gwax's rumblings

Much like the Chance card where there’s a “Bank error in your favor”, there’s been a Kellogg’s error in my favor. Unfortunately, the Kellogg’s error gave me a free pop-tart and not $200. Then there are the added facts that I don’t really want 3 pop-tarts and they’re free work­place pop-tarts to begin with. Still, I’m amused that they acci­den­tally put three pop-tarts in a two-pack; I won­der if, some­where out there, some­one is miss­ing a pop-tart.

The dawn of a new age is upon me. I am now in the Bay Area. I am cur­rently crash­ing at my good friend Sherv’s place and will con­tinue to do so until a tem­po­rary place of my own is found. Now I must find a job and a tem­po­rary place to live.

Yesterday, Max and I drove through Wyoming and it was the most fun and beau­ti­ful drive that I have ever had the plea­sure of tak­ing. The drive between Sheridan, WY and Cody, WY involved a bunch of sharp switch­backs up into the Big Horn moun­tains. The switch­backs were a ton of fun and the views were gor­geous; I highly rec­om­mend the drive to every­one, espe­cially if you have a sporty car.

High up in the Big Horns, we met the jerky man. The jerky man was par­tially crip­pled, using a walker to get around and sell­ing buf­falo and elk jerky out of the back of his camper trailer. The jerky man gave us sam­ples of his wares and we sub­se­quently bought some very tasty jerkies. The jerky man also gave us sug­ges­tions as the the most fun route to take to get to Cody, which is to stay on US-14 all the way. There were nice switch­backs back down the moun­tains and some very long straights where we could drive well above the speed limit for long distances.

From Cody, WY into Yellowstone was a short but pleas­ant drive. Once we got into Yellowstone, every­thing became amaz­ing and gor­geous, even more so than the Badlands. Yellowstone was chock full of fun, from mud vol­ca­noes and hot springs to bison walk­ing across the street in front of me. At the cen­ter of Yellowstone is Lake Yellowstone, which is so large as to seem an inland sea. Whilst Lake Yellowstone is not as large as some of the great lakes, it is at an ele­va­tion of 7,732 feet, which is to say very high up. Yellowstone, as keen as it is, is another sight that I rec­om­mend to everyone.

In sum­ma­tion, dri­ving through Wyoming is awe­some, every­one should give it a try. Now we’re going to hang out with Graham in Montana for a while.