Traveling

 

 

 The curse of being retired history teachers is that my wife and I can't always just take the interstate highway. On a recent trip to see our grandson in Portland we followed a bit of the Oregon Trail in Wyoming and Idaho. It is interesting to compare how we travel (old Roadtrek) with those who journeyed west in the 19th century. The pictures, except for the steam train, are primarily from Wyoming. Human impact on the earth is pretty amazing and even after more than a century the California and Oregon trails are clearly marked in the terrain. Stream crossings were particularly dangerous and some enterprising individual decided a ferry would speed the process so you can see a replica of the original with my wife standing for size comparison (she is just over 5' tall). We happened to be in Soda Springs on the day the steam train was scheduled to arrive. We couldn't pass up the chance to see something from our childhood so we spent some time in town while waiting on the arrival. It was especially fun as we left town to see people at each intersection west of town waiting for a glimpse of history.