“The US route starts in Texas, loops up and over the East Coast, into Oregon, and ends in California.” An Alaskan climate scientist has created the perfect weather road trip. One year, always right around 70 degrees. (Here in the Bay Area, it’s cold and pouring rain in June, so proceed with caution.)

+ Tourists visiting Yellowstone National Park thought it was a good idea to put a newborn elk in their car.

+ Speaking of stories that would make decent episodes of Yellowstone, a cow was lassoed while running through traffic in middle of I-75 in Oakland County.