June 11, 2021
– Pick up rental MSP, Toyota 4Runner 38,640 miles

June 12, 2021
7:08 am 68F
Rochester, MN
38,733 mi.
gas up, road snacks
Costco
$2.77/g
$14.24 5.125g

7:32 am
On the road

8:55 am
Blue Earth, MN
– Jolly Green Giant statue

9:19 am
Rest stop
Blue Earth Rest Area, Mile Marker 119

10:54 am
South Dakota

11:11 am
Sioux Falls, SD
Git n Go
$37.96
$2.89/g 13.095g

Cracker Barrel – lunch

12:54 pm
On the road

2:14 – 2:26 pm
Rest stop
White Lake, SD

2:52 – 3:13 pm
Dignity Statue

3:39-3:46 pm
Kadoka, SD
Sinclair
$45.03
$2.90/g 15.478g

4:04 – 4:33 pm
Prairie Dog Ranch Store

4:38 – 8:42 pm
Badlands National Park

9:52 pm
Keystone, SD
Roosevelt Inn

June 13, 2021
7:58 am
Depart Keystone, SD

Mt. Rushmore
Crazy Horse statue

Custer, SD
Calamity Jane’s coffee

11:02 am
Wyoming

1:27 pm
Devil’s Tower National Monument
departure time

2:32 pm
Gilette, WY
fuel
$56.73
$2.90/g 19.502g

Rock, Paper, Scissors statue

4:50 pm MDT
Montana

5:20 – 5:42 pm
Crow Agency, MT

Little Big Horn National Battlefield – closed
rest stop

5:52 – 6:00 pm
Hardin, MT
bathroom stop

8:02 pm
Livingston, MT
fuel, food, rest stop
$55.50
$2.94/g 18.819g

9:10 pm
Pray, MT
glamping tent
39,979 mi.

June 14, 2021
Yellowstone National Park

June 15, 2021
6:55 am
Pray, MT
depart

7:26 – 7:34 am
Emigrant, MT
Emigrant General Store
$37.31
$2.99/g 12.442g
40,227 mi.

8:42 am
Three Forks, MT
rest stop

9:04 – 11:21 am
Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park

12:04 pm
Butte, MT
Pork Chop John’s
lunch

1:31 – 1:40 pm
rest stop outside of Butte, 140-ish mile marker

2:09 – 2:16 pm
Milltown, MT
Town Pump
$42.67
$3.02/g 14.087g

3:49 pm
Idaho

4:41 pm
Couer d’Alene
Exxon
$26.61
$2.97/g 8.9321g

4:13 pm PDT
Washington

5:41 – 5:53 pm
Schrag Rest Area, mi. 196

6:47 – 7:22 pm
George, WA
photo op
Shree’s Truck Stop

Tacos Chapis
dinner

7:57 pm
Ellensburg, WA
Hotel Windrow
Laundry

June 16, 2021
Ellensburg, WA

The Early Bird
breakfast

Fuel
$42.74
$3.46/g 12.321g

8:42 am
depart Ellensburg, WA

10:10 am
Seattle, WA
40,974 mi.

Renton, WA
Jimi Hendrix grave site

Fuel
$28.94
$3.79/g 7.618g

SeaTac
flight to Juneau, AK

June 16-21
Juneau, AK
Aspen Suites Hotel
Ward Air, Inc.
– flight to Pack Creek – bear viewing
Temsco Helicopters, Inc.
– flight to Mendenhall Glacier
Pucker Wilson’s
– lunch
Tracy’s King Crab Shack
– dinner
Statter Arm Harbor
Tracy Arm Glacier
Roberts Tramway

June 21, 2021
Fly to Seattle
Aloft Hotel

June 22, 2021
SeaTac
Budget Car Rental
Nissan Pathfinder – EVL B01
28,593 mi.

7:42 am
depart airport

IHOP – breakfast

10:35 am
Montesano
rest stop

12:39 am
Long Beach, WA
rest stop

1:15 pm
Oregon

1:23 pm
Astoria, WA
– Goonies sites
– Columbia River Maritime Museum
– Astoria Column

3:32 – 3:47 pm
Ecola State Park
Haystack Rock

5:22 pm
Portland, OR

Powell’s Bookstore
Kennedy School – dinner and lodging

June 23, 2021
Voodoo Donut

9:23 am depart Portland, OR

10:11 am
Wilsonville, OR
Fuel/rest stop
$58.88
$3.48/g 16.400g

10:56 – 11:01 am
Salem, OR
Del Taco

12:42 – 2:20 p
Eugene, OR
Dina’s Shell
Silvan Ridge Winery
Dura household

Crescent Lake
Sinclair
rest stop

5:07 pm
Crater Lake National Park

5:47 pm
Crater Lake Lodge
– dinner, lodging, hike

June 24, 2021
7:52 am
Depart Crater Lake

9:41 am
Bly, OR
Short Stop/Gulf
Fuel/rest stop
$52.26
$3.63/g 14.36g

11:12 am
Adel, OR
The Adel Store
rest stop

11:58 am
Nevada

2:12 pm
Winnemucca, NV
Fuel, food
Jack in the Box/Port of Subs
Conoco
$38.74
$3.37/g 11.466g

5:37 pm
Dino Mart
rest stop

6:11 pm
West Wendover, NV

7:13 pm MDT
Utah

Historic Wendover Airfield
Con Air film set

9:01 am
Salt Lake City, UT
Pollo Loco

10:19 pm
Layton, UT
Miller’s place

June 25, 2021
10:40 am
Depart Layton, UT

10:45 am
Fuel
Sinclair
$63.22
$3.64/g 17.356g

Great Salt Lake
Antelope Island State Park

1:05 pm
Wyoming

1:08 pm
Evanston, WY
Flying J Travel Center
rest stop

2:30 – 2:51 pm
Green River, WY
Arctic Circle
burgers

3:40 pm
Bitter Creek Rest Stop

4:46
Rawlins, WY
Conoco
$40.00
11.271g

6:40 – 7:08 pm
Casper, WY
rest stop
Leslie’s old house

9:03 pm
Gillette, WY
Wingate by Wyndham
Old Chicago

June 26, 2021
6:26 am
Depart Gillette, WY

7:07am
Fuel
Exxon Connor Center
$37.86
$3.09/g 12.216g

8:13 am CDT
South Dakota

9:51 – 10:08 am
Delta-09 Minuteman Missile Silo

10:27 – 10:40 am
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

11:02 – 11:15 am
Badlands National Park visitor center

1:07 am
Oakton, SD
rest stop

2:03 pm
Chamberlain, SD
Fuel
$52.82
$3.14/g 16.774g

3:05 pm
Mitchell, SD
Food
Culver’s

4:22 pm
Minnesota state line
rest stop

6:04 pm
Blue Earth, MN
rest stop

7:39 pm
Home
Rochester, MN

7:46 pm
Rochester, MN
Fuel
$53.52
$2.99/g 17.847g

8:52 pm
Inver Grove Heights, MN
$8.66
$2.99/g 2.887g

9:07 pm
MSP airport

10:12 – 10:56 pm
Delta Flight 4881
MSP to RST

11:24 pm
Home

Not that anyone reads the blog much – and admittedly, I haven’t given you much reason to – but we are on the road soon.

Well, us minus the puppers, but she’s getting a house sitter.

We are off to a wedding in Juneau.

But Covid being Covid, and me being me, we aren’t just flying out there.

Oh no, not us.

We are road tripping. Here is the route. Had to modify it since Canada can’t open up yet. Pity, some other time I hope.

And aside from listening to Welcome to Night Vale, here is a nominal road trip playlist.

Not sure where I will post pics and such but keep an eye open and see what I can conjure up.