After camp breakfast (cold oatmeal, made with lukewarm water heated over the remains of the campfire), we headed out to Mt. Rushmore.
In spite of the cold beginning, the weather was glorious today. We had a great visit with the presidents, including a brief tour with a guide who was clearly still honing her skills.
From there, [...]
South Dakota Sights
Jul 5
Goodbye, Oreville
Jul 6
This morning, we had breakfast by a not so roaring campfire. Seeing as we were trying to get going, there seemed little point to getting a blazing fire going, when we would just have to put it out. I think everyone slept better either due to exhaustion from lack of sleep the night prior, or [...]
An American Copy…
Jul 6
Who needs big stones…
When you have cars to stick in the ground.
On to Centennial!
Jul 7
This morning, we leave behind Alliance, Nebraska and the Holiday Inn Express there
and the very bumpy land
and the big coal trains
and head to Colorado
A Sterling Break
Jul 7
One of our favorite stops along the way has been Dairy Queen, as there are DQ’s in most towns.
Two hours to go!
Rockies
Jul 7
First view of the Rocky Mountains!
We Made It!
Jul 7
We have reached our intermediate destination, at Susan’s parents’ house. We will be here for about a week before heading on to further adventures West and South.
Rowell Pool
Jul 7
Normally, Rowell Pool refers to the family football pool, but at this moment, it refers to the neighborhood pool. A refreshing way to celebrate our arrival!
The Rockies!
Jul 8
No; this isn’t a duplicate post. Grampa bought us all tickets to an afternoon Rockies game against the Nationals.
It was a bright sunny afternoon, and 97º, but our seats were in the shade most of the game.
And when the sun finally reached us, we were able to move to empty seats behind us. After the [...]
Plane Old Museum
Jul 9
A visit to Wings Over the Rockies was part of our day today.
It’s a very cool museum at the old site of Lowry Air Force Base. We got to see many, many aircraft, both military
and civilian
but the highlight (for some) was an X-Wing fighter from Star Wars
with R2D2 on the back
