My Adventures Thread

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Some bison between 53 miles (Madison Junction) and 67 miles (the end) into the trip. Not really sure where I saw most of these because I kept falling asleep.













the end

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Yesterday (April 20th 2013) I drove from Big Sky, MT to Sandy, UT. The 389 mile drive took 6 1/2 hours.

Headed 14 miles up the road today and shredded Snowbird Resort, which was amazing. Took the 125 person tram half a dozen times.

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Yesterday (April 20th 2013) I drove from Big Sky, MT to Sandy, UT. The 389 mile drive took 6 1/2 hours.

Headed 14 miles up the road today and shredded Snowbird Resort, which was amazing. Took the 125 person tram half a dozen times.

Hey, you must have passed my city on 15 just north of SLC. Thanks for bringing warm air.

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Yesterday (April 25th 2013) I drove from Sandy, UT to Las Vegas, NV. The 410 mile drive took 7 1/2 hours.

Lost $ playing blackjack.
Didn't win a single hand.



I do have a lot of great pictures from Snowbird Resort in Utah.

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Yesterday (April 29th 2013) I drove from Las Vegas, NV to Los Angeles, CA. The 262 mile drive took 4 hours.

So..... My piece of shit 99 Dub Ya Gay has cost me a ton of money lately.



On Sunday April 21st in Snowbird, UT I notice the pass side rear tire looks low. Upon further inspection a fist size bulge on the inner side wall.
On Monday April 22nd in West Jordon, UT I had the 2 rear tires replaced. Cost $375, which isn't too bad.

A few days later on Wednesday April 24 in Las Vegas, NV. Just driving into town and the Jeep starts shifting through the gears violently and jerking and the engine light comes on.
On Friday April 26th in Las Vegas, NV I had the transmission replaced. Cost $1,703, which is ugh.

Total of $2,078 for 2 new tires and transmission replacement.

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Yesterday (May 5th 2013) I drove from Los Angeles, CA to San Francisco, CA. The 501 mile drive took 11 hours.

I drove the most scenic part of the PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) from Morro Bay to Santa Cruz. The Big Sur area was awesome and the 90 mile section took at least 3 hours.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Sur

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May 11th 2013 - May 12th 2013 I drove from San Francisco, CA to Big Sky, MT. I left San Francisco, CA at 11:00AM on May 11th and arrived in Big Sky, MT at 7:00AM on May 12th. The 1,006 miles drive took 20 hours.

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I left Big Sky, MT around 1200pm on June 17th with the goal of hiking from Daly Creek trailhead in Yellowstone National Park to Teepee Creek trailhead in Gallatin National Forest.

Left my girlfriend's Jeep at the Teepee Creek trailhead which is around 25 miles southeast of our place in Big Sky.

We started hiking from the Daly Creek trailhead which is around 27 miles southeast of our place in Big Sky.









Set off on the first hike of the season at 100pm. The "map" at the trail head was terrible.

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A trail marker within a few hundred feet of the trail head.







Crossing Daly Creek .5 of a mile into the hike.

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View of Crown Butte (8,051 feet) 1 mile into the hike.





Walking through some meadows 1.25 miles into the hike.

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A trail marker 1.8 miles into the hike.







Still near the trail marker..... Crown Butte behind me.





A trail marker 2.6 miles into the hike.

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Creek crossing 3 miles into the hike. The mountains are getting closer.





The last flat meadow before the trail starts to head uphill 3.5 miles into the hike.





Looking back towards where the trail started.





Me in the meadow.

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Heading uphill..... 4 miles into the hike.





More uphill..... 4.5 miles into the hike.





A trail marker 4.9 miles into the hike on top Daly Pass.





Yellowstone NP boundary on top Daly Pass.





Pointing out the Sky Rim trail on top Daly Pass.

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Great views 5.25 miles into the hike.





These signs were posted every 100 yards or so from the 4.9 mile mark to the 6.1 mile mark because the trail hugs the Yellowstone National Park & Gallatin National Forest boundaries.







More uphill through some woods..... 5.5 miles into the hike.

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At 5.75 miles into the hike the trail really opened up on this ridge. Great view looking west at the Madison Range.

There are half a dozen 11,000+ peaks in the Madison Range. No peaks are over 11,000 in the Gallatin Range. None of the Madison Range is in Yellowstone National Park. Most of the Gallatin Range is in Yellowstone National Park.





Great view looking east towards the Sky Rim trail & the Gallatin Range.







Me and the Madison Range.