June 15th

Well all good things must come to an end. The end of a two week vacation - the final night before I have to go back to work. I have dreaded it for two days now knowing that the vacation is coming to an end and I'll have to be back into a routine again of getting up, getting ready and getting my butt out the door on time. Vacations you don't have to worry about being on time unless you are catching a plane or something.

Our worldwind trip was wonderful and I have over 300 photos that I'm having printed - not including the black and whites I did and the winkflash photo book I ordered. The scrapbook paper has been bought but nothing has been scrapped it. I haven't found the perfect embellishments yet - or so that's my excuse of not working on them.

This week I've been in a funk - who knows why but I put it out there. So maybe getting back into routine is what I need. Honestly, I think I'm still messed up from not taking any classes and not having homework holding over my head - am I missing it or just screwed in the head - probably both.

Hope everyone has a great first day of the week!

June 8th

We spent the whole day in the car driving home. Erynn and I both couldn't wait to get home. So she slept and I set the cruise control and we drove. We left South Dakota at 6am and got home by 7:30pm. I never want to get in a car again!

It felt great to sleep in my own bed last night. We drove a total of 4373 miles last week and saw a ton. I really hope that it's a trip that Erynn will remember and look back on. I totaled up the gas last night and I spent $362 on 86 gallons of gas. My little car got about 50 miles to the gallon. How cool is that! I set the cruise control the majority of the time and tried to keep my foot off the gas!

Thanks everyone for following our trip. Now the rest of the week will be laundry, laundry!

June 7th

On the way to Mt. Rushmore we stopped at Bear Country U.S.A. It's one of those drive through zoo's.


Erynn really wanted to see a bear and they had a ton of them at this zoo. They even had a bunch of babies too.

Mt. Rushmore:



This is Keystone, SD. You drive through this town on your way to Mt. Rushmore. We stopped and did a little shopping and had a lunch.
Badlands:




I was a little disappointed in the badlands. I just really had this picture made up in my mind and it wasn't like I thought at all. It was neat but after seeing the Grand Canyon and Petrified Forest it was really no big deal.

Day 7 - June 6

This is Cody, WY were we stayed.
There is a big Buffalo Bill museum here in Cody.
Wyoming is considered a highland dessert - but it's still greenier than AZ, NM, NV.

Here is Devil's Tower. You drive 37 miles off the highway to get to it and you can't see it until you are almost there.


There is prairie dogs as you go in the park. Guess were we spent most of our time at!

We stopped in Deadwood, SD and spent the night and are on our way to Custer State Park and Mt. Rushmore!

Day 6 Continued

Here is Old Faithful Geyser. Did you know it blows about every 90 minutes give or take 10 minutes. The way the wind was blowing all we could see was smoke where we were at.
Baby buffalo on the side of the road

One of the many falls in Yellowstone
You can't really tell but this caldron had a blue green color to the water.

Day 6 - June 5th

We left the cute town of Jackon Hole, WY on our way to the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone




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Moose on the loose! He's outside the wildlife refugee trying to get back in!

This is cottonwood creek! Erynn and I played in it. It was could.
Elk in the Grand Teton park.
Jennie Lake.

Momma moose and the baby. The baby is a dark brown.
I'll post more this evening on Yellowstone. Having a hard time getting blogger to work today!

We are leaving Cody, WY on our way east today!

Day 5 - June 4

Hi from Jackson Hole, WY! Wow is the weather cool here! It was 48 when we drove in yesterday and I think the high is supposed to be 51. We were glad we put on pants and tennis shoes!

I told Erynn the only thing she has seen on the trip is the inside of her eyelids!LOL She has been a great navigator and speed monitor!


It was a beautiful drive up here. I definetely like the Utah, WY, ID area more than the desert of NM,AZ, NV. I love the greens better than the browns.



We drove through Provo Canyon and saw the Bridal Veil Falls.



There were several wild life refuges and we saw these antelope.






This is the snake river. It's huge!

Today we are off to the Grand Teton and Yellowstone!

Day 4 - June 3

Erynn and I got up and walked the strip this morning! We actually slept in until about 8 a.m. and made it down to the strip by 10 a.m. Most of the shops didn't open until 10 a.m. We both found purses that we just had to have. There was even a mall on the strip and we found a cute store called ABC Store - they are a convenience chain from Hawaii. We got some cute stuff in there!LOL We also learned that when you get too warm or need to use the restroom to walk into any of the casinoes. Did I say that sodas were $3 a piece? By 1:30 we had to get the heck out of dodge! We had spent way too much money on food, fun and sodas.

We saw the Las Vegas Speedway-



We hit the road on our way to Utah toward the Grand Tenton's and Yellowstone. We only made it to Cedar City, Utah. We have about 500 miles to make it to the Grand Tenton's. After being in the hot sun all day long I was tired. This town is so pretty and new. I asked Erynn if she would like to move here thinking she would say "no way" but she said "yes, we would be close to Vegas"!

Utah is beautiful. So much greenier.