Got up early and went out to the Jeep at our lodgings in Thermopolis to see if I could find the source of an annoying intermittent stumble in the engine at idle. 30 minutes later I was no closer than when I started. The Jeep was otherwise running relatively well, so I buttoned things up and we packed up for the trip to Powell, WY where we had arranged to meet with Ms. Diane Martin at the Hinckley Library on the campus of Northwest College. It is here that they maintain much of the archive collection of memorabilia from the original 1920 Park-to-Park Tour.
Left Thermopolis around 10:30 am after a sound breakfast in a Thermopolis downtown café. The trip from Thermopolis to Powell traversed a lot of open prairie with rolling hills covered with scrub brush. To keep the juices flowing we elected to take some lonely secondary roads through the Shoshone Valley for the last legs of the trip to Powell. The remote local was both awesome and a bit intimidating. 45 minutes later we popped out in downtown Powell, happy that we had taken the road less traveled.
Had a pleasant visit with Ms. Martin in the afternoon. She and her husband are avid campers and as such she was able to share travel suggestions for the balance of our trek through the Parks.
Dan with Diane Martin at Northwest College’s Hinckley Library in Powell, Wyoming
That evening was laundry night. While Jean remained back at the motel taking care of some company business, I made my way to the local Laundromat. Did pretty well, no socks lost and most of the clothes ended up the same color as when they were before I washed them.
