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Nevada

Humbolt River Rest Area

Idaho

Conservative	State	Register Rock Historical Area	Register Rock Historical Area	Register Rock Historical Area
Register Rock Historical Area	Craters of the Moon Area	Craters of the Moon Area	Craters of the Moon Area	Craters of the Moon Area
Craters of the Moon Area	Craters of the Moon Area	Craters of the Moon Area	Craters of the Moon Area	Craters of the Moon Area

Grand Teton National Park (Wyoming)

First moose sighting

Valley near Moose

New visitor center at Moose

Tetons - Amphitheatre Lake Hike (9.8mi/3000ft)

Going up	Mary	Nice belt	Higher up	Switchbacks that don't end
Bradley and Taggert Lakes, starting to get tired and slow down, the air is getting thinner and thinner ...	We learn two bears are up at Amphitheater Lake	Almost there - bear adrenaline has revived us	Surprise Lake - no bears around	Surprise Lake
Surprise Lake - still no bears	We made it!	Elevation 9,698 ft (and no bears in sight!)	Amphitheater Lake - subalpine climate	Amphitheater Lake - its chilly up here!
Going down we see a friendly face	Its starts to warm up again and there is more air to breathe	Back and forth	Outcrop	Outcrop

Grand Teton National Park

Jenny Lake	Rock types	Geology	Campsite at Flagg Ranch	Going bear hunting
Good morning	Top of Signal Mountain	USGS marker on Signal Mountain	Campsite at Flagg Ranch	The bear hunter
Father/Daughter shadow wave	Tetons from Signal Mountain	Sage brush	Tetons	Mt. Moran
A little friend	Hard to see all of them	Tetons	Tetons	Mary's early morning visit to the Snake river

Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming)

There is a Grizzly down by the river. Only the very top of his back is visible.	We are on foot and this Grizzly is closer to us than our car is!	Luckily there is a park ranger standing right next to us!	Belt still holding out	Mary on the lookout for the wolf pack
Hayden Valley	Marshmellow toaster	Native American stories ... Old Man shapes mud to make first woman, elk dogs, living skeletons, ...	Bison	More of our favorite valley
Bison	Bison	Bison	Bison	Bison

Yellowstone - Mt. Washburn Hike (6mi/1400ft)

Starts at Dunraven Pass	We hear from other hikers coming down there were bears in the area earlier. Where is Benji when we need him?	Where is my poop book?	Great outcrops everywhere	Mary takes in the view
The Yellowstone Canyon is visible	More great rocks	Getting near the top	From the windy fire tower at the top	Radio room in fire tower
Don't blow now please	Elevation 10,243 ft	Very short twisted trees at the treeline	Some yellow stone	Heading back down, looking back up at fire tower
Heading back down now, looking back	Another friendly face	Fresh prints! - At this point Mary and I decide to start talking in loud voices about the 'free berries' they are giving away on the other side of the canyon! (why would a bear want to hang around here anyway?)	Continuing down	Back at the trail head

Rapid City, South Dakota

Art Alley	Art Alley	Art Alley	Art Alley	Art Alley
Art Alley	Art Alley	Art Alley	Art Alley	Art Alley
Mitakuye Oyasin	... hope for reconciliation ...	Art Alley	This is a great old time hobby store with parts still in open bins ... I'm coming back here!	Downtown ... The Prairie Edge store on the end is really interesting. There are three floors of Native American art, books and information. Mary learned about this place she worked at the Pine Ridge Indian reservation. The Pine Ridge reservation holds the site of the historical Wounded Knee Massacre.

Badlands, South Dakota

Badlands

Mary

Back in the Badlands again ... its been a long time since the UM Geology caravan went through here on the way to Camp Davis, Wyoming!

Wall Drug Store, South Dakota

Free ice water ahead!

The perfect anniversary gift to bring home ... Elizabeth has always wanted a real painting for over the fireplace! However, Mary convinces me this may not be the right one for Mom.

Mary discovers country music

What kind of fossil is this?

We join in for a few hands

Grinnell, Iowa

Mary and her room mates downtown	Claire	Kelly and Mary	Mary's desk and bed	Great work ethic role model!
Bed and Breakfast	Small corn field next to bed and breakfast!	Downtown Grinnell	American meatloaf at the Depot Restaurant	Bed and Breakfast
Outside entrance to Mary's dorm - Gates Hall	New science building	Mary's biology lab	Grandpa would love these babies	Mary's economics building

California or Bust

Southern Iowa heading down to Missouri	The Mormon Trail	The Morman Trail	The Morman Trail	Back to I35 South
Heading west on the Pony Express Highway (36) though Kansas - Marysville was one of the stops	Center of the continental USA! A small cemetary is nearby this marker.	Possibly a distant relative of Elizabeth whose grandma was Clara Sargent.	Possibly a distant relative of Elizabeth whose grandma was Clara Sargent.	Possibly a distant relative of Elizabeth whose grandma was Clara Sargent.
No problem getting a room in Goodland Kansas (off I70)	Elevation 6347 and still have not even hit the Rockies yet! (on Highway 86 West)	Time for a little caffeine boost!	Denver rush hour (I70)	In the Rockies (I70)
Rockies (I70)	Utah (I70/Highway 50)	Utah	Utah	Utah
Utah - Black Dragon Canyon	Utah - Black Dragon Canyon area	Utah - Outlaw country (Butch Cassidy hid out here)	Bottom of the ocean!	Utah (I70/Highway 50)
Utah rush hour traffic (Highway 50)	Utah/Nevada border rush hour traffic (Highway 50)	Nevada basin (Highway 50)	Nevada (Highway 50)	Nevada - The Lonliest Road in America