Arilem and I have returned from our trip in the north-western US. We covered 3000km over 4 days. We had a great trip and saw a few amazing locations. It was my first true exploring trip outside of Canada. We never tried to network with any local explorers and because of that we ended up chasing down some locations that werent feasible or were nothing like we expected. I am going to copy Arilems blogging style and rundown some highlights and lowlights.
- Its expensive when someone backs out at the last minute
- Thanks to the local Fountain Tires inability to detect a separated tire I got to buy new tires while in the
- The towns that are marked as ghost towns on the state maps are a waste of time as I hate tourist ghost towns.
- When it is only Arilem and I there is no drama
- Free camping in national forests helps save money
- My GPS hates me and sends me on the most stupid routes like going over a mountain on a trail instead of around it on the highway
- Sometimes an old institution that looks amazing only has a single entry point and has a family living in one of the buildings which sucks for us
- I could spend several months in that area before running out of places to see
- sometimes planning doesnt pay off and it is just plain luck that you stumble across something you never expected to find
- We need to go back and look closer at a couple very cool places which we will be doing very soon.
