Into the Winds

[ski3pin]

We have been so busy on adventures we don't know if we found a rope or lost our horse. Please wish us a safe journey home and we will tell the story upon our return. Canantelopes, elk on mountain tops, Camp Bubba, speed goats, baldy headed eagles, swamp donkeys.................

All seven parts are now posted on our blog -

Into the Winds - July 2014 - Part One

Into the Winds - July 2014 - Part Two

Into the Winds - July 2014 - Part Three

Into the Winds - July 2014 - Part Four

Into the Winds - July 2014 - Part Five

Into the Winds - July 2014 - Part Six

Into the Winds - July 2014 - Part Seven



Please enjoy tagging along ........

 

[Bseek]

Can't wait for the full trip report.

 

[Smokecreek1]

What a horrible plight-sure you guys are not retired-hmmmm maybe just practice runs for retirement i bet? Can't wait to read your tr's in between my trips out and abou t.

Smoke.

 

[billharr]

I check your blog looking for updates, best travel blog out there.

 

[takesiteasy]

We have been so busy on adventures we don't know if we found a rope or lost our horse. Please wish us a safe journey home and we will tell the story upon our return. Canantelopes, elk on mountain tops, Camp Bubba, speed goats, baldy headed eagles, swamp donkeys.................

Ok, that just sounds like too much fun. Looking forward to the full report.

 

[ski3pin]

What a horrible plight-sure you guys are not retired-hmmmm maybe just practice runs for retirement i bet? Can't wait to read your tr's in between my trips out and abou t.

Smoke.

Practice runs, Mr. Smoke and we'll keep practicing until we get it right. Have safe trips!

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Well don't retire until you get all installments of the Wind River trip published. Your audience is waiting anxiously.

Actually I hope that you and The Lady retire as soon as you want.

Wandering Sasquatch...

 

[Lighthawk]

God speed and safe journeys!

 

[longhorn1]

Be Safe

 

[Taku]

Looks like you just got out in front of the monsoon rains in Wyoming. Good timing.

 

[ski3pin]

Thanks all, once again, for your kind comments.

An update. We are home safe. When we got into cell service yesterday near Idaho Falls, the Lady's cell phone came alive with messages. Not a good sign.................................medical emergency with her elderly parents. Our plans changed and we hit the dreaded, but fast and efficient, interstates. Taku is correct. It was pouring rain in Wyoming, Idaho, and into Nevada. We spotted possible funnel cloud formation south of Twin Falls. It was raining so hard we got a motel room for some needed sleep. We left the rain this morning in Winnemucca and reached Roseville, CA just as her Mom was getting out of surgery. As I know many here are or have gone through the challenges of aging parents, life can get complicated in an instant.

So I apologize for the tease but I enjoy putting these trip stories together so I hope I don't leave you all hanging for too long.

 

[4llamas]

Glad you're safe and best wishes for Mom.

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Hope all works out and that you both are safe. Hope Mrs. Ski's mother if well.
Frank

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Sorry to hear about The Lady's mom having health issues. That's not easy for anyone involved, neither the person nor the family.

We send our best thoughts and prayers to you and yours!

 

[ski3pin]

Glad you're safe and best wishes for Mom.

Hope all works out and that you both are safe. Hope Mrs. Ski's mother if well.
Frank

Sorry to hear about The Lady's mom having health issues. That's not easy for anyone involved, neither the person nor the family.

We send our best thoughts and prayers to you and yours!

Thank you all for your kind comments. Surgery went well and she was placed in a care facility close by, easy for all of us to visit. Things are falling into place but it takes a great deal of work, energy, and that occasional deep breath. Thanks again!

 

[ski3pin]

I am working on our trip story. Part One is completed ...........................................

Into the Winds - July 2014 - Part One

I'll try to get working on Part Two completed tomorrow evening.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Mr 3pin, nice start to the trip! Did you find the graves at Bluesky? They are just outside the stand of Ponderosa Pines.

All that is left of Fort Warner... From the Bannock Wars.

By the way, I defined the Order of the Antelope as being a drinking group with the bad habit of conservation and patriotism.

 

[ski3pin]

Mr. Sage, we missed Fort Warner. We'll have to go back!

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Um! the Wind Range. Might give it a look see next time we head to Yellowstone. As we look for other places to visit on the way home instead of just a shot drive home.

Nice to see so many wildflowers still out what with the hotter summer and sparse rainfall.

Thanks ,waiting for the next part/parts.
Frank

 

[Foy]

Good to know the family situations are settled down.

Love the Wind River Range. As previously discussed, entered from the Dubois side way back in 1976, bound for Gannet Peak. Never made it, but it was an epic 8-man backpacking trip with a 48 hour straight-through drive in a 15 passenger van from and back to Boone, NC on each end. Travel was much slower in the 55mph days.

Looking forward to the remaining installment(s).

Foy