Places We've Been

Chris has a job here in Buffalo, Wyoming and we arrived a few days early and just by chance in time for the annual National Basque Festival.Who knew Wyoming had more than just rodeos?( I swear there is a rodeo in every single town we went through here! this being the Cowboy State … [Read more...] about National Basque Festival/ Buffalo, Wyoming

This is a good trip if you are just passing through South Dakota on the I-90.I wouldn't recommend it to anyone without elementary school-age children in tow or a deep deep sense of patriotism.There just didn't seem enough to do up there.We arrived about 3:30pm and had a nap at … [Read more...] about Mt. Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota

Moose! View from Dead Indian Overlook Wyoming Hill About 100 miles outside of Yellowstone on our way out we saw these moose on the side of the road.There was 1 bull and 2 cows.The countryside on the Wyoming and Montana border is breathtaking. … [Read more...] about Wyoming Wildlife

You may remember the Devils Tower from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.Remember Richard Dreyfuss making a model of the tower out of mashed potatoes on his plate?Here's the tower he trying to recreate.The day we got here the park was in extreme fire danger so we weren't allowed … [Read more...] about Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming

Yellowstone was wonderful. Incredibly huge too. It's about 2.2 million square miles and over 1/25th the size of Wyoming. It took us hours to cross from one side of the park to the other. It wasn't just the size of the park that took so long. The other problem being other cars … [Read more...] about Yellowstone National Park