West Coast Trip

Crater Lake to Las Vegas

2009-09-06T22:24:00.001-05:00

It was a great day at Crater Lake. We just got to our room in Las Vegas. We are going out to Lake Mead and tour downtown Vegas. It was a hot ride thru the Mojave Desert. We left Karen and Dean's at 7:30 this morning and got here a little after 4:00. We are having a great time.

By the way, the pictures of all of you at the baseball game are great. We are glad you all had a good time.

See you soon.

Love, Mom & Dad

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2009-09-06T09:33:00.001-05:00

Carmel Mission and Hwy. 1
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2009-09-06T09:32:00.000-05:00

Yosemite National Park
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2009-09-06T09:31:00.001-05:00

Mom and Dad's photos of the Historical Landmark Distillery in Moss, CA

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2009-09-06T09:28:00.001-05:00

Mom and Dad's pictures from Crater Lake, OR with David and ???

Crater Lake, OR
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8/28 We made it to Portland, OR

2009-08-30T00:25:00.001-05:00

8/28

We are at David's and having a great time. We'll write later and I'll post pictures later.

Love, Mom & Dad

8/25 Sightseeing with Downings

2009-08-30T00:24:00.001-05:00

8/25

9:30 – Going with Downings – 9:45 Donna and Terrie just realized we were ready. We went to Boulder Hot Springs Hotel and Spa. It was built in 1880's for workers on the railroad. It was a grand hotel that attracted people for the therapeutic hot springs. It had sat empty for 40 years but is being rehabbed.

We explored 2 old mine ruins that are now ghost towns. (Elkhorn and Comet) The history represented by these places is hard to imagine. We went in Downings Dodge V10, 4wd pickup, over mountains to places that were so beautiful and interesting you'll have to see the pictures to appreciate it.

8/24 Left Cody, WY, headed to Downings

2009-08-30T00:23:00.001-05:00

8/24

Left Cody, WY at 8:45 – Drama over – found my PDA. It rained through the night. Cloudy now. Yellowstone had a lot of pretty areas, such as Keppler Cascade but many areas were either burned over or with large areas of dead areas of dead trees on the mountain sides. (Mountain Pine Needle).
Yellowstone Lake is huge and very neat with many areas of thermal fields around the edge Old Faithful cooperated and blew about ½ hour after we arrived. In Yellowstone we saw buffalos and elks. The trip out of Yellowstone towards Downings was spectacular, Hwy 191 runs along Madison River, Galatine river and other much of the way. The streams and surrounding mountains make it worthwhile to go slower.

Arrived at Downings at 6:30 pm. We have a wonderful time in the evening. Didn't go to bed until after midnight.

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2009-08-30T00:21:00.003-05:00

On our way to Portland, OR
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Coeur d' alene and Multnomath Falls

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2009-08-30T00:21:00.001-05:00

Marysville, MT Ghost Town
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2009-08-30T00:20:00.003-05:00

Elkhorn,MT ghost town
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2009-08-30T00:20:00.001-05:00

Boulder Hot Springs & Spa
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2009-08-30T00:19:00.001-05:00

Yellowstone National Park
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8-23-2009 Rapid City, Sturgis/Deadwood and Big Horn National Forest

2009-08-24T20:47:00.001-05:00

We left Rapid City at 9:00am. We went to Deadwood, SD, an old western town. There was a classic auto rally and parade going on. We can see why the bikers and classic auto enthusiasts have adopted the Sturgis/Deadwood, SD and Black Hills area.

When we exited I-90 toward Buffalo, WY on our way to Cody, WY we stopped for lunch, then we entered Big Horn National Forest. We saw snow on the mountain tops. This area is amazing. Quite spectacular, I hope the pictures do it justice. The pictures of the mountain river was Tensleep Creek.

We arrive in Cody at 5:00. Tomorrow we are off to Yellowstone and Montana.

Have a good day.

Love, Mom & Dad

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2009-08-24T20:45:00.003-05:00

Big Horn National Forest

Big Horn National Forest
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2009-08-24T20:45:00.001-05:00

Pactola Dam & Reservoir

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2009-08-24T20:44:00.001-05:00

Crazy Horse Memorial

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2009-08-24T20:43:00.003-05:00

Mom and Dad's visit to Chapel in the Hills

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2009-08-24T20:43:00.001-05:00

Mom and Dad's Mount Rushmore Photos

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8-22-2009 Black Hills

2009-08-24T20:40:00.000-05:00

Good Evening,

Another long day but what a beautiful day it was. Temp was about 88 and not humid. The first attraction was Chapel in the Hills. It is exact replica of a chapel in Norway. The setting was a well manicured hillside.

On the way to Crazy Horse Memorial we came across the Pactola Dam & Reservoir. It was breathtaking as is all of the Black Hills.

Our next stop was at the Crazy Horse Memorial. It is a work in progress to make a monument to honor all the Indian tribes. No government money has been accepted, it is all private donations. The sculptor Korczak is dead but his family continues the work. He died in 1982 and had 10 children. His wife and seven of his children work for the foundation.

Had lunch in Keystone, SD and did a little shopping there and at Hill City.

Then we were off to Mt. Rushmore and again was overwhelmed with the beauty of this area.

Tomorrow we are off to Cody, WY, should take us about 6 hours. I'm ready to sit for the day.

Love, Mom & Dad

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2009-08-23T21:22:00.000-05:00

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2009-08-22T23:55:00.000-05:00

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2009-08-22T23:52:00.000-05:00

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2009-08-22T23:44:00.000-05:00

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2009-08-22T15:12:00.001-05:00

Good morning, I put the video clip up on flickr today. The noise you here is the wind. Dad was driving and I put the camera out the window. Hope you enjoy.

Love, Mom & Dad

Badlands video

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2009-08-22T07:42:00.001-05:00

Day 1 Photos (second try)

Corn Palace and the Badlands
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Day 1 Corn Palace and Badlands

2009-08-22T07:16:00.001-05:00

Hi to everyone,

Dad and I left this morning at 6:00 am. Got on the road and before long it was raining. We had the weather until Blue Earth, MN then it started to clear up and we had great traveling weather. By the time we got to Mitchell, SD the sun was shinning and the temp was 74. Perfect. The Corn Palace is beautiful, we watched the history of it, which was very interesting.

Our next stop was the Badlands, it was quite a site. Hope the pictures do it justice. We seen Big Horn Sheep, mule deer, wild turkeys and prairie dogs. We followed the signs to Wall Drug and had their legendary Hot Roast Beef Sandwich, which was as good as it gets. The rolling hills and prairies were fascinating.

We are now in our hotel room after a long day on the road. 780 miles. Tomorrow we'll see Mt. Rushmore and the other sites around here.

Love, Mom and Dad

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2009-08-19T20:38:00.000-05:00

I'm sending my first blog entry for our west coast trip. I'll been sending more through out our trip.
Love, Mom

Grandchildren
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Thomas 10 years
Emma 6 years
Cole 4 years
Tajenay 3 years
Bennett 2 years
Gage 10 months

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