May 28

This is our first day on the road for our return home.  We got a little later start than we intended, and eating on the road slows us down significantly.  Still, the drive over the Utah mountains and through Wyoming was beautiful.  From I-80 we could see the Uinta Mountains to the south in Utah and the Wind River Range to the north in Wyoming.  There were numerous pronghorn antelope along the highway and the desolate Wyoming landscape made for easy-on-the-eyes driving.  We have crossed into the Central Timezone and night has fallen.  Our goal is to push for a couple of more hours on the road in order to make our Jasper, IN, destination tomorrow at a decent time.

Here are some of the wildlife we have seen on this trip:

Rocky Mountain big horn sheep, mule deer, coyote, great-horned owl, peregrine falcons, sandhill crane, toad, pronghorn, golden eagles, midget faded rattlesnake, elk, bison, king snake, black widow spider, camels, road-kill badger, prairie dogs, white-throated swifts, violet green swallows, ravens, magpies, towhees, western blue birds, western meadowlarks, western kingbirds, hummingbirds, wild turkeys, swainson hawks, ferruginous hawks, white pelicans, more birds and a few insects.

Please note that the following pictures were taken at a respectable distance that posed no risk to any of the participants.

    

This is our first day on the road for our return home.  We got a little later start than we intended, and eating on the road slows us down significantly.  Still, the drive over the Utah mountains and through Wyoming was beautiful.  From I-80 we could see the Uinta Mountains to the south in Utah and the Wind River Range to the north in Wyoming.  There were numerous pronghorn antelope along the highway and the desolate Wyoming landscape made for easy-on-the-eyes driving.  We have crossed into the Central Timezone and night has fallen.  Our goal is to push for a couple of more hours on the road in order to make our Jasper, IN, destination tomorrow at a decent time.

Here are some of the wildlife we have seen on this trip:

Rocky Mountain big horn sheep, mule deer, coyote, great-horned owl, peregrine falcons, sandhill crane, toad, pronghorn, golden eagles, midget faded rattlesnake, elk, bison, king snake, black widow spider, camels, road-kill badger, prairie dogs, white-throated swifts, violet green swallows, ravens, magpies, towhees, western blue birds, western meadowlarks, western kingbirds, hummingbirds, wild turkeys, swainson hawks, ferruginous hawks, more birds and a few insects.

Please note that the following pictures were taken at a respectable distance that posed no risk to any of the participants.