Mike & Andra's 2006 RV Trip!

Day 15
July 28 - Island Park ID to Rawlins WY


Yesterday we made the big decision to skip Mount Rushmore in favor of returning directly home, most likely a day early. The kids have started getting homesick, especially little Matt. So we completely changed our route home. We cancelled our reservation for Rapid City SD and made a new reservation for Rawlins WY.

None of us have ever driven through central Wyoming, and it was a surprise. After climbing and descending several mountain ranges, and enduring a couple stops for road construction, we reach the "great divide basin" ... a remote and sparsely populated area with beautiful rock formations, some cattle, and little else. I have been a lot of places in the USA, and I have to say that the drive on US-287 from Lander to Rawlins is one of the most deserted and lonely drives I have ever made.

We arrive at the Rawlins KOA about 9:45 pm and I'm on laundry duty again. Tomorrow morning we'll head east on I-80 into Nebraska.

Photos:

Jackson Lake and the Grand Tetons

US-287 east of Jackson

Maybe a practical example of Matthew 7:24-27 ?


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