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Monthly Archives: August 2011
A Long Way From Home With Flooded Out Bridges
Wyoming to Nebraska to Kansas and our GPS lady is about to blow her fuse and our patience. We aren’t following the exact path we took at the beginning of our vacation, so it didn’t occur to us that there … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, family, Farming, landscape, travel
Tagged bear claw marks, black bears, flooded out bridges, long stretches of farm land, return trip home, road trip, vacation
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The Painted Hills of Wyoming and Vast Prairie with Sagebrush
When we left Jackson Hole, we drove back into the Tetons National Park along its eastern loop – we arrived via the western edge – and ran into a little rain. I took the best shot I could get of … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, family, holiday, landscape, travel
Tagged aromatic landscape, Dubois, Painted Hills, prairie, road trips, sagebrush, scenic drives, vacation, Wyoming
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Tetons and Jackson Hole, Wyoming
We left Yellowstone and headed for the Tetons. Darkness grew and we found no lodging until we reached Flagg Ranch. The office was closed, but security helped us find a cabin and took our payment information. Nestled in a little … Continue reading
A Sobering Sign
After witnessing the much anticipated eruption of Old Faithful, we ambled through Yellowstone taking in the lake views, a rippling beach, and more smoking pores in the earth’s surface – some right next to the lake. Slowly we advanced with … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, family, holiday, landscape, spiritual, travel
Tagged danger, death of a hiker, elk sightings, Grizzly Bears, Hayden Valley, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park
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Geysers, Sulphur, and Roiling Pots of Mud – Oh My!
Grand Prismatic Spring Who was the first human of modern civilization to see the earth smoking, roiling pots of mud, boiling turquoise and sapphire pools surrounded by orange veins, and geysers throwing water up into the air from beneath its … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, family, holiday, landscape, spiritual, travel
Tagged geysers, Grand Prismatic Spring, Old Faithful, road trip, vacation, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park
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Billings, Beartooth Scenic Highway, and Yellowstone
Another spectacular day in the west! We started out at Cabellas, again, the third on our trip. Then we continued to the Moss Mansion – one of the rare ones that can be found in the West. As we swept … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, family, friends, holiday, landscape, spiritual, travel
Tagged Buffalo, Montana, moose, Moss Mansion, scenic drives, snowcapped mountains, vacation, wildlife viewing, Wyoming
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Wyoming and Montana
We’ve been watching a spectacular sunset for over an hour. And whipping around beside, then behind, are swirling cracks of lightening. When they tell you that Montana is Big Sky Country, they aren’t joking. We traveled from Rapid City, South … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, family, holiday, landscape, spiritual, travel
Tagged Bighorn National Forest, Bighorn River, Boot Hill, Calamity Jane, Deadwood, Devils Tower, Montana Sky, Mount Moriah, road trips, sightseeing, vacation, Wild Bill, wildlife, Wyoming
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Majesty Made by God and Man
Majestic wonders – both God made and man made – filled our day, beginning and ending with Custer State Park. Keystone, a tour through the Black Hills – including driving across pigtail bridges and through enormous boulders – Mt. Rushmore, … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, family, landscape, spiritual, travel
Tagged big horn sheep, Black Hills, Buffalo, Custer State Park, elk, Keystone, mountain goats, Mt. Rushmore, prairie dogs, pronghorns, road trip, sculture carvings, SD, South Dakota, state parks, sunsets, vacation, white tail deer, wildlife
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What A Day in South Dakota
What a day! I concluded if God made man in his image, he must have made South Dakota in the image of Eden. Words like ‘awe’ are used so frequently now that to say I have been in awe of … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, family, holiday, landscape, spiritual, travel
Tagged antelope, Badlands, breathtaking scenery, Buffalo, hiking, national parks, scenic drives, South Dakota, vacation, vistas, wildlife loops
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Flooded Missouri River Valley, Le Mars, Iowa & South Dakota
When we passed through the Missouri River Valley, sand bags still marked places where they had tried to control the rising water from this year’s flood. Much of the fields along the banks and even inland were bogged in water. … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, landscape, travel
Tagged flooded banks and farm land, Missouri River, road trip, sight seeing, travel, vacation
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