We drove 5618 miles in 18 days on 144 gallons of gas: 39 mpg
average; our car likes the mountains! That's an average of 312 miles/day,
including the one day we did zero (Banff), and a peak of 653 (the last day
crossing Kansas and Missouri).
We saw deer, elk, grouse, pheasants, emus, bighorn sheep, mountain goats,
moose, hawks, eagles, llamas, sheep, and (inescapably) cows. Many cows.
We also saw or traversed mountains, prairies, glaciers, canyons, lava, hot
springs, soda springs, a geyser, geological strata of every color and age,
dinosaur bones in the matrix available to touch, gold nuggets, old mines, new
mines, strip mines, and many kinds of trains.

Select a date and subject from the list below to begin reading and/or perusing the pictures from our trip

10/09/03: Day 1: Departure
Saint Louis, MO, I-70, I-29, Council Bluffs, IA

(2 pictures)

10/10/03: Day 2: Westward to the Badlands
Iowa, South Dakota, I-90

(10 pictures)

10/11/03: Day 3: Badlands, SD to Lovell, WY
Badlands, SD, I-90, US-14, Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming

(15 pictures)

10/12/03: Day 4: North across Montana
Lovell, WY, US-310, I-90, MT-69, I-15, US-287, US-89, US-2, East Glacier, MT

(8 pictures)

10/14/03: Day 6: From Sparwood to Banff, west and up the mountains
Sparwood, BC, Radium Hot Springs, Vermillioin Crossing, BC-3, BC-95, BC-93, TransCan-1, Banff, AB

(13 pictures)

10/15/03: Day 7: A day in and near Banff, Alberta, Canada
Banff, AB, Lake Louise

(12 pictures)

10/16/03: Day 8: Up to the glacier and back down in the snow
Banff, Columbia Ice Fields, Jasper park, Alberta, Canada

(9 pictures)

10/17/03: Day 9: A misty travel day through picturesque Canadian Rockies
Avalanche zone, Rogers Pass, Malakwa, Maple Leaf Hwy, BC-97, 97a, BC-3, Geert Maas, Okanagan Lake, Peachland

(22 pictures)