Odometer: 54,790Time: 09:00One more day in Yellowstone!We drive sixty something miles to the East Entrance of the park. This is the area where they had big fires 5 years ago, so this whole section is new to us. The road first leads over a pass and then mostly through the forest to Lake Yellowstone. Today…...

Odometer: 55,060Time 09:00We leave Idaho Falls on HWY 20 in direction of Arco. 18 Miles past Arco we visit the Craters of the Moon National Park. This park is all about lava. The whole area is over 3000 km2. There are lava flows with all edgy and sharp and others with round, soft forms. Little…...

Odometer: approx. 54,600Time: 10:00First we have to get our car checked as the tire preassure indicator comes up when we start. Luckily everything is ok and it just needs a little bit of air in both back tires.We drive through to Norris and then turn north towards Mammoth Hot Springs. On the way we stop…...

Odometer: approx. 54’450Time: 08:00It has rained during the night and it is bitter cold (47 Fahrenheit / 8 Celsius) and still cloudy. After making sure that we will have a room again tonight, we head off to the Park again. From West Yellowstone to Madison and then we turn south towards Old Faithful and eventually…...

Odometer: 54,300Time: 08:30After breakfast, we fill our Jeep up on gasoline and then follow the signs to West Yellowstone. HWY 20 leads mostly through farmland until about 50 miles before Yellowstone, from there a lot of Recreation areas and Stateparks at lakes and in forests are to found to the left and to the right…...

Odometer: 54,035Time: 09:30We are heading north to find the next AAA office. We urgently need a map of Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. The first location that our Navi and the map suggest does not exist anymore, the office has been closed down. This is already the second AAA office we find out has been closed…...

Odometer approx: 53,950Time: 11:30Yesterday we drove from Moab to Salt Lake City. The weather was cloudy, sometimes even rainy. Once here we first looked for a hotel and then for a Wal-Mart to get the tires of our Jeep balanced again and to get the oil change done.Today we take it easy. Towards lunch we…...

Odometer: 53,500Time: 09:00Wow, what a day! First we drive to Arches once more to see the parts we have not visited yet. But - we are not the only ones, there are busloads of tourists, plus, the light is not really great to take pictures. This leads us to a quick decision: let’s move on!Out…...

Odometer: 53,363Time: 09:00Island in the sky is a sheer-walled mesa that constitutes the northern part of Canyonlands National Park. A scenic drive follows the rim of the mesa, with pullouts at vistas where you get amazing views out over the surrounding country, including rugged canyons that have been carved by the Colorado and Green rivers.…...