We have an appointment at the Airstream factory in Ohio to have a new china toilet installed and some miscellaneous items fixed. Trouble is, the appointment is at 7:00am Friday and we are leaving the campground at Colter Bay at 06:30am on Wednesday! We calculated about 1690 miles from here to there. We estimated about 36 driving hours. That means we drive almost straight through with just a couple eat stops and one 3 hour sleep break.
Leaving Colter Bay early before the sun came up was great. Watching for wildlife on the roads, we saw an adult moose and a calf cross the highway. Managed to avoid any run-ins with other animals. However, we saw some great scenery as the sun was coming up and starting to cast the faintest light onto the Tetons. By the time the sun was above the horizon, we were already out of the park and at Togwotee Pass. We caught some great pictures of the sun on the Tetons from a vantage point most in the park don't think to try.
From there, we hit construction on the pass which slowed us down a bit and covered the Twinky with mud on the front. Once we cleared the construction, it was smooth sailing down to Moran and on to I-80. Wow, Wyoming is a desolate, but beautiful place. There are great stretches of space with no hint of humans. Seems like you could tell the most desolate land because it happened to be the Indian Reservations. I think the settlers and the early Government gave them the worst land.
Wyoming is also a big state. It took us forever to cross it into Nebraska. By the time we got to Omaha, it was getting dark and we wer tired. We crossed into Iowa and kept driving. Got caught in a big lightning and rain storm. Kept driving on through it until we got out of it. Ended up sleeping three hours from 1:30 am in a rest stop east of Council Bluffs.
Set the alarm and got up and we were on the road by 6:00. Ann Sue never could find a Starbucks. I guess these westerners don't go in for all those fancy coffee and tea drinks. Ended up eating breakfast at a McDonalds in Des Moines.
Driving all day on Thursday, we finally rolled in Jackson Center, Ohio and after a few misses, located the Airstream plant and their on-site TerraPort RV site. We were told to pick a site and park. By the time we got everything hooked up and ready, it was 10:00. That was our longest drive ever.
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