On The Road With Dan

August 8th and 9th 2008

Well, the 8th was Stormy & Scott's wedding. It was beautiful! No one could have picked a better spot. Miles and i mean miles away from anything. We passed Hell's Half Acre, which is now closed but is where they filmed the alien scenes for the movie Starship Trooper. The lodge, Willard Springs, is located 8 miles above sea level.

Yeah i said above...not as much oxygen in the air. It took us 2 hours of driving down dirt roads in the middle of nowhere, crossing streams, traversing rough rocky terrain. Driving through the Hole In The Wall pass where infamous desperadoes such as Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, Kid Curry and his brother Lonny Curry, "Laughing" Sam Carey, Black Jack Ketchum, Elzy Lay, and George "Flat Nose" Curry hid from the law.
Totally amazing and i have to say i'm glad we got rental insurance on the car! It's not going back in the same condition as when we got it. It was pretty brutal but well worth the drive.
The wedding went perfect, everything was beautiful, and the food...Oh My God! The BEST ribs ever created by anyone on this planet! Meat just doesn't get any fresher than on a ranch.
Camped out in the car.



The next day, today, we made the long trek northwest. Equally as long but even more treacherous. It seemed to take forever but the scenery was continuously breathtaking. It was an experience we'll never forget. We got video of the crazy journey that I'll add later.

Now we were heading to the hot springs in Thermopolis, Wy. We got there 3 hours after leaving the lodge...yeah the roads were that dangerous. The hot springs were neat but were looked through rather quickly. Not alot to do there and it smells like rotten eggs times 10.





From the hot springs off to Cody, Wy. where i am writing this blog now. The town was founded by Buffalo Bill! We got a hotel luckily, remember that this whole trip is being done on the fly...the only things in stone were the first 3 nights and the last 3. We went to Buffalo Bill's original hotel and they closed down the streets and had a gunfight with real guns....it was neat. Tomorrow morning we're off to Yellowstone! I have many more pics and video to post after I get home, and more to be taken...so stay tuned for more adventures.