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Foy, I will have to look into the MT geology Facebook page! Thanks for the insight. Have you heard of the Tobacco Root Geological Society? They do annual field trips and are a fun group of folks. I am going to order the MT and ID updated Roadside Geology books. Thanks again for letting me...

I’ve had Old Man Emu suspensions on three different Toyotas now. I would not recommend front and rear bumpers unless you were really going “overlanding “. Yes, they look nice but add a lot of unnecessary weight. If you do go with a front bumper and winch also go to the medium duty coils. Same in...

Foy, my 1974 field geology course took us through SD Badlands, northeastern WY, southeastern ID near Mackah (sp?) and Arco, then into southwestern MT. I’d love to tag along with your group should you ever make the trip out West. Dale

Nice writeup and pics. Thanks for sharing and keep them coming! dale

By this time the cold and dampness were seeping into my old bones. Terri was also yearning for a bit of civilization. So I made the executive decision to head north toward Idaho Falls and spend a night or two in a good motel, with food prepared for us at some nice night spot. Snow was starting...

We had the opportunity to visit a number of national parks and monuments along the way. Two were skipped because everyone had already had been through them. These were Dinosaur National Monument and Flaming Gorge. If you haven't been to them take the time to check them out. They are well worth...

Alan told us that he had read that aspens typically are found around the 8,000' level. I believe him. Everywhere we went we found them at that elevation. Above that we got back into conifers.

The aforementioned campsite was near a reservoir and USFS campsite. The campsite was locked down for the year, so we went hunting for a nearby off-track site to use. The one we found would have brought smiles to anyone who loves camping. The night sky had been exceptional; filled with a galaxy...

The campsites I'm mentioning are not in chronological order. Probably more because of my fading grey cells than anything else. One night in the Colorado high country was exceptionally cold. That was the time I found myself encased in ice crystals inside my camp cot. I had honestly slept very...

We wove our way up towards Vernal, UT and found a hidden gem of a campsite on BLM land. The next morning, Ace had to leave us there because he had some family commitments back home. Before the sendoff Ace shared a final breakfast with Kent and me. We all like Alan and it was hard to see him...

One of the communities we stopped at for food and gas was Meeker, CO. A neat little community where we located a small take-out food shop where we could sit at tables out back. The food was really good and of course the company exceptional.

There are a lot of superior spots to visit either on track or nearby. Kent and I went through the Grand Tetons on our way to Rawlins. The scenery around there is also fantastic. I love this part of Wyoming. But even in September the tourist invasion was in full force. We stopped in a small...

To honor our agreement with Tony, I will be generalizing a lot more from now on. We continued on our way, slowing meandering west and south through Colorado. It was amazing to travel like this, one moment up in the aspens. The next in dry land country. Tony has marked out lots of camping sites...

Rain. Did I mention be prepared for rain? We had a couple really wet nights during the trip. We also had clear nights that got so frigid that I would wake up in the morning with the inside of my camp cot and the top of my sleeping bag covered in frost. I should probably mention something about...

Our first night or two was spent at a Forest Service campground near Encampment, WY. As we were to discover during the remainder of our sojourn most campgrounds were pretty much deserted. Several FS campsites we had planned on staying at were locked in fact. But we never had any problems finding...

The HOTW landscape is absolutely incredible! It covers desert, sage-steppe, rolling hills, and high mountains. After my Oregon Backcountry Discovery Route fiasco in June, I'm a bit adverse to deserts at the moment. So the parts of this loop I especially wanted to pass through were the mountains...

In early September, soon after the holiday and the beginning of school, a small group of us met in Rawlins, WY, to drive the Heart of the West (HOTW) loop. This loop in its entirety is over 2,800 miles long. The brain child of Tony Heugel, it courses through portions of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming...

Congrats on the sale! Wish it were mine. Dale

Congratulations on the sale! Wish the new owner would have been me.