wyoming

Four States, One Day

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On Day Two, we ride through four states — Colorado, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming ––and end up at the world’s largest elkhorn arch. The Afton, Wyoming, arch is 18 feet tall, 75 feet wide and is composed of 3,011 intertwined elk antlers. Along the way, we pass through little-known coal mining community Kemmerer, Wyoming, where JC Penney was founded in 1902. The day’s highlight is the Flaming Gorge Dam, which produces more than 344 million kilowatt hours of power each year, and is famous for 30-pound trophy lake trout. Fun fact: Utahns pronounce it, “Flaming Garge,” which rhymes with Large.

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And now, today’s photos.

Walter basks in the morning sun as we prepare to leave Rangely, Colorado.
Clarence takes a break in Manila, Utah, near the Flaming Gorge reservoir.
Even wolves need to hydrate on hot days.
Mark Mark settles in at our Afton, Wyoming, hotel.
Me and Walter in Mountain View, Wyoming.
The world’s largest elk antler arch, on the main street in Afton, Wyoming. That’s me in the foreground.
Mongolian Beef. Yes, at Leyong’s Kitchen in Afton.