If you are going thru Wyoming on this suggested route, don't miss the
Thermopolis hot spring pools. Also Devil's tower is quite a site. Have a
great trip. Jane
>Desolate??! nah ... you just gotta like big sky. Don't know if there are
>any Dakotans or Montanans on the list outspoken enough to defend their
>states, but as a furriner, I'd be happy to comment. There are some great
>drives in all three states, especially if you go "off route" a bit. If
>you stay a bit to the south , on highway 212 instead of 12, it will take
>you to the Black Hills - head south through them on the most backroads
>route you can find (I'm assuming you like twisties), then back through
>Wyoming on 16 over to Yellowstone and north on any number of routes to
>rejoin 12. Good luck.
>
>>From the siberian steppes of Saskatchewan
>Scott
>
>(who has worked in the high arctic and knows desolate)
>
>On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, Gary Nafziger wrote:
>
>> Are there any adventure seekers out there? I would like to visit my
>> sister in Salem, Oregon in June of 1997. I would like to take Highway 12
>> which goes from Minneapolis to Walla Walla, Washington and is approximately
>> 1400 miles. This is a two lane highway and is probably very desolate,
>> especially through the Dakota's and eastern Montana.
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