heading into the high desert of nevada

down town virginia city, nevada

the mckay mansion

a pretty blue bird

a high view of virginia city

one of the mansions on millionaire row

some of the old trucks around town

one of the many head frames all over the area

lake tahoe

you know how i like water falls

heading into san francisco tomorrow

no real plans other that to visit rose marie's aunt

my doctor would be proud

looking down into the canyon

from the south side

from the south side of the canyon

the view from the bottom of
uncle tom's trail of the
lower falls

some of the 385 stairs leading down

uncle tom's trail and yes
i walked all of them plus the trail
going down to the stairs

bambi along the road

some of the fall foliage coming back

where the fires were years ago

the tower falls from the bottom

seems as though the trail was closed

and what the hell, i thought the other

shoes would be dry by the time

we got back to the camp ground

a long trail that had been washed out

for some time, i wondered across the

river 4 times before i got past the bad

part of the trail.

some mountain sheep between tower falls

and mammoth hot springs

and by the way the snow posts in the park

leave dents in new trucks

just a day out wandering

sunset at mammoth from last night

a willow swamp

enlarge this photo and see

if you see any future problem

i wondered around for about half an

hour trying to get the photos of the

beaver dam, trying not to get my feet

wet, them decided what the hell

my shoes will dry.

the water seems to be clean up here

these rocks are actually under

about 8 inches of water

i finally found the beaver dam

resourceful little guy

the pond behind the dam

our first day in yellowstone

not as much wild life as we expected

but we hope you enjoy what we saw



the repair shop

ok, we have finally made it to

west yellowstone.

i think that today if we make

it out of the camper it will

be a major accomplishment.

I did download some of the photos of the

repair shop that fixed everything for us

a 1934 lasale

an olds tornado with a dual rear axle

flatbed attached

just behind the drivers seat

anyone looking for a carburetor?

there is an entire truck full

the boys

sorry vicky, i know your dad will be envious

but doesn't this look familiar,

the color is wrong but it is an old

dump truck taking up the entire shop



the woes of the road

sorry there have been no

photos the last couple of days

we have seen nothing but the

inside of tire shops

we left glacier in the middle

of a driving rain storm on the 19th as scheduled

(the smart ones got hooked up before the rain)

by the time we got hooked up

we were both soaked to the bone.

that was the first part of our adventure

we made it all of 31 miles to the lovely

town of browning, mt before one of the tires

fell off of the trailer, I didn't even notice

why would i, who needs all 4 tires

some kind tourist pulled up beside us and said gosh

you might need the tire that just went flying off

somewhere behind that building a few blocks back.

i walked back to survey the damage when another

nice tourist pulled up in her new suv with our

tire stashed nicely in her back seat.

of course there was no one willing to give us assistance

the people of browning didn't seem to be very tourist friendly.

we decided to drive to cut bank and see what we could

find there.  we found a tire shop willing to jump

right in and help us out, after looking at the tire

studs he didn't feel comfortable with the length of the

old studs, it seemed we were not getting enough

bite with the lug nuts.  he could have new studs in by morning.

off we go heading off on our travels once again

we arrived at the next town about 30 miles down the road

when i let rose marie out to get something at the

drug store when she noticed that the brakes were

smoking.  we again started looking for some place

to have them looked at.  finally found a car quest and

were followed in by a couple of local characters who asked

if we were aware that we had a bad wheel bearing

of course knowing little more that wheel bearings

had something to do with the wheels I assumed

that it was the one that had grease leaking out of it.

wrong again, he walked me around to the other

side of the trailer to show me that one of the other tires

was about to fall off.  the two guys called a friend

who came down and had us follow him up to his shop

where a couple of more guys came out, looked and

promptly said gosh looks you got a problem.

when they started taking things apart, 2 of the wheels came off without

even the need for a lug wrench, the hubs just fell off.

so now the trailer is sitting out in front of their shop with all

4 tires off, 2 new hubs ordered 8 new bearings, all new seals

and 4 sets of new brakes, which we were the parts runners

85 miles each way. haven't been up there this morning but

I guess we will see whats happening soon.

old ranger station and actual photos of a bear

the oldest ranger station in glacier

built in 1932. since it was old

i thought black and white was in order

we saw another grizzley and another mt. goat but the new lense for the

camera doesn't want to focus at 2000 plus yards for the

goat and I had already put it back when they pointed out the grizzley.

so we drove down the road and there was this black bear munching

on some berrys so we spent about half an hour watching him.