Boring 1, Yellowstone

Boring 2, Mammoth

Boring 3, Tetons

Boring 4, Critters

Boring 5, Roadside Oddities

Boring 6, Vehicles

Boring 7, Wild Flowers

Boring 8, Geology

Boring 9, Idaho Ag

Boring 10, Craters of the Moon NM

Boring 11, Dinosaur NM

Boring 12, Black Canyon of the Gunnison

Boring 13, Ouray and Ridgeway, CO



Maybe this belongs on Automotive, but several of these are Outdoors related, so I'll stay over here.

Displayed next to Old Faithful, one of the White (manufacturer) tour buses


Yellowstone tour bus by White, at Old Faithful by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

Displayed behind glass at Soda Springs, ID, one of the horse-drawn Yellowstone Tour coaches. This one was supposedly used by Teddy Roosevelt when he visited Yellowstone.


Yellowstone Coach by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

And at West Yellowstone, a tour bus on tracks


Tour bus on tracks, West Yellowstone by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr



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A common practice on rail lines that weren't profitable enough to run steam engines was to make a rail car from old cars or trucks. For some reason these were were known as a Galloping Goose. This one ran between Soda Springs and Conda.


Galloping Goose, Soda Springs ID by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

The grow really big potatoes in Idaho. (1941-1947 Chevy "Art Deco" COE truck)


Art Deco Chevy COE by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

At Dinosaur National Monument, we saw a Really Big RV from Germany. Almost looks like Afrika Corps markings on the front fender.


Really Big RV 1 by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

And also at Dinosaur, we saw a really, really small RV.


Really small RV by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr



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Ridgeway, Colorado, in addition to having several True Grit filming locations (John Wayne version) has a pretty neat railway museum with narrow gauge equipment.


Narrow gaugee caboose by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

Including another Galloping Goose.


"Galloping Gooose", Ridgeway, CO by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

This one is actually a faithful reproduction of the original, though the rest of the "Geese" from the Denver and Rio Grande are still around. It and the original were built from old Buicks, 1926 model, I think.


"Galloping Goose" by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

I thought this little gas-powered rail car was interesting. Apparently has a water-cooled "Fairmont" engine.


gas powered rail car by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

In Ridgeway was a Hot Rod shop called "God's Rods". Looks like God has several works in progress. Figures, I think most of us are God's works in progress.


Hot Rod shop by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr


Hot Rod shop by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

And some sort of Sno-Cat maybe?


???? by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

My biggest miss in Silverton, Colorado was on Memorial Day. There was a WWII half-track parked in front of the local VFW and several guys in old uniforms. By the time we took a rest stop and went back, they were gone and I couldn't find a trace. But there were still several old cars in town.


Old car, Silverton CO by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr


Old car, Silverton CO by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr


Old car, Silverton CO by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

Then when the fun was over, we stopped in Albuquerque for business for a couple of days. I always see weird automotive stuff in ABQ. Such as the one below....why would you put "Prius" badging on your junky little Toyota?????


Not a Prius by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

Good stuff! I do believe that's a first generation Prius.

Google agrees with you. I guess it's a good photo anyway because you don't see many 1st Gen Priuses (Prii?)

Early snow cat?

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Great pics, as always, Canyon.

And yeah, it's a Gen1 prius. The liftback design that we normally attribute to the Prius came in Gen2.