |
If you're going to Pinedale, don't miss the Mountain Man Museum there. It's excellent and is a good interpretation of the area surrounding Pinedale that was the site for half of the 16 annual Mountain Man Rendezvous held from 1824-1840.
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blackcat
Newbie Joined: 06 Sep 2014 Location: Sumner, WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 11 |
Posted: 08 Sep 2014 at 2:25pm |
For those that live around Butte- we are making our way to Pinedale, WY in a couple weeks and are planning on staying *somewhere* around Butte for a night. Hookups are not a priority. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Also looking for some suggestions of where to camp around Pinedale. Thanks!
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Kokopod
Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2013 Location: Southwest WY Online Status: Offline Posts: 113 |
Posted: 17 May 2014 at 4:23pm |
Ok. Back to Lucerne, WY. Just a few short miles from that campground (just past Manila, UT), is a place called Sheep Creek Canyon Geological Area. It's named that because of the big horn sheep! We've seen them in that area many times; but, of course, we've lived here for 33 years. It's near the Deep Creek area we mentioned before. Also, if you go on down to Vernal, UT, you will have the Dinosaur Museum and Dig.
By the way, you asked about Buckboard. We've never cared for it! It has a real "marina" atmosphere, and we would personally never camp there. But that being said, there are so many places to swim along the Gorge in that whole area. Just pick a dirt road that heads to the lake. There is also a KOA in Manila, UT. |
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