Bill & Sandra Wayne's Travel Pages
Bill's July 2025 Trip to Oregon
Why this trip? Ostensibly, it was a trip to visit a cousin I'd never met and to exchange valuable genealogical information.
But... it's a long trail to Oregon and there's lots to see en route.
And there's lots to see if I take a different route back.
I traveled 4777 miles, about half of it on new-to-me "virgin roads," visited 19 NPS-recognized sites,13 of which I'd never visited.
As before, I tried to channel Sandra and notice the types of things she always incorporated in her "tid-bits," take pictures for the next contest, and see new places.
The day-by-day trip description and many pictures are also on Our Personal Blog for July, 2025,
which will open in a new window (as will all of the following links).
You may prefer to read the text of my blog posts as a PDF document, in order and without the pictures.
Not many museum visits this year - just ones in Blanding,UT and McPherson,KS.
I hit a lot of NPS visitor centers, which provide basic information.
The major parks are too busy dealing with tourists to provide much help with details.
Overnights in:
- Hill City, KS
- Scott's Bluff, NE
- Lassen, WY
- Idaho Falls, ID
- Ontario, OR
- Fossil, OR
- Maupin, OR
- Klamath Falls, OR
- Sparks, NV
- Ely, NV
- Cedar City, UT
- Torrey, UT
- Blanding, UT
- Cortez, CO
- La Junta,CO
- McPherson, KS
Here are some links to places I visited, whether or not NPS-recognized.
- Nicodemus NHS, KS Day 1
- Chimney Rock, NE Day 2
- Scott's Bluff National Monument, NE Day 2
- Fort Laramie NHS, WYDay 3
- Independence Rock, WY Day 3
- Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 4
- Craters of the Moon National Monument, ID Day 5
- John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, OR Days 6,7
- Lower Deschutes Wild and Scenic River, OR Days 6-9
- Newberry National Volcanic Monument, OR Day R1
- Crater Lake National Park, OR Day R1
- Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA Day R2
- Great Basin National Park, NV Day R4
- Parowan Gap Petroglyphs, UT Day R4
- Cedar Breaks National Monument, UT Day R5
- Capitol Reef National Park, UT Days R5, R6
- Natural Bridges National Monument, UT Day R6
- Edge of the Cedars State Park, UT Day R6
- Hovenweep National Monument, UT Day R7
- Four Corners Monument Navajo Tribal Park Day R7
- Yucca House National Monument, CO Day R7
- Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, CO Day R7
- Chimney Rock National Monument, CO Day R8
- McPherson Museum, KS Day R9
- If you're a Facebook friend of Bill, I will post a picture album there.
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