Well, after we visited everyone we knew that didn't live in 113-degrees and stayed as long as we could at each place, we decided to make our trip back to the southwest sauna as long as possible; we road-tripped.
A DVD player helped make the long stretches bearable for all of us, although all Katie wanted to watch was Curious George, which (of course) we didn't bring with us.
Leaving from Western Illinois, we toured through Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and finally Arizona. We saw Ulysses S. Grant's house, a pioneer settlement, the Badlands, Mt. Rushmore, the Black Hills, Custer State Park, Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, and Zion National Park. Animals included bears, bison, a fox, wolves, reindeer, elk, and mountain goats.
Grant's house
Iowa flowers
amber waves of grain
pioneer settlement
the Badlands
elk at Bear Country in South Dakota
black bear at Bear Country, South Dakota
cubs playing in Bear Country
bison in Bear Country
Mt. Rushmore (taken by someone else, thankfully!)
overlooking Billings, Montana
Leslie sharing her kitties
along the road between Billings, MT and Yellowstone
snow stop
on the way to Yellowstone
photo op on the way to Yellowstone
moose country in the mist, but nary a moose in sight
geothermal strangeness
waiting for Old Faithful
rain while waiting for Old Faithful
Old Faithful
the Grand Tetons (we saw at dusk - picture provided by Leslie)
some random cowgirl
Here the girls are reading the Bible and the Book of Mormon together in a Utah hotel.
Zion National Park made Sedona look like a miniature
1 comment:
Great Pictures! Looks like you had such a good time!
You'll have to send me the flatbread recipe - it looks delicious even if isn't flat. :)
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