Travel Log
- Breakfast at Kerhonkson Diner in Kerhonkson.
- Drive to Bethel, about an hour.
- Woodstock Museum and Historical Site at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.
- Drive back to Accord, and found a Road Sign Math winner on the way.
- Dinner at The Egg’s Nest in High Falls.
- 8:25a: Depart Cleveland
- 9:20a: Enter Pennsylvania.
- 9:56a: 1,000 miles on Mazda CX-9.
- 11:45a: Stop in Bellafonte, PA for lunch at Four Ways Pub & Eatery.
- 3:48p Enter New York.
- 4:42p: Arrive Accord, NY.
- Dinner at Westwind Orchard.
- 5:00am: Up early!
- 5:30a: Mazda odometer is 117 miles.
- 5:59a: Depart! Sunrise!
- 6:25a Enter Wisconsin
- 7:16a: Son Volt “Trace”
- 9:50a: Gas in Madison
- 11:00a: Enter Illinois
- 1:05: Enter Indiana
- 2:00p CT/3:00p ET: Enter Eastern Time Zone
- 4:55p: Enter Ohio
- 7:40p: Arrive in Cleveland!
- 8:30p: Dinner at 3 Palms.
- 9:30p: Delicious Graeter’s Ice Cream.
- Long drive home!
- Go through Mankato and have pizza at Dino’s Pizzeria!
- Arrive home 7:00pm. 2 hours to empty out RV, put stuff away, and clean out interior.
- Return the RV tomorrow morning!
- Mt. Rushmore
- Crazy horse
- Chuck wagon dinner
- Breakfast at Persephone.
- Visit Teton Park visitor center, cool looking building.
- Drive to Mount Rushmore KOA.
- First two hours of drive really pretty!
- Tyler and Mazie met and hung out with Nola and Sebastian.
- Rented bikes from Dornan’s and rode to Jenny Lake.
- Took Jenny Lake Boat and hiked to Hidden Falls.
- Waited in long line for an hour after hike to get boat back and stood with a group of annoying people from California.
- Waded in Jenny Lake to cool down.
- Got Ice Cream treats at gift store.
- Rode bikes back to Dornan’s with a heavy headwind.
- Attempted to stop at visitors center but they were closed.
- Went to Snake River Brewing for dinner.
- Astronomy evening with Wyoming Stargazing. Saw: Jupiter and 3 moons, Saturn and rings, moon, Moon closer, Vega, Arcturus, Mixar and Alco(part of Big Dipper) all three are double stars, ring nebula, Alberio (double Star), Hercules globular cluster, ISS, Owl cluster
- Got up at 5a to do wildlife tour with Bush Buck
- Start at Teton village
- Moose Wilson road tons of Elk
- Loupin Meadow: Elk
- Signal Mountain: Black Bear
- Signal mt lodge coffee stop
- oxbow bend Mt Moraine: Great Blue Heron with a chick
- black tail ponds: mountain climbers
- Moose Wilson road: Moose
- Met Kendra, David, Dawson for a walk. They brought pastries and beverages from Persephone. Walked the Snake River.
- Had snack in RV.
- drove to Downtown Jackson to explore stores and got Ice Cream at Jackson Drug and Chocolate at Cocolove.
- returned to campsite to maintain RV and get ready for rafting
- Whitewater rafting with Dave Hansen down the Snake River.
- got pizza and Handfire Pizza. It was delicious.
- Left West Yellowstone KOA.
- Returned rental car.
- Stopped at Lewis Falls.
- Lunch in RV at Jackson Lake overlook in Grand Tetons.
- Stopped and took photos.
- Missed turn to go down Teton Road and accidentally left the park. Decided to back track 20 miles back into Grand Tetons and go down beautiful Teton Road.
- Arrived at Jackson. Very busy. Got groceries. Got okay dinner at Miazgas.
- Went to Snake River KOA. Terrible road construction on the way. Can only go 25 mph. Spot 57 at Snake River KOA is tight and hard to get into. Not our favorite KOA.
- Early to bed for early wake up!
- breakfast in RV
- Gibbon Falls
- North Rim of Grand Canyon of Yellowstone River
- waypoint
- Inspiration point
- South Rim
- first overlook spot
- Hayden Valley
- Yellowstone Lake
- Ice cream at Yellowstone Lake General Store
- Tyler got a shirt
- Driver back through Hayden Valley
- Blocked by Bison walking on road
- South Rim, artist point
- Canyon Store shopping trip
- Ate dinner in RV
- Internet in car!
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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 3, Monday
Weather: Perfect.
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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 2, Sunday
Weather: Brief drizzle in the morning. Clear weather through entire route. Drizzle and very cloudy in Accord.
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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 1, Saturday
Weather: Slight fog in the morning. Good weather throughout route.
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Yellowstone Log: Day 13, Thursday
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Yellowstone Log: Day 12, Wednesday
Weather: Cool morning. Feels like rain.
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Yellowstone Log: Day 11, Tuesday
Weather: Rain! Cool! Rain stopped after first hour or so and then pleasant driving weather
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Yellowstone Log: Day 10, Monday
Weather: Clear and Sunny, Warm. Cloudy into the evening.
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Yellowstone Log: Day 9, Sunday
Weather: cool in morning. Warm and pleasant rest of day.
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Yellowstone Log: Day 8, Saturday
Weather: great, clear, mid-70s
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Yellowstone Log: Day 7, Friday
Weather: mid 70s. Nice.