Pete's First 25,000 Miles

Brand New Teardrop, Fort Scott, Kansas

Fishing Boat w/ Seagull & Pelican Attendants, Matagorda Park, Texas

Dinosaur Valley State Park, Glen Rose, Texas

"Women of the Plains" in City Park, Eads, Colorado

Wind River Mountains, Wyoming

Buffalo Fording the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone Nat'l Park, Wyoming

Bridge Bay Campground, Yellowstone Nat'l Park

Bents Old Fort Nat'l Historic Site, La Junta, Colorado

West Texas Desert, Jeff Davis County, Texas

Wind Turbine Blade on the Highway Outside Vernon, Texas

Fort Laramie Nat'l Historic Site, Wyoming

Heading South to Belle Fourche, South Dakota

Classic Farm Tractor Rally, Peter Norbeck Overlook, Iron Mountain Highway, South Dakota

Kit Carson County Carousel, Burlington, Colorado

American White Pelicans, Goose Island State Park, Texas

Cades Cove Campground, Smoky Mtns Nat'l Park, Tennessee

Black Bear Sow & Cub, Smoky Mtns Nat'l Park, North Carolina

Ohio River Ferry to Cave-in-the-Rock, Illinois

George Rogers Clark Memorial, Vincennes, Indiana

Power Poles, Flint Hills, Kansas

Spruce Grouse, Echo Trail, Superior Nat'l Forest, Minnesota

Grand Portage Nat'l Monument, Minnesota

Rio Grande River, Big Bend Nat'l Park, Between Texas & Mexico

El Capitan, Guadalupe Nat'l Park, Texas

Rainbow, Peoria, Illinois

Prairie Dogs, Fort Niobrara Nat'l Wildlife Refuge, Nebraska

Buffalo Cow & Calf, Wind Cave Nat'l Park, South Dakota

Central Kansas Plains

I'm going for the 25,000 miles pin. By my count, I've conservatively racked up 25,375 miles. There is so much to see in this country!

1. 26 - 29 August 2010 - 3 nights - 1,350 miles
Delivered teardrop from factory to home. Learned how high the teardrop will bounce crossing railroad tracks. Wisconsin, Missouri & Arkansas

2. 8 - 11 October 2010 - 4 nights - 225 miles
Shorebirds at the mouth of the Colorado River. Texas

3. 26 - 30 October 2010 - 3 nights - 900 miles
Buffalo auction at Wichita Mountain Nat’l Wildlife Refuge. Texas & Oklahoma

4. 28 - 31 January 2011 - 3 nights - 400 miles
Whooping cranes at Aransas Nat’l Wildlife Refuge. Texas

5. 31 March - 3 April 2011 - 3 nights - 600 miles
Migratory birds. Texas

6. 13 August - 1 September 2011 - 19 nights - 3,900 miles
Cowboy Poetry in Dubois, Wildlife in Yellowstone & Teton Nat’l Parks, Bent’s Old Fort. Texas, Colorado & Wyoming

7. 10 - 13 November 2011 - 3 nights - 1,200 miles
Davis Mountains & MacDonald Observatory, Javelinas, Strange elk. Texas

8. 16 - 17 June 2012 - 1 night - 300 miles
Fort Parker. Texas

9. 8 - 26 August 2012 - 18 nights - 3,700 miles
Fort Laramie, Devils Tower, Buffalo in Teddy Roosevelt Nat’l Park, Fort Union, Black Hills. Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota & Oklahoma

10. 24 - 27 January 2013 - 3 nights - 400 miles
Shore birds & wintering migratory birds on the Texas coast. Texas

11. 7 - 23 May 2014 - 12 nights - 2,900 miles
Black bear, elk & butterflies in Smoky Mtn Nat’l Park. Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Illinois, Missouri & Oklahoma

12. 18 August - 11 September 2014 - 19 nights - 3,900 miles
Tallgrass prairie in Flint Hills of Kansas, Headwaters of the Mississippi River, Canoeing in the Boundary Waters. Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kentucky & Louisiana

13. 17 - 29 April 2015 - 12 nights - 1,800 miles
Big Bend Nat’l Park, Guadalupe Nat’l Park, Birds, Wild Flowers. Texas

14. 8 - 24 June - 11 Nights - 3,800 miles
Fort Niobrara Nat’l Wildlife Refuge, Niobrara River, Wind Cave Nat’l Park, Fort Larned; Hiking w/ buffalo on the green, green prairie; Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas

 

Very impressive! Congrats! Loved reading your travelogue!

 

Congratulations, Pete! Would you PM me your address and I'll send your pin. Kathy Piggott (kathybob)

 

Did you see moose?

Sue

 

I have seen moose in the southern part of Teton Nat'l Park. I had hoped to see moose in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota - but didn't.

Pete

 

Where are you, Pete? I see this is 2015 and I'm just reading about your adventures. It is very inspiring. I haven't been on the forum much for a while.

 

Enjoyed your write-up & pics.