Wild Landscapes

Written by
On my way further down south, I came through some very remote and wild landscapes. Along the longer part of the way only grassland or bushes lined up with the street. It must be a very difficult trip for the first settlers to travel through these terrain’s – without modern navigation systems or freeways, that make traveling comfortable these days. Those travelers only had – I guess – rather rough descriptions of landmarks, such as the “Pilot Butte” a characteristic table mountain on top of Read More +

Arrived in the Wild West

Written by
Quite obviously, today I arrived in the Wild West. While there was a touch of it at West Yellowstone too, at Jackson you definifely know where you have landed walding or driving through the streets. Of course there is a purpose for creating this abidance. Given that many of these Wild West style buildings house a gift shop, art gallery, restaurant or are otherwise linked to tourism, this village seems to be living from its visitors. At the city border, a group of ski lift Read More +

Just a Stop Over – 4 Winds

Written by
Looks like I got quite a bit lucky in finding the 4 Winds Motel at Jackson to spend a night on my way southwards. Also as it turned out a bit later, when the illuminated the NO vacancy sign, I was quite obviously lucky too to get the last room.

Time to Move On

Written by
On request by one of the readers of this blog, I am posting a bad weather picture for those who had to stay home. Of course, that particular day was anyway dedicated to traveling a bit southwards as my finally 5 days and nights at West Yellowstone did come to an end. The extension of 1 day to my original plan just was fitting right. While I was used to people stopping their car anywhere in the Yellowstone National Park to observe some animals, typically Read More +