We are not in Idaho, but we can see it.

Today's post is coming to you from Cheyenne, WY. The title was inspired by our travels on Wednesday in the northern Utah area. We spent the night at Bear Lake in a state park at the south end of the lake. So, we were about 10 miles from the Idaho border at one point but we elected not to go north and instead we watched Idaho from afar. The lake is 20 miles long and so if you look closely at the far shore you can see Idaho.

This brings my personal total to 31 and 5/8 states, 3 countries, and 2 continents that I have been to. I may get to knock off a few more states on the return trip back to South Wales. I will keep you all posted. I am sure that you will be watching diligently for this breaking news.

As for Cheyenne, WY it is a very interesting place. Imagine looking at a golf course without any trees. That is what the countryside looks like here. It is very green rolling hills, but there is no tall vegetation. It is all low grasses and plants. It sounds strange, but it is actually very nice.

The weather here in the summer is fairly mild with mid to high 80's as a normal summer high with low humidity and a very common breeze in the air. We are told that they get some snow in the winter but it rarely lasts for any amount of time, and actually the city of Cheyenne only owns two snow plows to give you an indication of the threat of snow. However the nice summer breeze get a bit nastier in the winter and with an occasional trip into the negative temperatures it can be somewhat frigid. We all know that I should be fine with this, I am just hoping that Paula can survive the chill.

That is all to report for now. We will be in Fort Collins, CO on Friday and then who knows from there.

Thanks for listening.
RJ

We had to leave, they were threating to collect rent!!!

Well we have left Yosemite. It is a bittersweet goodbye. On one hand I was about to assult the next stupid tourist that got in my way, but on the other hand it is a wonderful place and we have so many friends there now. We spent one last night in Yosemite backpacking in the high country. We took and nice easy hike in to the wilderness at Sunrise Creek and we slept out under the stars on a rockface that overlooked Tenya Canyon. This is one of our favorite little spots.

We are currently in Yerington, NV looking around town and seeing what it is like. For being in the middle of a dessert (or desert I don't know which) it is very green. Yerington is along the Walker River and therfore it is a good farming area and it is very green for Nevada standards. Tonight we will be staying in the Carson City area and we will be visting the Minden and Gardenerville area on Friday. Then this weekend we will be hanging out in Reno with our friend from the Ice, Mick. Then some time next week we will be headed east along Rt. 80 for the Salt Lake City area to checkout some towns there.

Well that is all for now.
R.J.