07sierraguy
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After being a long-time lurker I’ve been inspired to share my own travels from last year. While not as impressive or full of off-roading it was my first legitimate road trip. It ended up being a very last minute trip, I decided to go maybe a month before departing. For a guy like me who loves to plan this is very short notice lol.
A little background information. I’m located in Northwest Indiana just 45 min south of Chicago (on a light traffic day). A good friend of mine whose name is Mike went to college in the area. I met Mike through another good friend who roomed with him during college. He fit right in with our group and attempted to find a job in the region in order stay by us. He’s originally from Washington state (well Asia but was adopted in Washington). Unable to find a job, he was forced to move back home. Not wanting to travel back alone I graciously volunteered to accompany him. The deal was I planned the trip and booked the hotels, he paid for the fuel. Not a bad deal at all! The plan was to leave Sunday after I did a photoshoot at a horse show travel to Cody WY, followed by a trip through Yellowstone and down to Jackson Hole, sometime in the Tetons and shoot up to Lynden WA (his hometown) spend some of the weekend exploring the PNW and then fly home the following Sunday.
We started off around 1pm the first day. We had a lot of driving ahead and storms were rolling through the entire route. Ill spare the boring stuff. We drove in shifts through the night and my shift was ending around 3am. Somehow I perfectly timed this with going through South Dakota and the breath-taking Badlands. DSC_0020 by Matt
This was not on the list of things to do but the sun was about to come up, the storms had passed and we were going right past it. We didn’t stay long and there was not a soul out there. We stopped at a couple parking areas and took some photos.
DSC_0009 by Matt
DSC_0012 by Matt
DSC_0027 by Matt
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DSC_0034 by Matt
DSC_0044 by Matt
I spotted a deer off in the distance and hopped out to take a photo with the sun coming over the ridge
DSC_0048 by Matt
DSC_0053 by Matt
As I was standing on the trail I heard a rustling in the grass. I looked down and saw a skunk! Not looking to be sprayed I quickly exited his territory. Back in the truck we traveled down a couple dirt roads. Realizing they didn’t lead anywhere special we went back to the main road and continued on. I spotted this guy hanging out on top of another ridge.
DSC_0070 by Matt
more random shots
DSC_0081 by Matt
DSC_0083 by Matt
The rig
DSC_0082 by Matt
a couple of goats grazing at the exit gate.
DSC_0089 by Matt
DSC_0095 by Matt
A little background information. I’m located in Northwest Indiana just 45 min south of Chicago (on a light traffic day). A good friend of mine whose name is Mike went to college in the area. I met Mike through another good friend who roomed with him during college. He fit right in with our group and attempted to find a job in the region in order stay by us. He’s originally from Washington state (well Asia but was adopted in Washington). Unable to find a job, he was forced to move back home. Not wanting to travel back alone I graciously volunteered to accompany him. The deal was I planned the trip and booked the hotels, he paid for the fuel. Not a bad deal at all! The plan was to leave Sunday after I did a photoshoot at a horse show travel to Cody WY, followed by a trip through Yellowstone and down to Jackson Hole, sometime in the Tetons and shoot up to Lynden WA (his hometown) spend some of the weekend exploring the PNW and then fly home the following Sunday.
We started off around 1pm the first day. We had a lot of driving ahead and storms were rolling through the entire route. Ill spare the boring stuff. We drove in shifts through the night and my shift was ending around 3am. Somehow I perfectly timed this with going through South Dakota and the breath-taking Badlands. DSC_0020 by Matt
This was not on the list of things to do but the sun was about to come up, the storms had passed and we were going right past it. We didn’t stay long and there was not a soul out there. We stopped at a couple parking areas and took some photos.
DSC_0009 by Matt
DSC_0012 by Matt
DSC_0027 by Matt
DSC_0032 by Matt
DSC_0034 by Matt
DSC_0044 by Matt
I spotted a deer off in the distance and hopped out to take a photo with the sun coming over the ridge
DSC_0048 by Matt
DSC_0053 by Matt
As I was standing on the trail I heard a rustling in the grass. I looked down and saw a skunk! Not looking to be sprayed I quickly exited his territory. Back in the truck we traveled down a couple dirt roads. Realizing they didn’t lead anywhere special we went back to the main road and continued on. I spotted this guy hanging out on top of another ridge.
DSC_0070 by Matt
more random shots
DSC_0081 by Matt
DSC_0083 by Matt
The rig
DSC_0082 by Matt
a couple of goats grazing at the exit gate.
DSC_0089 by Matt
DSC_0095 by Matt