Author: Steve

They’ve got big long roads up here too!  And they have all been good to us.  Nice ride.

The windshield view.

A small-town seed company.

We filled in a few more shapes on the Montana map.

My cellphone croaked, so we stopped at a Verizon store in Great Falls and got it replaced by an awesome guy named Kyle.  Good to go, we got back on the road and landed in Shelby, Montana.

…at Lake Sheloole Campground.

The Great 2019 Alaska Trip map

Sunset tonight 9:25.  Last light 10:02.

2,209 miles to Fairbanks.  We’re almost half-way!  2,209 miles to Fairbanks and 2,014 miles to Sandpipers Resort.  This driving to Alaska thing is easy!

North and west.  We filled in a few more squares on the Wyoming map.

The windshield view in Montana.  Rolling grassland at the Wyoming border.

Giving way to the Crazy Mountain Range in the background.

Some old rusty stuff along the way; a horse-drawn road grader.

We’re at Chief Joseph Park in Harlowton, Montana.

The Great 2019 Alaska Trip map

Sunset tonight 9:08.  Last light 9:40.  2,423 miles to Fairbanks.

Now we’re traveling in earnest.  They’ve got big long roads in Wyoming too.  Overall, the highway in Wyoming has been good.  We even noticed some old busted concrete freeway being replaced with nice smooth asphalt.  Driving Texas highways, we see the signs about hurricane evacuation routes.  Driving Wyoming, we see signs about “road closed when flashing” to turn traffic around during blizzards.

It has been a good pronghorn day.  All day long we could pick them out on the hillsides.

More Eastern Wyoming windshield view.

We’re celebrating an anniversary of sorts.  One year-ago today, I was wheeled-in pre-dawn for open heart surgery.  Today, we’re frolicking down the highway on our way to Alaska!  How amazing is that?  We are very thankful that this could be.

Now we’re at Mikesell-Potts Recreation Area County Park at Lake DeSmet.  Dry camping; no hookups. src=157616970409.17356.10535000612059502165@Feluria.aswdev.localF2C00” style=”width:5.775in;height:3.8416in” width=”554″/>

I think we did okay finding our spot.

The Great Alaska Trip map

Sunset tonight 8:47.  Last light 9:22.  2,671 miles to Fairbanks.

…to Wheatland, Wyoming.

The windshield view of Eastern Wyoming.

The Great Alaska Trip map

A visit with Marge.

And we’re on our way again tomorrow.  2,897 miles to Fairbanks.

Now it’s June, and we’re still at 3,037 miles to Fairbanks (but not for much longer).

166 birds remaining to get to 500 for the year.  At the rate of one new bird a day, that’s a 48 bird cushion.  Or, we could continue at one a day and take the last six weeks of the year off.  Or, we could log three quarters of a bird per day and finish at our target.

24 continuing education hours to go.

And 115 counties in which to report a bird to have all 254 counties in Texas!

An all-day family gathering at Becky and Brian’s today.