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Twin Falls – Take Two
First a few photos of scenes along the way… Today was the second time we made a serious deviation from our travel plan. The first was when we aborted the Hatteras Ferry crossing due to high winds that canceled all trips. We had planned to head to West Yellowstone for two days of exploring that…
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Crash, Bang, Boom (no injuries)
The day started early with breakfast then email and business meetings. At about 9:15AM PDT, we departed Wells for points North. As we entered Idaho we returned to Mountain time. Our destination was Twin Falls, Idaho, where we planned to see several sites. The first was Herrett Center at the College of Southern Idaho. It…
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Magnificent Organ, Rain on the Salt Flats
We awoke to nice showers in the bathhouse and breakfast using the food from the Walmart run. We had long planned to see the organ recital at the Mormon Tabernacle. Tom sent Scott the YouTube video beforehand, but he did not watch it. The night before Tom found the Land Cruiser Heritage Museum and we…
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Locked Out – Lucked Out
The first day of the OWGRV Northwest Corner trip went smoothly – sort of. Nathaniel Guest drove us to the airport with plenty of time. Flight was projected to leave on time and arrive early. We got our first-class upgrades. Everything went smoothly until we were taxiing for takeoff when Tom said. That meant that…
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Time for a new drone anyway
This was our last full day of our OWGRV adventure. Tomorrow we take Khan and Polo to our storage location near the Salt Lake City airport, and spend the night in an airport hotel. On Wednesday we all fly home – Tom and Scott fly early; Steve’s flight is around noon. Last night we reserved…
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Steep Jeep and Pizza
We had a fairly short ride to our next campsite at Flaming Gorge / Manila KOA , so we decided to do some off-roading on BLM lands near our Vernal, UT campsite. The day before Tom noticed a very steep jeep trail up a mountain that he thought we might try. We pulled off the…
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Scott in the Slammer
We woke up fairly early at the Riverbend RV Park and we all had a fresh-cooked egg breakfast. Scott researched nearby museums and came across the Museum of the Mountain West , which opened at 8:30AM – early for us to see it before leaving our campsite. Steve declared there was nothing in a museum…
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Aminas Forks
The day stated with the kind of senior moments the three OWGs are learning to live with. First Scott complained loudly that someone must have taken his toothbrush holder while he was brushing his teeth. Steve and Scott searched for a while before Scott found the holder in his pocket (which, “he had never done…
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Historic Trains and Hot Tubs
Today was our first full day with our third OWG, Steve Van Meter. We departed from our HTR campground for the nearby Durango and Silverton train yard in downtown Durango. We had hoped for an upgrade that our friend Nathaniel Guest had been working on tourist railroad -to- tourist railroad with the reservations guy at…
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Reunited
Today was the day we picked up Steve Van Meter at the Grand Junction airport. Since his flight did not arrive until around noon, and the airport was a short drive away, we got permission from the fine folks that run Camp Eddy to stay another hour. After breakfast we did a short 11 mile…
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More Sights and Local Information
Today started with our regularly scheduled Teams meeting with the Leadership at VideoRay. Immediately afterwards we left Monument Valley for Grand Junction, Colorado. Tomorrow morning we’ll pick up Steve Van Meter, one of the three OWGs who has missed several recent trips. Before lunch we saw a sign for Historic Bluff Fort in Bluff, UT. …
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Monument Valley, Forest Gump Iconic Setting, Mexican Hat/Hat Rock, Goosenecks, Moki Dugway, Muley Point, Valley of the Gods, Dust Storm – Just another average day on the road…
Today was dedicated to seeing the monuments in Monument Valley and other spectacular scenery around our campsite. We started by going to the nearby Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park where we drove Polo around the scenic drive and took lots of pictures. Then we went back to Khan for lunch and Scott’s nap. Then back…