Road Trip!

[thstone]

I am a sucker for a road trip story! Anything funny or weird happen on the road?

[dbear61]

We spent several days in the Seattle area visiting friends I had not seen in over 20 years.

Wednesday 5/29 we left Seattle and drove to Boise, ID. 610 miles. Including a visit with friends in Vancouver, WA and stopping for Multnomah Falls, we were on the road for over 13 hours.


The best part was our detour along US 30.



What is this restaurant doing in the Pacific NW?


Heading toward Crown Point:


Multnomah Falls:


On the way to Boise:



Next post will be for Boise to Yellowstone.

DBear

[cas951]

Very nice and beautiful scenery.

You sure are putting some miles there.

I'm getting ready for a little weekend getaway myself this morning. Il post some pics later today.

[jb92563]

Originally Posted by thstone

I am a sucker for a road trip story! Anything funny or weird happen on the road?

Talking about strange Trip events.

I was on a trip from Toronto to Socal with a U-Haul a few years back, in late November and hit a turkey in Nebraska. A few minutes earlier I had driven through a huge blood slick that sounded like we were driving in the rain, from a deer road kill presumably.

The Turkey was in the grass median and suddenly took flight and turned directly in front of the U-haul while I was doing about 65mph.

I ducked and it cleared the cab and hit the Box just above the cab.

It sounded and felt like a cannon shot. Left a huge dent in the UHaul the size of a basketball.

I looked in the rear view and saw a big puff of feathers, but did not see the bird.

I looked in the passenger side mirror and saw a car that was way behind us pulling over, I think they were collecting their Turkey for Thanksgiving dinner that weekend.



BTW, those are awesome pictures of the road trip, sounds like you made some great memories.

[Topless]

Yellowstone is an amazing place. So cool to go through it in a Boxster.

[dbear61]

Hope everybody had a great 4th of July!

More from my road trip. Still day 1 in Yellowstone.

Bison along roadside:




Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River




DBear

[dbear61]

Yellowstone Day 2 Drive and Steamboat Geyser in Norris Basin:




Norris Basin:




Mammoth Hot Springs Upper Terrace:






White Elephant Back Terrace:




Elk around Mammoth Hot Springs. Whenever elk appeared close to roads, trails or any place where there were people,
Rangers and/or Park Security quickly arrived to cordon off the area or get and keep people away. I was to experience this first hand the following morning.






DBear