Rocky Mountains, December 2007

[agentsteel53]

some photos from a trip I took nearly three years ago!  

In the dead of winter I set out from San Jose, crossed the Rockies on US-93, and ended up covering 11 states... including a drive up Million Dollar Highway (US-550) across Red Mountain Pass in a whiteout blizzard.  Oh wait, I can't call it whiteout because it was pitch black in the middle of the night!  Nearly half as fun as that sounds ... here is the first set of photos from that trip!  Covering Oregon and Idaho, to the foot of Lost Trails Pass on the way to Montana.

https://www.aaroads.com/blog/2010/08/22/rocky-mountains-dec-07-part-i/

[xonhulu]

Good stuff, as always.  Can't wait for the next batch!

[agentsteel53]

here you go!  Rocky Mountain trip, day 2.

https://www.aaroads.com/blog/2010/08/24/rocky-mountains-dec-07-part-ii/



wordpress needs to get its ass out of its head and make the URLs not dependent on the date of publication - especially when it refuses to update said date over many days of editing.

[corco]

Interesting phenomenon- US-310 is signed as east west for its entire duration in Wyoming- I haven't been on it much in Montana, but I think that's the case there too. It's a very strict interpretation of the odd/even rules.


Actually...wait...there's one north-south sign



WYO 120 is signed east west in its entirely too, despite running eastbound 120 running northwest for a considerable amount of time.

[agentsteel53]

I had to grab that classic green sign for the shield gallery.  Dunno why the 789 is Series B (and has no cowboy, and a faded state name) but that narrow US-310 is excellent!

[Ian]

Great photos, especially the second batch! I really like the look of Montana's secondary route shields.

[corco]

Green sign Wyoming shields don't usually have cowboys on them

Here's a (very) slightly better resolution

[agentsteel53]

Great photos, especially the second batch! I really like the look of Montana's secondary route shields.

yeah the arrowhead is a great sign style!

[agentsteel53]

Green sign Wyoming shields don't usually have cowboys on them

Here's a (very) slightly better resolution

thanks; grabbed it!

[xonhulu]

I saw the "WEST 310" sign in Laurel when I was there last summer; here's what it looked like then:



I was mystified by the sign as it was on the old alignment of US 10 and placed a block before 310's actual starting point.  At that junction, no mention of 310 from westbound, just 212 and 90:

[agentsteel53]

I was mystified by the sign as it was on the old alignment of US 10 and placed a block before 310's actual starting point.  At that junction, no mention of 310 from westbound, just 212 and 90:

I had no idea that it was before the actual start.  I just saw the junction, and then (from the other direction) saw the "310 to 90" gantry.  Maybe that gantry got replaced between 2007 and last summer?

[xonhulu]

I had no idea that it was before the actual start.  I just saw the junction, and then (from the other direction) saw the "310 to 90" gantry.  Maybe that gantry got replaced between 2007 and last summer?

Nope: it looked the same the other direction as your picture, although it looks like the 310 shield was replaced:



Kinda goofy that 310 is featured from EB, while 212 is featured from WB.  Both routes should be mentioned from both directions.

[agentsteel53]

day III, here it comes!

https://www.aaroads.com/blog/2010/08/27/rocky-mountains-dec-07-part-iii/



how about those state-named Montana shields?

[ctsignguy]

No powerplant on your photo album...just more spotted-ass honey

[xonhulu]

I'm glad those painted US 10-12 shields were still there in Miles City.  I suspect it's only a matter of time before some well-meaning worker paints over them.

[agentsteel53]

No powerplant on your photo album...just more spotted-ass honey

when did I promise a powerplant?

[xonhulu]

No powerplant on your photo album...just more spotted-ass honey

when did I promise a powerplant?

He's referring to the 2nd-to-last photo; the caption mentions a powerplant in Wyoming but the picture is the "Spotted Ass Honey" building again.  Probably just the wrong link.

Another great bunch of pictures.  I look forward to the 4th set.

[agentsteel53]

and now it are fixed!  yep, I just had the wrong photo number in the link.  the powerplant is now recorded for posterity.

[okroads]

I'm glad those painted US 10-12 shields were still there in Miles City.  I suspect it's only a matter of time before some well-meaning worker paints over them.

They are still there as of July 2010...

[xonhulu]

They are still there as of July 2010...

Glad to hear it.

[agentsteel53]

heh, seems like everyone finds them, and goes to the damn near exact same position and takes damn near the exact same photo!

[mightyace]

^^^

Well, Jake, at lest you don't have to worry about someone stealing them. 

[bugo]

1962 Pontiac Tempest.

[agentsteel53]

comes with its very own engine tree.

[bugo]

comes with its very own engine tree.

That car most likely came from the factory with a 195 cubic inch "slant 4" engine that was basically 1/2 of a Pontiac 389.  It also had the transmission in the back connected to the engine with a "rope drive" driveshaft.  It was quite a unique car for its time.