part 1: waterpark. there is really no better way to wake up in the morning than riding a awesome waterslide. part 2:mammoth after we went to the water park we went to a mammoth excavation site and saw some pretty cool mammoth skeletons part 3: wind cave after the mammoth site we went to windContinue reading "Day 38 – My Last Blog Post on the Trip"
Day 37 – Devils Tower
Today we had a close encounter with rocks. Lots of rocks. A wonderful field of boulders just waiting to be climbed on: The "foothill" of Devils Tower. After spending more than 8 hours on the road yesterday, it was wonderful to just roll out of the campsite and into a National Monument this morning, thoughContinue reading "Day 37 – Devils Tower"
Day 36 – Four Days in Yellowstone – or, Dozens of Ways to Die, Averted
N.B.: out of consideration for some of our concerned readers, we are posting this list of dangers after leaving Yellowstone unscathed, rather than before entering the park. I picked up this book out of morbid curiosity and haven't been able to put it down: Full of first-hand accounts filled with gory details, this book discussesContinue reading "Day 36 – Four Days in Yellowstone – or, Dozens of Ways to Die, Averted"
Day 35 – Yellowstone KOA
first instead of going to Yellowstone we stayed at the campground but after the camp ground we went horse back riding and came right back to the rodeo at the horse back riding we did a hour long horse back ride are horses were named bullet my dads silver my moms boe mine and handsomeContinue reading "Day 35 – Yellowstone KOA"
Day 34 – Yellowstone (take 2)
Yellowstone is more beautiful than I ever imagined it (but a lot more smelly!) today we went to Yellowstone National Park again, but first...we went to the town of West Yellowstone, Montana. it was an old timey cowboy town. we went to a lot of weird gift shops well as ate at a very goodContinue reading "Day 34 – Yellowstone (take 2)"
Day 33 – Yellowstone (take 1)
How to describe our experience today? Images will certainly help, but audio and video would be better. And even they would fall short, as the two sensations they don't capture--smell and touch--were the definitive and often overwhelming ones. I don't think there's anything that can help convey how it feels when a hot, steamy cloud ofContinue reading "Day 33 – Yellowstone (take 1)"
Day 32 – Teton to Yellowstone
Despite getting plenty of exercise yesterday, I had a real problem falling asleep in our Jackson Lake Lodge Cabin (planned as a break from our RV). I actually wonder whether I am now completely adjusted to the RV and have a hard time sleeping elsewhere. Or maybe it's just the altitude. In any case, IContinue reading "Day 32 – Teton to Yellowstone"
Day 31 – Jackson WY
This was our second day at Grand Tetons. first we went to the pool and did the totem pole we also did jousting on my dads shoulders and then we went to Jackson and went to the town square where there were these arches of elk horns and we also saw some buffalo. in JacksonContinue reading "Day 31 – Jackson WY"
Day 30 – Grand Teton
the beauty of grand Teton Is amazing, especially if you take a hard 8 mile bike ride around it . here are some pictures. hope you enjoy them ! anyway, about the bike ride... it was easy and fun except for 1 part... on the way back there was a hill that even my parentsContinue reading "Day 30 – Grand Teton"
Day 29 – Craters (the sequel)
For a moment there I had a deja vu when I started thinking about this blog post: volcanoes, eruptions, lava flow and big rocks - I distinctly remember writing about them already. Ah, yes, in my LAST blog post about Lassen Volcanic NP. In the 5 days since then we have made it along theContinue reading "Day 29 – Craters (the sequel)"
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