We left the Tetons yesterday as planned. I will admit that although I thought I was ready to head home, I got pretty weepy when he headed down the road. I am ready to be home again, but I’m also a bit sad that our ‘great adventure’ is coming to an end. We have already vowed to return to Yellowstone and the Tetons. However, we just don’t know when that may be.

But on to yesterday’s travels… We headed south on 189, then to 191, and finally onto I-80. Shortly after leaving Jackson we drove into a beautiful canyon. There were evergreen trees on both sides of the canyon walls, and as we drove further, we noticed the ever present Grand Teton peaks in our mirrors behind us.

We had snow capped mountain peaks most of the morning yesterday; sometimes on both sides of us. As we traveled through WY, we saw hundreds of Pronghorns. They were in groups of 2 or 3, or sometimes in larger groups of 20 to 30. Some were all alone in a field; other times they were sharing a field with cattle. What a pleasure it was to enjoy them through a good part of the day yesterday.

Also, fairly early in the morning I spotted a mature Bald Eagle. It was sitting in the middle of a grassy field along side 189. It seemed a bit strange to me to see him just sitting there on the ground. But I still enjoyed the sight, even if it was only a momentary glimpse.

The remainder of the day was pretty uneventful. Just miles and miles and miles of fences and arid pasture land, and of course the cattle and horses which are ever present in WY. They certainly hit the mark when they named it the Cowboy State.

This morning dawned blue and bright, but a bit windy. We jumped back on I-80 and headed for Nebraska. Now talk about wide open spaces. We drove for miles without seeing anything. Just up one hill and then down another. But finally we crossed through a high pass, where we found evergreen trees again, and snow on the ground.

Later this afternoon we found the corn fields. One corn field after another, and we were a bit surprised that they had not been harvested yet.

Tonight we’re spending the night in North Platte, NB. In fact, although we’ve only been on the road two days, we’re going to spend two nights here. There are a couple of things we want to see while here, and this was a 360 plus mile day for us. So we decided to take our break a day early. Who says we can’t change our plans!

We went through a time zone change a few miles back. So we’ve lost an hour today. One more change and we’ll back on NY time.

Thanks for traveling with us.
Fay