Entertainment… A Sobering Sign 29 Aug 201129 Aug 2011 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 -…
Entertainment… Geysers, Sulphur, and Roiling Pots of Mud – Oh My! 28 Aug 201128 Aug 2011 Grand Prismatic SpringWho 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…
Entertainment… Billings, Beartooth Scenic Highway, and Yellowstone 27 Aug 201127 Aug 2011 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…
Entertainment… Wyoming and Montana 26 Aug 201126 Aug 2011 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…
Entertainment… Majesty Made by God and Man 25 Aug 201125 Aug 2011 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…
Entertainment… What A Day in South Dakota 24 Aug 201124 Aug 2011 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…
Farming… Flooded Missouri River Valley, Le Mars, Iowa & South Dakota 23 Aug 201123 Aug 2011 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…
Entertainment… Illinois and Iowa Offer Surprises 22 Aug 201122 Aug 2011 Mighty Mississippi RiverWe arrived in Illinois last night as the sun was setting and it's salmon-colored ridge spread across the western horizon in front of us for over an hour.…
Entertainment… Road Trip Update 21 Aug 201121 Aug 2011 Welcome to IndianaWe are in beautiful Indiana farming country. Fields of corn and soybeans line both sides of the road. My husband has buck fever - the terminology for deer…
Uncategorized The Road Trip Continues 21 Aug 2011 A good friend at traveling sardine class gave me some good advice on how to choose which way to go on this unplanned road trip. She said to check the…