Firstly I’m on another big trip from Wisconsin through to Montana, Yellowstone and Idaho. Ultimately I’ll be pulling into Quartzsite, Arizona earlier than planned. But this is a great route south. Details in Montana-Yellowstone-Idaho-Bob Davis Podcast 1145.

Secondly my Montana visit was punctuated with a visit to the Custer National Battlefield Monument. For details on that experience check out my YouTube channel here.

Above all when I am traveling my soul is happy.

That is to say when the wheels are turning the creative juices are flowing.

Also there are always amazing things to see.

Another key point is my observations on what I have experienced on the trip so far.

Certainly a ‘pass-through’ this year was a lot different from a old story about pushing a VW Bug through the park in the middle of the night.

This experience differed markedly from the VW experience so many years go.

For one thing people these days seem to be mad to get through the park so they can get pictures of Bison.

I’ve witnessed behavior in the same fashion at the Grand Canyon.

As much as it is important to celebrate the fact that we Americans have these wilderness jewels to marvel over…

On the negative side I’m not sure people are actually experiencing these parks.

They are too busy taking selfies.

On the other hand I am glad the park was too busy for camping.

Because a pass through was just what the doctor ordered at this point in the trip.

Because I camped all summer as I like to say on the shores of a lake in the ‘Land of Sky Blue Waters’…

After that I am not so keen to camp.

All in all truck stops are my go to these days.

Basically it’s pretty hard to miss in this podcast since I recorded in a Flying J Parking Lot.

Overall oil is getting cheaper…

Therefore the winter looks promising for more travel and adventure.

By all means getting down to Quartzite is my priority…

But when I last checked the weather it was 115 degrees in the desert out there.

By all means the subject for my next podcast.

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