We started our day by going through our Get-Out-Of-Dodge routine. Peggy took care of all the functions requiring finesse and talent while I pursued the more mundane sewer dumping and utility disconnection. We have printed lists of our individual responsibilities and we are happily a bit more efficient than we were 2 years ago when we started this adventure. Remarkably, we have not left anything behind when departing an RV park for over a year.
By about 9:30, we were on our way out of Fort Bridger headed north on WY-412 until we merged with US-189 until turning west on US-30. After a bit, we got to US-89, the road we intend to follow north all the way to Glacier in Montana. Once we turned north on US-89, we passed through gorgeous pasture lands between very nice mountains on each side of the Salt River Valley and some tiny Wyoming towns with names like Cokeville and Smoot before arriving at Flat Creek RV park just south of Thayne, population 366.
The drive today took us up over some alpine sections in the 7500′ range but the ascents were gradual and the road surfaces were well maintained. It is gorgeous here on the Wyoming/Idaho border and any drive is a scenic one.
Flat Creek RV Park is okay for overnight stops but it is a bit rustic. There are a few rental cabins. The spaces are all parallel and close together, giving that parking lot feel but the water, power and sewer work fine. The wi-fi must be an inside park joke because despite allegations wi-fi is there, it really isn’t. They have small, but tidy, restrooms and shower facilities and the road noise from nearby US-89 is negligible. Park staff we dealt with were very nice.
We shot a few pictures today and you can see them if you click here