Our one day in Iowa was a good one. Our campground is near an overlook of the Mississippi River. We went for a walk and enjoyed that ole river ambiance. The next morning we went to Effigy Mounds, a strange area where the mounds that ancient Indians created are maintained. In addition to round [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
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Driving, driving, driving. We’ve come 650 miles in three days – driving at 55 mph. The highlight of south central South Dakota is the Corn Palace in Mitchell. It is a Morrocan-style building built by the town in 1892 to celebrate the corn harvest. It has been going ever since. The highlight is that ears [...]
Saturday, August 16, 2008
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Friday morning was cool and showery, which made driving from Custer to the Badlands quite pleasant. We settled in and at sunset, went to a nearby lookout point to photograph. The light was subtle, but quite beautiful on the white, beige and gray rocks and mudhills. Dave stayed in to watch the Olympics. I went [...]
Thursday, August 14, 2008
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We did our drive around Custer State Park yesterday. It was beautiful out and we saw lots of critters, including antelope, a heron, a large herd of bison, a doe and fawn, and a marmot or a beaver (we went by too quickly to tell for sure). We ate lunch at the Cathedral Spires area [...]
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
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We’ve had some eventful days. We made our escape from the Tetons, passed up the opportunity to ride the humongous Jackalope in Dubois, WY (that’s pronounced Du-Boyce, not Du-bwa), and eventually found the rest stop cum Historical Landmark Independence Rock. The rock is a very large one at which many people on the Oregon Trail [...]
Saturday, August 9, 2008
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We drove across the Continental Divide on Friday and what a beautiful drive it was. We passed miles of green and gold hay fields, ascended up to 8,400 feet, got our glimpse of Jackson Hole, and descended about 3,000 towards it. Luckily, we had done all our chores in Idaho Falls (buy groceries and wine, [...]
Thursday, August 7, 2008
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On Wednesday, we drove through pretty farm and ranch land to Almo, ID. Almo, in the middle of nowhere, is near the City of Rocks, an area where the pioneers headed to Oregon filtered through. Apparently, it was a nice place to camp, and the boulders popping out all over, looked like a “city of [...]
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
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What a beautiful wedding! It was warm and breezy on the clubhouse patio, Brooke was beautiful, Matt looked calm and happy and the ceremonies went off without a hitch, including Clarissa (Jon’s girlfriend) singing beautifully. The wedding favors were “do it yourself” M&M’s, Reeses Pieces and a few other kind of candy. Good choice! Everyone [...]
Saturday, August 2, 2008
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We are comfortably ensconced at Campground at the Lake in South Lake Tahoe. It’s sunny and warm and we are surrounded by tall, good-smelling pines. We got up early this morning, made coffee, and sipped as we ambled along Tahoe’s shoreline. Life is good.
We spent Wednesday washing the RV and the Rav and Thursday loading [...]
