What Path West?

[BilletHead]

                               I'm not going anywhere dicy with you guys! I'd be the first one in the pot. Reminds me of this song. Not going in no mine neither 😞. 

    

 

[BilletHead]

 Plus, I'm not getting on any plane with a Uruguayan rugby team and crash in the Andes. Look that one up!

[oneshot 1]

Was thinking South Dakota then basically West come around North Rim of Grand Canyon, back up to Mesa Verda kind of general way.

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[Al Agnew]

I've driven all over the West, and drive regularly to southwestern Montana and back.  Somebody said that Kansas and Nebraska are just in the way.  Make that the eastern 60% or so of Colorado as well.  The BEST way to get to the Northwest is to take I-29 up the Missouri River on the western edge of Iowa to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and then I-90 across South Dakota.  You can also go on up and hit I-94 across North Dakota but it's a lot longer.  South Dakota is a whole lot more interesting than taking I-80 across Nebraska or I-70 across Kansas.  

You also are in the vicinity of the Black Hills, the Badlands, Mt. Rushmore, and Devil's Tower going that way.  And the huge statue of Sacajawea that you see just before you cross the Missouri River is worth a stop in itself.

Once in Montana, you'll pass the Little Bighorn battlefield just off I-90, then Billings, and past Billings, I'd highly recommend taking the Beartooth Highway and on into Yellowstone Park at the east entrance.  From there you have all kinds of roads to take and places to explore as you work your way on into Oregon.

On the return, I'd go through Jackson Hole and across Wyoming, taking I-80 across Nebraska, just to see some different country.

[oneshot 1]

9 hours ago, Al Agnew said:

I've driven all over the West, and drive regularly to southwestern Montana and back.  Somebody said that Kansas and Nebraska are just in the way.  Make that the eastern 60% or so of Colorado as well.  The BEST way to get to the Northwest is to take I-29 up the Missouri River on the western edge of Iowa to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and then I-90 across South Dakota.  You can also go on up and hit I-94 across North Dakota but it's a lot longer.  South Dakota is a whole lot more interesting than taking I-80 across Nebraska or I-70 across Kansas.  

You also are in the vicinity of the Black Hills, the Badlands, Mt. Rushmore, and Devil's Tower going that way.  And the huge statue of Sacajawea that you see just before you cross the Missouri River is worth a stop in itself.

Once in Montana, you'll pass the Little Bighorn battlefield just off I-90, then Billings, and past Billings, I'd highly recommend taking the Beartooth Highway and on into Yellowstone Park at the east entrance.  From there you have all kinds of roads to take and places to explore as you work your way on into Oregon.

On the return, I'd go through Jackson Hole and across Wyoming, taking I-80 across Nebraska, just to see some different country.

I have been most of the West except the Dakotas, Montana, Nevada and Washington. 

Lived in Colorado and California didn't really care for either state. 

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[Terrierman]

South Dakota is great.  Sioux Falls to start, then Corn Palace, then the Sacajewa statue memorial, then drive through the badlands, then Wall Drug, then Rapid City and the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore, then drive through Custer Park and dodge bison on the way to Hot Springs.  Take a soak in "The Plunge" there and visit the Mastodon site.  Head into Wyoming and Devils Tower on the way up to Dubois on the Wind River.  Dubois is a cool town.  Butch Cassidy ran the general store there for a while, and there's a Rocky Mountain Sheep museum that's impressive.

Then drive west through the mountains to Yellowstone.  After Yellowstone, the Tetons and Jackson Hole on the Snake River.  After that somebody else needs to take over other than go up the Columbia River Valley.

Have a safe and fun trip.  I promise you these ideas are worth the time.  It really is a beautiful area.

[Quillback]

If I am ever in Cody, WY again, I plan to visit this place:

Cody Firearms Museum - Buffalo Bill Center of the West

[Quillback]

Snake river is pretty close to your final destination of Oregon, jet boat ride through Hell's Canyon would be pretty neat.

Snake River Adventures – Hells Canyon Jet Boat Tours and Fishing Charters

[BilletHead]

1 hour ago, Quillback said:

If I am ever in Cody, WY again, I plan to visit this place:

Cody Firearms Museum - Buffalo Bill Center of the West

                 It's Awesome! 

[Dutch]

34 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

                 It's Awesome! 

Yes it is.  It is a must see.