North Central (aka midWest) taco trails and adventures

Day 10:

so i did not find my way back from the other side of the Montana mountains until 4am MST
way too tired to make the long treK to the next stop in Lander Wyoming thru YellowStone NP ...staying another day in Great Falls and wheeling it down i15 to i90 to see the canyon i missed last evening, maybe I will see the elk again that made me stop on the freeway so they could all pass to the other side at near 15 below zero

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need to juice up the taco somewhere on this road... found a sinClair dino station

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turn around and head on out

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this blowing snow on i15

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crossing the Missouri river on i15 in the Canyon between Great Falls and Helena

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Day 11:

a 351 mile adventure on I-15 down to I-90 and back yesterday through the canyon and Missouri River crossing and scenic drive in the park... a bit dark out on that drive so no pictures were had
...need more tacoJuice!
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ready to head to Lander Wyoming down US-287 where it starts in Choteau Montana, a bit north and west of Great Falls

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heading north on US-89/i15

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exit in 2 miles...

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33 miles to the trailHead

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trailHead for US-287 is just ahead
heading back to Helena...

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lookin' out on west Montana-200 trail
its the LONGEST state highway in the country at over 700 miles in length

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Idaho gas... quite the spread within a short distance on US-20

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... last pic of the day before became a bit too dark for good Q

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the drive over the mountain pass (10% grade) then through and around Jackson Wyoming, plus finding the path along US-26 south of YNP in the dark and very cold icy slick roads and hills was quite the adventure... made it to destination and checked in at Lander WY at about 11pm

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made it safely to stop 8 (Lander, Wyoming) on the mid-winter taco adventure well after dark
It took 15hrs to get here through some terrible treacherous icy terrain


6300 mile treK so far.

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Homestretch today
the truck looks so dirty! ... i think they salted the roads heavy back in Jackson Wyoming, streets were relatively non-slick in town until i headed out on US-26 south of YNP in the dark

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definitely needs a truck wash bad
decent place to stay in Lander, wish i had more time/another night to spend but its a long treK back could take all day...


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going to head east on US-26 ... aka the Oregon Trail
last evenings romp on US-26 around YNP was dark cold and treacherous... wish there were pics of that adventure but none there are

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119 miles to Casper... where i was just at many days ago lol

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some winter pics of that Chimney Rock there in the distance...

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made it back safely from Wyoming
It took 14hrs to wheel it back to Missouri river


triggered this palindrome back in the city
making this border to border up the rockies adventure 7271 miles from the start on 22-Jan-2o23

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.... on the hunt for a TigerTrail

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heading south into Missouri on the hunt for a new tigerTrail to wheel
its been 4 and half months since last time in the show-me-state wheeling tiger 90 on 20-Sept-2o22


a warm (for February) pleasant day on i-29 south..

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opted to take the i-435 around the eastside instead of the normal wheeling thru the city centre
i do not think i have taken this way since they finished the interchange merge onto i-70 east... it used to be a left lane ramp iirc over the past decades+

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stopped for some tacoJuice at the BP in Odessa

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wheeled this tigerTrail back on 7-August-2o22

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sooner or later there will be a brand new bridge to wheel across the mighty Missouri river

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made it to Columbia a bit after 5pm for the next taco adventure

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wheeling a tigerTrail today

... runs 70 miles from US-50 in Rosebud to I-44 in St. Roberts





heading out of Columbia east to St Louis on i70

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Mexico exit ?!? ... yes US-54 goes All The Way to the Mexico border

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exiting i70 here and headed south on Tiger 19, which i wheeled a year ago on 19-Jan-2o22

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Missouri river crossing at Hermann

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tiger trail 100 looks like a good wheel into StLouis


need to head east on US-50 to find the trailHead

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tiger 28 trailHead up ahead...

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welcome to Owensville Missouri

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tiger-19 junction ahead

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