Our first day on the road to Canada was a 338-mile drive to Pinedale, Wyoming.
I programmed our destination into the Subaru navigation system, but for some reason Subrina (the navigation lady who lives somewhere behind the car speakers) kept wanting to take us in a direction we didn’t want to go. Finally, halfway up the Roan Plateau, she decided it was futile to keep telling us to turn around and finely allowed us to head on our previously planned route.
Our route took us past a few places we’d visited in the past including Flaming Gorge Reservoir…
…and the Dutch John “Resort” where we stopped for lunch.
We crossed the border into Wyoming and proceeded north to the little town of Pinedale where I had made reservations for us at the Log Cabin Motel.
My goal for our trip was to stay in places that exude a degree of charm, and this definitely fit the goal. The place dates back to 1929 when drivers on their way to Yellowstone would stop for the night.
While sitting out on the front porch sipping wine, we even had some local visitors drop by for a visit.
Now, that’s something you don’t get at Motel 6!