Leaving Reno

Once again, we hit the road - this time to Carson, ND (look that up on your Rand McNally Road Atlas).  We're leaving this morning and heading to Pocatello - wish there were some way to magically transport us east on US 80 to Wells.  However, the Star Fleet transporter is still not available on Amazon (one of the few things which isn't available there).

The memorial service for Vi's cousin, Bernice (more affectionately known as Butch) was held in Edmonds and we were up there at that time.  However, her wish was for her ashes to be interred in Carson, ND - the home town for the Bonogofsky clan.  We have been to the family cemetery there before, but never spent any time in Carson. We have reservations at a local motel in Carson for Friday and Saturday night and the service is on Saturday. 

On the way, we may take a different route than the interstate.  On our last trip to North Dakota, I came across a booklet on the Yellowstone Trail.  Before the government got involved in building highways, local entrepreneurs took it upon themselves to build roads to take products to markets.  Originally, the Yellowstone Trail was conceived as a route from Plymouth Rock to the Puget Sound.  In Montana and South Dakota, it roughly follows US 12.  We'll see how we fare on that route.




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Evanston, WY

We never made it out of Wyoming today, but we went from the northeast corner to the southwest corner before calling it quits. It was a great journey across the state starting with lots of wildlife sightings - saw two deer with two fawns as we started out and then there were numerous pronghorn in the fields.  We had taken breakfast with us when we left the Hampton Inn and we enjoyed a picnic breakfast at the Powder River rest area.  Just us, our food and the flies.  We forgot how many flies, yellow jackets, crickets, etc. there are out here.  That's the nice thing about Reno - no bugs! We were on the interstate for a little while, but then went cross-country on Wyoming highways, US roads, etc.  As we climbed over the Big Horn Mountains, we saw some magnificent scenery.  We stopped to admire the cliffs at one point and couldn't figure how why we were a little lightheaded.  Then we saw the sign for the Powder River Pass at 9666' :-).  Cars parked...
Read more

Gillette, WY

Image
No, that's not a "why", but a WY for Wyoming!  We left Carson, ND after the service and reception to head back home.  Thought you might like to see the entrance to Carson off ND Hwy 21. This morning we drove over to Elgin for breakfast - there is no cafe or restaurant in Carson - population approximately 300.  Good breakfast and then back to the motel.  We had decided to leave in the afternoon since there wasn't anything planned.  We helped set up the community center and then left for St Theresa's - originally there wasn't anything planned there; however, the priest held a small service at the church before going out to the cemetery.  At the cemetery, the priest again held a short service and then the urn was placed in the same area with her mother and father. Back to Carson where everyone gathered for a reception.  More food than you could shake a stick at and some really great desserts.  Fun talking to everyone and getting acquainted...
Read more