tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12923356405128636962024-03-06T00:25:43.181-05:0033 - 44 - 66 NPS Trip33 States/3 prov. Canada - 44 days - 66+ National Parks tour Summer 2010
Daily log with pictures and descriptions of the places visited such as Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Canyonlands, Rocky Mountain, Grand Teton, Yellowstone, SD Badlands, Black Hills, Twin Cities, Chicago, Niagara Falls, Philadelphia, Wash. DC and points in between.
June 19 thru Aug. 1st 2010John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-18400029499556687572010-08-21T00:45:00.014-04:002010-12-22T11:42:38.323-05:00Day 45 Trip Epilogue<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijl5vmup8PrkDfnc1BQ1_T3Q7L9G21OV79FiUgFlPb8gEYnpRdqpA_WTwgtcV02YNeJmrVCaBTdUKoVH0PdLSH0ieqXB6j6j4rKeWh4G3vhb0zAA_Ul_jJaAaoVvJUvahp2DvIjAXHPOg/s1600/Day+15+Cedar+Breaks+%26+Bryce+Canyon+218.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507725612261012818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijl5vmup8PrkDfnc1BQ1_T3Q7L9G21OV79FiUgFlPb8gEYnpRdqpA_WTwgtcV02YNeJmrVCaBTdUKoVH0PdLSH0ieqXB6j6j4rKeWh4G3vhb0zAA_Ul_jJaAaoVvJUvahp2DvIjAXHPOg/s320/Day+15+Cedar+Breaks+%26+Bryce+Canyon+218.JPG" /></a><br /><div>33 states/3 provinces in 45 days and 66 National Parks.<br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6GtdyqI9SkBDCgNOAqkMCFN5da4W4yRtefKtvibO5R3nURYehq6z5SjAmDG27TvKoaioq63hrU-YiIbfmSwh1nmOMhmyfR_UmGrXNSq1n9YmViYp7c2MtPb-yxWt-c5i97JIL-UYdTo/s1600/Day+15+Cedar+Breaks+%26+Bryce+Canyon+091.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507740136198252978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6GtdyqI9SkBDCgNOAqkMCFN5da4W4yRtefKtvibO5R3nURYehq6z5SjAmDG27TvKoaioq63hrU-YiIbfmSwh1nmOMhmyfR_UmGrXNSq1n9YmViYp7c2MtPb-yxWt-c5i97JIL-UYdTo/s320/Day+15+Cedar+Breaks+%26+Bryce+Canyon+091.JPG" /></a></div><div>12,706 miles What a trip! </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjer0jbKVcK9G-E9HQoahyphenhyphen01BTzgU11xecI4TosF_4fbZ08qaE8r7M7hfV1hF9_PXGuZ7huL6qshjCDcq9Vl4Kx3Bk3dbYZdFmPb0KsbReUz1dIxZKt_gQ_zXMBnXCZpxAZHBRqeLsLuwo/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+192.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507725636307981602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjer0jbKVcK9G-E9HQoahyphenhyphen01BTzgU11xecI4TosF_4fbZ08qaE8r7M7hfV1hF9_PXGuZ7huL6qshjCDcq9Vl4Kx3Bk3dbYZdFmPb0KsbReUz1dIxZKt_gQ_zXMBnXCZpxAZHBRqeLsLuwo/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+192.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><div>I'll be posting a final epilogue as I sort through the best pictures, adding a page with some of Wanda's best pictures and finish the "best of..." , nature photo & NPS stamp pages.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYnDfjdo_D9sbGeUZd5y-cCiTnfcww2fQpkHd2lbmFdaOPimb_HSjfNFHVM2G5wkkT1uMJWoJhffQMhM7F-mCl29t6Fs5nEdOJNBXLADZs5KLtvYGIJWPOFBOiEmmzxlRxR3pdZvnc1Q/s1600/Day+13+Lake+Mead,+Valley+of+Fire,+Virgin+Gorge+128.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507725621595517442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYnDfjdo_D9sbGeUZd5y-cCiTnfcww2fQpkHd2lbmFdaOPimb_HSjfNFHVM2G5wkkT1uMJWoJhffQMhM7F-mCl29t6Fs5nEdOJNBXLADZs5KLtvYGIJWPOFBOiEmmzxlRxR3pdZvnc1Q/s320/Day+13+Lake+Mead,+Valley+of+Fire,+Virgin+Gorge+128.JPG" /></a> </div><div>...but for those who have been checking in from time to time or anyone new to the blog, I've gone back to edit many of the days - adding pictures ( alot of Wanda's ) from when I was running behind.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ4fpdIPepk9BBfgYniIjJZEgAGQxbt6lBPztOODuXRI3kQS1PyfVyHxRNt9wJJrR4RkGJWW5sBgyZSrSh7PISeFXRwqc3HzmO1ikVNS82efiH0SXcjSTUClx2ighga2nYAjrOvH6EjXA/s1600/Day+1+Capital+Reef+%26+Goblin+Valley+300.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507725615773997666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ4fpdIPepk9BBfgYniIjJZEgAGQxbt6lBPztOODuXRI3kQS1PyfVyHxRNt9wJJrR4RkGJWW5sBgyZSrSh7PISeFXRwqc3HzmO1ikVNS82efiH0SXcjSTUClx2ighga2nYAjrOvH6EjXA/s320/Day+1+Capital+Reef+%26+Goblin+Valley+300.JPG" /></a><br />So please check back over the next few weeks... check out any days you missed - just click on a day from the Archive. Click on any picture to enlarge it and a 2nd time for more magnification . The trip begins at June 19.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1yOMm3D4q9XsIwTIlZO9ya0AKKYZJZYCozhzO9StE2G4Oy-GjiIgNZn75Kez7bHppghrDnSMtKRKI3e-jw4K4Q2s6l7hchBlRmk1XXiFUHIiGfg3cHv9V8vkIaUYdpI4yz_qsTTSpm7w/s1600/Day+9+Bridges,Goosenecks,+Monuments,Grand+Canyon+122.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507727697771385778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1yOMm3D4q9XsIwTIlZO9ya0AKKYZJZYCozhzO9StE2G4Oy-GjiIgNZn75Kez7bHppghrDnSMtKRKI3e-jw4K4Q2s6l7hchBlRmk1XXiFUHIiGfg3cHv9V8vkIaUYdpI4yz_qsTTSpm7w/s320/Day+9+Bridges,Goosenecks,+Monuments,Grand+Canyon+122.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div>School is starting so it may be a few weeks or so until I finish.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdmKDaENSs5r61zev2A6g8E0UaaViL4Ron-mdvAL4GqCvKBJGmFCyLSVgqDA47NjZkqjEKvyfmT6NGpohJOMY5XzfuAkxqCRTMTsMBnIA7S3tHy2oIIuRRZlJGoFue0ZmeVStroLLSls/s1600/Day+15+Cedar+Breaks+%2526+Bryce+Canyon+207.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544287626966632658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdmKDaENSs5r61zev2A6g8E0UaaViL4Ron-mdvAL4GqCvKBJGmFCyLSVgqDA47NjZkqjEKvyfmT6NGpohJOMY5XzfuAkxqCRTMTsMBnIA7S3tHy2oIIuRRZlJGoFue0ZmeVStroLLSls/s320/Day+15+Cedar+Breaks+%2526+Bryce+Canyon+207.JPG" /></a></div><div>Thanks for following . ChayR</div><div>P.S. Nov. 27, 2010 - I've finished going back editing all the days with additional pictures and commentary, finished the Special Nature Photos and "Best of ..." and NPS Passport Stamps pages and added the " How We Did It" page at the top of the blog. I'm still adding to Wanda's pics so check back later. JR<br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-79612988847413009392010-08-19T21:52:00.013-04:002010-12-29T00:10:32.998-05:00Day 46 Wanda' PicsWanda took some fantastic pictures on our trip and some I've used in the blog. We took alot of the same shots but she really got some excellent close ups and other views of rocks that I didn't see, like "face rocks".<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzb6a3KRYlXLFwhh9yCbGNPfMJoMzANxk-fFNLLbpj3yh9P7Djs8CSGYv0glh1RNYJwxfhveLiU-URVdTPVEumpwyYBF-xoUEcVqRk7lwKu2L_lDrGPlDJQFhlnifn6kMwMXqgZcz19o/s1600/wanda+pics+016.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507717140284368930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzb6a3KRYlXLFwhh9yCbGNPfMJoMzANxk-fFNLLbpj3yh9P7Djs8CSGYv0glh1RNYJwxfhveLiU-URVdTPVEumpwyYBF-xoUEcVqRk7lwKu2L_lDrGPlDJQFhlnifn6kMwMXqgZcz19o/s320/wanda+pics+016.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpD94hLZaz7JB9AKX1YTAuKjk_plsHIjOibp3_quqQcYjE8ztUJUogSWnW1-VsdJrwNLf7pmIZ34TEYDbZbpTp3loRGOxqkFPwSDTbPWlbVi-M3QD3DNAx00zGIGOKua-Gz1cSNPaocdg/s1600/wanda+pics+034.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507717151023249874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpD94hLZaz7JB9AKX1YTAuKjk_plsHIjOibp3_quqQcYjE8ztUJUogSWnW1-VsdJrwNLf7pmIZ34TEYDbZbpTp3loRGOxqkFPwSDTbPWlbVi-M3QD3DNAx00zGIGOKua-Gz1cSNPaocdg/s320/wanda+pics+034.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Cedar Breaks NP, UT<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4g6oWmVsp3VSvRLbJpJW4L36a_SbhHIFjDI2Y3o8Y-t7auEX922MjHUa2_xVl5kyzwILvU-VZ4OhY6Yn5cK-pTlsl2Lu-olIaRtbSZjcC9GGI6RaCMGqwVSiAo7UF-SKKeMIb2BuFlc/s1600/wanda+pics+268.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507717157497497042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4g6oWmVsp3VSvRLbJpJW4L36a_SbhHIFjDI2Y3o8Y-t7auEX922MjHUa2_xVl5kyzwILvU-VZ4OhY6Yn5cK-pTlsl2Lu-olIaRtbSZjcC9GGI6RaCMGqwVSiAo7UF-SKKeMIb2BuFlc/s320/wanda+pics+268.JPG" /></a><br />Many Faces Rock, Bryce Canyon NP,<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLFcNBFYEvCmcNCd4kEiCzfsL8L5gDf5mVWgQAY_iQHNjxW9o0DUd-cMTlNoZ5DkW2fUOyTtrlWzlk8FB7d5BmTryzn1xp9Ouf-LIjFxSvXs1OoGQuTf_ShkGatxoInSQUW2nERE2jK8/s1600/wanda+pics+890.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507713054170943410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLFcNBFYEvCmcNCd4kEiCzfsL8L5gDf5mVWgQAY_iQHNjxW9o0DUd-cMTlNoZ5DkW2fUOyTtrlWzlk8FB7d5BmTryzn1xp9Ouf-LIjFxSvXs1OoGQuTf_ShkGatxoInSQUW2nERE2jK8/s320/wanda+pics+890.JPG" /></a><br />Wanda took alot pictures of the roads we've traveled. </div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5A8LmIrYBCJJ98SYuox9VoPGdEXlkJubf5hCd0nLPXca1RldkMbvCwytL6RcFt2SzHouop6__1Srw8bdu8seVDSQGV7k7QI6a-3wdhQlxuoKhsbhuuf5iVEaiHpuQuniKznaDbGPGlo/s1600/wanda+pics+913.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507713062699895058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5A8LmIrYBCJJ98SYuox9VoPGdEXlkJubf5hCd0nLPXca1RldkMbvCwytL6RcFt2SzHouop6__1Srw8bdu8seVDSQGV7k7QI6a-3wdhQlxuoKhsbhuuf5iVEaiHpuQuniKznaDbGPGlo/s320/wanda+pics+913.JPG" /></a></div><div>I've given her grief about the # of dashboard & guardrail pictures I deleted, </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZba7XuWma5QlsbrhsA6Wqm6kot7MGX2YxcDTEFUHpWFmgNCyr5KnJ3Dz0uAcDGzUXofESNck1X2LidmLzvY2-tVzKeulm2RX007M-zSy1fIN58AtNTW0RU85AZ4UbUaO3NRm3zoMnjtI/s1600/wanda+pics+1059.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507717170674204178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZba7XuWma5QlsbrhsA6Wqm6kot7MGX2YxcDTEFUHpWFmgNCyr5KnJ3Dz0uAcDGzUXofESNck1X2LidmLzvY2-tVzKeulm2RX007M-zSy1fIN58AtNTW0RU85AZ4UbUaO3NRm3zoMnjtI/s320/wanda+pics+1059.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5A8LmIrYBCJJ98SYuox9VoPGdEXlkJubf5hCd0nLPXca1RldkMbvCwytL6RcFt2SzHouop6__1Srw8bdu8seVDSQGV7k7QI6a-3wdhQlxuoKhsbhuuf5iVEaiHpuQuniKznaDbGPGlo/s1600/wanda+pics+913.JPG"></a></div><div>but she really know how to frame a very nice picture.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5u7khGTfDHycw5w9ITIqCJYcDIi98UEhoqCISqkZL4zfMDut50zBWd0kYCuCCLBcaAvPTYdm1DXOQmUzLw_5tlxxftHHdtCwW5rHST8RY06-AB9Ev-QEaksiFCjlu_BzK4Cc8koC838/s1600/wanda+pics+839.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507713060004003314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5u7khGTfDHycw5w9ITIqCJYcDIi98UEhoqCISqkZL4zfMDut50zBWd0kYCuCCLBcaAvPTYdm1DXOQmUzLw_5tlxxftHHdtCwW5rHST8RY06-AB9Ev-QEaksiFCjlu_BzK4Cc8koC838/s320/wanda+pics+839.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Capital Reef NP , Utah</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwa4fii70KQ5uscNeTcXeh2QDtcEehMsU-Sd1PL8XqT7xdKGyNtYlipBXNvLBJMGEUYE0vmFZsLqCxK3XUuAfrI9Z7u4abiwIuSvOR2t7S5tuCd8N69U4eDjQjc9n0MqBB9uMf69pV-g/s1600/wanda+pics+206.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544293014026091970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwa4fii70KQ5uscNeTcXeh2QDtcEehMsU-Sd1PL8XqT7xdKGyNtYlipBXNvLBJMGEUYE0vmFZsLqCxK3XUuAfrI9Z7u4abiwIuSvOR2t7S5tuCd8N69U4eDjQjc9n0MqBB9uMf69pV-g/s320/wanda+pics+206.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfa0kOn-IhnvE8L3irPc19LA9O56A2Z_QLe2Z7oP7cosBSbh0xc9sh5JB0GZcxuZItDE1sGcVOYbRZ8TMiznvLV4OXynO1XyjKUJjQ6IFfLewtYQokv_kqm7S8GwLRQ3SH3p060PVZv-Y/s1600/wanda+pics+181.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544293009271181874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfa0kOn-IhnvE8L3irPc19LA9O56A2Z_QLe2Z7oP7cosBSbh0xc9sh5JB0GZcxuZItDE1sGcVOYbRZ8TMiznvLV4OXynO1XyjKUJjQ6IFfLewtYQokv_kqm7S8GwLRQ3SH3p060PVZv-Y/s320/wanda+pics+181.JPG" /></a><br />Valley of Fire SP, NV<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RB0eycb4Ux55dhSkGiZWCxsdW0vo2X9tg8B9lUW6_G0c8fcC4fbhW-2qnWhzaCGLfH8BDrIca-7cgDnJUFE11yYKcVTWTDsVjBx1_Tev5gtK7sy-hFMPDKZ2LUlm9ca8hzNS61Js_eM/s1600/wanda+pics+211.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544293018574234002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RB0eycb4Ux55dhSkGiZWCxsdW0vo2X9tg8B9lUW6_G0c8fcC4fbhW-2qnWhzaCGLfH8BDrIca-7cgDnJUFE11yYKcVTWTDsVjBx1_Tev5gtK7sy-hFMPDKZ2LUlm9ca8hzNS61Js_eM/s320/wanda+pics+211.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGIl5KGUC7-Qvhd11WdSQetbpB5atciUmvLBg-H6cq9cZyY6vyuOZHpWoTGGlov06BB9msSbO8QwvYNc4u5RKbQvi3O_oWT43yPstN-g1cAHOzIKaz-MHa16dEbHmcMfUFlngdntafEvw/s1600/wanda+pics+261.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544293025693377794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGIl5KGUC7-Qvhd11WdSQetbpB5atciUmvLBg-H6cq9cZyY6vyuOZHpWoTGGlov06BB9msSbO8QwvYNc4u5RKbQvi3O_oWT43yPstN-g1cAHOzIKaz-MHa16dEbHmcMfUFlngdntafEvw/s320/wanda+pics+261.JPG" /></a><br />Zion NP, UT<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOOLbXCk6_HYQMcN6tejPYjeSmbC8AFuWMUHqa2JXQj3-31WAsjMIwCzG41s0WKyMlSHYM0Q_SGwh3KmJLPJjnoqUwUmLZVYyP1FFBvwXQiCYB83wpWgQsdQhSxFbCcZ8oXCxrC3cK0k/s1600/wanda+pics+492.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544343407622336626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOOLbXCk6_HYQMcN6tejPYjeSmbC8AFuWMUHqa2JXQj3-31WAsjMIwCzG41s0WKyMlSHYM0Q_SGwh3KmJLPJjnoqUwUmLZVYyP1FFBvwXQiCYB83wpWgQsdQhSxFbCcZ8oXCxrC3cK0k/s320/wanda+pics+492.JPG" /></a><br />Thors Hammer, Bryce Canyon NP, UT<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYr67pLQDpcQdB4FWaMZLTgHCWqkYNDK_MLdW-VluC50nrXGjUarUh-yBNh11hG1_g7Cfjdg3Riq9yelFZENBCPByRQG1H_KpO2Oqn2JRnGpDpW7aLBxmkKzwR3wBsGvUe0bFehb38a_g/s1600/wanda+pics+1188.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544343412921102722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYr67pLQDpcQdB4FWaMZLTgHCWqkYNDK_MLdW-VluC50nrXGjUarUh-yBNh11hG1_g7Cfjdg3Riq9yelFZENBCPByRQG1H_KpO2Oqn2JRnGpDpW7aLBxmkKzwR3wBsGvUe0bFehb38a_g/s320/wanda+pics+1188.JPG" /></a><br />Goblin Valley SP, UT<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdztf8ocNAYqYPsaJpLo3PEBTnE-gg_USMUORBdP_lqctmQ9LrE3kVFv-FzauG8d0lhebSERW-ANVdBQ5dk5vH2n3H4Gd2KicC5ulQonuHaJXGDURKCk0QAi1t6SpV2cTrmF8GBcL78w8/s1600/wanda+pics+608.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544343422617779490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdztf8ocNAYqYPsaJpLo3PEBTnE-gg_USMUORBdP_lqctmQ9LrE3kVFv-FzauG8d0lhebSERW-ANVdBQ5dk5vH2n3H4Gd2KicC5ulQonuHaJXGDURKCk0QAi1t6SpV2cTrmF8GBcL78w8/s320/wanda+pics+608.JPG" /></a><br />Upheaval Dome, Canyonlands NP, UT<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYEsrRycuSZGF_CgZjz05CJGtRWVg6nAeOFRW_2r5-vBR3UUyB1FAXQKfzgv1oAtfevOBC8u6WYj_o7VptqWS4foTIfff0AIQC8RNNj0cGsksdB4BQqVtDkphf5K8MJkYYMIAhTsxV48/s1600/wanda+pics+212.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544343429184551298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYEsrRycuSZGF_CgZjz05CJGtRWVg6nAeOFRW_2r5-vBR3UUyB1FAXQKfzgv1oAtfevOBC8u6WYj_o7VptqWS4foTIfff0AIQC8RNNj0cGsksdB4BQqVtDkphf5K8MJkYYMIAhTsxV48/s320/wanda+pics+212.JPG" /></a><br />Her 1st wildlife pictures, Elk on Milner Pass, Rocky Mt. NP, CO<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU69sfDka2IPKDprkOOCubeP4m__StVtPEpFb22i1UhEWbFKwu3ynRNMk-o9yenecd4fFHinncrzb9uQ3mB9Y6f5I1r4C5LtynLx4MECJmnQhIpejmLld_1zBBRg9Y2C1sKQ3lhUP3rK8/s1600/wanda+pics+024.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544343433235747426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU69sfDka2IPKDprkOOCubeP4m__StVtPEpFb22i1UhEWbFKwu3ynRNMk-o9yenecd4fFHinncrzb9uQ3mB9Y6f5I1r4C5LtynLx4MECJmnQhIpejmLld_1zBBRg9Y2C1sKQ3lhUP3rK8/s320/wanda+pics+024.JPG" /></a><br />Grand Teton NP, WY<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC99tm1cG7saxVLDPlNsfSw1god1pA5kGfvK0Z7z2WyOEYJ-blg2KnsGtKacTm8Fv2tWit-YIjJGa2if6o_Sj2jNoQsS9FmM1_sebU7hrkG9ZGqzKqid_IohgxNx-z2kDpQ24oR7lBCAw/s1600/wanda+pics+253.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 238px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544349077340704210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC99tm1cG7saxVLDPlNsfSw1god1pA5kGfvK0Z7z2WyOEYJ-blg2KnsGtKacTm8Fv2tWit-YIjJGa2if6o_Sj2jNoQsS9FmM1_sebU7hrkG9ZGqzKqid_IohgxNx-z2kDpQ24oR7lBCAw/s320/wanda+pics+253.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneKXDB7jEcnE-AH9RsPx6Bd6VTZtuX64BoXE3fsSQkUgXS7cAzY-igbQ1cQpnUkkfjeB8-LljzFp-VI0Z9hCuSdRcuclL2PrA5_o8bEWwCXBDQUNIsHl7vJIS_CBOumnpy0JnSP4s5UM/s1600/wanda+pics+005.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544349081988981426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneKXDB7jEcnE-AH9RsPx6Bd6VTZtuX64BoXE3fsSQkUgXS7cAzY-igbQ1cQpnUkkfjeB8-LljzFp-VI0Z9hCuSdRcuclL2PrA5_o8bEWwCXBDQUNIsHl7vJIS_CBOumnpy0JnSP4s5UM/s320/wanda+pics+005.JPG" /></a><br />Yellowstone NP, WY<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii482_p_9BPbI1roIEO1z2HkRdy5vzKvZXKJsfmVVFDjIRQW3N4Sne5jYazP8QlNuu_xHVN5g3sETVx_GPR9OR4BtCurH7LXyj19aw6rvU1aadBoNajr915rEK03B3G4eQkVynL_JHWOs/s1600/wanda+pics+053.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544349092185317234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii482_p_9BPbI1roIEO1z2HkRdy5vzKvZXKJsfmVVFDjIRQW3N4Sne5jYazP8QlNuu_xHVN5g3sETVx_GPR9OR4BtCurH7LXyj19aw6rvU1aadBoNajr915rEK03B3G4eQkVynL_JHWOs/s320/wanda+pics+053.JPG" /></a><br />She was about 40' from this buffalo & wanted to get closer.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjiIISodS9cCL3Q5E-v6BrsMdbil517wgraFufBkXGNweUoKUXJDUEnZ2NCCoHrJt5OeUCoekowUQVEQa2D324Xaj-_CO9CqPlbGlwg5UJXUC9dTFPA_ymr0wc8NSAE5ISeBhFiq6VwL4/s1600/wanda+pics+189.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544349095850310818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjiIISodS9cCL3Q5E-v6BrsMdbil517wgraFufBkXGNweUoKUXJDUEnZ2NCCoHrJt5OeUCoekowUQVEQa2D324Xaj-_CO9CqPlbGlwg5UJXUC9dTFPA_ymr0wc8NSAE5ISeBhFiq6VwL4/s320/wanda+pics+189.JPG" /></a><br />Rocky Mt. goats, Custer SP, SD<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-83368578682122523452010-08-11T16:33:00.020-04:002010-12-22T11:39:10.877-05:00Day 44 Southern VA.Civil War & Trip SummaryWe had such great weather for our trip until we got back east and then had a couple days of rain and the last night at Cobb Island, we put on long pants and sweatshirts when we were outside after supper.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZQGOXZz98HfZ-KMw5bAbw244T7HxhC9AhY2dimXhfWblmb6GmiBXVzrK3V7BDTmMt6QkdhXtEznOjc5plvmsl_wP086DLRe8DlyoE1RFmveAELd0UUCmqcsMsHzS_B-MY4v6C0LYqlg/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+036.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504591617286328386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZQGOXZz98HfZ-KMw5bAbw244T7HxhC9AhY2dimXhfWblmb6GmiBXVzrK3V7BDTmMt6QkdhXtEznOjc5plvmsl_wP086DLRe8DlyoE1RFmveAELd0UUCmqcsMsHzS_B-MY4v6C0LYqlg/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+036.JPG" /></a> </div><div>It was drizzling when we left Cobb Island and crossed the Potomac River Bridge on US 301.Wanda doesn't like high bridges so I couldn't get her to take any pictures of it as we crossed.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzqzeI4gelmy0NNLKXl_aSEzZaa7sxBpqq29eWLYndOvEGxxmxdHoSJH8Z-jWiStxt1NSfMacnKr2QbONEQD1_w-422Ia1GNx9qTgAqPz0XvWOkirNyFnMLi76NXrj4M6z8uOvU4mXpfw/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+037.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504591612107156834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzqzeI4gelmy0NNLKXl_aSEzZaa7sxBpqq29eWLYndOvEGxxmxdHoSJH8Z-jWiStxt1NSfMacnKr2QbONEQD1_w-422Ia1GNx9qTgAqPz0XvWOkirNyFnMLi76NXrj4M6z8uOvU4mXpfw/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+037.JPG" /></a><br /><div>The power plant is right along the highway and the river,</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rLmQCa7fvvhbPF93ri8V0I59stj4Q-u4iGB3gii8EkMOuoAMqb86tvRNNE1FFJMeN0Ci-gNscrAre6GVbt9-STf41wutHFWZXDYWn1FoiuitHxIfIuaDePF6ABayUHJrOQhEJsfHfxQ/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+040.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504591609926175490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rLmQCa7fvvhbPF93ri8V0I59stj4Q-u4iGB3gii8EkMOuoAMqb86tvRNNE1FFJMeN0Ci-gNscrAre6GVbt9-STf41wutHFWZXDYWn1FoiuitHxIfIuaDePF6ABayUHJrOQhEJsfHfxQ/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+040.JPG" /></a><br /><div>The 32nd state counting Wash. DC. We had plans to drive into NJ when we were in Delaware but after we didn't do the Mason-Dixon line hike, we decided we didn't need to spend the hour to drive to Jersey. We've both been there and we can count DC as a state. ( my students think it is)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzpKD5NCy0-xr7dVlu2SJxYr_4TJuFDr1RgpukzhHPJBhcUEuOuCiuN-NwsLD6hXvQEacu5yah-xRfzn2AVQCDAomE_khHurw9ax58hzujxFwJ1prMunVjh3NgE46PKGQcd0txjNlc1k/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+041.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504591599096104242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzpKD5NCy0-xr7dVlu2SJxYr_4TJuFDr1RgpukzhHPJBhcUEuOuCiuN-NwsLD6hXvQEacu5yah-xRfzn2AVQCDAomE_khHurw9ax58hzujxFwJ1prMunVjh3NgE46PKGQcd0txjNlc1k/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+041.JPG" /></a></div><div>We didn't spend much time at George's Birthplace. The only things that are original are the family graveyard and the foundations of some of the original houses.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgO4VCZ9YorYiJqgDqjsNakQfTWKh_tXrBYQSYK0ZEDm0kyKC7IqxEfmU4KqIm4ojVyJXE9i2HIy3JcSgYsFfBEia-x3WV9RyqTA7uShbriDAdu4agTaGWH8t9DkXY-fdTd-GKN01SHCA/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+042.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504590822126167250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgO4VCZ9YorYiJqgDqjsNakQfTWKh_tXrBYQSYK0ZEDm0kyKC7IqxEfmU4KqIm4ojVyJXE9i2HIy3JcSgYsFfBEia-x3WV9RyqTA7uShbriDAdu4agTaGWH8t9DkXY-fdTd-GKN01SHCA/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+042.JPG" /></a><br /><div>We looked at the small visitor center with some artifacts dug up on the property and a few exhibits and got our NPS Stamps & postcards.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6TKPeeeq8Epwm86p9tW6BmX-q6yODHn_zpY4LkrlPK_qS-jibly_bWG3oyaM5xI1OVdpxGLz9uwVnVDAP0wEpER4CT_XU4cX2a6sH6BwKMs02dNQ932zR6SqMZ46ow1d5urydhO46SU/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+046.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504590819231520930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6TKPeeeq8Epwm86p9tW6BmX-q6yODHn_zpY4LkrlPK_qS-jibly_bWG3oyaM5xI1OVdpxGLz9uwVnVDAP0wEpER4CT_XU4cX2a6sH6BwKMs02dNQ932zR6SqMZ46ow1d5urydhO46SU/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+046.JPG" /></a><br /><div>I've taken Wanda to a number of Civil War sites in the last few years and she's been reading many books from my CW library so we followed the battlefield trail of the 7 Days battles of 1862. We stopped at 5 visitor centers as part of the Richmond Nat'l Battlefield. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDH9HRywQJsApHM9CEATFV5zCJmB3cyJTdX3n32l89lclOlj6At3YMFFzDuJguYXL46eXNhQi1xi5ZBUDqA2u8JU1oWIpnBbc44g29rcA5MuowvsmiRc_yhcvM9nDuf5zg7GwH8HEvZGc/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+059.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504590812335567842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDH9HRywQJsApHM9CEATFV5zCJmB3cyJTdX3n32l89lclOlj6At3YMFFzDuJguYXL46eXNhQi1xi5ZBUDqA2u8JU1oWIpnBbc44g29rcA5MuowvsmiRc_yhcvM9nDuf5zg7GwH8HEvZGc/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+059.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Cold Harbor was the site of one of the battles of 1862 but is best known for the slaughter of Union troops in 1864 where Grant sent his soldiers<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIFm3P4iMlU_VwOtgvBz9F5RlZxPC-fEiR_Kb60-ackyV7_6RLsULeRBZFLySpGF8Lj3JuCz_b4RwOpiNjAt7v16BuVLCDL-D49EN_Elkwtql-MB7DB2neDTVuYYjq5OOHmETTDgXNFQo/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+051.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504593889419726898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIFm3P4iMlU_VwOtgvBz9F5RlZxPC-fEiR_Kb60-ackyV7_6RLsULeRBZFLySpGF8Lj3JuCz_b4RwOpiNjAt7v16BuVLCDL-D49EN_Elkwtql-MB7DB2neDTVuYYjq5OOHmETTDgXNFQo/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+051.JPG" /></a><br />against entrenched Confederate troops and lost 7,000 in less than an hour.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGWNKtsRxhOdLzVEkX5WLDSYEgqODo3Kw-vCby8c0AhwnjsUX1_tYGFaZjI0UkK2g2fKwbDyMxXQDgwNRg28S3n9g7yZGFfEPE_1sjLuc2xWtdS2lwM6J_DybmATWchRlu2Z2jR9o27Y/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+054.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504590806383043298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGWNKtsRxhOdLzVEkX5WLDSYEgqODo3Kw-vCby8c0AhwnjsUX1_tYGFaZjI0UkK2g2fKwbDyMxXQDgwNRg28S3n9g7yZGFfEPE_1sjLuc2xWtdS2lwM6J_DybmATWchRlu2Z2jR9o27Y/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+054.JPG" /></a><br /><div>The lines of trenches are remarkably well preserved. Most of these were dug by hand, literally. The troops used tin cups, plates, canteen halves - anything to move dirt for protection.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaU_NnKxn97f33aV_0ISPegoFM0G2hES6rBUFCA412urnZrNzG_0o1Z0LJq0_yFdfl_4tpcl6ueM4JyqqDQ-Xn3zMWGqgr4Mv6w63h_kIdbiN7gre3-u2U7-igbQY0hKuXvF-O6iXYgk/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+061.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504590796418179346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaU_NnKxn97f33aV_0ISPegoFM0G2hES6rBUFCA412urnZrNzG_0o1Z0LJq0_yFdfl_4tpcl6ueM4JyqqDQ-Xn3zMWGqgr4Mv6w63h_kIdbiN7gre3-u2U7-igbQY0hKuXvF-O6iXYgk/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+061.JPG" /></a><br /><div>The Glendale/Malvern Hill VC is the Admin. Building of the National Cemetery.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeiAI_3zeKcy-2SM1Zo5rWtncQsLB4cJgEXsJsGyWR5QDJH2q6W_JRWosIY1UsOZGmOFISLvM9eXp939WzyIGe1oxr9i-5CsfUla6Uys4rds6rsqq5Cp88J24hYUXf9Cva3elqQPQbjRw/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+062.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504589897577584194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeiAI_3zeKcy-2SM1Zo5rWtncQsLB4cJgEXsJsGyWR5QDJH2q6W_JRWosIY1UsOZGmOFISLvM9eXp939WzyIGe1oxr9i-5CsfUla6Uys4rds6rsqq5Cp88J24hYUXf9Cva3elqQPQbjRw/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+062.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Wanda questioned why there are no national cemeteries for the southern troops. The ranger told her that most were removed to local cemeteries like Hollywood or Oakwood in Richmond.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_N8A9PbZwpaEKUwRRmOpiNzQHkDePTOart3hI5nPy0FW7kGpJkm44NT8c0NlQh6d8PKfn6asKDFqtx7vuL9BON1OEK-awCErPdDXdIoFPS4Mm68WAIyPibXtet8qG5OVMBeiEzo93RbE/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+069.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504589890309565282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_N8A9PbZwpaEKUwRRmOpiNzQHkDePTOart3hI5nPy0FW7kGpJkm44NT8c0NlQh6d8PKfn6asKDFqtx7vuL9BON1OEK-awCErPdDXdIoFPS4Mm68WAIyPibXtet8qG5OVMBeiEzo93RbE/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+069.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Malvern Hill was the last battle of the Seven Days. The Confederate troops attacked up the hill into one of the largest assemblies of massed cannons in the war. " A splendid field of fire" as one of the Union Generals put it.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-QzTHjJeWavIYT8NOM2BUXxaB195euVwKFQ04LLf5AqLEEf_Up3mNu1QjROxcb9Av_vSvXhttS4Q74Ru0jJiwxERGqpJaIXlZPmh5rAHjKrv5ZmbfRan-CsTXvvb3lKxNiwcovSMNNUs/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+093.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504589884781608834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-QzTHjJeWavIYT8NOM2BUXxaB195euVwKFQ04LLf5AqLEEf_Up3mNu1QjROxcb9Av_vSvXhttS4Q74Ru0jJiwxERGqpJaIXlZPmh5rAHjKrv5ZmbfRan-CsTXvvb3lKxNiwcovSMNNUs/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+093.JPG" /></a><br /><div>I had not been to Chimborazo before, site of the largest Confederate hospital in the war.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_AUQaHGlcd8APcPG24-P9ZF9z-RmqHDMgssJU3BQ8431K19BhmaSHDmetbd5unQwpic0XoSgsJIwdHi1lqFIpRFVBJ2hOyJjcuTqhx8OzfkZJOw-_uhRaXbBImzK6sbHj0x8EYODyakM/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+106.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504592143676862706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_AUQaHGlcd8APcPG24-P9ZF9z-RmqHDMgssJU3BQ8431K19BhmaSHDmetbd5unQwpic0XoSgsJIwdHi1lqFIpRFVBJ2hOyJjcuTqhx8OzfkZJOw-_uhRaXbBImzK6sbHj0x8EYODyakM/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+106.JPG" /></a><br />The scale was enormous, the bakery produced something like 10,000 loaves of bread per week.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguH6jviQypqF6qof7ZfzbeBFo1j7E2QzIqIr-W3t9gYBjxY0CMjSi7qtmdKseJEAwMdhPDsUctrVmu9-AHAUJXeu177a7_yEiRM9GV5eUn8ZDKcZKB7reXACxel5b3R_iLutArECwkIFQ/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+102.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504589879094219618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguH6jviQypqF6qof7ZfzbeBFo1j7E2QzIqIr-W3t9gYBjxY0CMjSi7qtmdKseJEAwMdhPDsUctrVmu9-AHAUJXeu177a7_yEiRM9GV5eUn8ZDKcZKB7reXACxel5b3R_iLutArECwkIFQ/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+102.JPG" /></a><br /><div>The exhibits showed a variety medical stuff : the surgeons instruments & uniforms and ghoulish things like pictures and</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi76H1RIhfSeiO0Iy6y_cQ2jFNuXSksrG1IETWrmWk3FPrivZDeWITjyKyBAYqc3WSQPNgaeoGp1yFbLpIJvIapr2888NZd-Ltv4FarcKp2nPAxALqBv31azsRamluIM1JsXw6aiDQPEs/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+104.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504589873261497730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi76H1RIhfSeiO0Iy6y_cQ2jFNuXSksrG1IETWrmWk3FPrivZDeWITjyKyBAYqc3WSQPNgaeoGp1yFbLpIJvIapr2888NZd-Ltv4FarcKp2nPAxALqBv31azsRamluIM1JsXw6aiDQPEs/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+104.JPG" /></a><br /><div>descriptions amputations.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIV-5TBauT-udLBb7KD69GJnppiDnP45HPIVbLOlceNwialoXYr6LJ9BT5RM0ayCyKoRxLfHvixjxTOOnHi8yhUVFEpdEebGb4G-JPkCn3_wHs2CjJYNLfvQp5KlHayImu78DZ_knZ0xo/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+077.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504310210098605666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIV-5TBauT-udLBb7KD69GJnppiDnP45HPIVbLOlceNwialoXYr6LJ9BT5RM0ayCyKoRxLfHvixjxTOOnHi8yhUVFEpdEebGb4G-JPkCn3_wHs2CjJYNLfvQp5KlHayImu78DZ_knZ0xo/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+077.JPG" /></a><br /><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504310215112928402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuizv5DPVXohp6GVcmVP1R4LMfOfEf3DyvyZ3kndxpd2LBYM8lstB0AoyZQ8GrITgTlXdjNiZt1FyzMRpHHAglQsXaFyzc_6lpX4WL3RCxb4om0QwTKR4mCv8mX_5fBMy7qNuF8oJ8bg/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+073.JPG" /></div><div><div><div>For about 3 miles we drove along Battlefield Park Rd. which had a number of small forts and long lines of trenches very well preserved.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQuvm5pSo0btwNd_YPJ0MEsaHykXgLCjBX9BcF-6jlCjeOjZ-p3MrJ3UqoosESjVyoyl7iWKxIQvv48fybMx7D6imdFEv9rpGasNmVZ53Zi_xcZv307G-YkiwDVkE_NITUO7Oy8_pxQM/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+079.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504310206857165906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQuvm5pSo0btwNd_YPJ0MEsaHykXgLCjBX9BcF-6jlCjeOjZ-p3MrJ3UqoosESjVyoyl7iWKxIQvv48fybMx7D6imdFEv9rpGasNmVZ53Zi_xcZv307G-YkiwDVkE_NITUO7Oy8_pxQM/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+079.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Fort Harrison was one of the larger earthen forts that had been built to defend Richmond.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5cT-pUVv4XX9wAPLkAL2baMKFKkkCL08lnJvnJSkm-NpUaFIM7gO3g1Y9UTdbgeWFc-k2xJIKkwXyEIjLyaedirm4Z7-WwpTOVTKmFgHmb_n9S2FaXAqli16dqdkft-7t5Q6rqzEMzo/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+080.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504310200434847026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5cT-pUVv4XX9wAPLkAL2baMKFKkkCL08lnJvnJSkm-NpUaFIM7gO3g1Y9UTdbgeWFc-k2xJIKkwXyEIjLyaedirm4Z7-WwpTOVTKmFgHmb_n9S2FaXAqli16dqdkft-7t5Q6rqzEMzo/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+080.JPG" /></a><br /><div>a pretty neat little Visitor Center</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpn3hM2h2p0cPl5_3RWSgZw3PVdvU4D9yCLVT3sgZm4XHExOdI9ZyMRe7MoIaJ_MJA1HkptqboQKQhkdWgVOWD-oCuZfTW7Ax2MFlOo-T1woseJWlVT9YzFYHk_JkfM1tH78PC89Hjx4g/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+087.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504593880373602610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpn3hM2h2p0cPl5_3RWSgZw3PVdvU4D9yCLVT3sgZm4XHExOdI9ZyMRe7MoIaJ_MJA1HkptqboQKQhkdWgVOWD-oCuZfTW7Ax2MFlOo-T1woseJWlVT9YzFYHk_JkfM1tH78PC89Hjx4g/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+087.JPG" /></a><br /><div>The fort covers about the size of a football field</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIxWXY7LpOJtjGd3MuKfboXh7qL3KOb-e5ZOKZra7QgOKKc_XcxUKy6KS2C-vMOVdPjCn6gQkbBQUYfo6akH3G6L01F9vEek-d2p5QCGx8tJKPdgFlGYVQF0HiTzA7JnjPXf0LD9eWH30/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+088.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; 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We got home at 9 pm, right on schedule.</div><div>The final total was 12,706.3 miles </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWU8DntDqhOJbchb7ZUiCsGI2btXCoUdNrV_jIdYz7zuQhqDeXMCn_jYc21Saz0jbb_LFmhtc6FL7AiWrokaJGBbmgGcr24o-HFiWotFiVsM6ZTT6-PAoTNoG2n6cSGFwuVf0nhyY2ctw/s1600/NPS+passport+stamps+001.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506123127014623970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWU8DntDqhOJbchb7ZUiCsGI2btXCoUdNrV_jIdYz7zuQhqDeXMCn_jYc21Saz0jbb_LFmhtc6FL7AiWrokaJGBbmgGcr24o-HFiWotFiVsM6ZTT6-PAoTNoG2n6cSGFwuVf0nhyY2ctw/s320/NPS+passport+stamps+001.jpg" /></a><br /><div>215 NPS Passport stamps </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZZV9lE-by7neMj6r27qvhjlCifohQIa9yw_noBSxCCTBVjBnEkCbR4LZ37_3l_G7np5g6GJAR9tBEGfv8uyNjTNdjepQogk0DRiRxBCTIAIWp9FgmoAc7E-meaKk9Ws21IRE2jA8XdU/s1600/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+064.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506123137472737890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZZV9lE-by7neMj6r27qvhjlCifohQIa9yw_noBSxCCTBVjBnEkCbR4LZ37_3l_G7np5g6GJAR9tBEGfv8uyNjTNdjepQogk0DRiRxBCTIAIWp9FgmoAc7E-meaKk9Ws21IRE2jA8XdU/s320/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+064.JPG" /></a><br /><div>33 tunnels </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2AQbpjyM4vwDbPLIKgRjAka2bfJWDM4uleow198n4QD0NQomCt1CQO137V2UkgeSFThLlCzFxILnLcTxtV-JVUa0ufJGZvGxVw1bGsgQJ4WXbAVlSSTlALHKc_fV_xstsqllF7Yj1rg/s1600/Day+20+Rocky+Mountain+078.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506145625207123074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2AQbpjyM4vwDbPLIKgRjAka2bfJWDM4uleow198n4QD0NQomCt1CQO137V2UkgeSFThLlCzFxILnLcTxtV-JVUa0ufJGZvGxVw1bGsgQJ4WXbAVlSSTlALHKc_fV_xstsqllF7Yj1rg/s320/Day+20+Rocky+Mountain+078.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Highest elevation 12,183 ft. Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mt. NP, CO. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hjGI0gl0hcrC1_EmJ0fiLeqxB2R4uGyCEdplhl7VWwu1xbG31FDDuPBtLUDd2333EsHFpHls2lmGli1n9D4gkrP8_0IRol0a7lnaSSfmEjj62QJJvKrZB3P1kJZ4hwSPiBiZHAOw3HA/s1600/Day+20+Rocky+Mountain+034.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506123144464530770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hjGI0gl0hcrC1_EmJ0fiLeqxB2R4uGyCEdplhl7VWwu1xbG31FDDuPBtLUDd2333EsHFpHls2lmGli1n9D4gkrP8_0IRol0a7lnaSSfmEjj62QJJvKrZB3P1kJZ4hwSPiBiZHAOw3HA/s320/Day+20+Rocky+Mountain+034.JPG" /></a><br /><div>We crossed the Continental Divide 6 times</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwWok-pyM7HQLne-zoEJ7xEXpdR9raeaM30mCWTFlAb3u3VcrBCd_oRsLo9MWo8rLwsNPYpBAzhHR2ANz8v791zDcllG2qVTTXyl26DohaFTmCxtRgvFYNGUk3hJQH1lI1vabZqGx8Qs/s1600/Day+13+Lake+Mead,+Valley+of+Fire,+Virgin+Gorge+101.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506123151313827986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwWok-pyM7HQLne-zoEJ7xEXpdR9raeaM30mCWTFlAb3u3VcrBCd_oRsLo9MWo8rLwsNPYpBAzhHR2ANz8v791zDcllG2qVTTXyl26DohaFTmCxtRgvFYNGUk3hJQH1lI1vabZqGx8Qs/s320/Day+13+Lake+Mead,+Valley+of+Fire,+Virgin+Gorge+101.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Hottest -110 degrees Valley of Fire SP, NV</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic8jATNmwERMdlZMSWTS3S5XnE7l5np1jvjT-cAA-LWzhIUhlNyACx9ObpF4Zh81mN7ZggkedDYrC69sE4exprg-W855NVH8BEdxVkBUs_HdoLM7YOFUC84vvYBceQkjJbn5vRxggnXYY/s1600/Day+20+Rocky+Mountain+061.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506123156045135602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic8jATNmwERMdlZMSWTS3S5XnE7l5np1jvjT-cAA-LWzhIUhlNyACx9ObpF4Zh81mN7ZggkedDYrC69sE4exprg-W855NVH8BEdxVkBUs_HdoLM7YOFUC84vvYBceQkjJbn5vRxggnXYY/s320/Day+20+Rocky+Mountain+061.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Coldest 27 degrees- Alpine Visitor Center, 11, 796' Rocky Mt. NP, CO</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkL4xqcPTDQfd3KuyzqRhQZlOvnL7H849UCdyFXDIiEWvmju16-tfzdWobd1JRMU1pcLtk4D3d10RYr3Llne_VPLmEYvag7lSHBZiJNiAcPwm51B5rtEc9XcxJiQnVgdKy5ynaf8p7rIw/s1600/Day+12+Tucson+to+Las+Vegas+003.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506134544668612514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkL4xqcPTDQfd3KuyzqRhQZlOvnL7H849UCdyFXDIiEWvmju16-tfzdWobd1JRMU1pcLtk4D3d10RYr3Llne_VPLmEYvag7lSHBZiJNiAcPwm51B5rtEc9XcxJiQnVgdKy5ynaf8p7rIw/s320/Day+12+Tucson+to+Las+Vegas+003.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Furtherest South : Tucson, AZ , </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mgVciYTuJxun-RrIvM4BVwmEjy3_FY0nHDTSFnope-NI3ApyK73gHsSa_XOehQYtIhFM6ElrNuPgcBIxAn18vbbVbLhhhoeLoISo6rKPxPY2cMSW6uFSBPvOSE10zMf1LHESIBqIzcw/s1600/Day+12+Tucson+to+Las+Vegas+051.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506134553382695410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mgVciYTuJxun-RrIvM4BVwmEjy3_FY0nHDTSFnope-NI3ApyK73gHsSa_XOehQYtIhFM6ElrNuPgcBIxAn18vbbVbLhhhoeLoISo6rKPxPY2cMSW6uFSBPvOSE10zMf1LHESIBqIzcw/s320/Day+12+Tucson+to+Las+Vegas+051.JPG" /></a><br /><div>West: Las Vegas, NV( even though we did get into CA), </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHBlY_w3bCTcfIbjHpDH4h6Br7VWKI2vgsIC4fPoZoecUgn-0bCkypP41S7blMCLjkXgNSsCd2bBZVI5FbMePKbk8btlRAp9eMFatcvVkhyCu9XIsyxr9BCJQLmQ8VrPWj0o3Uof4JcU/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+056.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506134559345028722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHBlY_w3bCTcfIbjHpDH4h6Br7VWKI2vgsIC4fPoZoecUgn-0bCkypP41S7blMCLjkXgNSsCd2bBZVI5FbMePKbk8btlRAp9eMFatcvVkhyCu9XIsyxr9BCJQLmQ8VrPWj0o3Uof4JcU/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+056.JPG" /></a><br /><div>North : Welcome to Manitoba sign at International Peace Garden </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpno7nbTWXv-Evxh9x2IW8noABEM9Uv8fu0kK4VMFx2kZqKmACdH9RR330l9LjHtLrcbRuBwojrptg6Ld9DpV8y6QDCgzin7kuGQMNFi63uE7suSzF-n8PCgsZYLHBVK6r8PRvTG7JMcc/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+145.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506134564122306530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpno7nbTWXv-Evxh9x2IW8noABEM9Uv8fu0kK4VMFx2kZqKmACdH9RR330l9LjHtLrcbRuBwojrptg6Ld9DpV8y6QDCgzin7kuGQMNFi63uE7suSzF-n8PCgsZYLHBVK6r8PRvTG7JMcc/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+145.JPG" /></a><br /><div>East: Philadelphia, PA . </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMd1RDS24PLOF-YA-4xsrYZ3T8TvD5CtPVvsIDbUMo5Sl1EQNLlwAbiw4sqsl8ufD5SUHqgfOgRkksvYSR_LVCGDyoohz1HR1Dg7kIa-lc_gGiYgT9N-mrxujjNjjf9jrC-kzHgo08JHY/s1600/wanda+pics+003.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506139172251761890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMd1RDS24PLOF-YA-4xsrYZ3T8TvD5CtPVvsIDbUMo5Sl1EQNLlwAbiw4sqsl8ufD5SUHqgfOgRkksvYSR_LVCGDyoohz1HR1Dg7kIa-lc_gGiYgT9N-mrxujjNjjf9jrC-kzHgo08JHY/s320/wanda+pics+003.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Best Day: Wanda - Grand Canyon - she took the best pictures there</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFggBHYSqsYCx9zErMoyW754khN4nuKYebvl5Cn3QeVWSR0MEgDwMGB50d57IyGmTLhgjZWtTkpLRmmDCa6_6s6_tPwjA2H43MDXxxlJQmakc9dRnznz4OvaXNBPlQbspm8gZAEQK5YU/s1600/Day+15+Cedar+Breaks+%26+Bryce+Canyon+206.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506139180139867378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFggBHYSqsYCx9zErMoyW754khN4nuKYebvl5Cn3QeVWSR0MEgDwMGB50d57IyGmTLhgjZWtTkpLRmmDCa6_6s6_tPwjA2H43MDXxxlJQmakc9dRnznz4OvaXNBPlQbspm8gZAEQK5YU/s320/Day+15+Cedar+Breaks+%26+Bryce+Canyon+206.JPG" /></a><br /><div>JR- Day 15: Cedar Breaks, Red Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Utah with a close 2nd </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOGfQbEvNMDjJjHuulzSsO8dkW8L4Hq99Bv-ehOoHD0hc7sXKxp4S1KWKdeIbtwBkgVXkg-roPFEUfKjRgUNjTjdKb9RcYv4LAVZVjqw49607WyO19zOW4iD5ENYQWClzpta6CCxbVwQ/s1600/Day+13+Lake+Mead,+Valley+of+Fire,+Virgin+Gorge+029.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506139184371857890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOGfQbEvNMDjJjHuulzSsO8dkW8L4Hq99Bv-ehOoHD0hc7sXKxp4S1KWKdeIbtwBkgVXkg-roPFEUfKjRgUNjTjdKb9RcYv4LAVZVjqw49607WyO19zOW4iD5ENYQWClzpta6CCxbVwQ/s320/Day+13+Lake+Mead,+Valley+of+Fire,+Virgin+Gorge+029.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Day 13 Valley of Fire SP, NV </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMnizBB5Okc2BfHWSJko3AoFaNiblnRJaNJw4uoMtYSGXLvG-Ex0zAx944F4tfs2yiB1R2imUVJx0-vq8qNvQsTEI4z981Es8U2Cf0XE0iwUUNjcwfERn4Q7jdPoMzVFlbeJKYXIGRW3g/s1600/Day+20+Rocky+Mountain+083.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506139188855983570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMnizBB5Okc2BfHWSJko3AoFaNiblnRJaNJw4uoMtYSGXLvG-Ex0zAx944F4tfs2yiB1R2imUVJx0-vq8qNvQsTEI4z981Es8U2Cf0XE0iwUUNjcwfERn4Q7jdPoMzVFlbeJKYXIGRW3g/s320/Day+20+Rocky+Mountain+083.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Scariest drive: Trail Ridge Road, Rocky MT. NP - road work at 12,000'-single lane gravel road with rain, snow & fog and of course no guard rails .<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ7anZmEOD9hD2aBHvCEgLNF2tus7GS7qfy6pVtbCfiJYHCZ1YfeCJwkLEfJiKIiKHe_ChIEdRlCvZCFiLg3Hc_67mSiX_-QbdxiyhPcvwMCsuzt-bhVQQxey4ykuvhFJ0YfauLcR1Me4/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+023.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506159908738217234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ7anZmEOD9hD2aBHvCEgLNF2tus7GS7qfy6pVtbCfiJYHCZ1YfeCJwkLEfJiKIiKHe_ChIEdRlCvZCFiLg3Hc_67mSiX_-QbdxiyhPcvwMCsuzt-bhVQQxey4ykuvhFJ0YfauLcR1Me4/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+023.JPG" /></a><br />Most Unique Roadside Attraction - Enchanted Highway, ND<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyT3c1seizi46InkdUK4H5gMwUqUDgVVStf8nOCeXjTlA3Hn-blFDY8moNsmwrmX3BxFwfT_e4O8JXMKgCf7y6QSKO-RHMiNsV9JETTe7ZQQ-MfPtZe61R6MFzWMWbHeyjIwUpzC4d3Po/s1600/Day+1+Capital+Reef+%26+Goblin+Valley+201.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515136016377394146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyT3c1seizi46InkdUK4H5gMwUqUDgVVStf8nOCeXjTlA3Hn-blFDY8moNsmwrmX3BxFwfT_e4O8JXMKgCf7y6QSKO-RHMiNsV9JETTe7ZQQ-MfPtZe61R6MFzWMWbHeyjIwUpzC4d3Po/s320/Day+1+Capital+Reef+%26+Goblin+Valley+201.JPG" /></a><br />Most Unusual Gas Station- Hollow MT., Hanksville, UT</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtqdecAiVM5Won02IHqY-oIncWWdiDVs-8MbPyv-TIGi6Lw_QGIRnY1k3YRCMkFCD-tX1yAvdnYbGyujqDJ-R6EeyUaJzYdZo3l7cRSMZ4f6UHjuz2qNH8Nv0q-0t91DkvZdeVEweH7g4/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+001.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515138077142936722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtqdecAiVM5Won02IHqY-oIncWWdiDVs-8MbPyv-TIGi6Lw_QGIRnY1k3YRCMkFCD-tX1yAvdnYbGyujqDJ-R6EeyUaJzYdZo3l7cRSMZ4f6UHjuz2qNH8Nv0q-0t91DkvZdeVEweH7g4/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+001.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Best Small Town we wish we had more time to drive around and most unique school team mascot- Belfry, WY</div><div>See the "Best & Worst" page at the top of the Blog for the rest...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-63543271624818719182010-08-11T00:50:00.015-04:002010-08-11T16:30:48.462-04:00Day 43 Cobb Island, MD<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEialm9K4tmzmJuCShmLx_vWwLEf8_i8R_UZJQMCSD4VxRCevK6mNSffu2Acrcxan6vqTCm-4A-c0J7aw5INBVnuyv3eR375g0iMDeio3KcT9Zo7AWO2Sza36o9Dw310Jd3IX_n61LiH9io/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+033.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504171348704783458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEialm9K4tmzmJuCShmLx_vWwLEf8_i8R_UZJQMCSD4VxRCevK6mNSffu2Acrcxan6vqTCm-4A-c0J7aw5INBVnuyv3eR375g0iMDeio3KcT9Zo7AWO2Sza36o9Dw310Jd3IX_n61LiH9io/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+033.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div>Cobb Island is at the meeting of the Potomac & Wicomico Rivers in Southern Maryland where we stay with my best friend John Jones & his wife Gayle.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDrTj5LUIXZ1QQl-J4ILov9slBODMt2a9vt8dmvjKdUhMqZuRpl7tZlz5aHNGytLjwG3mPMHO7Uh-QkwurTxmrqUJc-t4dkU9AUvMt6wUAbAu3GGg644VuEamXAZJFpU_qo3jJwUScQTs/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+030.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504011969074135762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDrTj5LUIXZ1QQl-J4ILov9slBODMt2a9vt8dmvjKdUhMqZuRpl7tZlz5aHNGytLjwG3mPMHO7Uh-QkwurTxmrqUJc-t4dkU9AUvMt6wUAbAu3GGg644VuEamXAZJFpU_qo3jJwUScQTs/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+030.JPG" /></a><br /><div>The island has about 1500 residents - about half , like John & Gayle come down in summer & weekends.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUV2BAt9mK1hJ7Qf_1IFfgh69_SM8dPW3iY614Ca_bGbf4dbKbeNGXKY5wk2jjbe9q1LSmp1JZjOakZCcb_iK-DkN9YKdB7OyrJuWCN0Or8nLHuAEdYYjl65oO1WgL5238I9CJMhYFaOM/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+026.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504174117868164402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUV2BAt9mK1hJ7Qf_1IFfgh69_SM8dPW3iY614Ca_bGbf4dbKbeNGXKY5wk2jjbe9q1LSmp1JZjOakZCcb_iK-DkN9YKdB7OyrJuWCN0Or8nLHuAEdYYjl65oO1WgL5238I9CJMhYFaOM/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+026.JPG" /></a><br />The island is great for bike riding & doing nothing. Wanda got caught up on some reading & relaxing while </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KwJtFSXNjRC_Ta_QXAYUexycMR-aaZd5V_WeuF79ZbMuNNLVq7-YTychI-g50nuKY1Pf7izg584EkSVHQlQKY3D2EHiDou_T5-2edD2sCwOe9ElgpTdDaAFv2mLfHR31MHOnlFpnS7E/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+003.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504171176246003458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KwJtFSXNjRC_Ta_QXAYUexycMR-aaZd5V_WeuF79ZbMuNNLVq7-YTychI-g50nuKY1Pf7izg584EkSVHQlQKY3D2EHiDou_T5-2edD2sCwOe9ElgpTdDaAFv2mLfHR31MHOnlFpnS7E/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+003.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0VS9OpXZfdEaYrBdawFmo5S181vg6xPAwyFZYrx7cf4N4aTPD39pxOwU510wZJKLEKg7H1R7yxCPZXZYoWUjBOV8ai7vAnuZth0xmzsLgx0ijYnSECcGa5biOLrJwU8a0FBnkZqjI2k/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+004.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504171171898627410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0VS9OpXZfdEaYrBdawFmo5S181vg6xPAwyFZYrx7cf4N4aTPD39pxOwU510wZJKLEKg7H1R7yxCPZXZYoWUjBOV8ai7vAnuZth0xmzsLgx0ijYnSECcGa5biOLrJwU8a0FBnkZqjI2k/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+004.JPG" /></a></div><div>I went out fishing with John & Gayle.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9lTsgCtQpVaPIoTerm8w7mD80dWF_-3afKJTw8ZCoDoxilTiWnUFlMxU2h7te7YBx_lEL6tue5SnovsvF7U4-Dhcma6rVukyW8XfTlI8llmVuwJhmHdbE6QwsmDolj4TTZPodO9JelM/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+025.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504011986661175202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9lTsgCtQpVaPIoTerm8w7mD80dWF_-3afKJTw8ZCoDoxilTiWnUFlMxU2h7te7YBx_lEL6tue5SnovsvF7U4-Dhcma6rVukyW8XfTlI8llmVuwJhmHdbE6QwsmDolj4TTZPodO9JelM/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+025.JPG" /></a></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXc2KD6TRCKz7JB0U0yBgcLdglwsZl73j9sFeoWvUmXdjwcBHWbTi0a4KjRz29kC8PomjZFy6yl272BVi58vkwzHkkmJhgbFzlYAbFG9psDY3BC3LzQXNVBrOn-FTbullZDVR0I4Sn8g/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+016.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504171158927735538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXc2KD6TRCKz7JB0U0yBgcLdglwsZl73j9sFeoWvUmXdjwcBHWbTi0a4KjRz29kC8PomjZFy6yl272BVi58vkwzHkkmJhgbFzlYAbFG9psDY3BC3LzQXNVBrOn-FTbullZDVR0I4Sn8g/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+016.JPG" /></a><br />The "back" side of the island is Neale Sound<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEYh75CR51Eu_27TWk3CnzJZJgftMIwj0dcVGKbY62L_DEjq0qsW9HAJsf2b5oh1dUkyrSQxTDu_hDSV6D_gKTnNRR1Wi6ZGt9ZIliU5vydEwSF3Lv4F5_GmtLDeSGMXzOwqNadZTUD8/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+017.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504170267894454162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfEYh75CR51Eu_27TWk3CnzJZJgftMIwj0dcVGKbY62L_DEjq0qsW9HAJsf2b5oh1dUkyrSQxTDu_hDSV6D_gKTnNRR1Wi6ZGt9ZIliU5vydEwSF3Lv4F5_GmtLDeSGMXzOwqNadZTUD8/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+017.JPG" /></a><br />which has some pretty cool houses and 3 marinas:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx97wEWEwHWDRdQPgN7kUK4OomimpCpFnTn_1FZi91OH5D_4XN8NNbjERqvjG9eqqc1SLeJI3O0oV3aP7n_gu8KWLvjKGA6sFs-uU9dm4Bp5s-atKifbrMpQFIvDGXvA1zIvw0lD9KTL0/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+018.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504170266268842674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx97wEWEwHWDRdQPgN7kUK4OomimpCpFnTn_1FZi91OH5D_4XN8NNbjERqvjG9eqqc1SLeJI3O0oV3aP7n_gu8KWLvjKGA6sFs-uU9dm4Bp5s-atKifbrMpQFIvDGXvA1zIvw0lD9KTL0/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+018.JPG" /></a></div><div>Capt. John's Crab House, </div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisO82wEFtBrOB71qIZso2K4STAryFkw_ID7K9eMUPc-BD7pxtTjTRYHeBUf3GMviRyDqqV4kzI03xutsB9uhhVshZeS2sXpT_bEKz0VrJZ_gGlSKAXZDevPCHJamkkzVfKA9qUmTl2qxs/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+022.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504170243066531394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisO82wEFtBrOB71qIZso2K4STAryFkw_ID7K9eMUPc-BD7pxtTjTRYHeBUf3GMviRyDqqV4kzI03xutsB9uhhVshZeS2sXpT_bEKz0VrJZ_gGlSKAXZDevPCHJamkkzVfKA9qUmTl2qxs/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+022.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Pirates Den which is mostly sailboats and<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgous6uFczqiK4P8dH1BkN48gXmSLISBkaVZ_xa9p-kszd47yqUXIYhKEBBZsVL8S3odz5TK-i7RjPp-BvaQ2AETubz_C2UH8wAFowLfSGMXIWbB_6v0d3pyoopvL7OMRuygwLh88vBk/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+019.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504170254418430738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgous6uFczqiK4P8dH1BkN48gXmSLISBkaVZ_xa9p-kszd47yqUXIYhKEBBZsVL8S3odz5TK-i7RjPp-BvaQ2AETubz_C2UH8wAFowLfSGMXIWbB_6v0d3pyoopvL7OMRuygwLh88vBk/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+019.JPG" /></a><br />Shymanskys where John keeps his boat.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0izH8LksQiHrEwW2Yyfs364Ky_8QJjyKmJXgCEv-qM19w5aOgEOIquejPPz9PJEgl7ViyNQWT3AkHwTmpD45fV17bJWsWIVHg0bJtlyzl_Qa02669iWLaTh64UV6GtuEb9xVKrUO_ytI/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+024.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504170232476915474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0izH8LksQiHrEwW2Yyfs364Ky_8QJjyKmJXgCEv-qM19w5aOgEOIquejPPz9PJEgl7ViyNQWT3AkHwTmpD45fV17bJWsWIVHg0bJtlyzl_Qa02669iWLaTh64UV6GtuEb9xVKrUO_ytI/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+024.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7IfppvBys58JwJzQPg3W2CTkhFNtph9mfZ7VlhHN-HUeMNcxkMQ2rPgSSjDfuWNVhMFAVSRHxVt0oZi-qFnUF5bnF_tbKcjjGT9j0GDTbiN_6L6hM1f0P3CE42aCnqbuuXLue0h1Q8E/s1600/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+185.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504174134557631378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7IfppvBys58JwJzQPg3W2CTkhFNtph9mfZ7VlhHN-HUeMNcxkMQ2rPgSSjDfuWNVhMFAVSRHxVt0oZi-qFnUF5bnF_tbKcjjGT9j0GDTbiN_6L6hM1f0P3CE42aCnqbuuXLue0h1Q8E/s320/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+185.jpg" /></a></div><div>Where we normally have been fishing is a bar just off the main shipping channel of the Potomac.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgirCDLBAWyp4jDNihtDQhBFmnjWrB9i-5jQ0cRBRtF2K8lvFp_QLbeF087jJ-5mMqVT0ZBk__nrGALh36b-CsMQ3sLVwP8IrI1bZzl-E3XrO2xwAlFfBx5GJ-5EubDNrhzFoPsLt5kO2Q/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+013.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504171164345693426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgirCDLBAWyp4jDNihtDQhBFmnjWrB9i-5jQ0cRBRtF2K8lvFp_QLbeF087jJ-5mMqVT0ZBk__nrGALh36b-CsMQ3sLVwP8IrI1bZzl-E3XrO2xwAlFfBx5GJ-5EubDNrhzFoPsLt5kO2Q/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+013.JPG" /></a><br />There's always a wide variety of comercial shipping, sailors, fishing & cruising boats.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhr1eXXsY0fyVraLuZA5ilAtEqybNc5e0JPJJOEqW6X6ZvAwYH7JnkZo8GAah58vx_ixn_P_L0OknwM98afb10EsJ9zuEl-s-laXoUOJMjNVU06TtXQchtgNQhD0A3AXcGd8qkqLOEa7k/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+032.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504011958576543986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhr1eXXsY0fyVraLuZA5ilAtEqybNc5e0JPJJOEqW6X6ZvAwYH7JnkZo8GAah58vx_ixn_P_L0OknwM98afb10EsJ9zuEl-s-laXoUOJMjNVU06TtXQchtgNQhD0A3AXcGd8qkqLOEa7k/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+032.JPG" /></a><br />We hooked 4, boated 3 and kept 2, enough for supper.</div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWLExi9dYlk-R7zNjj9mFdSaLz-AX4G-xEhqxhpF-vil_EAP79wAafIU33ApneGaABrTP8hXJO1DNNCAuJK81i1acyUcnHe3dPu3KpMRLtY5CMB87wZ9GuviI8P5h75OKX2KWzGjFTuvU/s1600/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+152.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504014110062737794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWLExi9dYlk-R7zNjj9mFdSaLz-AX4G-xEhqxhpF-vil_EAP79wAafIU33ApneGaABrTP8hXJO1DNNCAuJK81i1acyUcnHe3dPu3KpMRLtY5CMB87wZ9GuviI8P5h75OKX2KWzGjFTuvU/s320/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+152.jpg" /></a><br />John's got a pretty neat fish filleting set up using an old porcelain sink.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2COMxIzGPF9hO5b8n81qLP4vfL7AdFbCID8ptS-YOBBBqy9gEeim8k0kCZVZTko9SYDHa4jIjS1wFbFoIuoAWo_qoiDB45pW6u9DFxw9wRd9rM1U0UTWgyFejPsm5xcs2By5PgWww6P4/s1600/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+193.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504014642143170914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2COMxIzGPF9hO5b8n81qLP4vfL7AdFbCID8ptS-YOBBBqy9gEeim8k0kCZVZTko9SYDHa4jIjS1wFbFoIuoAWo_qoiDB45pW6u9DFxw9wRd9rM1U0UTWgyFejPsm5xcs2By5PgWww6P4/s320/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+193.jpg" /></a></div>Last year we caught our limit in 3 hours and probably threw back 30 that were under 18".<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7MkrjtD10v2GvDLl8C54Pn4Uv2r3V1UPYbwteDg833m3cMFFED7Y8dP7u6iufSanI8t5sExGvbofu7UwcjOMsPlVgq5X1QjY2YrSWPMghksZTlSPbl_RMEqzXWQCComcRMuOFQul5Ag/s1600/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+202.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504014647020526834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7MkrjtD10v2GvDLl8C54Pn4Uv2r3V1UPYbwteDg833m3cMFFED7Y8dP7u6iufSanI8t5sExGvbofu7UwcjOMsPlVgq5X1QjY2YrSWPMghksZTlSPbl_RMEqzXWQCComcRMuOFQul5Ag/s320/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+202.jpg" /></a><br />We also caught this skate last year. It took about 1/2 hour to land & was about 5' across at the wings.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6YD4PeF7Jya9o6bUyHatkGIkk-uVAOYM6khDAM7hOe4YlY1TKvmPPLsCESjhIudXfIaDILY2fTOTJFuoSG24bXIeJ3sUUf2bqn-NyXnU0_7z63_omYRJl5CkI6nxvhxuzFkWcOaN11U/s1600/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+214.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504174130836744386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6YD4PeF7Jya9o6bUyHatkGIkk-uVAOYM6khDAM7hOe4YlY1TKvmPPLsCESjhIudXfIaDILY2fTOTJFuoSG24bXIeJ3sUUf2bqn-NyXnU0_7z63_omYRJl5CkI6nxvhxuzFkWcOaN11U/s320/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+214.jpg" /></a><br />Matt ( in front) & Robert( in the rear) were working this summer so we didn't see them this trip.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvhThXy5pBlAyUnZrFErxdLvq9y_aGY2BEN3y9mkFEfPga6IMky0baH_N_PCevNREQdueB8aNZvoeLq5eQ-GJjNTteceOSZuIxdQhRI-XcRrE33gb8G7YH5z1JLnXVXUNrYIzfRh3mAU/s1600/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+212.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504014119093901362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvhThXy5pBlAyUnZrFErxdLvq9y_aGY2BEN3y9mkFEfPga6IMky0baH_N_PCevNREQdueB8aNZvoeLq5eQ-GJjNTteceOSZuIxdQhRI-XcRrE33gb8G7YH5z1JLnXVXUNrYIzfRh3mAU/s320/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+212.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhryh3f1rxuq014QJDMfLGQ9rNRAPBKQ9OzoMHzzOOtBLbG6mNAgnG-khl-VTPtbVrcgbsId4IOPG3EluglZct2a89h3iV7JUEZbr38o0dMYn62WledYs3vODQD_n7hQSiEnLOLpE4HJSM/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+034.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504171181231302050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhryh3f1rxuq014QJDMfLGQ9rNRAPBKQ9OzoMHzzOOtBLbG6mNAgnG-khl-VTPtbVrcgbsId4IOPG3EluglZct2a89h3iV7JUEZbr38o0dMYn62WledYs3vODQD_n7hQSiEnLOLpE4HJSM/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+034.JPG" /></a><br />Cobb Island has the small town P.O. next to the grocery & ice cream parlor.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRNAQoISaWd-GY6kXbmH2yyFDzaHi01JOu9Zlpl760bASaPWZrpOmHaIoElN2gVTtP_KiNo9GOQ1K5EDVHEXzox26ks8DLipafuFNI137-6zYz_ZwY4cRzzKQ5ExFQfEQ9DW61uB_hyphenhyphen8/s1600/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+031.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504011963667931490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRNAQoISaWd-GY6kXbmH2yyFDzaHi01JOu9Zlpl760bASaPWZrpOmHaIoElN2gVTtP_KiNo9GOQ1K5EDVHEXzox26ks8DLipafuFNI137-6zYz_ZwY4cRzzKQ5ExFQfEQ9DW61uB_hyphenhyphen8/s320/Day+43+%26+44+Cobb+Island+%26+VA.+Civil+War+031.JPG" /></a></div><div>They have the largest Fire House and more</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLyprxsJrkfduhvlPhwBBWlkRBjWbwnnIjZ_1LGzDzCAO5T2QN4aRx-ckB0LPmwxDnkjUEK3qWFX7GVHJzUXYIcJcf3_zaXSl_5JqGAAwkf8RZX8AKWXKRPM_wEyIu-62kwyURY9cODjI/s1600/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+182.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504248132163418002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLyprxsJrkfduhvlPhwBBWlkRBjWbwnnIjZ_1LGzDzCAO5T2QN4aRx-ckB0LPmwxDnkjUEK3qWFX7GVHJzUXYIcJcf3_zaXSl_5JqGAAwkf8RZX8AKWXKRPM_wEyIu-62kwyURY9cODjI/s320/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+182.jpg" /></a> </div><div>fire equipment than most towns 5 times their size<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FONZp94r28x6QXgJYo7pCKeBQADeVTqgD7e93ocAwRnGqZChw1h0KhCcvKXJhRZtFILqEVUKpKIYmxhwAhstXG05bMBnbuuUHG8tJmgeR8FWMr4b7uRRl7U2jEWLxrjUFEvps3kgUGM/s1600/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+177.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504014114512428482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FONZp94r28x6QXgJYo7pCKeBQADeVTqgD7e93ocAwRnGqZChw1h0KhCcvKXJhRZtFILqEVUKpKIYmxhwAhstXG05bMBnbuuUHG8tJmgeR8FWMr4b7uRRl7U2jEWLxrjUFEvps3kgUGM/s320/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+177.jpg" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7MXSj2k0d4gFb8nGRoBcwfW7RwweV_Fcr_YDjy7Qfot6ljZ3cLtu7y-zJfBumZCvN93t-DLD2z6IUZQtnvvKNgq1us7qJZ4_JVQfGoeYarVRh_2HLfo9HwOiRMSAvK_N1LlpfHY9LwM/s1600/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+178.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504014117703975074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7MXSj2k0d4gFb8nGRoBcwfW7RwweV_Fcr_YDjy7Qfot6ljZ3cLtu7y-zJfBumZCvN93t-DLD2z6IUZQtnvvKNgq1us7qJZ4_JVQfGoeYarVRh_2HLfo9HwOiRMSAvK_N1LlpfHY9LwM/s320/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+178.jpg" /></a> </div><div>Villa Sans Souci is one of the more unique Island homes, the House & wall were built in the 1920's.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-KeN-QqbfHJrxrfhxQbW2nm3F_XvrzqcAI68xckrpjRuqUcyyurJrQsqpdjo0NApkz7baABjlVZhT3b995ILx8sb5GODkhGrk4TL6T_3ANVAbhNTM0MRZvRfZG_ZBW9PMOxwaZtzs74/s1600/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+195.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504248123544594242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-KeN-QqbfHJrxrfhxQbW2nm3F_XvrzqcAI68xckrpjRuqUcyyurJrQsqpdjo0NApkz7baABjlVZhT3b995ILx8sb5GODkhGrk4TL6T_3ANVAbhNTM0MRZvRfZG_ZBW9PMOxwaZtzs74/s320/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+195.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSAK2H_bTXGTCP_pFN8gEAF3J-fv2Fg68oMSVgEd1oEKQkZRO4MCIFS_767Fs2Sqe69auqXHECrkh_Cq2Q7yxxxD1pFBvKl8Vsc4pSkC51T_lAYdCznNchBJkC36no_WGd98-ISlZSZvU/s1600/DSC00930.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504014105757786738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSAK2H_bTXGTCP_pFN8gEAF3J-fv2Fg68oMSVgEd1oEKQkZRO4MCIFS_767Fs2Sqe69auqXHECrkh_Cq2Q7yxxxD1pFBvKl8Vsc4pSkC51T_lAYdCznNchBJkC36no_WGd98-ISlZSZvU/s320/DSC00930.JPG" /></a><br />Sunsets from previous years.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-10903186864830006282010-08-10T02:03:00.013-04:002010-08-11T01:27:36.352-04:00Day 42 Washington, DC<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5lMXlD4_sXkDFoHdiJOvZG3F_vHN9N3d9GLxJCNgoLu5dxSqB3n_ouQVVWRLorhcX2NZAuDBlxBOT-oCH-8YSdGqBewkukv9aB6M37cKTb0iqm4gaC6Vx73DOa7aZ0aDipeWqe7HyAQ/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+129.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503661451658100674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5lMXlD4_sXkDFoHdiJOvZG3F_vHN9N3d9GLxJCNgoLu5dxSqB3n_ouQVVWRLorhcX2NZAuDBlxBOT-oCH-8YSdGqBewkukv9aB6M37cKTb0iqm4gaC6Vx73DOa7aZ0aDipeWqe7HyAQ/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+129.JPG" /></a><br /><div> It's about an hour & 1/2 drive from Cobb Island to DC and even though I've been to the city so many times, I wanted to get the NPS Passport stamps to finish out the trip. Wanda was recuperating from a foot problem so she stayed at the Jones' and I did a 3 1/2 hour walking tour marathon.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4hCr3P4LyyI1_krTvjP53a9Q-tTdzm0AskYNq2bBX0-xGzsGH4EUTWr7uG5C4WuAwjzfqRQaN2GSgqqZXzATwEKkslRFV_poCN24dpVWIsNwfDCC1wXGpsUrWeRTFloXP8ShKsoVMEo/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+006.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503993637372337730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs4hCr3P4LyyI1_krTvjP53a9Q-tTdzm0AskYNq2bBX0-xGzsGH4EUTWr7uG5C4WuAwjzfqRQaN2GSgqqZXzATwEKkslRFV_poCN24dpVWIsNwfDCC1wXGpsUrWeRTFloXP8ShKsoVMEo/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+006.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>I usually take the Metro downtown to the Navy Memorial/National Archives when I go to visit DC, so I started at the Navy Mem. to get the 1st of the NPS Stamps. They have a very nice display in a building next to the plaza and the statue of the Lone Sailor.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dowxHKuFNsPx5LLG3Wx5zCMAWFg2-yG77t57S2xFVxpzRs78yAzmHCQakB3zw5Drj0dsA_JXwYm2fUzraeZ5hL7WJa3d6fgSnjxVKppjeSBDOLewl10iS8ER8tosBYNxxnGHLrYCrjY/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+030.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503982597321334626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dowxHKuFNsPx5LLG3Wx5zCMAWFg2-yG77t57S2xFVxpzRs78yAzmHCQakB3zw5Drj0dsA_JXwYm2fUzraeZ5hL7WJa3d6fgSnjxVKppjeSBDOLewl10iS8ER8tosBYNxxnGHLrYCrjY/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+030.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Ford's Theater is a few blocks north of Pennsylvania Ave. & I got the stamps and some flat pennies.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDE1Aw0p-DlAMJSBwLZ5l0XTVe5m0EcH14-tm4CZ3KI3QbAxZyHkApPsWkzn-czW9K9LCcyDj4KX_tYeOIrDqr0DzSdGy_UOYKQBRCYCsIkSw1iIGAnQinwYk-uVqMb3taBiXZL3FxW8/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+032.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503981709790522898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuDE1Aw0p-DlAMJSBwLZ5l0XTVe5m0EcH14-tm4CZ3KI3QbAxZyHkApPsWkzn-czW9K9LCcyDj4KX_tYeOIrDqr0DzSdGy_UOYKQBRCYCsIkSw1iIGAnQinwYk-uVqMb3taBiXZL3FxW8/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+032.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjefYsjwUFJEtPKXkY_3daVykGfK97Z9qWVOtynY8CmgsVvHIZRcJP3Ow6B4bfm9Ae894gw2esEVxgFwgk-R65mNN22rfyPSu2snRIEwzL39NpVXdrlT8le46DXLRaFrX5caFeroMTijuc/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+033.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503981718849120386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjefYsjwUFJEtPKXkY_3daVykGfK97Z9qWVOtynY8CmgsVvHIZRcJP3Ow6B4bfm9Ae894gw2esEVxgFwgk-R65mNN22rfyPSu2snRIEwzL39NpVXdrlT8le46DXLRaFrX5caFeroMTijuc/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+033.JPG" /></a></div><div>One of my favorite buildings in DC is the Old Post Office building on Pennsylvania Ave. about 1/2 way from the Capital to the White House.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQ8dDcTtbEfBweZhs4t8476vZ-rr_tYUU-5q3Htzk4UxDswcI0UsUyrLU3-B9U7VBx-LXXC1uoSv75ghlVyxM_T3Bti7jfVrzGqORdHOM278pRsyxi9E3CvfQeKKJw0S9cmXfTZaj_vw/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+011.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503994723379528066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQ8dDcTtbEfBweZhs4t8476vZ-rr_tYUU-5q3Htzk4UxDswcI0UsUyrLU3-B9U7VBx-LXXC1uoSv75ghlVyxM_T3Bti7jfVrzGqORdHOM278pRsyxi9E3CvfQeKKJw0S9cmXfTZaj_vw/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+011.JPG" /></a></div><div>The food court is on the ground floor of the 9 story atrium and a series of elevators takes you to the tower, the 3rd highest point in the city after the Capital & Wash. Monument</div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsstzChN_8G9ZU8P0-sbak-zMdrm3Wy0vsCC9dfS9Wpsxer3tW7MHNlrDRQXcc_NdkVqB67W_OLUArt-ZTvm_m6S5BD1Cwr3ZDMR9LAHWl3oF0HEQSaimlm_Lp8pxhgy4VVr4KcHE4WcU/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+013.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503982584303472354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsstzChN_8G9ZU8P0-sbak-zMdrm3Wy0vsCC9dfS9Wpsxer3tW7MHNlrDRQXcc_NdkVqB67W_OLUArt-ZTvm_m6S5BD1Cwr3ZDMR9LAHWl3oF0HEQSaimlm_Lp8pxhgy4VVr4KcHE4WcU/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+013.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The view is pretty good from all directions.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZR8XeTvcq2eYGRvfj6oIELnRPaJvaFn4A_xVUO2gIWZsck86PUP-Exjm44r17H6hAkX8iMXJ3-U4zAo-SO09XfxxL6jFJvEsjhFl31SDZwfwwrWYvye8PzAWQs9oBl-lzPrD62UW7_bc/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+024.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503982592727516306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZR8XeTvcq2eYGRvfj6oIELnRPaJvaFn4A_xVUO2gIWZsck86PUP-Exjm44r17H6hAkX8iMXJ3-U4zAo-SO09XfxxL6jFJvEsjhFl31SDZwfwwrWYvye8PzAWQs9oBl-lzPrD62UW7_bc/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+024.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo61mdMevOXzO89PSxhVShf_5CDaGvU1e3NK5WedJhXHBB9FzF4NB6N3JVNnbPTs5JXd3grXt8dBfyleELrmKiAgFsn1nBlkYLwW7JM3bSSqLgwh-FIO1tIB89MIYr8ABSvgcc0qfcu4U/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+021.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503993648737860242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo61mdMevOXzO89PSxhVShf_5CDaGvU1e3NK5WedJhXHBB9FzF4NB6N3JVNnbPTs5JXd3grXt8dBfyleELrmKiAgFsn1nBlkYLwW7JM3bSSqLgwh-FIO1tIB89MIYr8ABSvgcc0qfcu4U/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+021.JPG" /></a></div><div>A partial view of the White House behind the Treasury Building & the Willard Hotel</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEito8M5Qa8uAfb7254eSiWg_1AECsPOOX4Lr-5oi1tLzkjElhJFEkWS972TfDiD9EiIf4sTJxqAy_VBGnmh-6sEuu_SyeMYaz_2Ho3Jjjipo5pvE9-YIb4CELgQkNjkXxMAiJ-ZvrHXDIQ/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+034.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504002080235300082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEito8M5Qa8uAfb7254eSiWg_1AECsPOOX4Lr-5oi1tLzkjElhJFEkWS972TfDiD9EiIf4sTJxqAy_VBGnmh-6sEuu_SyeMYaz_2Ho3Jjjipo5pvE9-YIb4CELgQkNjkXxMAiJ-ZvrHXDIQ/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+034.JPG" /></a><br /><div>I stopped at the White House Visitor center for NPS Stamps and across PA. Ave. is the historic Willard Hotel. There's not too many places in DC I've not seen, the Willard is one I should get to sometime.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gv5VEeObZ8xt-mS70fnfPkjxBPouOSJNGi47JphmInRlvaVF-zyNRaTTAYQApfcNTAHtfbRwrmxOBjdSqetBLiT3zcg4s-4xlTaxefNkhyAEFCFJCujzllDowUNh6TxLUXBKahXrxRM/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+036.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503981704097640802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gv5VEeObZ8xt-mS70fnfPkjxBPouOSJNGi47JphmInRlvaVF-zyNRaTTAYQApfcNTAHtfbRwrmxOBjdSqetBLiT3zcg4s-4xlTaxefNkhyAEFCFJCujzllDowUNh6TxLUXBKahXrxRM/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+036.JPG" /></a><br />The South Lawn. I did see Michelle's vegetable garden and the girls' play set but no sign of any of the occupants.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMiMNXqa0L3i25JoDJsz9aNfYZKvKugWbn2d6ggcaP_5JYHEf1Dv43QGwZByBsTsM0mFVx8WBHJSxsrMuJwOaHtc6JPUaW94TO9yfL5o3nJi08kOAqEuEI90Eo1q5YC0X9Fpe8kGYjpQ/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+038.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503981692044431330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMiMNXqa0L3i25JoDJsz9aNfYZKvKugWbn2d6ggcaP_5JYHEf1Dv43QGwZByBsTsM0mFVx8WBHJSxsrMuJwOaHtc6JPUaW94TO9yfL5o3nJi08kOAqEuEI90Eo1q5YC0X9Fpe8kGYjpQ/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+038.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Surprising, I've also never been to the top. There's always so much more that I want to see in the museums and you have to be there fairly early to get a ticket and then wait around till your time to go up. I did stop at the Lodge bookstore and got about 16 NPS Stamps.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSXKCntVzYbiYHDMgion8ko9BYuYFIvN7lOHjJXkx9FP4ag9GTwjNIVwQzhAF0sELf__z5y-E9q0LCba28T5fH0sVe_8P1MvdAtNhFtlS4B2GFUxJGBY1vSmTO28zqnrHRLSrbpUZmPk/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+052.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503997608026884946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSXKCntVzYbiYHDMgion8ko9BYuYFIvN7lOHjJXkx9FP4ag9GTwjNIVwQzhAF0sELf__z5y-E9q0LCba28T5fH0sVe_8P1MvdAtNhFtlS4B2GFUxJGBY1vSmTO28zqnrHRLSrbpUZmPk/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+052.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The view from the Washington Monument looking west at the WW II monument, Reflecting Pool & Lincoln Memorial<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMIAmzercMF2XpZeQ65B-bPGRW6BN1etRlumd-7oiekak6DU6BOOGzXeA6iDl51_e9klIv6E3lwFbnpG-LNcEQ-Da5ZN-i1FWjhM-VEHnb10KXFd9PL-KO4zXa7DOnb049YTNiOGQoyw/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+065.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503994714510489554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMIAmzercMF2XpZeQ65B-bPGRW6BN1etRlumd-7oiekak6DU6BOOGzXeA6iDl51_e9klIv6E3lwFbnpG-LNcEQ-Da5ZN-i1FWjhM-VEHnb10KXFd9PL-KO4zXa7DOnb049YTNiOGQoyw/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+065.JPG" /></a><br />The WW II monument has a mixture of items, the columns represent each state, Atlantic & Pacific theaters each have a tower. This is the Atlantic side.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6cuVoOpIjOKI61bTyMUXWCUY_AaMSAsMo9jgLO917-pt-RuzlZ81OtHk-yatYayiP_SDnxSi2X2ZNkqB-S1WD2rkUIOTkwHg-lkCa_G6s2o8DCIsTXoSILdUf8_4wVvqVRqURzhakhrk/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+067.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503981686211943394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6cuVoOpIjOKI61bTyMUXWCUY_AaMSAsMo9jgLO917-pt-RuzlZ81OtHk-yatYayiP_SDnxSi2X2ZNkqB-S1WD2rkUIOTkwHg-lkCa_G6s2o8DCIsTXoSILdUf8_4wVvqVRqURzhakhrk/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+067.JPG" /></a><br />There are a number of famous inscriptions<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSBKEKytwKEN4H4sEKgvnYT11SJg3qP9oJWvO7lhCRlYLo3vDE2t6CRNsVGa1qRbbd2FqFN_KyNOINLsFAfCS1PIFsvdaNeKp9iJrOShNJxESGXuWSNDCsO__D_0gcUKUiBBr6uTowlM/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+063.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503981043384041122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSBKEKytwKEN4H4sEKgvnYT11SJg3qP9oJWvO7lhCRlYLo3vDE2t6CRNsVGa1qRbbd2FqFN_KyNOINLsFAfCS1PIFsvdaNeKp9iJrOShNJxESGXuWSNDCsO__D_0gcUKUiBBr6uTowlM/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+063.JPG" /></a> </div>The effect of the different levels is very dramatic.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-pPgLrHDu1Ix16V5Y4kbIQXFY60934QzMfHOmhV1VWv0hBEU_3U2U5tPa2L3OrfiENmut6M2k6R0vj2_ZOwsYvaZr6E1rbw14JUrvAb0DE4NDNxBUdVhKS21zQKWN1a0rz-Zel_Q7kw/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+071.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503994711063128402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-pPgLrHDu1Ix16V5Y4kbIQXFY60934QzMfHOmhV1VWv0hBEU_3U2U5tPa2L3OrfiENmut6M2k6R0vj2_ZOwsYvaZr6E1rbw14JUrvAb0DE4NDNxBUdVhKS21zQKWN1a0rz-Zel_Q7kw/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+071.JPG" /></a> </div>The reflecting pool is at eye level from the lower level of the WW II Mon.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuk-V0lVWrCFNKtxCsbofd4Z2F3I4ISKz-RysCgkWP-97gWHpbMhA1xUGN1_xbc0tzbtx7PNtmB-b7XjiZlW457rGeBWQSdUwoG5V1zt0rEFkQztU0nitv6QhptRaEvwFJc5tRcxVnags/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+076.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503981031867783186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuk-V0lVWrCFNKtxCsbofd4Z2F3I4ISKz-RysCgkWP-97gWHpbMhA1xUGN1_xbc0tzbtx7PNtmB-b7XjiZlW457rGeBWQSdUwoG5V1zt0rEFkQztU0nitv6QhptRaEvwFJc5tRcxVnags/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+076.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The Vietnam War Memorail is one of the most moving monuments on the mall.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLhbEgoQLpGl7Yh-tXLtk-MPnZIbvqQviIirFGjvQaST4zxa3Bd2kCvtCWie4F5X3DOTlGPiFLxj-DVuu1OL240w8SymeRlpWO2DRMsRLmp1TzMOEhTdw6by0TzurJ2MWai7Wz6Xdgl8/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+087.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503997610379390642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLhbEgoQLpGl7Yh-tXLtk-MPnZIbvqQviIirFGjvQaST4zxa3Bd2kCvtCWie4F5X3DOTlGPiFLxj-DVuu1OL240w8SymeRlpWO2DRMsRLmp1TzMOEhTdw6by0TzurJ2MWai7Wz6Xdgl8/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+087.JPG" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilm9t9ygLQahmLkrFxwffHe1xX0QV3txBOlTKTIvwhcJPdH80-LYGPvmCJDq-Gj9KznG08oQfciUmefK_ycly9_x8J1hrHubiPvAN2NU6caZTHGZUCAUKn4VJ-RBA74K92oeDGorL4nJU/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+089.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503981027121922706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilm9t9ygLQahmLkrFxwffHe1xX0QV3txBOlTKTIvwhcJPdH80-LYGPvmCJDq-Gj9KznG08oQfciUmefK_ycly9_x8J1hrHubiPvAN2NU6caZTHGZUCAUKn4VJ-RBA74K92oeDGorL4nJU/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+089.JPG" /></a><br />The people are always quite and respectful.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdG3PImyxuh1AGgcyX-R3UE0iIZYNsjlnJ5Qv_Iby5ojJuZIu-cvwT8Y_FHT3Ym7LTQNs7MDoddflf7JiMvOPgDFU8Q5HVjKbDYBaP81z60hqyxQuOz4cYr_cHgsCBSdJSy1va2p_FFVM/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+092.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; 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The kids love it when I tell them this when we come here for the 8th grade field trip.<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LF8K3hiuaLDxzFp4Xe-ViqgjOzYOo8EmteTxKQOtT5ml9jcvePm0QjLubPrsSsxzR1wEW-prQtZ9tcLoBBrT9VFjRC0HAKBvaOi03lcxkCUXeekbY0Ggc17Z3UXH-dl_ip_0bpPMhSA/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+112.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503661465268752418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LF8K3hiuaLDxzFp4Xe-ViqgjOzYOo8EmteTxKQOtT5ml9jcvePm0QjLubPrsSsxzR1wEW-prQtZ9tcLoBBrT9VFjRC0HAKBvaOi03lcxkCUXeekbY0Ggc17Z3UXH-dl_ip_0bpPMhSA/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+112.JPG" /></a></div>I was tempted calling out " Ginny" to see if she'd come wading into the Pool crying "Forrest ! "<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQ006SGu3yE9yryHh4LhfIfDbogRMaCUR-bd8HkJVQrqaQogcIq9LPgDCtY31XOVm_5Zzx5DCUbd7iuMYV5mZGA1C7V87rLCmkLhTXOaXGql7d-3w0xPh6HP99kwbeKHjIbIsJ1CnG2g/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+119.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503661459139928594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQ006SGu3yE9yryHh4LhfIfDbogRMaCUR-bd8HkJVQrqaQogcIq9LPgDCtY31XOVm_5Zzx5DCUbd7iuMYV5mZGA1C7V87rLCmkLhTXOaXGql7d-3w0xPh6HP99kwbeKHjIbIsJ1CnG2g/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+119.JPG" /></a> </div><div>One of the latest memorials is the Korean War on the other side of the reflecting pool from Vietnam<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi4tS-VtNrLqoHNFCzcYsh3UYshlJ3GLHkqydF5SX2zkZ4jy5ryEMmGspzRaSEHp_kvWT844L5tZ7Ah9esgj5VysQTTn5FyZAwBm8u4USdJ8TPIpyYDaGT_uYSDc8ivYxVOHdexN_vKmA/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+134.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503993655748425234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi4tS-VtNrLqoHNFCzcYsh3UYshlJ3GLHkqydF5SX2zkZ4jy5ryEMmGspzRaSEHp_kvWT844L5tZ7Ah9esgj5VysQTTn5FyZAwBm8u4USdJ8TPIpyYDaGT_uYSDc8ivYxVOHdexN_vKmA/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+134.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The Arts & Industries Building of the Smithsonian has been closed for a number of years. It was originally built to house the exhibits from the Centennial. It has some really neat architecture.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPQoJjzyu1xNV4ZRUQFpuOoDGWzZxXcsnYA9zjTNA_GYp4VDSM7xQvSp7IWWspWi5vFo07lOybqlncJYT2QkQUdNyZbuR6JPnMfRREAM-ZKORLzY9YP5j_316bHnFVxFKdxVFtI4NBGo/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+139.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503997619925167810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPQoJjzyu1xNV4ZRUQFpuOoDGWzZxXcsnYA9zjTNA_GYp4VDSM7xQvSp7IWWspWi5vFo07lOybqlncJYT2QkQUdNyZbuR6JPnMfRREAM-ZKORLzY9YP5j_316bHnFVxFKdxVFtI4NBGo/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+139.JPG" /></a><br />I ended at the American Indian Museum, one of the more interesting designs in the city. </div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtGtb00u9u0_PY0SimhKTcToK9k2L-lYlav3hj09yTL3MEAPt5EscK5k_ju1jYM66HLJkrUcbttan-lgmIlu2J-7KqiNxaYNoDkw-hKWcmzMnRNZiZdIzWRId8L1UI0pW1bnjgB8RthvU/s1600/Day+41+Wash.DC+138.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503661450376381346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtGtb00u9u0_PY0SimhKTcToK9k2L-lYlav3hj09yTL3MEAPt5EscK5k_ju1jYM66HLJkrUcbttan-lgmIlu2J-7KqiNxaYNoDkw-hKWcmzMnRNZiZdIzWRId8L1UI0pW1bnjgB8RthvU/s320/Day+41+Wash.DC+138.JPG" /></a><br />We certainly saw a lot of Indian historic sites on this trip so I guess it's a fitting end of the quick DC tour..<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-65792820262942854892010-08-10T00:07:00.014-04:002010-08-10T13:44:14.394-04:00Day 41 Southern MD<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbj759ZmM3ZmaEvNcNYljvyHziKcaSskAPUEWG7DSHv_uL0mlK8G8kcdTpQ28-Kcxs0NaBQcq_wYozxklGUWNDvYh6YYY_FxHDSbekMHsO_-fukgwVmQeb84R3xTBNwspk9yrDsdB25uQ/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+001.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503634774188785682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbj759ZmM3ZmaEvNcNYljvyHziKcaSskAPUEWG7DSHv_uL0mlK8G8kcdTpQ28-Kcxs0NaBQcq_wYozxklGUWNDvYh6YYY_FxHDSbekMHsO_-fukgwVmQeb84R3xTBNwspk9yrDsdB25uQ/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+001.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div>It's hard to believe that I don't know everything about American History, but I didn't know anything about Thomas Stone other than he was a signer of the Dec. of Ind. from MD and I drove by the sign for his house on US 301 for years on my way to Cobb Island.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKtw95Zi-agTaDZceTzsTGzLdbdvTn5L77KQAleHJBxSkscZL917ADei5RndiH6f6aum4nO_2Kf5PoUIhMvZy_1djVMj8V_iL-JQe-qjypanP5e7-xTg1aMHYWp473bnZ7fhtmUXyS6eQ/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+043.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503646121362468226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKtw95Zi-agTaDZceTzsTGzLdbdvTn5L77KQAleHJBxSkscZL917ADei5RndiH6f6aum4nO_2Kf5PoUIhMvZy_1djVMj8V_iL-JQe-qjypanP5e7-xTg1aMHYWp473bnZ7fhtmUXyS6eQ/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+043.JPG" /></a></div><div>Thomas Stone was the youngest signer of the Declaration and was rather quiet during the proceedings , so he didn't get alot of notice back then or today.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPoAk24P6Lm7pHftRY1-z1LnCcgqhnj7I001Dt65tRdiKzd-fO8woq_5nYOmpvQTRc_LRJaZvR6yAr5vpZlCUBQTqmfj8sz1kHwycKvUTV8FEaKN6FPawJ0fSR-LrtjeU1pQC3x8KTExU/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+014.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503634755984760178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPoAk24P6Lm7pHftRY1-z1LnCcgqhnj7I001Dt65tRdiKzd-fO8woq_5nYOmpvQTRc_LRJaZvR6yAr5vpZlCUBQTqmfj8sz1kHwycKvUTV8FEaKN6FPawJ0fSR-LrtjeU1pQC3x8KTExU/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+014.JPG" /></a></div><div>I've been to alot of Colonial homes over the years and " Haberdeventure" was very different from anything else I've ever visited.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ziDiHzroe2EiGk4pmP17O2amlt0FiDzelnDlrxOO_2nvLWaIYhdhEPXbk1dl5rZxRSjuKYIQE2W2R6SQVFEk8-YdnLypaH-AU8jLuDNogIE0doL_U6Qa7CdtRHsa30y0K_ikl-ytF_I/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+015.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503636032269041138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ziDiHzroe2EiGk4pmP17O2amlt0FiDzelnDlrxOO_2nvLWaIYhdhEPXbk1dl5rZxRSjuKYIQE2W2R6SQVFEk8-YdnLypaH-AU8jLuDNogIE0doL_U6Qa7CdtRHsa30y0K_ikl-ytF_I/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+015.JPG" /></a> </div>It's a 5 section house with 2 "hyphens" connecting the 2 ends. I asked, and hyphen is the actual architectural name .<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinuj7w1w0KFSXRnLOFi3X55uVDClKmrFyVxmLGwLTa7FVouk-4vEpyoCWwq-5uPm85midhh0ueOEK8bk8SB1PIb8n0VmP1MuFXMcvOw4OiK5aNE1bUOh6NN05NV_Uu1iDODfhP_w2lk6w/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+017.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503634751919902146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinuj7w1w0KFSXRnLOFi3X55uVDClKmrFyVxmLGwLTa7FVouk-4vEpyoCWwq-5uPm85midhh0ueOEK8bk8SB1PIb8n0VmP1MuFXMcvOw4OiK5aNE1bUOh6NN05NV_Uu1iDODfhP_w2lk6w/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+017.JPG" /></a><br />The other unique design feature is that the wings are set at an angle to the main part of the house.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYvvMoyp2GFbfU_gRgVJFRJE8CxmcaPctLGlSBxoxthu6JJKeQJxz3u7QSHnCg9ZexkvmljBtTAoil0s_rUngT5AEvFW24RlP6JxFi0yKuQUvOnvkj6fgf9TUNrPGkbFc9mczuBc_bqk/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+047.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503632917012443218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYvvMoyp2GFbfU_gRgVJFRJE8CxmcaPctLGlSBxoxthu6JJKeQJxz3u7QSHnCg9ZexkvmljBtTAoil0s_rUngT5AEvFW24RlP6JxFi0yKuQUvOnvkj6fgf9TUNrPGkbFc9mczuBc_bqk/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+047.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqlyeCrGS9bX8H-928IkglqqR2kZcrq1zaPK-D7a5SYkHdRdwbfpi5nFKpkYMkd1rRYm_LarGG9KlH-cH39gBgHYJX97fH6AJzspHTEMBm1nyJx-2kHweuwZIF0fblqCkgSTmWRMopIiE/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+022.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503633741479973986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqlyeCrGS9bX8H-928IkglqqR2kZcrq1zaPK-D7a5SYkHdRdwbfpi5nFKpkYMkd1rRYm_LarGG9KlH-cH39gBgHYJX97fH6AJzspHTEMBm1nyJx-2kHweuwZIF0fblqCkgSTmWRMopIiE/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+022.JPG" /></a><br />I've never seen this kind of brick walls with wood timbers before- its almost like a European Half-Timber house frame except this is the inside wall.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6tGVasxNhIJZxDMNDl0698YaXcwB2XQ2FhFHW4uXCuDiilEpGQrOZ7UCKJguFpUo4GyWgV0RbWKLe4CAijAnhVxspEnQiFLaBvi9I3BA1m104xBfepzDcUrYsaSCjEwcPuAJY2mnBQ2U/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+024.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503633732438583554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6tGVasxNhIJZxDMNDl0698YaXcwB2XQ2FhFHW4uXCuDiilEpGQrOZ7UCKJguFpUo4GyWgV0RbWKLe4CAijAnhVxspEnQiFLaBvi9I3BA1m104xBfepzDcUrYsaSCjEwcPuAJY2mnBQ2U/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+024.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Many years ago I found a piece of the blue Chinese porcelain in the upper left at Cobb Island on the Potomac River. It was one of the most popular patterns in the 18th & early 19th Centuries. So maybe my piece got washed down the river from Haberdeventure or Mt. Vernon.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnncObns4F6PtfX3orHmjWu5axP1YtZF9WezNILAao-mqSQsfVnmxkbdnPC_kE7px7brF_hyphenhypheni2NGRW2THoKBW9_-0KMfX5YyN1eVO8RdtXeYbHhHqi0pG0K59RkpcHNc861f7KyM1i-gE/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+027.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503636570297944210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnncObns4F6PtfX3orHmjWu5axP1YtZF9WezNILAao-mqSQsfVnmxkbdnPC_kE7px7brF_hyphenhypheni2NGRW2THoKBW9_-0KMfX5YyN1eVO8RdtXeYbHhHqi0pG0K59RkpcHNc861f7KyM1i-gE/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+027.JPG" /></a><br />I thought this was some of the worst looking period fabrics I've ever seen, but the park ranger assured me it was period correct. It's still hideous.</div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl8jlYGoQipC3u216jLZN1HXpK7ijMLhhwgEYAUNGb3f_TnbofikoGZY1mifZApJweDp-BAthrAXMK2KP1ZymAS6rZMqgex3rc4Dmd8R30QhmPi9vep7y7STrr1-A53yjRID965CUOnIg/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+030.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503633712599650898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl8jlYGoQipC3u216jLZN1HXpK7ijMLhhwgEYAUNGb3f_TnbofikoGZY1mifZApJweDp-BAthrAXMK2KP1ZymAS6rZMqgex3rc4Dmd8R30QhmPi9vep7y7STrr1-A53yjRID965CUOnIg/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+030.JPG" /></a><br />They do have a number of family pieces including these trunks that Thomas Stone used when he went to Phila. in 1776 and<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZZ7qMqMGBZakiSBWTPaKbrJMUHUGBlMLqY3-9Xd_VQt8QsBpar3HtuBLLHPX8_ue2okZoi5mlu78C5wOhJuqy1jmrspbELgFAYEjIr_whExepWQDys7MwJ5GRhNEHLMBNmOiFPivWjs/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+039.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503632926999710482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZZ7qMqMGBZakiSBWTPaKbrJMUHUGBlMLqY3-9Xd_VQt8QsBpar3HtuBLLHPX8_ue2okZoi5mlu78C5wOhJuqy1jmrspbELgFAYEjIr_whExepWQDys7MwJ5GRhNEHLMBNmOiFPivWjs/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+039.JPG" /></a><br />his desk & clock.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HAiu-ig2CAOeAyzRcn6cE5Ps4EdAmAZ6XhWfwdnErm1JPnexrtSq4Xgac49tiNLPMq38HNUDriGlX-i5Y842qHAwfiKPUQH-7_0BM7qwGtR_vLx-U9vjSHMOLlbSysWF83WLH9fFlw4/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+004.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503655049118057682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HAiu-ig2CAOeAyzRcn6cE5Ps4EdAmAZ6XhWfwdnErm1JPnexrtSq4Xgac49tiNLPMq38HNUDriGlX-i5Y842qHAwfiKPUQH-7_0BM7qwGtR_vLx-U9vjSHMOLlbSysWF83WLH9fFlw4/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+004.JPG" /></a><br /><div>This blue tailed skink was on the boardwalk from the parking lot to the house.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjml1W20UuwPXxoh7Y9hfEa7hErhVpSF4cECIjttopZLXN1bVSaHLDdtEwD5R88QU9DXE31tvmlQO-49Meb21kAJ58k5msZyhy26hxqFdPJlCMVXB8UeCxpX9ta27uyb6uyjZLg34x-7jg/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+058.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503632909526308306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjml1W20UuwPXxoh7Y9hfEa7hErhVpSF4cECIjttopZLXN1bVSaHLDdtEwD5R88QU9DXE31tvmlQO-49Meb21kAJ58k5msZyhy26hxqFdPJlCMVXB8UeCxpX9ta27uyb6uyjZLg34x-7jg/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+058.JPG" /></a><br />Up the road about a 1/2 hour is Piscataway Park, the National Colonial Farm<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioipNkUkFrCDzXsbc3VdVnNHEoydEkdp8NNaApCpbLrkbNDyocM96IRm74qV5NdwwBhPmJKfoimOgAS7NzVXeVosOkjL5_urW-FtdG8RfR7jLq1mWnvs-VMWY4XW3ruaB705xul4TkZp0/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+067.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503632901148063042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioipNkUkFrCDzXsbc3VdVnNHEoydEkdp8NNaApCpbLrkbNDyocM96IRm74qV5NdwwBhPmJKfoimOgAS7NzVXeVosOkjL5_urW-FtdG8RfR7jLq1mWnvs-VMWY4XW3ruaB705xul4TkZp0/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+067.JPG" /></a><br />It's a joint venture between the NPS and a private foundation. They have these period buildings and gardens and a few animals and I assume they have docents and programs but<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVDCuPo15sh4qAUomUxZaoMEizxsldHjsdd3sEi1btTH1TpxNTqwTn1W5Eb7DvYGAy5MKYeKCibNV0vMmx9LxcmFfvub8wrc_xCP469O6JqJsIkaykk9_EfMSfMHjtkjSbB9UTccmHNxg/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+072.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503632890066592322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVDCuPo15sh4qAUomUxZaoMEizxsldHjsdd3sEi1btTH1TpxNTqwTn1W5Eb7DvYGAy5MKYeKCibNV0vMmx9LxcmFfvub8wrc_xCP469O6JqJsIkaykk9_EfMSfMHjtkjSbB9UTccmHNxg/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+072.JPG" /></a> </div><div>in the 45 min. I was there, I saw only one person in the bookstore where I got the NPS Stamps and only 1 other family of tourists.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuCbc_uBFodPTaUms7g6XmI0eQIi2Vt3OHrL9ZV9LGLny54WLAgsfZW8DUIT_mF6S_jkAp1B85ecmrblVgJ19qnBXVJt9E4uHdX750Zr9ENgiBdvhZo2oEWvLYXr6GbW2WU79eTVVkkQ/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+051.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503637391860343234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuCbc_uBFodPTaUms7g6XmI0eQIi2Vt3OHrL9ZV9LGLny54WLAgsfZW8DUIT_mF6S_jkAp1B85ecmrblVgJ19qnBXVJt9E4uHdX750Zr9ENgiBdvhZo2oEWvLYXr6GbW2WU79eTVVkkQ/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+051.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Mt. Vernon is about a mile across the Potomac River from the Colonial Farm. A storm was blowing in so I hurried to get to</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpaUwKfkdFiJHHon0X-LDwzsSsl9_cmD4vAy19zbWKdrquI4qPh30ol3CdCjzemWJb-GhmKDphaUPwPNwmpF8Wy5iIz5HWHkEVU6E7N2nsFl1jZ9mGAsdJigGBv8JPyYxOX7VuwYjkEk/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+078.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503632119200150594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpaUwKfkdFiJHHon0X-LDwzsSsl9_cmD4vAy19zbWKdrquI4qPh30ol3CdCjzemWJb-GhmKDphaUPwPNwmpF8Wy5iIz5HWHkEVU6E7N2nsFl1jZ9mGAsdJigGBv8JPyYxOX7VuwYjkEk/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+078.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnevTr-Q4rw8AvBcbDU5t6tnukq2zGBEmPbmbjjoNOTbcb1icJYAe_jbk-aS1F3byH_oIixcAuxqoO8TxS6HowzBEFMB37xYsPeU6IGz7oHMUeVSgpw8vpSXUWd5ZrHsp7771Cpt2zjCY/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+082.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503632114768128690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnevTr-Q4rw8AvBcbDU5t6tnukq2zGBEmPbmbjjoNOTbcb1icJYAe_jbk-aS1F3byH_oIixcAuxqoO8TxS6HowzBEFMB37xYsPeU6IGz7oHMUeVSgpw8vpSXUWd5ZrHsp7771Cpt2zjCY/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+082.JPG" /></a><br />The fort was planned as the main fort guarding Wash. DC along the Potomac River. The Amer. Army destroyed the fort to prevent its capture 2 days after the British burned Wash. DC during the War of 1812<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLyIVHkMdV5hXrxWEpRVZVZVki7fdwFM6rakJORcMW8HUWZfFvcqvAfzC4oXIpuKzxMbk-aDktNKgiBuLRCRCWpmNc4Og65iy-ILyFn8DHG0eeaSN895b_6Ol6woOSb2EyvpGAAfriFIo/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+086.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503632108139463474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLyIVHkMdV5hXrxWEpRVZVZVki7fdwFM6rakJORcMW8HUWZfFvcqvAfzC4oXIpuKzxMbk-aDktNKgiBuLRCRCWpmNc4Og65iy-ILyFn8DHG0eeaSN895b_6Ol6woOSb2EyvpGAAfriFIo/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+086.JPG" /></a><br />The Sally Port originally had a drawbridge<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiU-pUDmuc7tRgeZ4EzhUtGlzWrX6aN_hT9o8joZgEDWRloj7QsBLK23qXOYkgwhEjnnc9cdt-OQLDWHL_GljZaI17CKmpAvH0b3EPN5-r9M1jZmz-IYHDgOGjMYg4AGcFRcxJYTBN_Y/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+089.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503632102410404834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiU-pUDmuc7tRgeZ4EzhUtGlzWrX6aN_hT9o8joZgEDWRloj7QsBLK23qXOYkgwhEjnnc9cdt-OQLDWHL_GljZaI17CKmpAvH0b3EPN5-r9M1jZmz-IYHDgOGjMYg4AGcFRcxJYTBN_Y/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+089.JPG" /></a><br />and the large pulleys and gates are still in place.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClviZs07hAjgMeemTPYWIImdDW-MCWkbVgiTRwosP_V0EsRhhPshkar5cZAfH837rjo12btf-7g19efF5POnUtI7iu5prjQbs42Q2kgnhPdw2eZBFAJDuqm3rgnniueV__YXNhmm8jF8/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+093.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503632093683424322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClviZs07hAjgMeemTPYWIImdDW-MCWkbVgiTRwosP_V0EsRhhPshkar5cZAfH837rjo12btf-7g19efF5POnUtI7iu5prjQbs42Q2kgnhPdw2eZBFAJDuqm3rgnniueV__YXNhmm8jF8/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+093.JPG" /></a><br />The fort was used up until WWI for training and experimenting with new artillery.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JKyB2IvYj4NHRLd7yBMyr4cNUt_185kNZ4gpZUaES7gWG0CCrymINREzSSqg96OmwX1ZqiDD8gDCGwIbS78G4aX50U-hf1wwGt7vqKyGYJkhMWxPghAOjJfm7VItmeIqFpPQ7Bz6kHQ/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+094.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503631056740609474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JKyB2IvYj4NHRLd7yBMyr4cNUt_185kNZ4gpZUaES7gWG0CCrymINREzSSqg96OmwX1ZqiDD8gDCGwIbS78G4aX50U-hf1wwGt7vqKyGYJkhMWxPghAOjJfm7VItmeIqFpPQ7Bz6kHQ/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+094.JPG" /></a><br />The storm was about a mile up the river and the wind was starting to gust so I hurried to see as much as I could.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijyCYbxqagdCHpDV0ionx7GI9AaZLElBYKLgMZlJDQtXJNZIqBhS4wVbkKasmPkuB0Xd89NhT8okObIheCR_uPLV45GWta9twQqWSRbTNoO37RWKu-fUjouEoQRJvQ8w-uo4uUZLui4aY/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+104.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503631049841536786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijyCYbxqagdCHpDV0ionx7GI9AaZLElBYKLgMZlJDQtXJNZIqBhS4wVbkKasmPkuB0Xd89NhT8okObIheCR_uPLV45GWta9twQqWSRbTNoO37RWKu-fUjouEoQRJvQ8w-uo4uUZLui4aY/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+104.JPG" /></a><br />The water battery and lighthouse were about 100' below the bluff the fort was built upon.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnF8x3cxl4XXY7QKfhP4ROYADZaJLhM-GiKmyE38lfKmcGl6Xo5t8WzSYO26w3o9Kz9eVP67kNnaIFU18hBbcIaoKhvDIv5gAPAHrOQadOZ4sixS5ibMK1kXgQ5-GtHGAT33pbfaUTQsE/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+105.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503631033646824690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnF8x3cxl4XXY7QKfhP4ROYADZaJLhM-GiKmyE38lfKmcGl6Xo5t8WzSYO26w3o9Kz9eVP67kNnaIFU18hBbcIaoKhvDIv5gAPAHrOQadOZ4sixS5ibMK1kXgQ5-GtHGAT33pbfaUTQsE/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+105.JPG" /></a><br />There were 2 barracks buildings left inside the fort, other buildings outside the fort used in other wars have been removed for park space.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBihkMUuZJeqtyE4Db7iRbcHj3toEIswhDTHJjhvaLjKMn4pQWEHfDDr_zxK0zm0jJdRLrYnSdfqyy5rsDRXWe1mtk44hjp4Ik579TJHOq4IGfds6WW2zAvpkMTldjeGrS6xwyerk8qsM/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+106.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503631023464435074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBihkMUuZJeqtyE4Db7iRbcHj3toEIswhDTHJjhvaLjKMn4pQWEHfDDr_zxK0zm0jJdRLrYnSdfqyy5rsDRXWe1mtk44hjp4Ik579TJHOq4IGfds6WW2zAvpkMTldjeGrS6xwyerk8qsM/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+106.JPG" /></a><br />More cannons, although I was surprised that the NPS didn't have any plaques to identify what kinds they were.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVDxVHmUDr9utgzhaiyjY0CkGaueki9MEpl9qqyrWFaULt-ulANbnus4_Evu9aCnURn7o9VgBdiwYMouutSMjsxgkGqZvPQJoe0pis13slvFHPrwbO8ySLisxQtfgWFcMvEWUssELavA/s1600/Day+41+Souhern+MD+111.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503631012839075794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVDxVHmUDr9utgzhaiyjY0CkGaueki9MEpl9qqyrWFaULt-ulANbnus4_Evu9aCnURn7o9VgBdiwYMouutSMjsxgkGqZvPQJoe0pis13slvFHPrwbO8ySLisxQtfgWFcMvEWUssELavA/s320/Day+41+Souhern+MD+111.JPG" /></a><br />On the way out of the park, I surprised these 2 deer. I've really been amazed in the amount of wildlife we've seen on this trip. Out west I expected it, the east has been quite surprising.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-77206226840509227812010-08-08T13:43:00.014-04:002010-08-10T01:08:05.611-04:00Day 40 DE & Fort McHenry, MD<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEzZJs2bmxPSRdT4sbntRFOl_yX6-raCbToyrImOYq6oaM1CiHqekPmbxIRL6gRIU1Yi6SKmyoYljMm1gp64lyRdljl8LZq2UvV0IX9BNCA8vU050cNHNr5Sdgei_FydmrkKpNZxO_5M/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+004.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503101171852224450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEzZJs2bmxPSRdT4sbntRFOl_yX6-raCbToyrImOYq6oaM1CiHqekPmbxIRL6gRIU1Yi6SKmyoYljMm1gp64lyRdljl8LZq2UvV0IX9BNCA8vU050cNHNr5Sdgei_FydmrkKpNZxO_5M/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+004.JPG" /></a><br /><div> We spent the night with my best friend from childhood Ron Powell and his wife Susan. <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRvekZDvjURqvzeFVMmax5d_JGYapqk9Uv7nVf3Jf7oxETrYz-ICmC4LXedFgn07rVCWuYCmOy4rn7_cmJ6K7B5wopRfIGwTZUkos8zaCT8o0xlg6p1HrpXae6x9Ly6CVfTjiQNMnGjQ/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+150.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503101687111036034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRvekZDvjURqvzeFVMmax5d_JGYapqk9Uv7nVf3Jf7oxETrYz-ICmC4LXedFgn07rVCWuYCmOy4rn7_cmJ6K7B5wopRfIGwTZUkos8zaCT8o0xlg6p1HrpXae6x9Ly6CVfTjiQNMnGjQ/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+150.JPG" /></a></div><div>They both work for DuPont in Wimington, DE and live in southern Chester Co. PA near the Mason-Dixon Line.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKvHF-bj9u2Mb-HzhpI0Yofe2aQeESI5kmASjpyIPmm2xwGhbtD5wkRvZG_7ob3-pke00qLClVeJGV_DUhYDjYnRtN1Jy_vveVpEt6fal24S3fFwjpVVCECJRha5mrExzyq_glcVsaok/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+153.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503101178234637682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKvHF-bj9u2Mb-HzhpI0Yofe2aQeESI5kmASjpyIPmm2xwGhbtD5wkRvZG_7ob3-pke00qLClVeJGV_DUhYDjYnRtN1Jy_vveVpEt6fal24S3fFwjpVVCECJRha5mrExzyq_glcVsaok/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+153.JPG" /></a><br />Ron has a good size wine cellar and he had Wanda's favorite, Chateau la Pouff ( or something like that) . We plan on visiting them again the next time we go to Philly and Wanda wants to have another bottle of wine. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRfS2k_lG2NQSS0nSkrPIdNC6k5LVrrQJRGx6FDuQZKZ7Qmee7fgxXH4SFxFnA9F_xk44L-6-L4A20X-bgYkx7dbn-7GwbUV6HNQ1vGzcH_Va-KL842HA1l8bQbt23Cgj-QglxkVqGz8/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+008.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503101164095186738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRfS2k_lG2NQSS0nSkrPIdNC6k5LVrrQJRGx6FDuQZKZ7Qmee7fgxXH4SFxFnA9F_xk44L-6-L4A20X-bgYkx7dbn-7GwbUV6HNQ1vGzcH_Va-KL842HA1l8bQbt23Cgj-QglxkVqGz8/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+008.JPG" /></a><br />The smallest state we visited also had the smallest sign.We were also on a 2 lane back road.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHmxZJU-zWGV2QNM17gWuiWWxFQCl4QrSatUbkBnkMbOdvv_qNuDqmauZEcyfgVm7ZEV3bcX_0m3vEu6S5CDeEFgH4AIM_UPJSeW42_dkjLMnBhdy-P-4RQZOKrf3qxbSsqHME_O9RJI/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+009.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503101157145794674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHmxZJU-zWGV2QNM17gWuiWWxFQCl4QrSatUbkBnkMbOdvv_qNuDqmauZEcyfgVm7ZEV3bcX_0m3vEu6S5CDeEFgH4AIM_UPJSeW42_dkjLMnBhdy-P-4RQZOKrf3qxbSsqHME_O9RJI/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+009.JPG" /></a><br />I had planned on seeing the "Point Marked West" and Arc monuments of the Mason-Dixon Line at the State Park. This is where the Mason-Dixon line began and the point of the Arc of the northern boundary of Delaware. I had read that they were only a few 100' of the road- they are. However, the reality was that you had to park & hike about 2 miles round trip to each one. Wanda wasn't up to hiking and I didn't want to leave her in the car for hours so we headed to Maryland.<br /><div><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503101147174879570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00RH-DmL0vKFFK6GAaHO35zHFLSqoHDw0083O-imgErY9jQjCZKan0r2doiZn_PGdnFGsMaJEi0Lbc6uBe9_iql7ueS5nYZuwTwM1edJSQqtpCTNeQgvLpLM918-e_FuhwFYvSg6BSq8/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+010.JPG" /><br />I missed the road sign in the middle of the median so I turned around at the next light & went back to the last light. While waiting for the green light to make a U-turn, I took this picture in the car side mirror and then<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM991-582zBlH5IQYQyCBfDk-mZUquhYXhleY_zxwcybpaN6uXy66mEtxsuAXxPyNlu-MjsTwvZe1aRQNNfts61bpsiD-RLuh7wOmv6W_2RV4Z-qEs1H5LDKr0X7isSKnX2KoWAjKJo0E/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+011.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503100508978815570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM991-582zBlH5IQYQyCBfDk-mZUquhYXhleY_zxwcybpaN6uXy66mEtxsuAXxPyNlu-MjsTwvZe1aRQNNfts61bpsiD-RLuh7wOmv6W_2RV4Z-qEs1H5LDKr0X7isSKnX2KoWAjKJo0E/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+011.JPG" /></a></div><div>took this driving by on the way to I-95 . </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2xLIt6SC9DmGHCrDeASbn0u7sP_x0EXYdubr1RO_ogwkrxkY04nG2j3widHnHjj2oQgw-om1omz7jcBCwhaKE5ZSJ4Vfq_ErC2cCKB4dRZhdZJAyCLarlTEDRmE6I1eVnBsIqvH2ckc/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+013.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503100502221308370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2xLIt6SC9DmGHCrDeASbn0u7sP_x0EXYdubr1RO_ogwkrxkY04nG2j3widHnHjj2oQgw-om1omz7jcBCwhaKE5ZSJ4Vfq_ErC2cCKB4dRZhdZJAyCLarlTEDRmE6I1eVnBsIqvH2ckc/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+013.JPG" /></a><br />I had been to Fort McHenry when I was 9 or 10 and still have the souvenir cannon I bought in my museum at home.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UcVaBJJ6sPl5wCYhsKnW9IUkJPtmg4jEIVXCNpb5e-6wGSYCvfS114jhkmFEhwGOM8NQekgUiTObAmAv20gfVWunSJ7PXwSxraWP-YPqYbYlqWYViNsmJ2rs-5cODPniElSo36l-zKQ/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+014.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503100494924915282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UcVaBJJ6sPl5wCYhsKnW9IUkJPtmg4jEIVXCNpb5e-6wGSYCvfS114jhkmFEhwGOM8NQekgUiTObAmAv20gfVWunSJ7PXwSxraWP-YPqYbYlqWYViNsmJ2rs-5cODPniElSo36l-zKQ/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+014.JPG" /></a><br />The visitor center was rather small but had this 3D display of the fort and a few military exhibits.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwrImuQDF4dNIUqwzHGWRX8r7AyRgjwF-vVPirCwOknNHICcEogjygQ_p6bVxAtWBrdc9UtpOWNiIFWjZTyg57KCVFH54By-DXKas3qVodi0KPeDJwcENFzvyRJCDTQx4sf5PTSqsN-A/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+015.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503100492932461282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwrImuQDF4dNIUqwzHGWRX8r7AyRgjwF-vVPirCwOknNHICcEogjygQ_p6bVxAtWBrdc9UtpOWNiIFWjZTyg57KCVFH54By-DXKas3qVodi0KPeDJwcENFzvyRJCDTQx4sf5PTSqsN-A/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+015.JPG" /></a><br />I use this picture of the bombardment in class when we cover the war of 1812. The movie in the visitor center was a bit different than most we've seen. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXE4uTClb5syksUvEPS12qV7pblVF6_9r9uaf4gcgnc1b_ySZVGwY5uI0cQChzz6gNs9v7szPpIpL5tXY3CWMHzFCfKbCAvBM1LLssvyD7aEAxh1C6nX2v953g72cm53IVaCBYB5Va0mM/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+018.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503100480431027938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXE4uTClb5syksUvEPS12qV7pblVF6_9r9uaf4gcgnc1b_ySZVGwY5uI0cQChzz6gNs9v7szPpIpL5tXY3CWMHzFCfKbCAvBM1LLssvyD7aEAxh1C6nX2v953g72cm53IVaCBYB5Va0mM/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+018.JPG" /></a></div><div>After the historical portion of the video, a curtain covering a glass wall opened up with a view of the fort & flagpole as the "Star Spangled Banner" started playing. Very impressive.</div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKA_RNB34yL-pp1XldwRooca8fCVJZT2aYAYgynkA_-LZYeqI_2SMg6qbpvEzcMNHqlcR2rhhNdHacu4xaYt3lvhBL_ShdroWmApNPYksXAlq3z-OzKmXQH8k07vrnlmBcXlsWll1is7k/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+022.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503099186782310066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKA_RNB34yL-pp1XldwRooca8fCVJZT2aYAYgynkA_-LZYeqI_2SMg6qbpvEzcMNHqlcR2rhhNdHacu4xaYt3lvhBL_ShdroWmApNPYksXAlq3z-OzKmXQH8k07vrnlmBcXlsWll1is7k/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+022.JPG" /></a><br />The fort is the classic star shape with a Ravelin providing protection for the entrance<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0ymjLvwbnvPk6Kx2zv9v5ThN8w3MIeE7oQaD1z8bCcA1KuPWFJVGLuorA8cN8zKp9QZ1Im-XEzFTXLqYzBK6dEblf_KqIvmJXzeccCapVxH8ubPlP36Y5IHVAttGgSnw2uiANg8cEwk/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+024.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503460813882676450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0ymjLvwbnvPk6Kx2zv9v5ThN8w3MIeE7oQaD1z8bCcA1KuPWFJVGLuorA8cN8zKp9QZ1Im-XEzFTXLqYzBK6dEblf_KqIvmJXzeccCapVxH8ubPlP36Y5IHVAttGgSnw2uiANg8cEwk/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+024.JPG" /></a><br />or Sally Port. I don't know where the name "Sally" comes from, but to "Sally Forth" refers to leaving the fort or castle.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT0j8LqI7iabyWKC-1SfIcLX5Xpmy0L6TiaD0P4yAFJll42KbMngQjiHMD-bXOcqICAz5WxukGSts49VtLeO8JLXweYchNnX7RlVyStewY5nmM-_bCH7JDrdq2VndfJJBeciNJH9EPRd4/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+025.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503099179096253970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT0j8LqI7iabyWKC-1SfIcLX5Xpmy0L6TiaD0P4yAFJll42KbMngQjiHMD-bXOcqICAz5WxukGSts49VtLeO8JLXweYchNnX7RlVyStewY5nmM-_bCH7JDrdq2VndfJJBeciNJH9EPRd4/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+025.JPG" /></a><br />The Fort has a large variety of cannons mounted on the ramparts, most of them are from the Civil & Spanish-Amer. Wars.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ40qyOOCxHr7l-flmGLQcPvfW0nVk3TEP02PJfVUMivWbA6-gcqvRJLfHHjQaap6JjSqlXVb8N_u2-aZREVX9lzg6SWYRt2aDxrV4mMuRuQ4mXxd-7bVJPTf0EjuQKXzOqMTKryTr-Wk/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+027.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503099174522382130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ40qyOOCxHr7l-flmGLQcPvfW0nVk3TEP02PJfVUMivWbA6-gcqvRJLfHHjQaap6JjSqlXVb8N_u2-aZREVX9lzg6SWYRt2aDxrV4mMuRuQ4mXxd-7bVJPTf0EjuQKXzOqMTKryTr-Wk/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+027.JPG" /></a><br />Most of the cannons were Rodman or Columbiads. For non-military history folks, these cannons are classified by the weight of the cannonballs they fire; i.e. 10, 20, 50 pounder<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPInInHmkqlqYzBP1x6gBOpLTZsz0NpR4C8BsjaWRT4V8DjQ7Ek1WkEgFqV9VfkurV_tHwrTEFF_BfbNjfECYLa-FeR-jQTAN_GYby5yicXe_vxIGA4wVBZEnPavGOmdLObwOpbYztt4I/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+029.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503099163838215826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPInInHmkqlqYzBP1x6gBOpLTZsz0NpR4C8BsjaWRT4V8DjQ7Ek1WkEgFqV9VfkurV_tHwrTEFF_BfbNjfECYLa-FeR-jQTAN_GYby5yicXe_vxIGA4wVBZEnPavGOmdLObwOpbYztt4I/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+029.JPG" /></a><br />The Fort was built to guard Baltimore Harbor which is still a major port.<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhktpYedGzBeI7VlnMe77vn7TRoGSVH-7CJiYXVAHyDFu2EaAe6f6SDOg_QZDJWTsDoxZLifJpP_ORGhRD2HsHn54Ror7isbqtfw4xc3Yd8kkPsGNNTkPDh3B7Vd0i5M57DUgdAhEeEJw8/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+032.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503098504484079778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhktpYedGzBeI7VlnMe77vn7TRoGSVH-7CJiYXVAHyDFu2EaAe6f6SDOg_QZDJWTsDoxZLifJpP_ORGhRD2HsHn54Ror7isbqtfw4xc3Yd8kkPsGNNTkPDh3B7Vd0i5M57DUgdAhEeEJw8/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+032.JPG" /></a> </div><div>I heard the stereo system on the yellow sightseeing boat before it rounded the point into view.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6QfVW66Wg8nWN4h6tbXNIhgrXnWsx06DnYBY1QxJkbWpxt7d2kAqDBsIjFluu08AtXWchGDPUmaur24P4aNEJHopNDSFl8Vrb-JKzRemAU9d_UrKUHb6Kk_YGd50QVJms3ex4HcAznQ/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+031.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503099154804666706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6QfVW66Wg8nWN4h6tbXNIhgrXnWsx06DnYBY1QxJkbWpxt7d2kAqDBsIjFluu08AtXWchGDPUmaur24P4aNEJHopNDSFl8Vrb-JKzRemAU9d_UrKUHb6Kk_YGd50QVJms3ex4HcAznQ/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+031.JPG" /></a><br />The port has a wide variety of types of ships and cargoes.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlv-jNtolDasYoboIwe5FTEhg4718jIqGCcmP4z2ioB8OtFphuEnp8Oy2HV1dt7EBzCx_iq5VjzsK4kNb8J4YG1_gO6RLIhEIf-F0UoGVhtESlB9-GNDO4bEQcNKJTlsQB80oCt-fj8o/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+033.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503098492414158466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlv-jNtolDasYoboIwe5FTEhg4718jIqGCcmP4z2ioB8OtFphuEnp8Oy2HV1dt7EBzCx_iq5VjzsK4kNb8J4YG1_gO6RLIhEIf-F0UoGVhtESlB9-GNDO4bEQcNKJTlsQB80oCt-fj8o/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+033.JPG" /></a><br />I guess as a kid I climbed all over the ramparts and walls and went into every bombproof & storeroom.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz96dFE7khyphenhyphenrjCak7tN45K6USUJLUmhG4r4zrU8oesllMhQceqrpJO6FvsXwf-oagBg9xTD-5HEJJShymQj_fO6qQnsIK3S94L7KoAM0sJp2GUbDdIdiOc91hHA3nHT6b4Zk_Vc4qJhIw/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+039.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503098489389815666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz96dFE7khyphenhyphenrjCak7tN45K6USUJLUmhG4r4zrU8oesllMhQceqrpJO6FvsXwf-oagBg9xTD-5HEJJShymQj_fO6qQnsIK3S94L7KoAM0sJp2GUbDdIdiOc91hHA3nHT6b4Zk_Vc4qJhIw/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+039.JPG" /></a><br />The heat was mid 90's and having been out west in dry heat for weeks, the humidity was really oppressive so I limited my touring to taking pictures of the major features.<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvA28P97QK8dOGxAq1LmaqLCiPL6eHUjKbbFjKv3_QTKm-19z_Xm7fBDGTETzQPejpqgPyRemAg_4MLJzU1U0WTRc9Xei7rHXLBmVsLgR4sJz8rcIJuSm_KM7FmBrtB0PwSdHb3m3wu8/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+066.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503098475658025634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvA28P97QK8dOGxAq1LmaqLCiPL6eHUjKbbFjKv3_QTKm-19z_Xm7fBDGTETzQPejpqgPyRemAg_4MLJzU1U0WTRc9Xei7rHXLBmVsLgR4sJz8rcIJuSm_KM7FmBrtB0PwSdHb3m3wu8/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+066.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Most of the barracks buildings were open with displays</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbeTcPG_c6CnnwqAwzbWeh8WbFNjPUYQHbhuXS2TcA4f0FYnMmiQT4nCPf2XId-N18wQgE5OnJPBONHOFi69wA1XxT2LWW3DuvzcVO6sfZc_Z5lg8XVSBpf0D1OKPYCNmbsMBnuOn5U3I/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+043.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503103911221459842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbeTcPG_c6CnnwqAwzbWeh8WbFNjPUYQHbhuXS2TcA4f0FYnMmiQT4nCPf2XId-N18wQgE5OnJPBONHOFi69wA1XxT2LWW3DuvzcVO6sfZc_Z5lg8XVSBpf0D1OKPYCNmbsMBnuOn5U3I/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+043.JPG" /></a><br />of soldiers lives, uniforms, weapons, etc.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKrhguWBkJWPkLl0yunJa6qdEDcF7NwqrafkvbXWAh5rsQH4LuCRxLeoF0-qrwDCTDCEIxmNBGrk0BuhET-G7NqJ4b1xcilYXHDjacYc1NCAwLxh_Qug87r4Mx0ckE2ot3QBzBtSxXLI/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+042.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503105992789772642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKrhguWBkJWPkLl0yunJa6qdEDcF7NwqrafkvbXWAh5rsQH4LuCRxLeoF0-qrwDCTDCEIxmNBGrk0BuhET-G7NqJ4b1xcilYXHDjacYc1NCAwLxh_Qug87r4Mx0ckE2ot3QBzBtSxXLI/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+042.JPG" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbeygVKv6VeQk-EDRAPVOU9ozS0sOWBSQVBq207T_jY7V1VgB-3lK5JBH6t4zt334xTYCUX702_muKa7KUKuZ2HAO_d76Yl4SoML67BVl421M-11RRNWoXqU5bq-D1AS0ZPMhpEETZKVg/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+047.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503466146001817842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbeygVKv6VeQk-EDRAPVOU9ozS0sOWBSQVBq207T_jY7V1VgB-3lK5JBH6t4zt334xTYCUX702_muKa7KUKuZ2HAO_d76Yl4SoML67BVl421M-11RRNWoXqU5bq-D1AS0ZPMhpEETZKVg/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+047.JPG" /></a></div><div>This exhibit covered the differences between the artillery & infantry soldiers in the fort.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPsm45cB-Mg_R7aiZIifiG5BKRzpt0Z6Ukqanlgk6HXipJVaBc9EmzPuIDUthSThGkbmsW_0u2I922p_KaEIF1yvLk4FB-N2Km4kAjptr91nF6QbTn5nGou-WpjEl45oLjJfpduRtYFVQ/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+050.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503466155833809954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPsm45cB-Mg_R7aiZIifiG5BKRzpt0Z6Ukqanlgk6HXipJVaBc9EmzPuIDUthSThGkbmsW_0u2I922p_KaEIF1yvLk4FB-N2Km4kAjptr91nF6QbTn5nGou-WpjEl45oLjJfpduRtYFVQ/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+050.JPG" /></a><br />This is the cross brace for the original flag pole that was discovered during excavations in the 1990's<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFMn2HWRuHQIx3JTUWRSl5ini181NCaUY_8qOQVfs9QYGsXfpsGL-lrLRconJF_PC98YAS67sYQmx_GpfWxnGx2vcyw1_7ej4F3E9y3zO0jJtixtP6XgtydMAhR0fxDq-lho-cX-kRi0/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+065.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503103887840713602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFMn2HWRuHQIx3JTUWRSl5ini181NCaUY_8qOQVfs9QYGsXfpsGL-lrLRconJF_PC98YAS67sYQmx_GpfWxnGx2vcyw1_7ej4F3E9y3zO0jJtixtP6XgtydMAhR0fxDq-lho-cX-kRi0/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+065.JPG" /></a><br />The cannons & mortars are from the Rev. , 1812 & Civil Wars<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8YAkp4uZdXqc3rFHgzZzkxgzVpTI1Yq2tGZwHca8qKm0qCyEeajOYnZrDvythxQzztiO_0HCF-M8XB71OeljT-FPvUf2CgrjxkGPzWYn7OqTZdajfEVurx6kHwFrFamEqG9okXhY4vo/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+061.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503103897341062386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8YAkp4uZdXqc3rFHgzZzkxgzVpTI1Yq2tGZwHca8qKm0qCyEeajOYnZrDvythxQzztiO_0HCF-M8XB71OeljT-FPvUf2CgrjxkGPzWYn7OqTZdajfEVurx6kHwFrFamEqG9okXhY4vo/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+061.JPG" /></a> </div><div>There were 4 powder magazines that were open, 2 were underground in the ravelin & one under the Sally Port & one above ground.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyIxwChsB4ugIx_eD-OQlDPuw8Wwy0YaIOeeZtizok2NbSfJSdLSwb9W7RJjuD-clTtyKNgej5zq4LWyTN7afC93ET8bDdMs2REuieG3d2FLsM-6cE-MIN0M0Nso0kCK0H6ZUGpxb1nCM/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+058.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503103903414004242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyIxwChsB4ugIx_eD-OQlDPuw8Wwy0YaIOeeZtizok2NbSfJSdLSwb9W7RJjuD-clTtyKNgej5zq4LWyTN7afC93ET8bDdMs2REuieG3d2FLsM-6cE-MIN0M0Nso0kCK0H6ZUGpxb1nCM/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+058.JPG" /></a> </div><div>No powder in these barrels<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6sJpk_6fNOXdiRrfVLfqcE4iMuugAJiOYfZwn8nLG4w3ES8U2aiZvpzTWC-LBIWMjxcueAbKvY9teZZjJ9PQue4gMEa6Qzx0JWmAF5ceo_BQMfhitOIsWpPm8QwUzOYnlm3kekQMxVM/s1600/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+055.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503098483927713282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6sJpk_6fNOXdiRrfVLfqcE4iMuugAJiOYfZwn8nLG4w3ES8U2aiZvpzTWC-LBIWMjxcueAbKvY9teZZjJ9PQue4gMEa6Qzx0JWmAF5ceo_BQMfhitOIsWpPm8QwUzOYnlm3kekQMxVM/s320/Day+4+DE-+Fort+McHenry,+MD+055.JPG" /></a><br />The flagpole is in the original location in the parade ground inside the fort.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9bu93aMD_dyB7OQ5HmW6K2PbJXhKUCbaaRBGsBfqJtd_TqGaCwO_oT3zytbDEwlBFiOAkNFSck8nnIxqI2pBrwS-WCEMdbSFgztdK_Vv8fGPVPyjMFSmmPQKV9rRuzza3g43svU2tc1o/s1600/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+195.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503642444737671330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9bu93aMD_dyB7OQ5HmW6K2PbJXhKUCbaaRBGsBfqJtd_TqGaCwO_oT3zytbDEwlBFiOAkNFSck8nnIxqI2pBrwS-WCEMdbSFgztdK_Vv8fGPVPyjMFSmmPQKV9rRuzza3g43svU2tc1o/s320/Summer+09+trail,pa,fish+195.jpg" /></a></div><div>We were planning on spending the night in Wheaton, MD with my best friend John Jones , but 10,000+ people in the DC area were out of power from a storm 3 days earlier so we went to his house at Cobb Island, MD for electricity & A/C.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-75832226753255165402010-08-06T19:04:00.017-04:002010-08-08T13:43:09.999-04:00Day 39 Valley Forge & Independence, PA<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrms-JxzY_yEST_Ex2srpNB5YJQvT48ikKGUKHr4lG7Nsb8EJR44fewmJdGKgbwfkzsk94tAdIW1Sys3nURx_p7O0n35-8sJqsxk0DVBHu9hQjjObeg-q-deyk8Omj8-Leb4WMYABnww/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+061.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502446579611070978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrms-JxzY_yEST_Ex2srpNB5YJQvT48ikKGUKHr4lG7Nsb8EJR44fewmJdGKgbwfkzsk94tAdIW1Sys3nURx_p7O0n35-8sJqsxk0DVBHu9hQjjObeg-q-deyk8Omj8-Leb4WMYABnww/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+061.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div>My family's homestead is about 10 miles from Valley Forge and the 1st Rapp immigrant supplied Washington's troops with food & forage and his son Barnett was with the PA Militia. Another Grandfather from a diffferent branch of the family died there, about 3 miles from his home.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JErtlNlSwmBT-6-AZW-60XwopHMjxX-l_Z4lHW45X1POEqRa9nFLEfe3-aApEeeteFMqZeNRN1VbQWCcbKl3Sw9-7SNqcOSULRAzzqjtUekfb5fiA7c3IJxo6C1PSYfp6RgFIUlsRtg/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+002.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502446569630159826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JErtlNlSwmBT-6-AZW-60XwopHMjxX-l_Z4lHW45X1POEqRa9nFLEfe3-aApEeeteFMqZeNRN1VbQWCcbKl3Sw9-7SNqcOSULRAzzqjtUekfb5fiA7c3IJxo6C1PSYfp6RgFIUlsRtg/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+002.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The NPS has recreated the log huts the soldiers lived in based on written descriptions by the soldiers and archaeological excavations.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0Ds4Wu8Jx-iPfnUR78X_SmQwv3zAzo9g2DpXMkqqbN3DHox9RTTRhEE_ADwH2Fm8u33z-oEOGbtrNr87U8Afau8-66AJhQD-wRltFwbJNcDIz5Cc2zthyphenhyphenDmppIkY02OFXmdUhiQ_F-U/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+006.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502446564834651506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0Ds4Wu8Jx-iPfnUR78X_SmQwv3zAzo9g2DpXMkqqbN3DHox9RTTRhEE_ADwH2Fm8u33z-oEOGbtrNr87U8Afau8-66AJhQD-wRltFwbJNcDIz5Cc2zthyphenhyphenDmppIkY02OFXmdUhiQ_F-U/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+006.JPG" /></a> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPZGu-8aqMQb8ocWstKgN49L_RCDtF9Y9RNw7R5pHoIWHEHL379vat3FBiZo2m2fOQAJx1DVhm4FtNI54b7sAil0_Ld24mFHcFViTEboe5Ne-jI3qENEeKALK7nON-1CX5WKlAbmbFE8/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+009.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502446551925607778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPZGu-8aqMQb8ocWstKgN49L_RCDtF9Y9RNw7R5pHoIWHEHL379vat3FBiZo2m2fOQAJx1DVhm4FtNI54b7sAil0_Ld24mFHcFViTEboe5Ne-jI3qENEeKALK7nON-1CX5WKlAbmbFE8/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+009.JPG" /></a><br /><div>The huts were supposed to house 12 enlisted men.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qijMvYyVLJ-8k_q-I5ddadoHDDalHneSuqx4tS0no-jyfyZr4YS1YCO7gq-tRWGVpkbiAB1o-sloM6cJVsCGsynzVWO-z_I43vCaC4oTJ2Qb0xUFh8vaMjX-WdKFb8tdT4hbRa97iug/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+060.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503080403408303266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qijMvYyVLJ-8k_q-I5ddadoHDDalHneSuqx4tS0no-jyfyZr4YS1YCO7gq-tRWGVpkbiAB1o-sloM6cJVsCGsynzVWO-z_I43vCaC4oTJ2Qb0xUFh8vaMjX-WdKFb8tdT4hbRa97iug/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+060.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5GXX-bdX1UIMCPsTP_q1f0yNfD01xbujrqyZxlI3QX0W1gBYx2xugUloYoZ7AMCO9KxQp5mlGEDnd90554dtYp8C82GcZuBF5T-XQ3uk6yT-iAQW6ubd2M_SuAyfMmWdr0dBoqP_7920/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+010.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503080369979950962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5GXX-bdX1UIMCPsTP_q1f0yNfD01xbujrqyZxlI3QX0W1gBYx2xugUloYoZ7AMCO9KxQp5mlGEDnd90554dtYp8C82GcZuBF5T-XQ3uk6yT-iAQW6ubd2M_SuAyfMmWdr0dBoqP_7920/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+010.JPG" /></a></div><div>The officers had it a little better. </div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9zww2jNF9UlvA_FVP0s9pDvdxAsBcQZMNEsDHebK1TwJnaR3pyb7nXUn3GxdGQEXbj7EUhMnr0rKFB-G1ijmVV8cNsLGMOkEhvmF3ZLM9rEPI2x1dZYHxZ1wGuBT78t_G1ZdY22EFcI/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+015.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502445914447280946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9zww2jNF9UlvA_FVP0s9pDvdxAsBcQZMNEsDHebK1TwJnaR3pyb7nXUn3GxdGQEXbj7EUhMnr0rKFB-G1ijmVV8cNsLGMOkEhvmF3ZLM9rEPI2x1dZYHxZ1wGuBT78t_G1ZdY22EFcI/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+015.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The National Memorial Arch</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE7AjlKhiPugAYDTrjVt-CKWRZOOiR1ket40Yc_8UT2XOkMr7j6eCIoaSHxlP8feAl4j3Ra7E-CwDy5MJf7xmn_A7NKAPag2ruaspi3lYCz0iB6hoi5DmAMd82kxke3jNXnc5ryJEd5Z8/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+025.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502445904407668738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE7AjlKhiPugAYDTrjVt-CKWRZOOiR1ket40Yc_8UT2XOkMr7j6eCIoaSHxlP8feAl4j3Ra7E-CwDy5MJf7xmn_A7NKAPag2ruaspi3lYCz0iB6hoi5DmAMd82kxke3jNXnc5ryJEd5Z8/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+025.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ZhCBf_XzaRpV4S-uRWvW-kXmWuwHcgM5SuI-0vrpcHhZokqyYjt9py-BeIg4HDa-Njae6AUBRQn1qAoEuVSvVi3ZIihMftnWQuhtgpW4Z-b6OKYgoxnTCt2zkjRuc6ngZLFJyZZGE_U/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+020.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502446548995572226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ZhCBf_XzaRpV4S-uRWvW-kXmWuwHcgM5SuI-0vrpcHhZokqyYjt9py-BeIg4HDa-Njae6AUBRQn1qAoEuVSvVi3ZIihMftnWQuhtgpW4Z-b6OKYgoxnTCt2zkjRuc6ngZLFJyZZGE_U/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+020.JPG" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYMfGthS5-xPB1rhUGrD8g7zEHfCi6GHQZBgukpCreDSWAy5PKMm9X0ww6OOat5cT-WG2jive5o8pwCgGEwNrOnDUpxG5hxuRvXM-WkDut6pqMR7AEloH8y9npI2eP_Vyw3O7co35uZY0/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+028.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502445901110080322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYMfGthS5-xPB1rhUGrD8g7zEHfCi6GHQZBgukpCreDSWAy5PKMm9X0ww6OOat5cT-WG2jive5o8pwCgGEwNrOnDUpxG5hxuRvXM-WkDut6pqMR7AEloH8y9npI2eP_Vyw3O7co35uZY0/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+028.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The Park doesn't have many statues or monuments. This is Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_U8ILihhyZOBa7upGZTEW7mynnsWitz0nZYcRG94DAj6Z3SBvFvFcXE0LuzSadktzYeoRARBYUhQ1UJpAzdYXp-jb62beO62OLY1JMylbCrNLx04Tn8zZOlBY81cvWBCQJs2j5Ahfe8A/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+030.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502445893375802306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_U8ILihhyZOBa7upGZTEW7mynnsWitz0nZYcRG94DAj6Z3SBvFvFcXE0LuzSadktzYeoRARBYUhQ1UJpAzdYXp-jb62beO62OLY1JMylbCrNLx04Tn8zZOlBY81cvWBCQJs2j5Ahfe8A/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+030.JPG" /></a> </div><div>On the driving tour, this deer was right along the road next to</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7s3vim9WjjK6eErAXqXg3PLoxqnTcg8gM8Ro83CvNowuLqGmPVPNXSu29XEy3X9Qu7wH8HnaSGr8Tcbkr04X7T0klxCw-4xJF3PfKbhQhyZgPke_vM30BQq84dh6eGR8krrQ_HXrO5Cg/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+033.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502445887177993330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7s3vim9WjjK6eErAXqXg3PLoxqnTcg8gM8Ro83CvNowuLqGmPVPNXSu29XEy3X9Qu7wH8HnaSGr8Tcbkr04X7T0klxCw-4xJF3PfKbhQhyZgPke_vM30BQq84dh6eGR8krrQ_HXrO5Cg/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+033.JPG" /></a> </div><div>the monument to the unknown soldier.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifa2cA7v22KjYMLNgHbUXYXKcA8Zg6mV-AZuSY-rlzDRuXJ3FWUhivMweuubQ3c55x2OJ2NLgGrigzjNGsK0_IHF5FfFQrY_h-xNyaMvpXs6HAWkYpsL1kWgsxVgHu7V6qQP49LM4AlF0/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+039.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502441376256865346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifa2cA7v22KjYMLNgHbUXYXKcA8Zg6mV-AZuSY-rlzDRuXJ3FWUhivMweuubQ3c55x2OJ2NLgGrigzjNGsK0_IHF5FfFQrY_h-xNyaMvpXs6HAWkYpsL1kWgsxVgHu7V6qQP49LM4AlF0/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+039.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Gen. Washington occupied the Potts house as his headquarters during the winter of 1777-78.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-iE66T0Ohu3nHkuaQz8LWaqVcAeiHu7ly8Xw-FAHdQC18xEdoVnwXezwMT2GqSnx43s942-S8J-7AlDVaTxh0UIiuZ93pd9nlKXbZ5LQLFrIb5hPFoMQjX1GNDzgrMeULeGMkHHkQ53U/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+041.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502441370654958834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-iE66T0Ohu3nHkuaQz8LWaqVcAeiHu7ly8Xw-FAHdQC18xEdoVnwXezwMT2GqSnx43s942-S8J-7AlDVaTxh0UIiuZ93pd9nlKXbZ5LQLFrIb5hPFoMQjX1GNDzgrMeULeGMkHHkQ53U/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+041.JPG" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80kKdA3pUEFPZl8zbHtQ12jUtoeswZZ4PuC5yjohQznWv671ZqBpSsbDEk8VeAe6Pt5k5sri1xWzKQrgbDeb-PRjqLT5zLsIGfNkvChvjv3mjFEopf4vlMZEipAZyvcy7TXMHTQdF1x0/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+055.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502441363780111986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80kKdA3pUEFPZl8zbHtQ12jUtoeswZZ4PuC5yjohQznWv671ZqBpSsbDEk8VeAe6Pt5k5sri1xWzKQrgbDeb-PRjqLT5zLsIGfNkvChvjv3mjFEopf4vlMZEipAZyvcy7TXMHTQdF1x0/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+055.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The Park service has decorated the rooms with period furnishings </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd-5AWz5Ds077lN2u3ZB2hAVvsq9VbCEcpgVmTyAWxOFCUdFOYO-1rW2G23xc5tC8u-cNokFppVOX4u1AghGhbjUIyq2iB43tqaqQI9ID3nfoHB5j1okBp3nWh8ny4XKWxdQqlfA4LqG8/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+047.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502454015675735314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd-5AWz5Ds077lN2u3ZB2hAVvsq9VbCEcpgVmTyAWxOFCUdFOYO-1rW2G23xc5tC8u-cNokFppVOX4u1AghGhbjUIyq2iB43tqaqQI9ID3nfoHB5j1okBp3nWh8ny4XKWxdQqlfA4LqG8/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+047.JPG" /></a></div><div>and artifacts that are typical of what the staff officers would have used.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4s-jG4hn5R_z0tvBbA3BH4TiX3mJuptpoNsM8nm1tqR7S9dsmil12yujHAnCkPA2NXqnVSyC10bcRlfBK-X0X3omVF8x7Gvw4Izb0DYfojtS8Yc2AJGjZHA1kV4VCPbo7JS4gjHQwfw/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+056.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502441361729851570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4s-jG4hn5R_z0tvBbA3BH4TiX3mJuptpoNsM8nm1tqR7S9dsmil12yujHAnCkPA2NXqnVSyC10bcRlfBK-X0X3omVF8x7Gvw4Izb0DYfojtS8Yc2AJGjZHA1kV4VCPbo7JS4gjHQwfw/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+056.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Washington didn't sleep here. He had a campaign tent that he slept in throughout the winter. Martha did sleep in the house when she came to visit, so maybe George did sleep in the house once or twice.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGht-D8trF5JA5EqENL-Gcf-g2eiOlR1tbq2oWA5G6E-nCD3a2sXt-6DcC2IURvLNWve4bqk2P8Bo1mvSHp1rZjsJ3QYT8dqN2aeZuKnFj4cTLkHD1dQNVOO0RKn9XB1J57RJROuz8KFs/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+067.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502449453634780818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGht-D8trF5JA5EqENL-Gcf-g2eiOlR1tbq2oWA5G6E-nCD3a2sXt-6DcC2IURvLNWve4bqk2P8Bo1mvSHp1rZjsJ3QYT8dqN2aeZuKnFj4cTLkHD1dQNVOO0RKn9XB1J57RJROuz8KFs/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+067.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TEd-fhXk8wk2xaWUzIJhCAjlxuMsK7r4iV-hg4RMBAtGXFUaIYjrf3PMeIuIigXdk9WWEhi7e01ifEtVsJYWtPfM5kPUgCb0EEm9qDWtfM07YE_M6I6w_JuGmfDAnhvxzEiLFOsy1Bk/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+066.JPG"></a></div></div><div>I hadn't been to Center City Philadelphia in many years and alot had changed at Independence Mall </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TEd-fhXk8wk2xaWUzIJhCAjlxuMsK7r4iV-hg4RMBAtGXFUaIYjrf3PMeIuIigXdk9WWEhi7e01ifEtVsJYWtPfM5kPUgCb0EEm9qDWtfM07YE_M6I6w_JuGmfDAnhvxzEiLFOsy1Bk/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+066.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502449445029407570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TEd-fhXk8wk2xaWUzIJhCAjlxuMsK7r4iV-hg4RMBAtGXFUaIYjrf3PMeIuIigXdk9WWEhi7e01ifEtVsJYWtPfM5kPUgCb0EEm9qDWtfM07YE_M6I6w_JuGmfDAnhvxzEiLFOsy1Bk/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+066.JPG" /></a></div><div>including the new Visitor Center and a new building/exhibit for the Liberty Bell.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3rRC7LqMUMUoT5JwBUmeXDu1QlKvtnrfmz1iB-IBQdiyX2eQEvHcO_A0A_xT-VEGz8GDTqcT09vqw64g-kNZAMMKKcBsP5dZ4ztavE1mrFZtbmYEq-2uA1ubPQmcD_K7aQt-j_-uK5s/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+093.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502449137412146226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3rRC7LqMUMUoT5JwBUmeXDu1QlKvtnrfmz1iB-IBQdiyX2eQEvHcO_A0A_xT-VEGz8GDTqcT09vqw64g-kNZAMMKKcBsP5dZ4ztavE1mrFZtbmYEq-2uA1ubPQmcD_K7aQt-j_-uK5s/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+093.JPG" /></a></div><div>Due to tourists demand and available space, the Park Service gives out a limited number of tickets each day for a tour of Independence Hall. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYNeOnSYwBcvx3Uf9ED6s38Z1JOYLnmhxv0sFKChyphenhyphenpg4EvkkEECaynHump39A-XJZY0VfFEtMaUx5gAgC5inM7uq_RyAwLhpp71dDsy5G-wbgvbpKZ53-EtudF1-rIkZBgqPEZyO1Dn8/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+146.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502440027297863554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYNeOnSYwBcvx3Uf9ED6s38Z1JOYLnmhxv0sFKChyphenhyphenpg4EvkkEECaynHump39A-XJZY0VfFEtMaUx5gAgC5inM7uq_RyAwLhpp71dDsy5G-wbgvbpKZ53-EtudF1-rIkZBgqPEZyO1Dn8/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+146.JPG" /></a></div><div>We got there too late for tickets so we didn't get inside.</div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9R819R6FDGZG2E2m9N6OyjFlvWZVfDTLJufCBT25UFco8O9zOjETJmh0KysO2H-7x-1Ohj982zlLX2m0WgjdxyFTWyGcP9cLKiM-Ri7JeZIqbOvw3rOFI_lf2K1Jc4cD96aCcJER0F5U/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+094.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503084756382430210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9R819R6FDGZG2E2m9N6OyjFlvWZVfDTLJufCBT25UFco8O9zOjETJmh0KysO2H-7x-1Ohj982zlLX2m0WgjdxyFTWyGcP9cLKiM-Ri7JeZIqbOvw3rOFI_lf2K1Jc4cD96aCcJER0F5U/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+094.JPG" /></a><br />They also had a new security system with guards keeping a perimeter, so this was as close as we could get without tickets.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNhV54iDywDmLGAGbRa1Q_zaLSPzNEQivZ2fseWZZpcwDT8LHarHnfds86o54Nmg3-c0OvSMtoPcRsfsKIdp-XpbzIm0c0E5pefPmllQF8Pe-ILiTCXIi8gyo5PpQKjOyQ-4Pslz-uTM/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+084.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502440050331984194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNhV54iDywDmLGAGbRa1Q_zaLSPzNEQivZ2fseWZZpcwDT8LHarHnfds86o54Nmg3-c0OvSMtoPcRsfsKIdp-XpbzIm0c0E5pefPmllQF8Pe-ILiTCXIi8gyo5PpQKjOyQ-4Pslz-uTM/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+084.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The Liberty Bell is in a pavilion </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUz44h-glviOvl5tX0kbBZ9Ha0ckoIy8NEgKAYHqrCUklHqrWQKhQso4fzySAsQk0osGSAuAYS-7YPS5VUSqDyM-4u9Q4Z3QKCOdSb15MS-kv3UgIAi3RYXLVG7_hFiit_wKkUsefYZI/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+083.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502440058134430834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUz44h-glviOvl5tX0kbBZ9Ha0ckoIy8NEgKAYHqrCUklHqrWQKhQso4fzySAsQk0osGSAuAYS-7YPS5VUSqDyM-4u9Q4Z3QKCOdSb15MS-kv3UgIAi3RYXLVG7_hFiit_wKkUsefYZI/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+083.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFV-sob2SR6CulFoBkQZ8GWOR9VIGVJ7z-VcA4AcgHBQccjVlLuiKn4uX00WmzOdyz771oJYsenSpE6a577oTQMzrSTJvSZc3ePvu_e0LjU0R1RoF3sy5xS01MXudRfj0RW1PFpLJYfE/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+068.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503081122007187314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFV-sob2SR6CulFoBkQZ8GWOR9VIGVJ7z-VcA4AcgHBQccjVlLuiKn4uX00WmzOdyz771oJYsenSpE6a577oTQMzrSTJvSZc3ePvu_e0LjU0R1RoF3sy5xS01MXudRfj0RW1PFpLJYfE/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+068.JPG" /></a></div><div>with a lot of displays on its history</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-CQriIGihvaQ0_ED9OjXmDwqQ7E-Sa9fwccKaFfJ5vO6wbMCM0KjFCsqZph-c9Am0n-yNESGw3d1bM5NMsr9n0QaXKWvkc4p-gbPPr6OaOPgl8gWB4_ZJYMOL-qxlLECW4PvYdmYbkw/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+087.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502440042682370818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-CQriIGihvaQ0_ED9OjXmDwqQ7E-Sa9fwccKaFfJ5vO6wbMCM0KjFCsqZph-c9Am0n-yNESGw3d1bM5NMsr9n0QaXKWvkc4p-gbPPr6OaOPgl8gWB4_ZJYMOL-qxlLECW4PvYdmYbkw/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+087.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkBOlT9p4V0xJL2madj-3K0RzEQyIZkIxKs0W0KSBUniGW0vfQsr_5bpO7Ta7Cd5d1YVdJOMBt8JgZ1rRQJV8nnCFRKKy6MfR9KMG5XuSg5BqZYAz5qn1OR44_Dp0v81ZwtqztotxXiCg/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+078.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503080415805609474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkBOlT9p4V0xJL2madj-3K0RzEQyIZkIxKs0W0KSBUniGW0vfQsr_5bpO7Ta7Cd5d1YVdJOMBt8JgZ1rRQJV8nnCFRKKy6MfR9KMG5XuSg5BqZYAz5qn1OR44_Dp0v81ZwtqztotxXiCg/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+078.JPG" /></a></div><div>and its iconic staus.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuD84BylHVvFBz65naZJ0j2zwIsyBMhOzwpcXh4SSCyiavrSljBXoXgsYUCl-VvOZ-aoBH6IZudP0r6SiLvd-XD5mIzGQYVAK1nvVMdSXwfp71NBkT2V7Zt6xn_IWMoeY3-MiXTnogpGw/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+142.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502449115872430146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuD84BylHVvFBz65naZJ0j2zwIsyBMhOzwpcXh4SSCyiavrSljBXoXgsYUCl-VvOZ-aoBH6IZudP0r6SiLvd-XD5mIzGQYVAK1nvVMdSXwfp71NBkT2V7Zt6xn_IWMoeY3-MiXTnogpGw/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+142.JPG" /></a> </div><div>2 blocks from Independence Hall is Carpenter's Hall </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJSx89mAkB36vlklUjG6CwZHOh7GDZeUVf7N2MA7QFitxCuBF9qUk09H1ncl1L0qNrNgEI5olrMJIbXTXkF7uhiYeLCuDOjy8MmxqAkH1o9CZ_-fU-FC817HsWHckS-GLnH4s4zEhrEM/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+138.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503088686865566578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJSx89mAkB36vlklUjG6CwZHOh7GDZeUVf7N2MA7QFitxCuBF9qUk09H1ncl1L0qNrNgEI5olrMJIbXTXkF7uhiYeLCuDOjy8MmxqAkH1o9CZ_-fU-FC817HsWHckS-GLnH4s4zEhrEM/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+138.JPG" /></a><br /><div>which was the site of the 1st Continental Congress. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfa1mjHHoKcHuhg8XlytlFaCir0BvyKrvFRefRUG7BNv5slxSvnWhe0lSootq67izX5jkms6jQhyphenhyphenXMVh_z7fz8me82s6O4mB6F-6zUJMjLlIRFWwHqDo1WoCLFmIkSIRqxXlQtUqRhSJQ/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+141.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503081142118124162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfa1mjHHoKcHuhg8XlytlFaCir0BvyKrvFRefRUG7BNv5slxSvnWhe0lSootq67izX5jkms6jQhyphenhyphenXMVh_z7fz8me82s6O4mB6F-6zUJMjLlIRFWwHqDo1WoCLFmIkSIRqxXlQtUqRhSJQ/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+141.JPG" /></a></div><div>There are a number of "necessaries" on the Mall. I should investigate when they started putting the cut out of the crescent moon on the door.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySyoblOrkXc2NYk-I4gIuOFlkFiB57fGQMHeISZiQA9rcWsQ5l59itlYvbUYi_Fma25oyCo9ZfXcOI2eh2htCa9JxWqwHvjhZSzkrdamIFPbqprYclMv87yA3SBEKfqcml9i_9_rxzrc/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+124.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502449127313735730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySyoblOrkXc2NYk-I4gIuOFlkFiB57fGQMHeISZiQA9rcWsQ5l59itlYvbUYi_Fma25oyCo9ZfXcOI2eh2htCa9JxWqwHvjhZSzkrdamIFPbqprYclMv87yA3SBEKfqcml9i_9_rxzrc/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+124.JPG" /></a><br />We stopped in the 2nd National Bank Building ( the one Andrew Jackson closed ) which has a Portrait gallery of famous people of the Revolution.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4d9baIr3dHgisy6S7Opk5JfuiL6jOo6ttD31YXVxT1_ZUP1tnQubbf2XjBeb9dXtvNkRvW6ERrZd4n3GlrKdw4Yqmt6IQ9O9rH_EmIgFp-hetiTVC2FBrA_J5pkyaM_k86ZGHn1Dbnk/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+109.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502449112958653490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4d9baIr3dHgisy6S7Opk5JfuiL6jOo6ttD31YXVxT1_ZUP1tnQubbf2XjBeb9dXtvNkRvW6ERrZd4n3GlrKdw4Yqmt6IQ9O9rH_EmIgFp-hetiTVC2FBrA_J5pkyaM_k86ZGHn1Dbnk/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+109.JPG" /></a><br />I took lots of pictures of the revolutionary leaders to use in class. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTF2qx21nniaWSwz_cfY63LwJF3Zdx8eceYJ_Pq2dUGL52Xkg-dR20oT1vh1MbLpQ3rcl4Wr-gOLRdVrZ140W_8xHhTh6xW8aiAqZiVK7bPXatNhDs55p8ExfO0uDJQtBO7BEDNzDfjc/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+122.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503088700903881586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTF2qx21nniaWSwz_cfY63LwJF3Zdx8eceYJ_Pq2dUGL52Xkg-dR20oT1vh1MbLpQ3rcl4Wr-gOLRdVrZ140W_8xHhTh6xW8aiAqZiVK7bPXatNhDs55p8ExfO0uDJQtBO7BEDNzDfjc/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+122.JPG" /></a></div><div>Thomas Jefferson<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDFz-PfxJxxl-dcFvQU2cey1RUcRu85BGH9rRHi5DbHtJk-6EAVh7uS09TKEswiOPe6qdmaP6dN0gYsbGILk6Yuaksiq1Flp3OPkUaXHBARh4bWxubWUw24Y5B5Hq6RXOyDNlyilJ_ZE/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+108.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503088696850040066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDFz-PfxJxxl-dcFvQU2cey1RUcRu85BGH9rRHi5DbHtJk-6EAVh7uS09TKEswiOPe6qdmaP6dN0gYsbGILk6Yuaksiq1Flp3OPkUaXHBARh4bWxubWUw24Y5B5Hq6RXOyDNlyilJ_ZE/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+108.JPG" /></a><br />John Paul Jones </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2pB6uOLPXN7-spVBNqF7HVu1jyGLRAm3hNOFt8zOj_vtCmPUg9H2xXtYxIn5ijfKl573-HqAvW3BBJNN2FhAtv5gS7brrk9wWhz6YIslCbg6I7lxSC9v6d-rbssrZGt4wWdPHPfgt-c/s1600/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+149.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503093244589781714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2pB6uOLPXN7-spVBNqF7HVu1jyGLRAm3hNOFt8zOj_vtCmPUg9H2xXtYxIn5ijfKl573-HqAvW3BBJNN2FhAtv5gS7brrk9wWhz6YIslCbg6I7lxSC9v6d-rbssrZGt4wWdPHPfgt-c/s320/Day+39+Valley+Forge+%26+Philly+149.JPG" /></a><br />The next time we go back to PA, we plan on spending a full day to get inside Independence Hall and see the other Colonial sites like Elfreth's Alley, the oldest inhabited street in America.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-53989832108387947352010-07-26T22:31:00.012-04:002010-08-06T19:03:43.688-04:00Day 38 Berks County, PA<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLfx4EQI-gUIHhhMjd5wHCS1LwbPcWAfJKqHN96dXoiBT0SNwHRtqJMWJHKoQ1YBl4hSTpiGkYHeeFWsig79GEiVxjXqp1nxwGZ0z1-Q-uPTYJZPq8rwSFoni9JH0kLWPpKN-IiOmnA4/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+002.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498409666420042210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLfx4EQI-gUIHhhMjd5wHCS1LwbPcWAfJKqHN96dXoiBT0SNwHRtqJMWJHKoQ1YBl4hSTpiGkYHeeFWsig79GEiVxjXqp1nxwGZ0z1-Q-uPTYJZPq8rwSFoni9JH0kLWPpKN-IiOmnA4/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+002.JPG" /></a><br /><div>We always plan a day in Berks County where I grew up when we come home at Xmas & the summer every year to see family & friends, buy pretzels & go to the original Vanity Fair Outlet in Reading. So here's some pictures of where I grew up.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6uYcZiYPDhyNrYegB-i119Q93YW9obVw8tseHOT9oRx1efvl_JQdZNaZqb1yY5DS8YyDrAsM2N2zS2lyGuLodBqgYgKzGivAyEhdKJz5JIhAHF2qCgFNf792h35U9OjIONmW_kaWoeQ/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+113.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498410021314193666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6uYcZiYPDhyNrYegB-i119Q93YW9obVw8tseHOT9oRx1efvl_JQdZNaZqb1yY5DS8YyDrAsM2N2zS2lyGuLodBqgYgKzGivAyEhdKJz5JIhAHF2qCgFNf792h35U9OjIONmW_kaWoeQ/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+113.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Roadside America is in Shartlesville along I-78 and bills itself as the largest indoor minature village. It's about the size of a basketball court, it has lots of trains and handmade buildings.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFoeuiup6_pQjlPX2ArNx7VlqNEYlRUEOEZO3N7oPI-hgfWdWBf2FeNJx5Z0_lTaO8zc_ftDASYoMhiaxBKcCkep2sVEaNNnVZSEFH_pdsl_UmgrClTZKyYX5IMowf2iF11vLglkQYro/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+115.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498410030333650914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFoeuiup6_pQjlPX2ArNx7VlqNEYlRUEOEZO3N7oPI-hgfWdWBf2FeNJx5Z0_lTaO8zc_ftDASYoMhiaxBKcCkep2sVEaNNnVZSEFH_pdsl_UmgrClTZKyYX5IMowf2iF11vLglkQYro/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+115.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The PA Dutch Gift Haus next door has Hex Signs & souvenirs.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1esy7_uEjSiqQE4w3Vy3X80FB63VaNdScihNfQIy-e1Hu1PCMDZxC1Od-gDoj7xcnHpaiqrsN_gyB9H3vqPGdVKEWXN6Kn2BIanAUamEGMbLSDrj49CxpRiZiG-1pJskCyR4vi4FlDg/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+003.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498410906623108994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1esy7_uEjSiqQE4w3Vy3X80FB63VaNdScihNfQIy-e1Hu1PCMDZxC1Od-gDoj7xcnHpaiqrsN_gyB9H3vqPGdVKEWXN6Kn2BIanAUamEGMbLSDrj49CxpRiZiG-1pJskCyR4vi4FlDg/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+003.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Northern Berks County is noted for the PA Dutch Hex Signs on the barns.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfwWa-aRvOJpbUQaBg42xdjX_s9xGC4Bax_rsUUyVuA3gItAjRXg-R1lMYR-6PBr2xSTBBvJUVSzfiXkFLUAh53z0uvdQ_Zf23M_8hECuTarWO6R4i4G3EaGCp4XXjaw4g_AHPoKexUc/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+004.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498415755045337026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfwWa-aRvOJpbUQaBg42xdjX_s9xGC4Bax_rsUUyVuA3gItAjRXg-R1lMYR-6PBr2xSTBBvJUVSzfiXkFLUAh53z0uvdQ_Zf23M_8hECuTarWO6R4i4G3EaGCp4XXjaw4g_AHPoKexUc/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+004.JPG" /></a></div><div>Some people claim they are for good luck or to ward off evil spirits but most folks keep them painted "chust for nice."</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBu-OEKdxYkuNsTJHTKCM-54rSyT_ExI57T3JhwJ3dbqfxrpHvw8jSXDfXM_v2ZQdPnOWxgg4lcT-lB4er_wGLa1rKUZQsxNCFCios7-pj38dyH3oy4oj0Kv0PoAJ26_lXIYA0Jn5V7JY/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+006.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502414820174075714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBu-OEKdxYkuNsTJHTKCM-54rSyT_ExI57T3JhwJ3dbqfxrpHvw8jSXDfXM_v2ZQdPnOWxgg4lcT-lB4er_wGLa1rKUZQsxNCFCios7-pj38dyH3oy4oj0Kv0PoAJ26_lXIYA0Jn5V7JY/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+006.JPG" /></a><br />I stopped to see my old boss Tom Schaeffer in Shoemakersville ( we call it Shoey)</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHCyrYRzskXWDvRcpuNmc1_SNimKkvHhNTCIMs0mLFzt8sqDu-Eo30-HfKpAxeW6EEpDrC-7e0GnnstwJyIDZadZvfnlUb0yfIDRg0_CCL-gczelZ5rLgqOJO1wbUG29lzENcd-D7S7A/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+010.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498409687466478418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHCyrYRzskXWDvRcpuNmc1_SNimKkvHhNTCIMs0mLFzt8sqDu-Eo30-HfKpAxeW6EEpDrC-7e0GnnstwJyIDZadZvfnlUb0yfIDRg0_CCL-gczelZ5rLgqOJO1wbUG29lzENcd-D7S7A/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+010.JPG" /></a></div><div>I had sent him the pictures of the car license plate from various places around the country. 11,649 miles since we left NC.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijwR7IeFbEHWOVisUuC5LXDcqNRgbEQlhKmwd_PKSmBZElOVHjkMdWQf8fMaLGvjhLW23OLS6NKQIvAfDSn6-GdfDrJwbYn79pV9-8DRBmp8q_f7MrxAoqKqnpvwpnOAYdbgVMDVZUDU/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+013.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498409693744108082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijwR7IeFbEHWOVisUuC5LXDcqNRgbEQlhKmwd_PKSmBZElOVHjkMdWQf8fMaLGvjhLW23OLS6NKQIvAfDSn6-GdfDrJwbYn79pV9-8DRBmp8q_f7MrxAoqKqnpvwpnOAYdbgVMDVZUDU/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+013.JPG" /></a> </div><div>My father was pastor of 2 churches, St. Lukes UCC in Shoey</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkE0o72Iq9mHXjxNksfvdoO3yroiNLCXN1he8MeS2WLyewCoHLLo1IoNxsp8kqUT3xNAaa4__zivbdkAsg3P36Wut0t_olv_nM9AWUqByVpYQWElMdV9h4Y0jV7d5AkeK1JdXuZORv7X8/s1600/DSC00913.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502416550029162338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkE0o72Iq9mHXjxNksfvdoO3yroiNLCXN1he8MeS2WLyewCoHLLo1IoNxsp8kqUT3xNAaa4__zivbdkAsg3P36Wut0t_olv_nM9AWUqByVpYQWElMdV9h4Y0jV7d5AkeK1JdXuZORv7X8/s320/DSC00913.JPG" /></a><br />and my home church, St. Michael's out in the country. (founded 1765) </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXD6udkzc0d9oLSiuLXu5P0CRG3VwmrfWaHqJWyPNQ6Kj1XXdsDq5uPn58aiASiQC2evsTK-idhW5kXoZSVSRVVsZIBy5IViZwQjMf3kAMo0dcRcFa9fZHObFQTwA84BZsdfAfKHGycMg/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+014.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498410916418494930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXD6udkzc0d9oLSiuLXu5P0CRG3VwmrfWaHqJWyPNQ6Kj1XXdsDq5uPn58aiASiQC2evsTK-idhW5kXoZSVSRVVsZIBy5IViZwQjMf3kAMo0dcRcFa9fZHObFQTwA84BZsdfAfKHGycMg/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+014.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The house I grew up in-the parsonage. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfqdIItCMf_1lelE2taSBE1Cj27zO_PohM0zDuaB1OxktHMJvCbgNqoLTvyzUqFqxstNwyRPe1-d0RezSkZpJrzIgzkmikwhsvP4eeLw9RVcgyj7iShUM8KZlp2TGCSGn3YWw4wksscQ0/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+018.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498410920125199522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfqdIItCMf_1lelE2taSBE1Cj27zO_PohM0zDuaB1OxktHMJvCbgNqoLTvyzUqFqxstNwyRPe1-d0RezSkZpJrzIgzkmikwhsvP4eeLw9RVcgyj7iShUM8KZlp2TGCSGn3YWw4wksscQ0/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+018.JPG" /></a><br />The 1st house I owned when I was married.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFzFQdtjiL_6kmW6XwNxTXRjAuE7NStArPp-UhqZfRMQ2u8M7lqy8toZnWPlFEXwtGQqq60GkI-GNTqDCu2EeakdmudGTTmsYyQoXEMZm46E0TnR41Kn6AjlQUm7d9Z_WHmDwWd9RGl7s/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+020.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498410932640137938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFzFQdtjiL_6kmW6XwNxTXRjAuE7NStArPp-UhqZfRMQ2u8M7lqy8toZnWPlFEXwtGQqq60GkI-GNTqDCu2EeakdmudGTTmsYyQoXEMZm46E0TnR41Kn6AjlQUm7d9Z_WHmDwWd9RGl7s/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+020.JPG" /></a> </div><div>We always stop and buy as many boxes of pretzels as will fit in the car everytime we go back to Reading. Unique "Splits" are pretzels unlike any other you've ever had. Check their web site for ordering- the shipping is expensive however. We only had room for 2 boxes of 6 bags. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGhcyhXtjOQSF5_2-_tueoyNtC_2HLQj3w57kOvv7MagA1V1cqEI1Qvb_pU80V7_UyTtC61aX_t1KWrU6c_vHcwaoXX1Ba5va4_YocdZECeosfpiqKNY1EHuEWMWqkVjnnvthQhg1GDo/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+021.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498410935160183522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGhcyhXtjOQSF5_2-_tueoyNtC_2HLQj3w57kOvv7MagA1V1cqEI1Qvb_pU80V7_UyTtC61aX_t1KWrU6c_vHcwaoXX1Ba5va4_YocdZECeosfpiqKNY1EHuEWMWqkVjnnvthQhg1GDo/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+021.JPG" /></a></div><div>Hopewell Furnace NHS is in southern Berks County.</div><div><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498412649888831058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4YhVJrsNuBaijGMLr6WzBtrxitJEfCW8xuGcxVQhrWPzBkmmkWkB8w_DsCHsPlNM1O8FUr0VFM6m8Jvku7j892VshPKyrE4zZRqDcnFt36io0IlDrxx_Wmhj6sOuioREd40GfH4bqCc/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+083.JPG" /></div><div>The NPS has rebuilt the foundry buildings around the original blast furnace and foundations.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSzrKmIhI-fRlNnefFHthW6eNFsFb0aeKKt6sLuOwCwe4RXaMn3qvjH8SzbukO9v9f0lhpCEDb1e14ukaqYGZgdRq19q8FLDIi2Ak0bq9A4b4lxqUSFyWlM0O2IOWs_-WXgP3eXlkIZkw/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+053.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498419103824772818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSzrKmIhI-fRlNnefFHthW6eNFsFb0aeKKt6sLuOwCwe4RXaMn3qvjH8SzbukO9v9f0lhpCEDb1e14ukaqYGZgdRq19q8FLDIi2Ak0bq9A4b4lxqUSFyWlM0O2IOWs_-WXgP3eXlkIZkw/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+053.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The Furnace was a self contained iron making village producing pig & cast iron from the mid 1700's till about 1840.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJn6DXx1zg-26rJBAvaU3PsShU4oD7_xSF-3to53Y0O5ELj8q-xImJ6PB_NWv5nVby67KEKQHjZrkEnqGDLADw9RQAVwJG5cRxuho8TDMfZlvHPjSeXh7J8ibGQWlvGL4wkFBWNJ385Po/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+036.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498419095249120834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJn6DXx1zg-26rJBAvaU3PsShU4oD7_xSF-3to53Y0O5ELj8q-xImJ6PB_NWv5nVby67KEKQHjZrkEnqGDLADw9RQAVwJG5cRxuho8TDMfZlvHPjSeXh7J8ibGQWlvGL4wkFBWNJ385Po/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+036.JPG" /></a><br />Charcoal was the fuel for the furnace. Colliers consumed 1,000s of acres of trees to make the charcoal. The charcoal hearth was about 20' across and covered with leaves & dirt and when lit, burned slowly producing charcoal after about a week.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKUH6mSr7mPzRPxgraqWOOkUUWmDONjYpiKYY40iREYWJDM2zuzhQfulNP3kIR3o98QblKHbyUeYTjNZSvVuLYVyhtP2wJJ6u3NqUKmIwIQjpax__QQEt5QohQx-gFiLVzCsMlWHVU8Zs/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+037.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498417834442358386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKUH6mSr7mPzRPxgraqWOOkUUWmDONjYpiKYY40iREYWJDM2zuzhQfulNP3kIR3o98QblKHbyUeYTjNZSvVuLYVyhtP2wJJ6u3NqUKmIwIQjpax__QQEt5QohQx-gFiLVzCsMlWHVU8Zs/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+037.JPG" /></a><br />Wagons for transporting the 3 raw materials : iron ore, limestone & charcoal</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZiUT4ZiUrRbRsvpBR5cRzVV_VuCNGEOtDYEGkQh2Z_HCxQZIMdVRo6JaLYagCMrW1Asulnp4BgEY-ep4dHlABm9YG6zfaVnT6A4s3ar0m19JStgbdCsBKXWpPRSiDH7QiVHhAGzovWQ/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+049.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498414878740741058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZiUT4ZiUrRbRsvpBR5cRzVV_VuCNGEOtDYEGkQh2Z_HCxQZIMdVRo6JaLYagCMrW1Asulnp4BgEY-ep4dHlABm9YG6zfaVnT6A4s3ar0m19JStgbdCsBKXWpPRSiDH7QiVHhAGzovWQ/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+049.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Iron is created in a blast furnace by adding layers of the 3 materials<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-Fo3osNv4JXoeaBZVS8JMPrZgRW9L8Fc0jV-3GmqiQlofDz6sqrFT574go2eanDimqXJsYVkgBFKunxHL7seT8sg5D1Liicew1xqJsJugJqUMS_80yS_Nuxvk0RKAlFevA34RJ5HXLg/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+044.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498417826158092482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-Fo3osNv4JXoeaBZVS8JMPrZgRW9L8Fc0jV-3GmqiQlofDz6sqrFT574go2eanDimqXJsYVkgBFKunxHL7seT8sg5D1Liicew1xqJsJugJqUMS_80yS_Nuxvk0RKAlFevA34RJ5HXLg/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+044.JPG" /></a><br />from the top into the stack.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2vqxvPvMDgAT6l5iTpf1ecRjgbcUsGZpfUIB8PsOuRUYcDY12MQADeWvn9phQrTmwz-fMVDoZqqCUW2NzeGpZ9RCunF4I9OAh-q0y3Yx4SbJqf0MrUKte2oNubnqfbF3dFUU62-VUEk/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+073.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498412684530668482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2vqxvPvMDgAT6l5iTpf1ecRjgbcUsGZpfUIB8PsOuRUYcDY12MQADeWvn9phQrTmwz-fMVDoZqqCUW2NzeGpZ9RCunF4I9OAh-q0y3Yx4SbJqf0MrUKte2oNubnqfbF3dFUU62-VUEk/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+073.JPG" /></a></div><div>The water wheel turned the blast machinery </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7dRs4mAUPPzOoWtkLhwOPNYak60OfhMXx61QbE2Al_CXDlf-2_MerAOR0L6fQEiGZkqCjZSUAOKFXNCBwSc0WvGfLLHysRezeCVGcdgtK3xH_WmHg5PaVslc6E5TKM763Tlyws-eQiw/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+076.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502426331627387634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7dRs4mAUPPzOoWtkLhwOPNYak60OfhMXx61QbE2Al_CXDlf-2_MerAOR0L6fQEiGZkqCjZSUAOKFXNCBwSc0WvGfLLHysRezeCVGcdgtK3xH_WmHg5PaVslc6E5TKM763Tlyws-eQiw/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+076.JPG" /></a></div><div>forcing air into the bosch increasing the temperature and driving out the impurities in the iron ore. The same basic way Iron is made today.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhft5cs3YKNk5cwt7v_MmACXAHD_R_zirk2UJbo6HasiVe_t6mwfD6NlZfI2KsqnwdsPDAUm0nVVfgcDidkCGDe06ZyZxSCfN3Bm1Yp20Efm70TmxplkzuooO4OOAqgLPtdG7o2YM0BdzE/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+065.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498412673174753218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhft5cs3YKNk5cwt7v_MmACXAHD_R_zirk2UJbo6HasiVe_t6mwfD6NlZfI2KsqnwdsPDAUm0nVVfgcDidkCGDe06ZyZxSCfN3Bm1Yp20Efm70TmxplkzuooO4OOAqgLPtdG7o2YM0BdzE/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+065.JPG" /></a></div><div>The crucible is tapped at the bottom for raw pig iron and cast iron.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrBWUlLbXns3cLUta_v7rHYjMmiaGiaLA4GCKvwAYudX75UDaqY9pNWLMbPE8ZeTilwCEMqIhjkQmdV5BNAMl-LYxu-2qctoMkbbnZtLl4f4bmfo_wdGESY39yehszrflVp1kCI7K4mPg/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+069.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502426324281266242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrBWUlLbXns3cLUta_v7rHYjMmiaGiaLA4GCKvwAYudX75UDaqY9pNWLMbPE8ZeTilwCEMqIhjkQmdV5BNAMl-LYxu-2qctoMkbbnZtLl4f4bmfo_wdGESY39yehszrflVp1kCI7K4mPg/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+069.JPG" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAEeyDgZM4hIEus4FrRBaMsYi8BzUpYCS3RccjqHhTq4JPjJ7djWXIKMXtvTqnXDgxN0Dhzau7KpdssgddVVN-CvZO6rgtYJ4hasIHy-i2gdaNP7oZjn12F1AM_6LZqIlQmkfn5jhIGmM/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+055.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502426314915795122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAEeyDgZM4hIEus4FrRBaMsYi8BzUpYCS3RccjqHhTq4JPjJ7djWXIKMXtvTqnXDgxN0Dhzau7KpdssgddVVN-CvZO6rgtYJ4hasIHy-i2gdaNP7oZjn12F1AM_6LZqIlQmkfn5jhIGmM/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+055.JPG" /></a><br />Pig iron was the base iron product produced to make other wrought iron materials.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNVY-9T2pTv1GIWfOZgEmWKYDv_V_fhZJeN5VTv6FdClwbZBCfRPQD_1EzDjFmdDaBAHszEFaQOcaRb0g6veQdvm-7N4I-PSKDOiR4b-5GMTX8xWHCSqvavWOeNxzaWISzdiDE6qvJxI/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+064.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498412693186614466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNVY-9T2pTv1GIWfOZgEmWKYDv_V_fhZJeN5VTv6FdClwbZBCfRPQD_1EzDjFmdDaBAHszEFaQOcaRb0g6veQdvm-7N4I-PSKDOiR4b-5GMTX8xWHCSqvavWOeNxzaWISzdiDE6qvJxI/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+064.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Sand casting was the way to make a large amount of 17-19th century iron products.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsyY_nXjBycKCFVDFRAv6lGS17I1P7PyCfLkV4X2ESH3w3QcK2c3bqpdZMWZvcUIBPQpHTSNpyo142zEOgATafG04hTGrqhxqYpAkA-2iXcUCsM6oDQ-2GL-F-3tVHBtFhiJL9lMBrSvM/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+062.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498414898235981650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsyY_nXjBycKCFVDFRAv6lGS17I1P7PyCfLkV4X2ESH3w3QcK2c3bqpdZMWZvcUIBPQpHTSNpyo142zEOgATafG04hTGrqhxqYpAkA-2iXcUCsM6oDQ-2GL-F-3tVHBtFhiJL9lMBrSvM/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+062.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Sand was hard packed around a wooden mold and molten iron was poured in to create<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27fWZ2EbIBIfzpCWg0bNB_IWB0Badph186xgAmbQtPiJ0U3HGFvXUWvbkFXoP38x4lRfrUoOuJSypI6p68mlqveZIYoR-p6eHXAaQ_Sw-YKuYplJCqOk1mAAGqfhJoghG4BLd3nCTK5U/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+081.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498414877077147410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27fWZ2EbIBIfzpCWg0bNB_IWB0Badph186xgAmbQtPiJ0U3HGFvXUWvbkFXoP38x4lRfrUoOuJSypI6p68mlqveZIYoR-p6eHXAaQ_Sw-YKuYplJCqOk1mAAGqfhJoghG4BLd3nCTK5U/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+081.JPG" /></a> </div><div>pots and pans and stove plates for<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIHbNBs1-ELs_3WtKyjorbAM7bbe29ptn0ZRB4nEGUJcGJOXMxRRFICo-38aZH0ntmHp69XXugA99nN5jwOhv0i18BAp1xsK5aMb1XIAK7XQRgeDnPKJFhOhwKJ_NBrYHv8TZz_aSRrpc/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+026.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498414890198973362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIHbNBs1-ELs_3WtKyjorbAM7bbe29ptn0ZRB4nEGUJcGJOXMxRRFICo-38aZH0ntmHp69XXugA99nN5jwOhv0i18BAp1xsK5aMb1XIAK7XQRgeDnPKJFhOhwKJ_NBrYHv8TZz_aSRrpc/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+026.JPG" /></a><br />Franklin stoves. One of the most important products of the late 18th century<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1izRoga0XmAtvf5jzHDGCh6WfAflbNkNu5y2mKvJvk_7vmY3H6e3v8ZMTa8kXRuOisbNmuvaYG4lw0jCB048Z-DYit6tT4b1SKYeZInQNGiJIoHxb5MEUusheris14ybhzB6yQuwxpPw/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+054.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502426307409560034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1izRoga0XmAtvf5jzHDGCh6WfAflbNkNu5y2mKvJvk_7vmY3H6e3v8ZMTa8kXRuOisbNmuvaYG4lw0jCB048Z-DYit6tT4b1SKYeZInQNGiJIoHxb5MEUusheris14ybhzB6yQuwxpPw/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+054.JPG" /></a><br />Hopewell also produced cannons for Washington's Army at Valley Forge about 30 miles away. </div><div><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502431148158998610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfbMmIjzXIaEv88koP5Ur7Jm8nUKm1LVlNUF07Y666NB4S2PUu7ohpP2uxM7twVmyFGqdG7kVbjoQ4MvfKleRy0XJN3FcuCkvwzXDhRxOkcwz7B0mnphtCshARQNMxc74lQKyCDQHhDEk/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+086.JPG" /></div><div>The Village also preserves a number of original bulidings, the store/office , Ironmasters home </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLnOqYLh4motG5RmO2FIH8lHPZTCGV0uAUMty7oiO7jAHy1WGKc7oOQNRdinOoGD19L2kdbFgI4cz3gabG9k2eCs7QhU-WldqxFvjxcCDlA-stVvRI0k3UmB-ydDy_baHdTvgtB-JZXA/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+084.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502433628335309058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLnOqYLh4motG5RmO2FIH8lHPZTCGV0uAUMty7oiO7jAHy1WGKc7oOQNRdinOoGD19L2kdbFgI4cz3gabG9k2eCs7QhU-WldqxFvjxcCDlA-stVvRI0k3UmB-ydDy_baHdTvgtB-JZXA/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+084.JPG" /></a></div><div>the Wheelwrights shop<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHb6nUepLPuT4Nj2Ql40Jcj-KD7HstNFi6mpMtU_DwOxnXjkUlgoyXijOhW9HEkHeYwXRH2MzmjEV2zXrHbv6kndep8PYY7d2Z6-6xrAsuTqmti9ZHFWdLCkEFqm-Dlv1gfxPXDd6mb8/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+085.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502431137192508834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHb6nUepLPuT4Nj2Ql40Jcj-KD7HstNFi6mpMtU_DwOxnXjkUlgoyXijOhW9HEkHeYwXRH2MzmjEV2zXrHbv6kndep8PYY7d2Z6-6xrAsuTqmti9ZHFWdLCkEFqm-Dlv1gfxPXDd6mb8/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+085.JPG" /></a><br />and a typical PA Bank Barn<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlU6VTcaqftZaSawtRhHnVQ-SoEa2k-9HUsA13NV8v4AYbXrCKdLY-JCpGHLMkQzeHTCuHu-3gqVOm7BL_wGmfEVSZ52391Bb9U4dDNtEhvkROzYypZq7mzMtRYCDsCUDQimcjawF18E/s1600/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+087.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502433637337246818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlU6VTcaqftZaSawtRhHnVQ-SoEa2k-9HUsA13NV8v4AYbXrCKdLY-JCpGHLMkQzeHTCuHu-3gqVOm7BL_wGmfEVSZ52391Bb9U4dDNtEhvkROzYypZq7mzMtRYCDsCUDQimcjawF18E/s320/Day+38+Berks+County,+PA+087.JPG" /></a></div>The horse & sheep are not original to the village.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-51075792369676358952010-07-26T09:34:00.008-04:002010-08-06T01:27:40.432-04:00Day 37 Johnstown Flood & Flight 93<img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498209021580622914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijHu9MMhvFljvGdlV9WfU_j7pKs0FFSCIy6vwd-DLG0CMQCYihnbQJAnBYdF3ty6vZyo-PaxA0GwMehma5cpJ2DrTUVcTUitX0rdr4gYvPk7pAYciKDPlqatzpoQ5SLP6QpBlR8kr-VrE/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+002.JPG" /><br /><div><div> I had read alot about the Johnstown Flood when I was a kid. Much of what we saw in the visitor center was pictures of the big flood of 1889. We learned that there were 4 other major floods, the last one in the 1970's<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJRkmd_t2iXU4pn7YFuDOm-liH_jKsaF17hb4RZAQpP4vNXO24nKeKmm7eMTHG-hLjga__1R9HbYyBDIfj4lU_ozSDbskEEQ-YR6bGaJOEmCHKo3jXKnymBgjaZB92OOGdWDxMqli5c4/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+022.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498209045557833362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJRkmd_t2iXU4pn7YFuDOm-liH_jKsaF17hb4RZAQpP4vNXO24nKeKmm7eMTHG-hLjga__1R9HbYyBDIfj4lU_ozSDbskEEQ-YR6bGaJOEmCHKo3jXKnymBgjaZB92OOGdWDxMqli5c4/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+022.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>The Little Conemaugh River valley was the site of the South Fork Fishing club owned by wealthy Pittsburgh Robber Barons like Carnegie & Fisk.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuLjAYOMahIzTNfVhWXHMpwUDfZ-e8F8ZXVtFu8b_mqPtwXiPXhp5TtaQCuaUxFbWVm9SJYgHDmzoV-xAQshcxqmae1G4HeKtm7q2BNdYALlxCxIRq4M08VT9exDkCBX7FTD8XJGhYYw/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+004.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498209035485503954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuLjAYOMahIzTNfVhWXHMpwUDfZ-e8F8ZXVtFu8b_mqPtwXiPXhp5TtaQCuaUxFbWVm9SJYgHDmzoV-xAQshcxqmae1G4HeKtm7q2BNdYALlxCxIRq4M08VT9exDkCBX7FTD8XJGhYYw/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+004.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The Unger house was owned by the on site manager of the club.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQz77rRzzXfWzCAt25jpEHT-VafBJWIr-lV9BDsExO5Fq8T9BEmF49LCZ4d82VqlrVGCdTcqwDzSZHm5fgSbfjdI-U55jPU5xGomB90feOUcd1qN-64E_XQd8pJcavTSJmk_N9E40xfM/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+025.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502146423743808114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQz77rRzzXfWzCAt25jpEHT-VafBJWIr-lV9BDsExO5Fq8T9BEmF49LCZ4d82VqlrVGCdTcqwDzSZHm5fgSbfjdI-U55jPU5xGomB90feOUcd1qN-64E_XQd8pJcavTSJmk_N9E40xfM/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+025.JPG" /></a></div><div>This is all that remains of the 2 abutments of the earthen dam. You can make out the flat sections with the trees in the valley were the dam washed out.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikqNAZXwv1-sX7ELBU749RbOZll7Uhx6z8E89lXnZQJOTTFezQcBXHNtI3malwb_iA2RVQXoLC4zIQq5ci01YXD6IxX7WwwtWdAj5zF1MH0_0_BU2rdHbE9PUR0hV68VRgbcCWFfg6CU/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+005.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498209043409298114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikqNAZXwv1-sX7ELBU749RbOZll7Uhx6z8E89lXnZQJOTTFezQcBXHNtI3malwb_iA2RVQXoLC4zIQq5ci01YXD6IxX7WwwtWdAj5zF1MH0_0_BU2rdHbE9PUR0hV68VRgbcCWFfg6CU/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+005.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The earthen dam had partially washed out a few years earlier & when the rich guys bought the property they partaily repaired it but actually made the dam breast lower to accomodate wagons moving across the top.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNablupyNt3oUG-4YO40XlH7ldCvrL7iLXbVsjYbVpcvEJElyQZao6J4TOf3IwFgMRd8JDEAda7YTYSDtW-h4dYb-3XMUaQzCQLmcIiUYGi8GZoyDRGJcJfwld8JvKGNdDrimi9WrYPuY/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+012.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502148363545008290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNablupyNt3oUG-4YO40XlH7ldCvrL7iLXbVsjYbVpcvEJElyQZao6J4TOf3IwFgMRd8JDEAda7YTYSDtW-h4dYb-3XMUaQzCQLmcIiUYGi8GZoyDRGJcJfwld8JvKGNdDrimi9WrYPuY/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+012.JPG" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPtDcs7iDsR456DqIOH2SAu79uEB-HoY3_M8pFuOlipKrolTIx7mu8KmGWePsKPBCw5sT0UlYbe3sCsMragmNtmQgpT9shlSwzgPDR-3ufJWytfFodxKZPkpVs43zRgOR4XAjnSlI7wQ/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+011.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502148372248333954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPtDcs7iDsR456DqIOH2SAu79uEB-HoY3_M8pFuOlipKrolTIx7mu8KmGWePsKPBCw5sT0UlYbe3sCsMragmNtmQgpT9shlSwzgPDR-3ufJWytfFodxKZPkpVs43zRgOR4XAjnSlI7wQ/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+011.JPG" /></a><br /><div>The visitor center had alot of these pictures taken after the flood. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiImukCjdflFO3S4ORFsP60txVvshkTrYc9jFCUTeOIi9HM0i2iKhPzmYrYJm4dBxdrTA2u48WDsS3WJhfqBQrVrULKQGzMN7wJ0vsrnZsK_Co2Uh1t3o5sZNOnN6w0PLrO9IbYkYmlwL4/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+010.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498209053505538546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiImukCjdflFO3S4ORFsP60txVvshkTrYc9jFCUTeOIi9HM0i2iKhPzmYrYJm4dBxdrTA2u48WDsS3WJhfqBQrVrULKQGzMN7wJ0vsrnZsK_Co2Uh1t3o5sZNOnN6w0PLrO9IbYkYmlwL4/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+010.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gL31YMaNL5wOItYZvQGWzRS2VDZAmM4F7CFR-uMYEywaBLA0uVpmwYeoIjj2hmy5gv9ZgWYLA7NhCFcC7XcYg5-jfZFfdRgePbWPzNeeegheDvi2guz5XUtHpbQHwtk_pmQix3AMPi0/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+015.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498210323793410802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gL31YMaNL5wOItYZvQGWzRS2VDZAmM4F7CFR-uMYEywaBLA0uVpmwYeoIjj2hmy5gv9ZgWYLA7NhCFcC7XcYg5-jfZFfdRgePbWPzNeeegheDvi2guz5XUtHpbQHwtk_pmQix3AMPi0/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+015.JPG" /></a></div><div>The RR bridge collected alot of debris, houses, people and actually caught fire and some people were burned alive as they were drowning. </div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUNyj07LAW-osoOzNm00qv9AtMt09vNbD5wNqL-Bc_wJ8kJPtsEs099mSZVZR7jByrXuD2XJvX-U3ZIciZA5cTQtHsB9TBS-Pgqys_DaRzNd-d8Fun2YehtcT7RZuuG7YqXDzbn7vw-MY/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+018.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498210328873243234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUNyj07LAW-osoOzNm00qv9AtMt09vNbD5wNqL-Bc_wJ8kJPtsEs099mSZVZR7jByrXuD2XJvX-U3ZIciZA5cTQtHsB9TBS-Pgqys_DaRzNd-d8Fun2YehtcT7RZuuG7YqXDzbn7vw-MY/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+018.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwl21_xR7NqDiJ5wBygZc-3G6BB5RFRzG1RmRYhlmatZAwi3Ca7ot-v-XY6IgV0WGkCcCh2y4ThUw_Zym0iCEdOocqTGvlN1qvqwIj0ejRBONEqkvKXg03qMIKZUFmYvXLsp6LobR6jA/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+019.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498210334613241762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwl21_xR7NqDiJ5wBygZc-3G6BB5RFRzG1RmRYhlmatZAwi3Ca7ot-v-XY6IgV0WGkCcCh2y4ThUw_Zym0iCEdOocqTGvlN1qvqwIj0ejRBONEqkvKXg03qMIKZUFmYvXLsp6LobR6jA/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+019.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Before and after pictures<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZCaJkx_6WLpyLRL3_Dv65H1g3_oEQxv9lOl5pwfpAvkbVNatp2k0WbtK64rR5zajQoPmF-a7mXqSoMla7E0IQrCpwfkYOneR-P3LX_81AgD-964kVmua9IxltNakkkSVv4tWJhPzI5E/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+026.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498210343912267026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZCaJkx_6WLpyLRL3_Dv65H1g3_oEQxv9lOl5pwfpAvkbVNatp2k0WbtK64rR5zajQoPmF-a7mXqSoMla7E0IQrCpwfkYOneR-P3LX_81AgD-964kVmua9IxltNakkkSVv4tWJhPzI5E/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+026.JPG" /></a></div><div>The South Fork Fishing Club House. There were hearings afterwards, but of course none of the rich guys were responsible. Many did send money to help in the relief. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngvU9z-NyuzadeVxuDii7MB40lnvudEcIMH_oDibcLS9vnmXisX21qKtwuLzV3MIPJGw5YUvKRTy-GbTVyNLoOTynCMQ9fn9-B8JogceeNbSewl3G5HyO0i0VDU4wxDZeW1Mu7p9X12o/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+028.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498210351175524434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngvU9z-NyuzadeVxuDii7MB40lnvudEcIMH_oDibcLS9vnmXisX21qKtwuLzV3MIPJGw5YUvKRTy-GbTVyNLoOTynCMQ9fn9-B8JogceeNbSewl3G5HyO0i0VDU4wxDZeW1Mu7p9X12o/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+028.JPG" /></a></div><div>We went from the site of one disaster about 40 miles to the site of another. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEN4MOQLGtfXuQh1L_vZ6PV106F3Q0cJdHDU_JpyrJ1dRo9eC_qBWlIvLmHp1saQgbzUKrxg6ImJgL4lfianQ6wC89JcbhhnHJv74yUyqvN_MzNqH-aOI9lLx4nE7Zb7gPf3HYfWvnyP4/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+055.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498421402442550674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEN4MOQLGtfXuQh1L_vZ6PV106F3Q0cJdHDU_JpyrJ1dRo9eC_qBWlIvLmHp1saQgbzUKrxg6ImJgL4lfianQ6wC89JcbhhnHJv74yUyqvN_MzNqH-aOI9lLx4nE7Zb7gPf3HYfWvnyP4/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+055.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZCaJkx_6WLpyLRL3_Dv65H1g3_oEQxv9lOl5pwfpAvkbVNatp2k0WbtK64rR5zajQoPmF-a7mXqSoMla7E0IQrCpwfkYOneR-P3LX_81AgD-964kVmua9IxltNakkkSVv4tWJhPzI5E/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+026.JPG"></a></div><div>The NPS still uses this mining building as temporary visitor center. It was used as the command post for the FBI, NTSB, & police during the investigation after the crash and will be part of the permanent memorial . </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8g3D0JbCGqvDcJW1Sb2wohUJUGxZ2F31u4MvWgdiGCF5EoBUdlty-mb_v3UM6zovJAgpPslVN1kMx6J9VWsTmaAcbwTLS3WVh1pw5Kz7wbfV26oVSakUVg4stxtVnYInlsvrAvm9uWU/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+053.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502154672137717106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8g3D0JbCGqvDcJW1Sb2wohUJUGxZ2F31u4MvWgdiGCF5EoBUdlty-mb_v3UM6zovJAgpPslVN1kMx6J9VWsTmaAcbwTLS3WVh1pw5Kz7wbfV26oVSakUVg4stxtVnYInlsvrAvm9uWU/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+053.JPG" /></a></div><div>The visitor center had a variety of panels telling different parts of the story about the crash</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheRijsJtt9fW4RkkrUDfuYq1j4-nB0nHf4A_jL3ubMNT7QkRVK-PyOgw42uCz4t_HvOOjImZbehfqbEM4TqwoTbqFvgbFY7ZlUTVmMo-i-Hjfynaw2W1c3E3bobymlv2RQaVLOf8bZgGY/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+034.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498421427650545346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheRijsJtt9fW4RkkrUDfuYq1j4-nB0nHf4A_jL3ubMNT7QkRVK-PyOgw42uCz4t_HvOOjImZbehfqbEM4TqwoTbqFvgbFY7ZlUTVmMo-i-Hjfynaw2W1c3E3bobymlv2RQaVLOf8bZgGY/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+034.JPG" /></a></div><div>about the victims</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QebTVpSnIzCl-MnpbiLaN4d3X1yWaR53vG2PUIGg7BHDEPrucKZi8A3wwAPCgKV6nfXDQRKNHYovJDpgNSAteI6fOBNtq-GIBn76Hk6XGQLP0y_OCoTEMHXQ8PexMReugMHMh9WXomg/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+033.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502152074233032082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QebTVpSnIzCl-MnpbiLaN4d3X1yWaR53vG2PUIGg7BHDEPrucKZi8A3wwAPCgKV6nfXDQRKNHYovJDpgNSAteI6fOBNtq-GIBn76Hk6XGQLP0y_OCoTEMHXQ8PexMReugMHMh9WXomg/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+033.JPG" /></a></div><div>and accounts from the cockpit recorders </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSR_079PbGteEw9_EPXxwdmE9B2iYsYFWr573SMAYxlMyweNPUY4fnKCijyytpppu3Xm8EPhQIveLgVZpccaONd_5rHGiiahwmVarCqC9odii03x4QUY7JG4-tRVrpWJmZrHE9fA6PQY/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+032.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502152082907640226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSR_079PbGteEw9_EPXxwdmE9B2iYsYFWr573SMAYxlMyweNPUY4fnKCijyytpppu3Xm8EPhQIveLgVZpccaONd_5rHGiiahwmVarCqC9odii03x4QUY7JG4-tRVrpWJmZrHE9fA6PQY/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+032.JPG" /></a></div><div>and phone calls made by the passengers.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEgJNW1dfOAo3A3rT718UQqyycupv5EmHiK3DJOfOua4TjgVxHF5XpQMEWau95Z4QISwMs0BUR4LGwHQgyDBQb2U07O7sVrXqIQ29xEyxmyKOYDaI9na6IWH3WYEeiddtq491PJKE7I0/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+038.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502152086075987826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEgJNW1dfOAo3A3rT718UQqyycupv5EmHiK3DJOfOua4TjgVxHF5XpQMEWau95Z4QISwMs0BUR4LGwHQgyDBQb2U07O7sVrXqIQ29xEyxmyKOYDaI9na6IWH3WYEeiddtq491PJKE7I0/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+038.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Just like at the Vietnam Memorial, folks left momentos on the fences surrounding the crash site.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0cbBXj_5lqneDGxdudf9fZ1mXNQdwArwVELCeSTFJ1w_B32C80TKA9Z5qJi-92K70V-N49RpBa3ZosCLp85eyqVf0tRwkeCysiRlOABsgOlajKTZw6WozUj66WCnW2qD6cPDI09m7HO4/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+060.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498421414720820066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0cbBXj_5lqneDGxdudf9fZ1mXNQdwArwVELCeSTFJ1w_B32C80TKA9Z5qJi-92K70V-N49RpBa3ZosCLp85eyqVf0tRwkeCysiRlOABsgOlajKTZw6WozUj66WCnW2qD6cPDI09m7HO4/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+060.JPG" /></a><br />I talked with one of the local volunteers who explained that the grassy area along the line of trees is the crash site.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJY58ouci7fp9oF_Iq5QTbp0d1F4iBNQPZ7MMhFutvX_OCyBj8d16mKjNrKvCpAMtDNrU5wlAnGAWcXdFsQKEtbESoCro6mTzD152WEGPU39dk-dLoIa_LGOABMOEBq3p71QvhmRnDr-U/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+061.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502154674595229202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJY58ouci7fp9oF_Iq5QTbp0d1F4iBNQPZ7MMhFutvX_OCyBj8d16mKjNrKvCpAMtDNrU5wlAnGAWcXdFsQKEtbESoCro6mTzD152WEGPU39dk-dLoIa_LGOABMOEBq3p71QvhmRnDr-U/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+061.JPG" /></a></div><div>The NPS consulted with the family members who decided to replant the area as it had been before the crash. The flag marks the crash site.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtupIUVlzeKaCGLCO75fZuxaVg0sE3xtWMsUAjBqgLRXjdNekzc5zHAUg42XlEYtrypfYEiFJic7eVhN_jnxaPgr26So-pAqjWmQrbQPhmyAGzPIcNNJVikM9NkySwDhTI8C-Jelba7Zw/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+041.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502154660874182514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtupIUVlzeKaCGLCO75fZuxaVg0sE3xtWMsUAjBqgLRXjdNekzc5zHAUg42XlEYtrypfYEiFJic7eVhN_jnxaPgr26So-pAqjWmQrbQPhmyAGzPIcNNJVikM9NkySwDhTI8C-Jelba7Zw/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+041.JPG" /></a><br />They did have the plans posted for the future memorial and the family members have been part of the planning process with the NPS.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrwmVAFCFjLjbIp1BASigN0oeG1ywdgsl5RUkLYrkLjE-ttcQY0uLyADQmqVixlAx7r174pGQEQvPzTPZ4_liQvgOtablncmkIFXKrRdAw5Ho9khW1O69ENiaMxG5HsgGURypo-bKnL4/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+063.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498421433584998066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrwmVAFCFjLjbIp1BASigN0oeG1ywdgsl5RUkLYrkLjE-ttcQY0uLyADQmqVixlAx7r174pGQEQvPzTPZ4_liQvgOtablncmkIFXKrRdAw5Ho9khW1O69ENiaMxG5HsgGURypo-bKnL4/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+063.JPG" /></a></div>Just as we were leaving Flight 93, one of the blackest storms I've ever seen blew in and we had some nasty driving when we got on the PA. Turnpike, our country's first limited access highway. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHN9Bi4yJk0Tb8cDctngpUmCo0I423FYu2P3_zPvATSXHgANy4lh1DTIPq3EsprR81rNTVxLUkBoWcvuM-EUeSMT3HkiCX263J-8f9RJqOAscUhBWoCymd3xRHNyiaDJXLw8Pis26t2d4/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+064.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502160579302949682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHN9Bi4yJk0Tb8cDctngpUmCo0I423FYu2P3_zPvATSXHgANy4lh1DTIPq3EsprR81rNTVxLUkBoWcvuM-EUeSMT3HkiCX263J-8f9RJqOAscUhBWoCymd3xRHNyiaDJXLw8Pis26t2d4/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+064.JPG" /></a><br />We went through the 1st of 4 tunnels on the TPK. <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Dj4D2mTr-S-DjxrxodrE3ncRFUAWhotY5ZPUGV_yawxf_Xk7F57-7UjNx_PBR5Ok9EAzz5O6fGrPKBmQviIU8xRInQ58PaXdOFX46oDVHQ4xXJqQn3x-4ml9BG_n36iTJC3-65zxDxM/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+068.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498421442553378098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Dj4D2mTr-S-DjxrxodrE3ncRFUAWhotY5ZPUGV_yawxf_Xk7F57-7UjNx_PBR5Ok9EAzz5O6fGrPKBmQviIU8xRInQ58PaXdOFX46oDVHQ4xXJqQn3x-4ml9BG_n36iTJC3-65zxDxM/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+068.JPG" /></a></div>Allegheny Mountain which we drove over twice before at Allegheny Portage & Horshoe Curve<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_6ZfW9Nyvbr6sAknc3WugRRSMNQ4SyyF3Zt6_KI9HRdk9iZJ004nRQ-cOpTMkSHVzHwyzIVTtVMqW5AMlXVj87VOYhTnRXKUSmrcV6kBs9OfqO7LLBQ7g4vuUlYtWSiGj51vXoFLREE/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+072.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502160590387905922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_6ZfW9Nyvbr6sAknc3WugRRSMNQ4SyyF3Zt6_KI9HRdk9iZJ004nRQ-cOpTMkSHVzHwyzIVTtVMqW5AMlXVj87VOYhTnRXKUSmrcV6kBs9OfqO7LLBQ7g4vuUlYtWSiGj51vXoFLREE/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+072.JPG" /></a><br />We climbed over several mountains and could see the weather in front of us.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODYzKQ6LlizkkNfEP5C2O9GKOhbjtQdA5YACXOrl0alvn-y6Q5sp7iaf2_EFVZ4SNF3AJYtfDHHUcC2T4paWHWTJJXwYN5Ss253KDfHbW3Q4ID0NopmNeAlj3od8dttMx4UjWJy2UYzw/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+084.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498422182431388306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODYzKQ6LlizkkNfEP5C2O9GKOhbjtQdA5YACXOrl0alvn-y6Q5sp7iaf2_EFVZ4SNF3AJYtfDHHUcC2T4paWHWTJJXwYN5Ss253KDfHbW3Q4ID0NopmNeAlj3od8dttMx4UjWJy2UYzw/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+084.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Luckily this weather wasn't at 11,00 feet in Colorado, there were no switchbacks, a mild 3-4 % grade and guardrails.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpC0uoCN8pk_NOC_9U2RL7keW8pGFQlZyXm0uixCXCohxs_kBCePJbg_eibs4LRpRj7kYe8enliAiF4HBfUh_MegLQ27UBGylv6-pMgy6Yildyo-6XEzuL1xDLOwG5zaQg-L_F9R83QDw/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+093.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498422185687605842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpC0uoCN8pk_NOC_9U2RL7keW8pGFQlZyXm0uixCXCohxs_kBCePJbg_eibs4LRpRj7kYe8enliAiF4HBfUh_MegLQ27UBGylv6-pMgy6Yildyo-6XEzuL1xDLOwG5zaQg-L_F9R83QDw/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+093.JPG" /></a></div>After we went through the Tuscarora Mountain tunnel the weather cleared up <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkf26BJ8lbG1d7bivaPJfmjt7v2N-Ds9IqBkqvLoz6BbQUXxGcyz0pApjeV-YiOIBB7TFrhlJ-R6fFnB0VdkgZ_yLfsZPZ9Aue_84vp_W8kjW-yZWjhIhY57SODuytjuqodcOvay-TWtM/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+103.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498422196795766514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkf26BJ8lbG1d7bivaPJfmjt7v2N-Ds9IqBkqvLoz6BbQUXxGcyz0pApjeV-YiOIBB7TFrhlJ-R6fFnB0VdkgZ_yLfsZPZ9Aue_84vp_W8kjW-yZWjhIhY57SODuytjuqodcOvay-TWtM/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+103.JPG" /></a></div><div>Kittatinny Mountain</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZ2_naTknTu46BW7xJ3BR4neeN2j2Iz87sPb6rD4vY2Lj78I11gfXMLLI3fEyyWZt4vvfK6a-QWTP3zWpPA4I3FYvzA-HuPomumnYIYtNn7VJyfjFihsrbT1ET0vZ5lcsvTFmSl28Dyc/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+104.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498422201282289730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZ2_naTknTu46BW7xJ3BR4neeN2j2Iz87sPb6rD4vY2Lj78I11gfXMLLI3fEyyWZt4vvfK6a-QWTP3zWpPA4I3FYvzA-HuPomumnYIYtNn7VJyfjFihsrbT1ET0vZ5lcsvTFmSl28Dyc/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+104.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8PUQD_dTrlBhM5tEtYX7F1vBR3e7EexbUJm3667MaQp0e-ZsPqdf_SS1euiUJjvndBa6ovMGo_p80RZ0E0WIm2GLHdsTeH8UqJ1KJt-2-YPl9KZc3C2i11lR0ev2NO2XJ-SI2eZl0IJ8/s1600/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+109.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498422209142232706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8PUQD_dTrlBhM5tEtYX7F1vBR3e7EexbUJm3667MaQp0e-ZsPqdf_SS1euiUJjvndBa6ovMGo_p80RZ0E0WIm2GLHdsTeH8UqJ1KJt-2-YPl9KZc3C2i11lR0ev2NO2XJ-SI2eZl0IJ8/s320/Day+37+Johnstown+Flood+%26+Flight+93,+PA+109.JPG" /></a></div><div>and finally the Blue Mountain- which is the 1st Mt. in the Appalachians in PA. and the mountain I saw most of my life growing up in Hamburg & Shoey</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-31213260428584171512010-07-25T00:26:00.007-04:002010-08-06T00:08:26.840-04:00Day 36 Punxsutawney & Allegheny Portage RR NHS, PAI grew up about 5 hours from Punxsutawney, PA and always wanted to go there for Groundhog Day since it is of PA Dutch origin, but never got around to it.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebdyVt4NaQn1ucGSYxkCmY2hGoM3fVJaWl5-M3k6OVLGjnk-xmISHVgJ3vO8p1A76zmYFkwm5IcSwj4syRisPC63icBjA-J4Q6Cg9d1kVVRBAqQXAa3sMJp-BtVbnlfWT5kqbCpiOCoU/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+002.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497697247422325570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebdyVt4NaQn1ucGSYxkCmY2hGoM3fVJaWl5-M3k6OVLGjnk-xmISHVgJ3vO8p1A76zmYFkwm5IcSwj4syRisPC63icBjA-J4Q6Cg9d1kVVRBAqQXAa3sMJp-BtVbnlfWT5kqbCpiOCoU/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+002.JPG" /></a> </div><div>So we stopped on our way from Erie at the souvenir shop, bought a T shirt & other trinkets, got some flat pennies and walked around the town.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiB2NFjnKNHFnr8q6-4aAAAg0rpSAYXz6jaCM-v-w4RIJLm5udqedmN0GSbFCcLg3JuDNSg_mcm770jfSQssdnxAoNMdEtyyFF1IvwCZFbDskLlCs0jbT1YHkwuqEqmPSEDn7_HFdQEM/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+003.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498194271684975746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiB2NFjnKNHFnr8q6-4aAAAg0rpSAYXz6jaCM-v-w4RIJLm5udqedmN0GSbFCcLg3JuDNSg_mcm770jfSQssdnxAoNMdEtyyFF1IvwCZFbDskLlCs0jbT1YHkwuqEqmPSEDn7_HFdQEM/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+003.JPG" /></a></div><div>Next door was McD's and one of 34 decorated groudhogs scattered around the town.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_ECtBIsB7vWIVyVQ30k3FmZFOn8AiCWIhfwNOcQaQlvwYyRV6rp5zSWsIZrDVVcYpJlcpLb9TDaIzFwsalNDgPu6wbURHPFtcSFRXQJHePfVAFr0w7h_kulzpnbsdLQCpiVC6qZtWPA/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+007.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498195454419973074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_ECtBIsB7vWIVyVQ30k3FmZFOn8AiCWIhfwNOcQaQlvwYyRV6rp5zSWsIZrDVVcYpJlcpLb9TDaIzFwsalNDgPu6wbURHPFtcSFRXQJHePfVAFr0w7h_kulzpnbsdLQCpiVC6qZtWPA/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+007.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The Groundhog Zoo is in the town square- a really nice typical small town park. Phil & Phyllis are in their home behind the plate glass in the Library building. I couldn't get a picture through the glass.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDArykOj0KAa4GTrf4OqZVF2qqIKxjHLvjhffCt1lZUkq3qRbTl4XwoZsvIDeMbGGirrsOAIPDP48u2P3ig5Gv8z_wfaJAiRixT4LlBLLO17nl9YKSNLhcLg6tqjvRKBKphHfksEzUH3s/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+011.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498195460075595554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDArykOj0KAa4GTrf4OqZVF2qqIKxjHLvjhffCt1lZUkq3qRbTl4XwoZsvIDeMbGGirrsOAIPDP48u2P3ig5Gv8z_wfaJAiRixT4LlBLLO17nl9YKSNLhcLg6tqjvRKBKphHfksEzUH3s/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+011.JPG" /></a> </div><div>This is on the back side of the Groundhog Wanda's standing next to.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirYkObkQOjEyu9nxEbAJiU2zSg3eYC7LgvjhvAl_-INDlwJmU1qYr76ayarg_toCVHrq6XqxZgBiyT-xrP_a4KFiXFs6_E_C7y262BQiptZ4g2yvKkMtDy4a8ZdkAlZDrZzV9gPx7hdU/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+015.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498195469005480610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirYkObkQOjEyu9nxEbAJiU2zSg3eYC7LgvjhvAl_-INDlwJmU1qYr76ayarg_toCVHrq6XqxZgBiyT-xrP_a4KFiXFs6_E_C7y262BQiptZ4g2yvKkMtDy4a8ZdkAlZDrZzV9gPx7hdU/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+015.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWAvJj8Mnz2fES_C-n0QwmbCBSo-cUls5xaCowaQ6qpcZiRg-BWbm7YYP1ltOUYOD67yeODHI7dMvdCiw-yuWYiJ9Gdc2GijDEKTL9PpHYQ1FKKTkBtYyOz3o_GIMzat5Oz0pnnL9KXM/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+004.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502132188388356626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWAvJj8Mnz2fES_C-n0QwmbCBSo-cUls5xaCowaQ6qpcZiRg-BWbm7YYP1ltOUYOD67yeODHI7dMvdCiw-yuWYiJ9Gdc2GijDEKTL9PpHYQ1FKKTkBtYyOz3o_GIMzat5Oz0pnnL9KXM/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+004.JPG" /></a><br />I'm not sure what their themes were. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjr8XlPs0zcLb8a80HbMXiAfwecJvRErBBRDiZIGM-BBIPqkR4p8_nZ6Vz2rgnbUATK4UreNullTFmEtBB435H-0k91Xd1gxQJF0Tl6W-RS7zu05DCNMA8ck6DLadQIdTrM9LJIr-60o/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+016.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498195471216792786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjr8XlPs0zcLb8a80HbMXiAfwecJvRErBBRDiZIGM-BBIPqkR4p8_nZ6Vz2rgnbUATK4UreNullTFmEtBB435H-0k91Xd1gxQJF0Tl6W-RS7zu05DCNMA8ck6DLadQIdTrM9LJIr-60o/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+016.JPG" /></a> </div><div>This guy is the bell hop in front of the Hotel on the square</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8k2TiiN0XTbF4D4FfM4cs_7GoRjjfPf1ohqw-jkp_A_v8IbpwAst3TGBc96zs1sOuXZDaybuz8Ta44icxrpVCTflX63Tr4M5NJOZf79I2oR8VC5WqLeIblWFOBi5o962fDUZodKeU-U/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+013.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498195477962247330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8k2TiiN0XTbF4D4FfM4cs_7GoRjjfPf1ohqw-jkp_A_v8IbpwAst3TGBc96zs1sOuXZDaybuz8Ta44icxrpVCTflX63Tr4M5NJOZf79I2oR8VC5WqLeIblWFOBi5o962fDUZodKeU-U/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+013.JPG" /></a> </div><div>No caption needed</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGJ3fJS0k1nqGcfktdVbK9D3PGyV0FiHns8gihVG7-ul0T_SWlj__gqGoF3DBpfWLj95HStkpbEal00JEek3rssM58H9ACRVk1La1saXLe7FzBd5rY8pyr9Q2zs1RNF59SYJENcNGi7Ms/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+014.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502132195372366514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGJ3fJS0k1nqGcfktdVbK9D3PGyV0FiHns8gihVG7-ul0T_SWlj__gqGoF3DBpfWLj95HStkpbEal00JEek3rssM58H9ACRVk1La1saXLe7FzBd5rY8pyr9Q2zs1RNF59SYJENcNGi7Ms/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+014.JPG" /></a><br />This is the town's animated clock which we were told the groundhog comes out at the half hour </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtu_2TncD4JtbXOg3hHw9odMVvglmD3yOBLewsEPuKwwO4mHIY9qkS14771BFHi3lHZvKsYvS2-oDO2ZERDhsXtEK1gv5jH5zZZVL1P1fWjFoMiPK0dEJjUf0SlGhKSfXRGwqQ9yXw5w/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+018.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498197239940815010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtu_2TncD4JtbXOg3hHw9odMVvglmD3yOBLewsEPuKwwO4mHIY9qkS14771BFHi3lHZvKsYvS2-oDO2ZERDhsXtEK1gv5jH5zZZVL1P1fWjFoMiPK0dEJjUf0SlGhKSfXRGwqQ9yXw5w/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+018.JPG" /></a></div><div>Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS was one of the lesser known NPS sites we visited. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLTukmuQ5gEYNJzG2dyfQYClQP_gb5kElsbjZKh9IdGHxNfR35NQA5ebhe7E7bsv2xB7bUpBTxm0VCKFDPxMpY21IbFIZTp7KzIhH7eBWAunpjRLJhI44Gx2DwxuZh5hKVaQIkeOV3J0/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+019.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498197244198249762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLTukmuQ5gEYNJzG2dyfQYClQP_gb5kElsbjZKh9IdGHxNfR35NQA5ebhe7E7bsv2xB7bUpBTxm0VCKFDPxMpY21IbFIZTp7KzIhH7eBWAunpjRLJhI44Gx2DwxuZh5hKVaQIkeOV3J0/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+019.JPG" /></a></div><div>For a small NPS site , they have a very new and well displayed visitor center.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_1vzEZllY-jRR-VIijeGYZBOfxZicFGuF89q1i-lBaNk6TtedtGGCMMzOGI-fKe_YM9yCq9S39LdD9NYaKuRItQuZP6N3K3y58GNkFA2beczayxZkMBLbGqhqBa3x79gdsBey4GK5mrE/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+021.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498199653303016386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_1vzEZllY-jRR-VIijeGYZBOfxZicFGuF89q1i-lBaNk6TtedtGGCMMzOGI-fKe_YM9yCq9S39LdD9NYaKuRItQuZP6N3K3y58GNkFA2beczayxZkMBLbGqhqBa3x79gdsBey4GK5mrE/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+021.JPG" /></a></div><div>The Portage Railroad took canal boats and mounted them on railroad cars </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7KbBDqzjdfVEuLLrSJtdZWTzeDrt1VZOh26A5G5btU7Q1dHecg4p624P7xwMwqfJTkBM-QkNqhMgu2tQfRsjZkSgpsROyaHE2PALM1TeloD0iL3bKHpUYVtZCYH3qChG-rnwtl3nHX-M/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+034.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498199626873772722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7KbBDqzjdfVEuLLrSJtdZWTzeDrt1VZOh26A5G5btU7Q1dHecg4p624P7xwMwqfJTkBM-QkNqhMgu2tQfRsjZkSgpsROyaHE2PALM1TeloD0iL3bKHpUYVtZCYH3qChG-rnwtl3nHX-M/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+034.JPG" /></a></div><div>and used a series of incline planes with stationary steam engines to lift the boats </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCx8lonHqbu4qAQUIAkjTliEX6Yki1QvJwv64PLJ4fUsUdftqJnNbAgv8s30h746Bl-uqAh-xBrwKuN4sCxw01p_nHCF5RS_uNVNcfAlt-AfRN8XIA26Wv3cv0QUznfKHdkHf7Tdgntk/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+037.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498199641633500898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCx8lonHqbu4qAQUIAkjTliEX6Yki1QvJwv64PLJ4fUsUdftqJnNbAgv8s30h746Bl-uqAh-xBrwKuN4sCxw01p_nHCF5RS_uNVNcfAlt-AfRN8XIA26Wv3cv0QUznfKHdkHf7Tdgntk/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+037.JPG" /></a></div><div>over the 1500' Allegheny Mountain on the "Main Line" of the Pennsylvania Canal between Harrisburg & Pittsburgh. The cross section shows the remarkable amount of height they had to overcome.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEpZ6NAErVZdnWVD652AR5vvovSJnc9WHXmk06AS7Dshq_7nsKKTYX7SUYrBgFvcN4ZknivfFxiqXJjkqa-w0uwl41zHJ70YWzYf4G1as5Xvu2X5VekOWyWzHIGBauAnMeV5zVqiexEs/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+054.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498197252243944418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEpZ6NAErVZdnWVD652AR5vvovSJnc9WHXmk06AS7Dshq_7nsKKTYX7SUYrBgFvcN4ZknivfFxiqXJjkqa-w0uwl41zHJ70YWzYf4G1as5Xvu2X5VekOWyWzHIGBauAnMeV5zVqiexEs/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+054.JPG" /></a></div><div>The Historic site preserves 2 of the inclines and</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB36Xela7fEon4C_Isw_jv1EjNs574nK5bPFsLni9IfWzYdB9xdbDDxSZN_xtZi_JA5ZPn_C_Mcg47CsAgs8AIhc5UAMflWpQnKSWakpPAGlyg-R09gUHM0GqKs2FVZJ4_D5RN3KHQ250/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+070.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498197258342997810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB36Xela7fEon4C_Isw_jv1EjNs574nK5bPFsLni9IfWzYdB9xdbDDxSZN_xtZi_JA5ZPn_C_Mcg47CsAgs8AIhc5UAMflWpQnKSWakpPAGlyg-R09gUHM0GqKs2FVZJ4_D5RN3KHQ250/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+070.JPG" /></a></div><div>one of the reconstructed engine houses used to pull the cars/boats to the top of the mountain.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7E_6NOw_hCpbDbyYrli6JoKBxcS5HgBk42QSGCO_oTqV39gKrG7OOQW3XcCpoDt_FvcAbt9nGYvX_Ro_J9__w1-agvLeC3EVMXh8t03yHWnbZkGoMtpuN1WFVEBiTACIPURklQaGZBdQ/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+072.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502138553300653202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7E_6NOw_hCpbDbyYrli6JoKBxcS5HgBk42QSGCO_oTqV39gKrG7OOQW3XcCpoDt_FvcAbt9nGYvX_Ro_J9__w1-agvLeC3EVMXh8t03yHWnbZkGoMtpuN1WFVEBiTACIPURklQaGZBdQ/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+072.JPG" /></a></div><div>Unlike modern RR Tracks using wooden ties, the rails were mounted onto stone bases that were quarried on site.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8XxaFQZcSBSNSeEj8XLxjxoNrM2LAX7WXy_nNm-KwUTIe1kDQb4xp0TDIHN5Z2wHgoKctUKROOz8HB83JA1DObUtinj9Xu8wXnlGwoGqd-L-XpXLolC3Ox-snmX4LgdgFNHDnXWmquTE/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+079.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498197266188444882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8XxaFQZcSBSNSeEj8XLxjxoNrM2LAX7WXy_nNm-KwUTIe1kDQb4xp0TDIHN5Z2wHgoKctUKROOz8HB83JA1DObUtinj9Xu8wXnlGwoGqd-L-XpXLolC3Ox-snmX4LgdgFNHDnXWmquTE/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+079.JPG" /></a></div><div>The steam engines connected to pulleys & gears to a continuous rope that pulled the cars up about a 10% grade. John Roebling developed the wire rope here that he later used to build Suspension bridges ( Brooklyn, etc.)</div><div><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498199648692426882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjst8Zw6fFGvj34ysIsdWphx_kJJ0921XgOVmj0VZWRArL-KGmXEkoxD4zsS60DmZB97rtmC42LYmGS5Qs0Z6Gy9sgPLS_u8GU_lkROf0v0d36d8UwZI6TV8zgJcrpQnvGwgKiJ_69ptUc/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+042.JPG" /></div><div>At the summit, locomotives pulled pulled the cars on the flat sections to the next incline plane to move up or down the mountain.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_WaR8fpgUqMsOnpKHz6kWb5RNeOYfXekRrsaMd5ouiiYS69e0UkF2oor_niM2DB466_olefU83AFhp1NTEdlKjp4w1FTglcmfVxyc-hpTRpVpnMohRKGkoT2yvoMiYvteW6m5Q9N_yI/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+073.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502138558807106834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_WaR8fpgUqMsOnpKHz6kWb5RNeOYfXekRrsaMd5ouiiYS69e0UkF2oor_niM2DB466_olefU83AFhp1NTEdlKjp4w1FTglcmfVxyc-hpTRpVpnMohRKGkoT2yvoMiYvteW6m5Q9N_yI/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+073.JPG" /></a></div><div>This is the hotel/tavern that's in the painting above.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutkKUiUBqKJ-mIWYEQpZYa3H716tfOGgjq1wb9ELP6nK8swg_4vASiv7QK8QC4I0HW-BEaa8thOaHzd1Et66gLHifaiV7AwMT-qkVy3HevDeEQJxaJUsfx43qs0it94DeiNDHgDXwkBo/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+022.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498199645542043394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutkKUiUBqKJ-mIWYEQpZYa3H716tfOGgjq1wb9ELP6nK8swg_4vASiv7QK8QC4I0HW-BEaa8thOaHzd1Et66gLHifaiV7AwMT-qkVy3HevDeEQJxaJUsfx43qs0it94DeiNDHgDXwkBo/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+022.JPG" /></a></div><div>An early locomotive, not very big but it only had to pull 3 cars at a time. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8f0ejEhNZs56Wo2AI1U9Gl3FAYPVLaJ_dTFluoAPrQcD975fBNCZjZlhK6Mih42IDzXDv2vvcwuzQH3F8rMONwIiUukyi-0lqFCM3GH8gr8rSIG79BdXxnnIEnkbR86FCFLjbTXx9mA/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+024.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498202092962851698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8f0ejEhNZs56Wo2AI1U9Gl3FAYPVLaJ_dTFluoAPrQcD975fBNCZjZlhK6Mih42IDzXDv2vvcwuzQH3F8rMONwIiUukyi-0lqFCM3GH8gr8rSIG79BdXxnnIEnkbR86FCFLjbTXx9mA/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+024.JPG" /></a></div>We were planning on stopping at the Horseshoe Curve about 5 miles away at the bottom of the mountain, but they had it closed early for a private wedding. <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQkSrZQ-u0acrsvLMHUlk69UohvzCTjR10oP_0z0XC9RJBuUKTOgDPV1831oRIhYW4D9K27NHBT5IX8HWfRYfm_XOeW7zsF5rTl19U6dJOoXHMbjd4FuPs7dXubfT7_0gOmN7CgWQVKw/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+083.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498202108974275394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQkSrZQ-u0acrsvLMHUlk69UohvzCTjR10oP_0z0XC9RJBuUKTOgDPV1831oRIhYW4D9K27NHBT5IX8HWfRYfm_XOeW7zsF5rTl19U6dJOoXHMbjd4FuPs7dXubfT7_0gOmN7CgWQVKw/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+083.JPG" /></a></div>We did stop at the Gallitin Tunnels that are still being used by Amtrak & Conrail. The samller tunnel was hand dug in the 1870's <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMbJdYZZbQcBNusk3OuUoj1TZ5dmXqEz8XOnytd-Kj0LwZCEKhuPxGqczSgNT1oiEayAKO1s6s5lO5JMAEWdMkyL60lFArsMSyKTybqktUJNjkxuF5vt9kiug-olM_S1WmuJhshdC3Og/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+085.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498202110668047282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMbJdYZZbQcBNusk3OuUoj1TZ5dmXqEz8XOnytd-Kj0LwZCEKhuPxGqczSgNT1oiEayAKO1s6s5lO5JMAEWdMkyL60lFArsMSyKTybqktUJNjkxuF5vt9kiug-olM_S1WmuJhshdC3Og/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+085.JPG" /></a></div>Unfortunately the museum at the tunnels was also closed. It looked like it had some neat RR stuff. <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCidTrZg9_qZl6Kv_9WL8W6fPBAcdLI7ev79UYrhYcA3LLfeR8MAF3Tx-pUeGUmWCNlSLo6uG9_dtxKn6hVutFrOIbOabFwNa_IjB1Z9uaBSG1k82ognfWw3-vOPXQZM5pcVOJ_BL7w84/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+086.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498202118900933906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCidTrZg9_qZl6Kv_9WL8W6fPBAcdLI7ev79UYrhYcA3LLfeR8MAF3Tx-pUeGUmWCNlSLo6uG9_dtxKn6hVutFrOIbOabFwNa_IjB1Z9uaBSG1k82ognfWw3-vOPXQZM5pcVOJ_BL7w84/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+086.JPG" /></a></div>On the way down the mountain to Horseshoe Curve/Altoona, we went through another tunnel. This one had a traffic light to manage traffic.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggDuTrg9D3BYOUTl-DTjZOi7uLOL1q1j-XrEIw97YImPIeYFT9H5Yg_rc4HlvACTQwVR4oR8FfcAyzjoYxzR1QDzzlElLrpooXiREbpi0_D5oY10jx-igYEAwHoEXptKsKFQK3BXswpBI/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+090.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498205971575739970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggDuTrg9D3BYOUTl-DTjZOi7uLOL1q1j-XrEIw97YImPIeYFT9H5Yg_rc4HlvACTQwVR4oR8FfcAyzjoYxzR1QDzzlElLrpooXiREbpi0_D5oY10jx-igYEAwHoEXptKsKFQK3BXswpBI/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+090.JPG" /></a><br />I stopped at the fire station and asked directions to get back to the main road ( yes I did ask a few times on this trip) and saw this 1947 fire truck.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XubT7KSbLriBDE-1a4TjuZZY59GeOydrUrTGNmBAheWLKOnEu5MK-qMS1beXD3IfxSbA4qeYPrl7wWV_UjJYaw792AZW_RRYQ7moURihMrwM6i_pmmdG2-sj5MPLBCEYGun3_IfJgCc/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+091.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498202126927623570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0XubT7KSbLriBDE-1a4TjuZZY59GeOydrUrTGNmBAheWLKOnEu5MK-qMS1beXD3IfxSbA4qeYPrl7wWV_UjJYaw792AZW_RRYQ7moURihMrwM6i_pmmdG2-sj5MPLBCEYGun3_IfJgCc/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+091.JPG" /></a></div>The Fireman said it was in such good shape because it saw only limited use with the RR until the city of Altoona bought it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL7Cw9yTJf4fuz5B6YbU_Ga_ygkaTKbrnW2HiQ6YQm6fST-t7MIIfcmsu_Ku24k1306r4s6FG0d__03bCp3XURtDszSspEm1AuzOHQayiOrwRcHTZfyf8yHoU_MTrYYUzmIaRYoVSbfng/s1600/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+097.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502138568030142370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL7Cw9yTJf4fuz5B6YbU_Ga_ygkaTKbrnW2HiQ6YQm6fST-t7MIIfcmsu_Ku24k1306r4s6FG0d__03bCp3XURtDszSspEm1AuzOHQayiOrwRcHTZfyf8yHoU_MTrYYUzmIaRYoVSbfng/s320/Day36+Punxsutawney+%26+Allegheny+Portage+RR,+PA+097.JPG" /></a><br />One of the souvenirs I've been collecting on this trip is flat/squashed pennies.I probably already have close to 50 at home. So I decided to count them & take a picture when we got to the hotel. 82 - some are duplicates that I'll give to the granddaughters when we get back so they can start their own collections. I'm sure I'll get some more before the trip is over.<br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-37861770753862814602010-07-24T23:44:00.018-04:002010-11-18T19:12:57.851-05:00Day 35 Niagara Falls, ONT.I'm almost caught up with the blog. I did finish pics & comments for Days 33 & 34 , so check back on those days.<br /><div><div><div>One of our longest days of driving was from Mich. City, IN to Niagara Falls along the IN/OH Turnpikes so we didn't take many pictures.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBNiPF6TKdDiN5H_Vn3l5T6u-5uTGjRZhepTe_TbtZ07-HVf5iWH85Td5HONL0HXtsxKZlWtt8NMrxyM9ZiSlTimF4BcUoWUhVNxV-u6GSH3TGhPJzWC59PFQWrt7VBaQPns3I3YxWRQ/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+002.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497689279323425714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBNiPF6TKdDiN5H_Vn3l5T6u-5uTGjRZhepTe_TbtZ07-HVf5iWH85Td5HONL0HXtsxKZlWtt8NMrxyM9ZiSlTimF4BcUoWUhVNxV-u6GSH3TGhPJzWC59PFQWrt7VBaQPns3I3YxWRQ/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+002.JPG" /></a><br />We drove into Michigan yesterday on our drive along the lakeshore at Mich. City, but there was no State sign, so we got off an I-90 exit and drove 1/2 mile for the sign picture. </div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKI0Sd1gk_KVAbGtDMQ11Y2UblEjSiaPqEmMbvAc-lLUdIXVcexXCDfLSPVj2499PghdTyRj3fPBV0j1eAlFc4yIa4rSECoPX-OT5UCXilxu863w4j4yT6f0xRAbX9hx5B88vzibrElto/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+004.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497687072418933378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKI0Sd1gk_KVAbGtDMQ11Y2UblEjSiaPqEmMbvAc-lLUdIXVcexXCDfLSPVj2499PghdTyRj3fPBV0j1eAlFc4yIa4rSECoPX-OT5UCXilxu863w4j4yT6f0xRAbX9hx5B88vzibrElto/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+004.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Our 26th state - the best picture we could get at highway speeds.<br /><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497687079630212978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSwNGzlCBu-f0qrRzkZZJPIqdbJ_h6oQaCVPQdjf2ekWeM6YmJh46SibYKBwLyjwvJUE-FDcqGw1tE8O1NqGLtw2Wh0qQptstGSLb_mRTESOKQvJcIhZnme406Zz-N1ghUiK0F1U17LxM/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+006.JPG" /></div><div>Back home in PA, although the opposite end from where I grew up.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7SU0t7cnmlNw7AYVpEpSjATyVND7JFiADIWJeK2ONGOXrN5ZHxzX1a1hgFM1ikUbVhwYt_99tqflKOtXP9Nda0rhugEIo3vPmOV-74lCfBo6Cu4TqdumCIkPqNT9rzJgYn3FbAriG4ghV/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+015.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497687088784448578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7SU0t7cnmlNw7AYVpEpSjATyVND7JFiADIWJeK2ONGOXrN5ZHxzX1a1hgFM1ikUbVhwYt_99tqflKOtXP9Nda0rhugEIo3vPmOV-74lCfBo6Cu4TqdumCIkPqNT9rzJgYn3FbAriG4ghV/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+015.JPG" /></a></div><div>We crossed the Peace Bridge at Buffalo, NY into Ontario, Canada<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0F7UZC58i2LsfTCz_OeDG36RSYsH2IFYWLYme0HN-NAdqqkYmAPXEPOBzl8_XsmCwLAbvMMhKAIfMxkeZuYepZen5EUPQ6jlBDD2ZMLMuCYkwnxT0SqjrISKlhbNyfhLgNeT2C8gsGDO/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+025.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497687099677020418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0F7UZC58i2LsfTCz_OeDG36RSYsH2IFYWLYme0HN-NAdqqkYmAPXEPOBzl8_XsmCwLAbvMMhKAIfMxkeZuYepZen5EUPQ6jlBDD2ZMLMuCYkwnxT0SqjrISKlhbNyfhLgNeT2C8gsGDO/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+025.JPG" /></a> </div><div>This Customs checkpoint was alot more complicated than Sherwood, ND or Int'l Peace Garden.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB3C_xh201WJEpJcj3vmcPu6gbAX8u-JVwYTdv-XxwZCJahY0Jwdg_w-TNB53ALVRGTp7N0PaKrzKY1V8DE-HMFdYlN_CymYyth-I1UEbb0i5DDesfNXJN11JDPQt84Bs7yCTSwOXKDjY/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+027.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497687105962044258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB3C_xh201WJEpJcj3vmcPu6gbAX8u-JVwYTdv-XxwZCJahY0Jwdg_w-TNB53ALVRGTp7N0PaKrzKY1V8DE-HMFdYlN_CymYyth-I1UEbb0i5DDesfNXJN11JDPQt84Bs7yCTSwOXKDjY/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+027.JPG" /></a> </div><div>We probably sat in line for 1/2 hour. Just like the other 2 times, the US border Guards asked alot more questions than the Canadians.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUa0xuhugNgO2-6W4w1o2FtQvoX7aDU2izeYnnKiYdcI1yrgJw1hC6WnclSziqY_h_Y-VzqcKxPWcgnq7y9PCD_-EvpCAWT1oKb_DpiZSriD49sWEWEOlvmdt9jajvZoJGzFbpzqRsLc/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+050.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497692324917748130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUa0xuhugNgO2-6W4w1o2FtQvoX7aDU2izeYnnKiYdcI1yrgJw1hC6WnclSziqY_h_Y-VzqcKxPWcgnq7y9PCD_-EvpCAWT1oKb_DpiZSriD49sWEWEOlvmdt9jajvZoJGzFbpzqRsLc/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+050.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfWo37BtxK0J8F3cPcIk0HHD2wZKMmsYT7atN4KEn7aX5yhN5hpb4LDfbePVPVFIs-swQP7S2vp24lYEp7xkzOky5SY8ewU0UAr7zwbAlcx2E4QLLSzGkmUa_df73LhQC4fyvtuHfs4M/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+054.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497692331928306994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfWo37BtxK0J8F3cPcIk0HHD2wZKMmsYT7atN4KEn7aX5yhN5hpb4LDfbePVPVFIs-swQP7S2vp24lYEp7xkzOky5SY8ewU0UAr7zwbAlcx2E4QLLSzGkmUa_df73LhQC4fyvtuHfs4M/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+054.JPG" /></a> </div><div>We had both been to Niagara Falls previously </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoFOXztmqWDd7UlOUyGvY0ukOFfRzoIstTCI93nbwLySA10xgWwnMH37b7CkSkYxt7PZVFkhv_umI96ZLvGTOUzmJoZGQg7V7tCQRSS6lm9-Pq3HeQxr8dePkvCbUXE5NGQdeELFU9uFk/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+143.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497694509739724114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoFOXztmqWDd7UlOUyGvY0ukOFfRzoIstTCI93nbwLySA10xgWwnMH37b7CkSkYxt7PZVFkhv_umI96ZLvGTOUzmJoZGQg7V7tCQRSS6lm9-Pq3HeQxr8dePkvCbUXE5NGQdeELFU9uFk/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+143.JPG" /></a></div><div>but neither one of us had ridden on the Maid of the Mist Boats.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqk9uz00RadsB2pJ_z3ivWppjbetNjm45ts68FqGksF9zNVUAPwkzh7ATtgazKJqd7yWKhFsfh4gMdGvU58hv16kVmnuB0NLa16Sdy1Q-7dPgf2pFn4Iua7oyA79xR01dvDzJvthfi1Hw/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+099.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497689288336444114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqk9uz00RadsB2pJ_z3ivWppjbetNjm45ts68FqGksF9zNVUAPwkzh7ATtgazKJqd7yWKhFsfh4gMdGvU58hv16kVmnuB0NLa16Sdy1Q-7dPgf2pFn4Iua7oyA79xR01dvDzJvthfi1Hw/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+099.JPG" /></a> </div><div>It had been cloudy all day and just as we got to the base of the American Falls, the sun came out and we had this little rainbow. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcT2lMshZdqnJjV_3g9eiF6nN-PLetDXw46r2M3pyjFg2xnaWcyP7qzooMENI5OQ9CFTOL4c0e2fNbG7SeXX6WktSc2d11aS-hSG5mblmtC4FDXG3IVto5SmhW26LzJtNdy3HtM-19YMI/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+114.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502126432776006866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcT2lMshZdqnJjV_3g9eiF6nN-PLetDXw46r2M3pyjFg2xnaWcyP7qzooMENI5OQ9CFTOL4c0e2fNbG7SeXX6WktSc2d11aS-hSG5mblmtC4FDXG3IVto5SmhW26LzJtNdy3HtM-19YMI/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+114.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbZznikG6CDdbn0HaJrCuNmw5IjNbxUpZ0RcQsETlZ56SiqsIGkBO23ExHF29KBobGHuzNlNf4q51rR9FoTymeM6nVwAqOB4CZkGix2xe_FKJFQFA2PHgRsDxO0bG3oRcBqm3Hv1g7xs/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+097.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497689281650181794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbZznikG6CDdbn0HaJrCuNmw5IjNbxUpZ0RcQsETlZ56SiqsIGkBO23ExHF29KBobGHuzNlNf4q51rR9FoTymeM6nVwAqOB4CZkGix2xe_FKJFQFA2PHgRsDxO0bG3oRcBqm3Hv1g7xs/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+097.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The ponchos are absolutely necessary. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEF2WlMtjfhxryXnV8asgXEE2CUB6OBlCu2UQ4u3tYW2C1A7QZGEJT26U1_IvxMvROSAMSH5K0exua2yrPjf-V2KoFsVSOLtHK7tDSZMAfudZLkvJhr2fta68Xg2vQcowbly9_QIOiVk/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+121.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502126440453709506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEF2WlMtjfhxryXnV8asgXEE2CUB6OBlCu2UQ4u3tYW2C1A7QZGEJT26U1_IvxMvROSAMSH5K0exua2yrPjf-V2KoFsVSOLtHK7tDSZMAfudZLkvJhr2fta68Xg2vQcowbly9_QIOiVk/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+121.JPG" /></a></div><div>At times, the spray & wind was an intense swirl, the ponchos bellowed from the air and we had our hoods covering our faces to keep the water out.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhS7h9lqaiEtrku4T8QEpcxg86ViHTE4qGEwO78y7DRNXFZUVhP00PXJP15fkuWy0mjFkJ5gZYVT23Q9cmdpUgjySUt0_wWYPmDfIns1I83y78trUW-V5wD_j1o17m14LTxhjYtqlyf8A/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+134.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497692344770622370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhS7h9lqaiEtrku4T8QEpcxg86ViHTE4qGEwO78y7DRNXFZUVhP00PXJP15fkuWy0mjFkJ5gZYVT23Q9cmdpUgjySUt0_wWYPmDfIns1I83y78trUW-V5wD_j1o17m14LTxhjYtqlyf8A/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+134.JPG" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZJTa2tyVBTph6KIvFXxPyY1v2fLFvcAtg9R3T5pP5m1lVT32JeCx-lRhK4R5BvcdjKrpEB-eUpAhKclLPRttrUIzrjp5OWl5eENw7KQ8_Y-EHJ4Ri7I5viecZwnEK8NmnskFxD1YBmU/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+125.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502126446210538594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZJTa2tyVBTph6KIvFXxPyY1v2fLFvcAtg9R3T5pP5m1lVT32JeCx-lRhK4R5BvcdjKrpEB-eUpAhKclLPRttrUIzrjp5OWl5eENw7KQ8_Y-EHJ4Ri7I5viecZwnEK8NmnskFxD1YBmU/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+125.JPG" /></a><br /><div>They drive the boat right up to the base of Horseshoe Falls and hold it there in the heavy spray for about 5 minutes for the ultimate water spray & thunder of the water, sound experience.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2hEr3iVVZjpCkow5zYpq5v2wdz6SPuFVUChR_t7p89H5Uz4v5Gpv9_5h4mpZQZfIEFyt51M_CUhyvKwZv_6A4VAe2S6100ByIsbmRg_Wn011OSJ8ghviT8S7mijmKFA5rxvwxBrSn-FY/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+104.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497689295163849522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2hEr3iVVZjpCkow5zYpq5v2wdz6SPuFVUChR_t7p89H5Uz4v5Gpv9_5h4mpZQZfIEFyt51M_CUhyvKwZv_6A4VAe2S6100ByIsbmRg_Wn011OSJ8ghviT8S7mijmKFA5rxvwxBrSn-FY/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+104.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The small falls are Bridal Veil falls & the people pay to walk down there to get wet.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGxe9PA_G2sOKHHVi-wMU_eIc0OKzGCkLt10m1aln5FW4oDHtvG1UsMOTLOZmrVhwDj7lgTNC_X3lc0jOWgqQW50YvHZqW8j4s6jlImfoHCn5kfdf1y6QhGokRW9kpxTCzFp6X9U4wvZc/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+138.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497692353292925442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGxe9PA_G2sOKHHVi-wMU_eIc0OKzGCkLt10m1aln5FW4oDHtvG1UsMOTLOZmrVhwDj7lgTNC_X3lc0jOWgqQW50YvHZqW8j4s6jlImfoHCn5kfdf1y6QhGokRW9kpxTCzFp6X9U4wvZc/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+138.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The boats really get quite close to the falls. The rocks were only a few feet away at times. the boat captains must be really good. I wonder how they learn?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkR5HBJaS5p7_SeqoJTBss9m9NDhkMJKqfoXhWIeKCPv7yFKHBhGuhandVkKO1gh0-yuf75idqALo3vAoXGDDuaa0vcbPVtDrrA_NthvQdiZEFv_loBG4mjL_cljaIddrmIVduXKnG7w/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+077.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497692340587805938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkR5HBJaS5p7_SeqoJTBss9m9NDhkMJKqfoXhWIeKCPv7yFKHBhGuhandVkKO1gh0-yuf75idqALo3vAoXGDDuaa0vcbPVtDrrA_NthvQdiZEFv_loBG4mjL_cljaIddrmIVduXKnG7w/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+077.JPG" /></a> </div><div>This is the tower to access the American Maid of the Mist boat.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZywumn1eYltA-gTJjAm-lif8sHuAxKRPvrXnSvI_-mWu3PjTgu-fTScqPFHc2UwzLgomieE8yW3KChp8MLBNLgs0PgIjV8L5_o1MoIEkBJTGGP1ASBM6i0opUa7YvUPV0CQ56Le6Q0KM/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+139.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498407375284228882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZywumn1eYltA-gTJjAm-lif8sHuAxKRPvrXnSvI_-mWu3PjTgu-fTScqPFHc2UwzLgomieE8yW3KChp8MLBNLgs0PgIjV8L5_o1MoIEkBJTGGP1ASBM6i0opUa7YvUPV0CQ56Le6Q0KM/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+139.JPG" /></a></div><div>We crossed Rainbow Bridge on our way back to the US. The US. border guard really grilled us with a lot of very specific questions.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwDGGpZerfIg0sZS-bbL_Z3El5J7ivZO9UNvT6DPxMRqb8gBJSyT18jO-DQHYW2X7A-nfmngu2w7-BaY0rr_3TIO139hxvLwgMMh4oXTQvS0gwqyFBL0DrI73jZaZ_589r3-ehyzbyT0/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+151.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497694519973713874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwDGGpZerfIg0sZS-bbL_Z3El5J7ivZO9UNvT6DPxMRqb8gBJSyT18jO-DQHYW2X7A-nfmngu2w7-BaY0rr_3TIO139hxvLwgMMh4oXTQvS0gwqyFBL0DrI73jZaZ_589r3-ehyzbyT0/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+151.JPG" /></a></div><div>The promenade along the Canadian side of the Niagara Gorge has many beautiful flower beds.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPaR0dsADWz2mKUPEO6gvdDmFnkriSLHSNHNyQMx6vF12czioVGny-q4epgV69XIy8jVhv44S1BZ3awN6AWaJQFskMYHsco3aNQdEG1FNb3V68vxY436t3OwI9JQmbK2D31N8hCypFhw/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+154.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497694527197578930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPaR0dsADWz2mKUPEO6gvdDmFnkriSLHSNHNyQMx6vF12czioVGny-q4epgV69XIy8jVhv44S1BZ3awN6AWaJQFskMYHsco3aNQdEG1FNb3V68vxY436t3OwI9JQmbK2D31N8hCypFhw/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+154.JPG" /></a><br />Just as we got to the car, the sun broke through the clouds and I ran back down to the edge to catch the light on the water.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3eC2Z6rD7ijJeZSwamYS72dChGSY5CNrq2vzATAxaEUtEUsKPlOMecC5kBTP8N9Kn06tsL6gqu06vaAvdUEyXw9RQLj1Fe9RUFAcMxdFfZ7df1VoF_xIl4lulnthYEpiJQOFO6gADc8/s1600/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+187.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497694537578833042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3eC2Z6rD7ijJeZSwamYS72dChGSY5CNrq2vzATAxaEUtEUsKPlOMecC5kBTP8N9Kn06tsL6gqu06vaAvdUEyXw9RQLj1Fe9RUFAcMxdFfZ7df1VoF_xIl4lulnthYEpiJQOFO6gADc8/s320/Day+35+Niagara+Falls+187.JPG" /></a> </div><div>This was a casino on the American side that had really wild animated LCD lights.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-91317267149333712122010-07-24T09:07:00.009-04:002010-07-24T23:43:55.334-04:00Day 34 Chicago & Michigan CityWanda had lived in Chicago many years ago and we planned a day to see as much as we could. <div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjKBfjudeWS9YeyiyydvPKiRyXcfHWT5JLbh-pS4x4zV_FRUmhUfUTKRxzW5THVMYBZsf9uoDCCpNctvik_k9FNVPMBy6EoqgXvC8DwnaRNM0jU6NfDJ69_vgqWoonFdEliOywzX1yYao/s1600/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+012.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497460796925125858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjKBfjudeWS9YeyiyydvPKiRyXcfHWT5JLbh-pS4x4zV_FRUmhUfUTKRxzW5THVMYBZsf9uoDCCpNctvik_k9FNVPMBy6EoqgXvC8DwnaRNM0jU6NfDJ69_vgqWoonFdEliOywzX1yYao/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+012.JPG" /></a></div><div>She drove & I took the pictures. The 1st really cloudy & overcast day we've had all trip.</div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyUzI5PM9DOO_aeyvDehLw6tZkjrVge5LzrrGJCeefCwtvTQfvnqlO-RWUuGCQazcENR6RIZk1CfxiLqTraRek3lHfZcTNzlc25SyqMzUy179THdQZ6n0LMEFoVfdzwk3cdgD1xqqWvjk/s1600/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+004.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497459866659827682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyUzI5PM9DOO_aeyvDehLw6tZkjrVge5LzrrGJCeefCwtvTQfvnqlO-RWUuGCQazcENR6RIZk1CfxiLqTraRek3lHfZcTNzlc25SyqMzUy179THdQZ6n0LMEFoVfdzwk3cdgD1xqqWvjk/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+004.JPG" /></a></div><div>We drove completely around the stadium to see it from all angles.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCA1nawdoAyX44ArtEf7Yx0-hk4vUVTKrobRVEID17VR19Cp2O4C3MAUQm7YyfLgsZHANXvp7ldPIdMKGMCrZGtvv-M5NAWbt4ay5VvYUmXC1xK5OeCRi3vdN2t0X9rNxMvkNrAkNNe1o/s1600/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+007.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497459879221670978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCA1nawdoAyX44ArtEf7Yx0-hk4vUVTKrobRVEID17VR19Cp2O4C3MAUQm7YyfLgsZHANXvp7ldPIdMKGMCrZGtvv-M5NAWbt4ay5VvYUmXC1xK5OeCRi3vdN2t0X9rNxMvkNrAkNNe1o/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+007.JPG" /></a> </div><div>"Mr. Cub" Ernie Banks -his quote on the statue " let's play two "<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPzeYeOOLrRGw-LBolo93rcCXh9CRa6ObwR3lQ1Jmr67dJIMH__8Ebu0WrvHb6yd4YgGWtI3g40hRlIaU30df333KPswTWZS2bRrQu5xCU-f5Vpyjmnh1FEvWNmrdenDAhLxSV66j_a8/s1600/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+008.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497459890635076674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPzeYeOOLrRGw-LBolo93rcCXh9CRa6ObwR3lQ1Jmr67dJIMH__8Ebu0WrvHb6yd4YgGWtI3g40hRlIaU30df333KPswTWZS2bRrQu5xCU-f5Vpyjmnh1FEvWNmrdenDAhLxSV66j_a8/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+008.JPG" /></a> </div><div>These bleachers are on the roofs of houses across the street from left field and<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwysrCEnyx_XdOxVT980NsGaux86vgqPKguZR1DTOpMz__3dgbkAm4q1bD1JA-OYw5e2m6HtwIdjflUAwSgd9zzyYmE-1KcwyJbG0Vq9YvdTgkLOJmAGlSeWHGOkBpFIXgck1uYsJuwm8/s1600/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+011.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497460785478073618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwysrCEnyx_XdOxVT980NsGaux86vgqPKguZR1DTOpMz__3dgbkAm4q1bD1JA-OYw5e2m6HtwIdjflUAwSgd9zzyYmE-1KcwyJbG0Vq9YvdTgkLOJmAGlSeWHGOkBpFIXgck1uYsJuwm8/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+011.JPG" /></a> </div><div>the scoreboard.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwFJtI2hVdkoGjgX_ThDNVQWuoofmetH5jbQ-gU-X-JuWInX-slAuASMFksmG-zS3mCtSb9WpW8t7RdV6JLYSHsqM1Gq2_RoFUE7sHReob1I3GjBzzP1Kvs__vliWb6sRv1L7RmN8UJQs/s1600/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+013.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497460800860791938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwFJtI2hVdkoGjgX_ThDNVQWuoofmetH5jbQ-gU-X-JuWInX-slAuASMFksmG-zS3mCtSb9WpW8t7RdV6JLYSHsqM1Gq2_RoFUE7sHReob1I3GjBzzP1Kvs__vliWb6sRv1L7RmN8UJQs/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+013.JPG" /></a><br />the one place I wanted to visit was the Chicago Historical Society to see the pictures that A R Waud ( my Civil War personality) drew of the Great Chicago Fire. They had some amazing artifacts, like coins fused together from the heat.</div><div><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497460805433950706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGTQAF8wf61k_mtlKefhsFS5dxd7IqhtmTlNaBHSZrVkMDsrNAMJomlZn6SV0-7rTPopL6lsvyFhGNRH6X9jnSX6TcjjWKV4QEyjCS86MPVy-3K6TvGRjZvMxgAufS44UoOn9SsydOAk/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+016.JPG" /></div><div>Obviously they had a whole section about the gangs and Prohibition.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwPEMXDiELwB6GYIX0fU6lIq_5mFbFelHDRdE6G2fpRSrJdDMtXe7wXHZ75624jjJ4WyxtCVED33rn6xeUlUcCjb019bNEOvLE2AAuriMfEgQDD5VTWDSpvnYEXdCIwkvfq1Fha8AQpM/s1600/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+023.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497460812932925394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwPEMXDiELwB6GYIX0fU6lIq_5mFbFelHDRdE6G2fpRSrJdDMtXe7wXHZ75624jjJ4WyxtCVED33rn6xeUlUcCjb019bNEOvLE2AAuriMfEgQDD5VTWDSpvnYEXdCIwkvfq1Fha8AQpM/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+023.JPG" /></a> </div><div>We both are fans of Frank Lloyd Wright. His design of a sewing table.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwPIT2_h1iTA6COhwpcFlsQCgQ2euZ_AB6Xg8E4hosSe-oTXnoBayrfS8yM8GNQSOFL3T44Ffk8zKfZ04Krs7mABLGaY93kHHJf48Isb18j34FKmJJtqb8jc0Aeo_G-FalJCPqloJaiE/s1600/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+026.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497461920211138882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwPIT2_h1iTA6COhwpcFlsQCgQ2euZ_AB6Xg8E4hosSe-oTXnoBayrfS8yM8GNQSOFL3T44Ffk8zKfZ04Krs7mABLGaY93kHHJf48Isb18j34FKmJJtqb8jc0Aeo_G-FalJCPqloJaiE/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+026.JPG" /></a></div><div>The other famous Chicago architect was Louis Sullivan who was famous in the arts & crafts movement. He coined the term " form follows function". This is a panel from an elevator door .</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLzOKBbo9ya8GzQxY1_wZGYUfl3DPUTNKcn2PxMlfNOab-EFvSscdyOq2H_Gc7zaIlymSI0dTErG0lsyeTQPP7BQ1B6ZA66zv_qN3U-w8Qz8SMiIUNzHLFwM1jjHEbm9PdrVHCwQ_KEU/s1600/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+032.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497461931320422578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLzOKBbo9ya8GzQxY1_wZGYUfl3DPUTNKcn2PxMlfNOab-EFvSscdyOq2H_Gc7zaIlymSI0dTErG0lsyeTQPP7BQ1B6ZA66zv_qN3U-w8Qz8SMiIUNzHLFwM1jjHEbm9PdrVHCwQ_KEU/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+032.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5jlKRFpRUA2jsFVlWWu_uqa05aFgia_VXYFeGgPOzB4eYCiG__eKAXUJsr6mIyG_nDWSo4uX2Z3XeO0PY9rAgAgNvxIavxyrssBUALDCeIub0220372MHzZXjSRRntu-o17FfENkybb8/s1600/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+044.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497682590806002210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5jlKRFpRUA2jsFVlWWu_uqa05aFgia_VXYFeGgPOzB4eYCiG__eKAXUJsr6mIyG_nDWSo4uX2Z3XeO0PY9rAgAgNvxIavxyrssBUALDCeIub0220372MHzZXjSRRntu-o17FfENkybb8/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+044.JPG" /></a></div><div>Since Wanda was driving, I took pictures of any building that looked interesting.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbrh8u4ooKJD1JVgYf6RdxBcYyd9IrhZMMRpsnWjj4xN3viqLvJPygpaDIIzDboQodG7QNrj90rMTY_Sag1nh16_Tv58uJ7_B4SM8x8TWrBM1ju6cQJtQ_QwpY_gkDpMS7d4YcbSXphxE/s1600/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+036.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497461933588206482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbrh8u4ooKJD1JVgYf6RdxBcYyd9IrhZMMRpsnWjj4xN3viqLvJPygpaDIIzDboQodG7QNrj90rMTY_Sag1nh16_Tv58uJ7_B4SM8x8TWrBM1ju6cQJtQ_QwpY_gkDpMS7d4YcbSXphxE/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+036.JPG" /></a></div><div>Maybe the underside of the EL isn't that interesting but it is what you see driving around the Loop and an iconic image of Chicago.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_bzqw-xDaS4fHsi4Y8cusXebxvyeJ4mM5aJy64yOzPyEc2qGNBywtb0vb3B1z1c0yF4hCVp-8Q232YT4nL3Ao5c1L9m54YK-LQ34jBWJwjIDA4aad1SmZYN9rdLlc0nm_vuWtAjmizl8/s1600/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+048.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497463436998992178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_bzqw-xDaS4fHsi4Y8cusXebxvyeJ4mM5aJy64yOzPyEc2qGNBywtb0vb3B1z1c0yF4hCVp-8Q232YT4nL3Ao5c1L9m54YK-LQ34jBWJwjIDA4aad1SmZYN9rdLlc0nm_vuWtAjmizl8/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+048.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The Chicago River</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisyPnlWo8wkhkEyFKeEmnjkXjaV-42budWNp0L3zWBUinyZlHK2GPQ6ubKhrpC2V-oCi8biElcqm7x9v3l9tNE_b97jAg-Z268i_5IPq8-TH5M4PysvX4q_SWdI2jMq0gq9Kh92LhayPE/s1600/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+038.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497461940533761042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisyPnlWo8wkhkEyFKeEmnjkXjaV-42budWNp0L3zWBUinyZlHK2GPQ6ubKhrpC2V-oCi8biElcqm7x9v3l9tNE_b97jAg-Z268i_5IPq8-TH5M4PysvX4q_SWdI2jMq0gq9Kh92LhayPE/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+038.JPG" /></a></div><div>Downtown was very Vertical. I thought it was more vertical than NYC maybe because the streets are alot narrower</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSc5wBLGZHNJA4ueuRkJSRB9klMtMtYjZhFLmU7fh3qUwQxHwTDZWC_9w089sugXnv_rDtKWA2yVpYGs5ASUP7NexZ7tKQ80psmRJLZQasrwFVBPpuOxqxdjA5yM682xF8FeNMP6mTsg/s1600/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+052.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497461947287621378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSc5wBLGZHNJA4ueuRkJSRB9klMtMtYjZhFLmU7fh3qUwQxHwTDZWC_9w089sugXnv_rDtKWA2yVpYGs5ASUP7NexZ7tKQ80psmRJLZQasrwFVBPpuOxqxdjA5yM682xF8FeNMP6mTsg/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+052.JPG" /></a></div><div>We didn't get a picture of the Wisconsin or Illinois welcome signs so since Wanda was driving I could take the pic on the interstate on our way to Michigan City, IN.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvATooBYqzTg2vj2-ImV0jz7DdhyGSmM0zIG-QCCUeaSdl3WQ3Wv_vHcQIztvrbHwVEJvxKb9s9drutEzNUq1X9lijUIcn34kerlgpJnLMu9RjCcAnsueXtqU2qVd-pxHMZPH9hikudBI/s1600/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+055.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497464334321226498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvATooBYqzTg2vj2-ImV0jz7DdhyGSmM0zIG-QCCUeaSdl3WQ3Wv_vHcQIztvrbHwVEJvxKb9s9drutEzNUq1X9lijUIcn34kerlgpJnLMu9RjCcAnsueXtqU2qVd-pxHMZPH9hikudBI/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+055.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Wanda lived here for a few years and she has a painting of the Mich. City lighthouse in our house.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_NJ5W9xh_ordcDrpnk7BYbeNk2EDeyhXG2j1Y8x3g-vwf2Y9k_oV5hCJ3K0wUXp8Hao9_wo_yagcL7J15sLqV8z0tfoDUy7fdkcpGrsqGKek1mXLfmVe4FnY149cMoBD5Km8vEj8iPI/s1600/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+060.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497463455684439954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_NJ5W9xh_ordcDrpnk7BYbeNk2EDeyhXG2j1Y8x3g-vwf2Y9k_oV5hCJ3K0wUXp8Hao9_wo_yagcL7J15sLqV8z0tfoDUy7fdkcpGrsqGKek1mXLfmVe4FnY149cMoBD5Km8vEj8iPI/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+060.JPG" /></a> </div><div>It's the only operating lighthouse in Indiana.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqEURBfZSq3m1cgJuNBnyJE0rhOcdE5T6Z48XZu0WPZSVtA-VYe4LqcS4dDbtt4W212sDt8xyGlwqUxw6gKT4PSfhmbUS8u7FClYwxGhtZhphHbWGSF4eceebcCUJc0Dwh6oaMomeIP4/s1600/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+057.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497465772523434642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqEURBfZSq3m1cgJuNBnyJE0rhOcdE5T6Z48XZu0WPZSVtA-VYe4LqcS4dDbtt4W212sDt8xyGlwqUxw6gKT4PSfhmbUS8u7FClYwxGhtZhphHbWGSF4eceebcCUJc0Dwh6oaMomeIP4/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+057.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Across the harbor from the lighthouse is the Indiana Dunes Nat'l. Seashore.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1c4ef-6TFEB_vXiUuih4K66UY1TPV6spQJ3SBTt37qHdZOc-7ZXD4L2XJ5TsK14K0ObFaEhr-dhTAbdt22mbTM9fAfqpnODPT_c9BZbsvDxPJn4LrsJDhBQiLrhuPAj9bGqBZbiXUjs/s1600/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+064.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497465766508700418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1c4ef-6TFEB_vXiUuih4K66UY1TPV6spQJ3SBTt37qHdZOc-7ZXD4L2XJ5TsK14K0ObFaEhr-dhTAbdt22mbTM9fAfqpnODPT_c9BZbsvDxPJn4LrsJDhBQiLrhuPAj9bGqBZbiXUjs/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+064.JPG" /></a><br />She used to have a boat at the Yacht Club. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG53JR-nnWjf9jGS4akKG-YSpcqBQJ9_cfpH4diyQbZVvqa4fGPkFfH4g7TMGrBQY2oOaYFX4jRLahAtEB8gEt3nCBr1GKr3V5YUoi0-ZVajG9cJRkPG3QroaNyuuROJftMUG4d9U9UpU/s1600/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+068.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497682599625716658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG53JR-nnWjf9jGS4akKG-YSpcqBQJ9_cfpH4diyQbZVvqa4fGPkFfH4g7TMGrBQY2oOaYFX4jRLahAtEB8gEt3nCBr1GKr3V5YUoi0-ZVajG9cJRkPG3QroaNyuuROJftMUG4d9U9UpU/s320/Day+34+Chicago+%26+Mich.+City+068.JPG" /></a><br />her old house.<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-71941714642766146092010-07-23T01:02:00.008-04:002010-11-12T23:15:20.727-05:00Day 33 Wisconsin Dells & Washington County FairWhen I was a kid, we traveled almost every year to visit Mom's relatives in the Twin Cities and never stopped at the Wisconsin Dells because my father said it was a tourist trap ( it is) & also probably because we didn't have the money for the boat ride.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYrxNi6OqohqTnFm5-xVKcjV0BezmxvvbOpzELnjSnOrlz5_-7YAbDneaoF-uLgmt9IMpoFkYd21Brfbymwz0tTIOsCrG16f4XGD5WJg3R25wW3jfm8sB75iyboPZ7SnUWmgLTmMS6v_Q/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+008.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496963270786034802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYrxNi6OqohqTnFm5-xVKcjV0BezmxvvbOpzELnjSnOrlz5_-7YAbDneaoF-uLgmt9IMpoFkYd21Brfbymwz0tTIOsCrG16f4XGD5WJg3R25wW3jfm8sB75iyboPZ7SnUWmgLTmMS6v_Q/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+008.JPG" /></a></div><div>I got some nasty looks from the French Canadian photo guys when I took this picture. They take everyone's picture and then expect you to buy them when the boat gets back. I figured for the $50 for the boat ride, I paid for the right to take the picture.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwh_LEZ5kq4rbyNDHWzPTTkrzzSrEtVezGSveq7ZT0LW0fJkdEi_oGb1xYQLzuwI6E9AvJGvArVDXMoGo1VJtztPpi9awRCcVpz-nv22D2zd5ovU34rZY8rR9NEVhmZgOQMBglN4ODJd0/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+110.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496964100501544274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwh_LEZ5kq4rbyNDHWzPTTkrzzSrEtVezGSveq7ZT0LW0fJkdEi_oGb1xYQLzuwI6E9AvJGvArVDXMoGo1VJtztPpi9awRCcVpz-nv22D2zd5ovU34rZY8rR9NEVhmZgOQMBglN4ODJd0/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+110.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div>The Boat ride was 2 1/2 hours through the Upper Dells with 2 stops. They also had jet boats and the ducks, we didn't need to go fast or in an old WWII DUK.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNytAm1_OBUkF22avv02db1FAWNNBUr7zxxsu6gZC2yMTNSFJSRdyEeeUaIDYhFyrSMPh2qOTrITxs8PB1IHzDhUhfmRR1zRlLvK3sIf5_Tk6apz91SySupDAL9DKeoeOWmAn_HLDAqI/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+012.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496963280873392674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNytAm1_OBUkF22avv02db1FAWNNBUr7zxxsu6gZC2yMTNSFJSRdyEeeUaIDYhFyrSMPh2qOTrITxs8PB1IHzDhUhfmRR1zRlLvK3sIf5_Tk6apz91SySupDAL9DKeoeOWmAn_HLDAqI/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+012.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div>The tour guides pointed out a number of named rock formations, but some were on the other side of the boat so I didn't get any pics. </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIuTDM7wft2-FIgUtpbvQGNP8C0k2FK0k_1Y33eHBIWwA4Xabg03qLjyfuwSEibyUSPE95aPLH720Rp1V3XO1-X_1cBpl7jW8sdGTy0FwJNkc9Wi3D5SYa-nhJ_mvo9GAQwpjKbZkipH0/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+022.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497659199377950306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIuTDM7wft2-FIgUtpbvQGNP8C0k2FK0k_1Y33eHBIWwA4Xabg03qLjyfuwSEibyUSPE95aPLH720Rp1V3XO1-X_1cBpl7jW8sdGTy0FwJNkc9Wi3D5SYa-nhJ_mvo9GAQwpjKbZkipH0/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+022.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeccUSf-x-4lE-2kikOVbPBSp4EU4jZRRrPmZFapZtECZIDrD1LhgiY-0uaovMRyei2qNYCB7YfIpw3UtQ_0rHh2tjjYqgnWl-yDvKmHypldX_Nsv85kPYjwssRqFSXf4diUTyo_D_waQ/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+114.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496964112938476786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeccUSf-x-4lE-2kikOVbPBSp4EU4jZRRrPmZFapZtECZIDrD1LhgiY-0uaovMRyei2qNYCB7YfIpw3UtQ_0rHh2tjjYqgnWl-yDvKmHypldX_Nsv85kPYjwssRqFSXf4diUTyo_D_waQ/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+114.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div>Chief Black Hawk's profile ( Abe Lincoln was a Capt. in the ILL. militia during the Black Hawk War)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSz8FmOTewI2xtg77YTU8muuptjikofB4Qt37-mAUPPx5Ag6NlnTrBfFKCtWh3OSCstWwydp72VKWgHi1bReTwsYa3qw83O69cMjJDakAcQ6JU3zoA49-huS99DCDdDBeGo6DBjHOT-DU/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+033.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497665302017967010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSz8FmOTewI2xtg77YTU8muuptjikofB4Qt37-mAUPPx5Ag6NlnTrBfFKCtWh3OSCstWwydp72VKWgHi1bReTwsYa3qw83O69cMjJDakAcQ6JU3zoA49-huS99DCDdDBeGo6DBjHOT-DU/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+033.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmoY_1CkuW4GKXwMFkNGcBYOZQnVsaY1QkBc8Nr7kNHFxncX6Saa17YYY8SD-HFlFdY_vee8M-GvWYWKECmY_1kx3vvQxcMpQS2F0D-XgJgaVc17obneCbiWHomsa_R-JupssC2hP4DU/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+049.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496963297365946898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmoY_1CkuW4GKXwMFkNGcBYOZQnVsaY1QkBc8Nr7kNHFxncX6Saa17YYY8SD-HFlFdY_vee8M-GvWYWKECmY_1kx3vvQxcMpQS2F0D-XgJgaVc17obneCbiWHomsa_R-JupssC2hP4DU/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+049.JPG" /></a><br />The first stop was at the Witch's Gulch, a very cool ( literally & tempature-ally(?) ) narrow chasm in a side channel of the river.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA61FHhvc0R6VL2bpe632B0bzMgwppeNq7XQxxixnzOMSoEzsaiOMhMYCBBdRK_GAQ2xdCIxBuR9_l_ocdOLf3KJWfEaRP6_m8376U5oQlb-rnuZATip3aku1aXDD6wwv8e_MYjhuiQlg/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+057.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497659210326065506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA61FHhvc0R6VL2bpe632B0bzMgwppeNq7XQxxixnzOMSoEzsaiOMhMYCBBdRK_GAQ2xdCIxBuR9_l_ocdOLf3KJWfEaRP6_m8376U5oQlb-rnuZATip3aku1aXDD6wwv8e_MYjhuiQlg/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+057.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAoBmP-laJxBsPxlhIqcEbr_OcvrZcGSs2bf5ksVoJZujepVn1-bEp6dtIdvAJOUfrKY78eDiOYp_zpfhX15ITmo5QM29BXd8k58ICIJMTYYStmJso94-kNMF179LDC0PxfP4Mgo9FFx8/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+031.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496963287819187570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAoBmP-laJxBsPxlhIqcEbr_OcvrZcGSs2bf5ksVoJZujepVn1-bEp6dtIdvAJOUfrKY78eDiOYp_zpfhX15ITmo5QM29BXd8k58ICIJMTYYStmJso94-kNMF179LDC0PxfP4Mgo9FFx8/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+031.JPG" /></a></div><div>There were many tight spots along the way to a snack bar/souvenir stand. ( did I mention it was a tourist trap?) </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qWhHrZNQlFc4RgIKchGojbqHyno8zQFtmGgjZ6BnqE7zr86LdOsI7j-2Ywd7QERVkJ33-Royga1o6SGfPdY6yxpGe_wMv38K4YXQiSbjt2swxLGDM7P_824hjvHSD6cY9k_C3Ouq-Zw/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+063.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496963301155709410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qWhHrZNQlFc4RgIKchGojbqHyno8zQFtmGgjZ6BnqE7zr86LdOsI7j-2Ywd7QERVkJ33-Royga1o6SGfPdY6yxpGe_wMv38K4YXQiSbjt2swxLGDM7P_824hjvHSD6cY9k_C3Ouq-Zw/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+063.JPG" /></a></div><div>The tour figured on 45 min. for everyone to walk thru the Gulch to get stuff & then head back to the boat. We beat the rush.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Y81UrX3tqtV1hzZA_E5hkKJ4aV_qAZjLBsOmMyf8hEPAZFUWtD8dp-8W0AhgCdQvjLulLGj92jqzJ0gB0gFWq20LZ8kopAOQ6nXKlDhyhNSpEq5Npl4t4HfHgl3FuvXwH8nxBtBlevM/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+072.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496964062528699426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Y81UrX3tqtV1hzZA_E5hkKJ4aV_qAZjLBsOmMyf8hEPAZFUWtD8dp-8W0AhgCdQvjLulLGj92jqzJ0gB0gFWq20LZ8kopAOQ6nXKlDhyhNSpEq5Npl4t4HfHgl3FuvXwH8nxBtBlevM/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+072.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Stand Rock The guide said that the photographer who invented the snapshot camera took his 1st pictures here of ...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN874CfT1u12ZSbr0k0miKRWfBrm1H9YmAq2yetIetYm0GCoxXVo-wRrQwCKMfcaxFbhYOxRkzBpNx7HjXfjIcvZLOxaC_lDHOdm02Pvh7dIqPRTrv4-KXA2tHBLJer1y43-17MEwjdms/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+078.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496964084087450738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN874CfT1u12ZSbr0k0miKRWfBrm1H9YmAq2yetIetYm0GCoxXVo-wRrQwCKMfcaxFbhYOxRkzBpNx7HjXfjIcvZLOxaC_lDHOdm02Pvh7dIqPRTrv4-KXA2tHBLJer1y43-17MEwjdms/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+078.JPG" /></a><br />a guy jumping the 5' span. The pictures made the Dell's a famous tourist destination in the 1890's- turn of the century. Today they have German Shepherds jumping every 1/2 hour when the next boat arrives.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LAan00n4uKqPA__3MX-zoeDHILhX8V_TneZiV-HWO6frzIGKTn7VmSjk0x2SN_bgF3WQ-k_WQmTyhSkqpVTmZgja1M9v-7lY-qqogknt-uKqRYJXmso8PDFUXmGuMg0DWmZEHFPQXPM/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+091.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496964090629363506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LAan00n4uKqPA__3MX-zoeDHILhX8V_TneZiV-HWO6frzIGKTn7VmSjk0x2SN_bgF3WQ-k_WQmTyhSkqpVTmZgja1M9v-7lY-qqogknt-uKqRYJXmso8PDFUXmGuMg0DWmZEHFPQXPM/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+091.JPG" /></a></div><div>On the way back to the boat we went along the side of the cliff to another snack bar/souvenir shack ( did I mention this was a tourist trap?)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ueuZ_gBr6PXVLpcLP2JqBJrGevV_ny7VhaL5IY6BnJJ-AUaIr8imC722Q7hNJFRx2kkRDsT0JVriC-VsdalZdBdbqR8BwvZNf9UAEWqhzISmzn-EHq4PKKGuaHbC_bDEdxmp90MoXpE/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+087.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497665304319740210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ueuZ_gBr6PXVLpcLP2JqBJrGevV_ny7VhaL5IY6BnJJ-AUaIr8imC722Q7hNJFRx2kkRDsT0JVriC-VsdalZdBdbqR8BwvZNf9UAEWqhzISmzn-EHq4PKKGuaHbC_bDEdxmp90MoXpE/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+087.JPG" /></a></div><div>The path went through a couple of natural tunnels and some other<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_iS6ktEDSLWhLiN-zEGJQFcHqG79I_Ol33jyCtacMwbLhJAkUmIF6b9Q-9-2Ez5MRvF4xLlWixrPovQ_y24QBt0oZOx91oUcg59YeBtpLV6RgZvzDR_tVIpqX45zgjfrA0n40Tgz8fs/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+096.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497665317903744178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_iS6ktEDSLWhLiN-zEGJQFcHqG79I_Ol33jyCtacMwbLhJAkUmIF6b9Q-9-2Ez5MRvF4xLlWixrPovQ_y24QBt0oZOx91oUcg59YeBtpLV6RgZvzDR_tVIpqX45zgjfrA0n40Tgz8fs/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+096.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDXah8kLWTL5Dom2bUI2Ecs-EGs7Z5qut6yi1xU-YJnp-vy3DAC-dgwz9kR3T_wOg7wRz4_UPHIV8DxRrVrwgI1E9e4FBQdArX3U82Oq8csHXzJwi5zTKWp1HAMq24q-NGvX1VTx_DJg/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+095.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497665327374720450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDXah8kLWTL5Dom2bUI2Ecs-EGs7Z5qut6yi1xU-YJnp-vy3DAC-dgwz9kR3T_wOg7wRz4_UPHIV8DxRrVrwgI1E9e4FBQdArX3U82Oq8csHXzJwi5zTKWp1HAMq24q-NGvX1VTx_DJg/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+095.JPG" /></a><br />interesting rock fromations.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZYCIw5xJkUtn8k_z8lJBPNSbo14MQLmWo1eAUizE64Sgw-3uJ0hwPVujl3QlOvT0AMztnETTouGORHFFYpHDqLVqUOsahnELr0Y2ffVej0Uha8XvLyEaN8KSMd-pvTs0L7SL9PbNWiRg/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+100.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497665333852212450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZYCIw5xJkUtn8k_z8lJBPNSbo14MQLmWo1eAUizE64Sgw-3uJ0hwPVujl3QlOvT0AMztnETTouGORHFFYpHDqLVqUOsahnELr0Y2ffVej0Uha8XvLyEaN8KSMd-pvTs0L7SL9PbNWiRg/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+100.JPG" /></a><br />Ledge Rock</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbkdsvryi_TcVE-84Uq2J70vefAqG1Ndal0xSKKdf4uBSX8DL7ZG4tgCgKk5jlFwgFvqW3WsJviska2YFIoLlcihaagVm6g6FKS-8-Ro515J5vSO8sgJ5e9C3iUoF1tV3E5sr-yCD3yw/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+125.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497670017255918274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbkdsvryi_TcVE-84Uq2J70vefAqG1Ndal0xSKKdf4uBSX8DL7ZG4tgCgKk5jlFwgFvqW3WsJviska2YFIoLlcihaagVm6g6FKS-8-Ro515J5vSO8sgJ5e9C3iUoF1tV3E5sr-yCD3yw/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+125.JPG" /></a><br />Washington County Fair Jackson, WI The classic American tradition.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zO_9FP-lC4Qdh-2k7gHnh7KkBtIV1GtnCTfxpW97Ylu6VM23qS2UwUrSObvyxrcMUTqwq18pPtArnnPMHZR2yPGklFlPm22iuFejaGSkLDPIcIwC5n-P4vLZO3gUaWcb10PSb0cgpck/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+127.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497672701730008178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zO_9FP-lC4Qdh-2k7gHnh7KkBtIV1GtnCTfxpW97Ylu6VM23qS2UwUrSObvyxrcMUTqwq18pPtArnnPMHZR2yPGklFlPm22iuFejaGSkLDPIcIwC5n-P4vLZO3gUaWcb10PSb0cgpck/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+127.JPG" /></a></div>On our way to & from the Twin Cities when we were kids, we always stopped at the Melius Family Farm. Doris was one of my mother's childhood friends and we always had a good time with their kids, jumping in the hay, helping with the milking, etc. So I told them we were going to stop and they said to meet them at the fair.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrmGvY2LqEfgnXtRFGsRWXs9Xh9QPy_V1rJOACykydssPP_dTVDdCsQt0XdI_-M7Fo2DthbTYkMELGQkM8Bagu0xCaMP9Uw5tbxyk2oyIFfUoSKQe5P5eMlmxOs9pQZzE_U3tAoVJSP8/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+130.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496964635964272002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcrmGvY2LqEfgnXtRFGsRWXs9Xh9QPy_V1rJOACykydssPP_dTVDdCsQt0XdI_-M7Fo2DthbTYkMELGQkM8Bagu0xCaMP9Uw5tbxyk2oyIFfUoSKQe5P5eMlmxOs9pQZzE_U3tAoVJSP8/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+130.JPG" /></a><br /><div>We had a great time with Carol Melius who told Wanda about cows & the fair and took us around to look at the animals. We even watched her son milk some of their cows.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHf5NxWdKZIKm7R_wKBYL2UB3ruaBpp3wNtmM2uaF0zCQUnpTRwmTcwS3SK07Bjim9FRKm3YtYfltG9sBzSGEzOREOWnZKD4iSvjC9MUi_emhkvup1Ex75bsgfhvIDZkglJQjrjhlK4g/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+129.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496964646758610946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHf5NxWdKZIKm7R_wKBYL2UB3ruaBpp3wNtmM2uaF0zCQUnpTRwmTcwS3SK07Bjim9FRKm3YtYfltG9sBzSGEzOREOWnZKD4iSvjC9MUi_emhkvup1Ex75bsgfhvIDZkglJQjrjhlK4g/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+129.JPG" /></a></div>Wanda even petted some animals without freaking out about germs. <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVvsYj-ej2fcMRoLEP3e3el3TtIdzqzBU8cJS4sQtfFvBgC1KDojWE1BbjFHBolkCtsPj9Hs8p0X5ACbwYLYFqJAR-0Q3c0ro4-rItT9nEm-nE1q4mwNxNux90xp_vKdaAZh_0x4XX1w/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+137.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496964651503305186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVvsYj-ej2fcMRoLEP3e3el3TtIdzqzBU8cJS4sQtfFvBgC1KDojWE1BbjFHBolkCtsPj9Hs8p0X5ACbwYLYFqJAR-0Q3c0ro4-rItT9nEm-nE1q4mwNxNux90xp_vKdaAZh_0x4XX1w/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+137.JPG" /></a></div>The Llamas were very interesting, the hair was incredibly soft and we watched this boy take his llama through a kind of obstacle course as part of the judging. <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yoQL2zl3f-idcPNT62bpljLqQQTXCqnAdbID2cAWZzozfDOnxW1aVgY8hASRBc4NK2BwwLbBK5RQJtPMm2rhHGUizQZuP9_wUes4kHeddaYpANQ2SV3-gCgaPmKnGLZweBqJFK57t6s/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+140.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496964657156819202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yoQL2zl3f-idcPNT62bpljLqQQTXCqnAdbID2cAWZzozfDOnxW1aVgY8hASRBc4NK2BwwLbBK5RQJtPMm2rhHGUizQZuP9_wUes4kHeddaYpANQ2SV3-gCgaPmKnGLZweBqJFK57t6s/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+140.JPG" /></a><br />We watched this farrier put on a shoe on this huge Percheron draft horse<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uCkGU4YVdpJaChXUmG3Sd5tWhbdXDoeZ4PfiFMjqroV2B1wTaoJePge_cYPzAQyx2Na_HTsjZBvNrb1LC-ZcLhXdLdNadZbRDt9pYoHQk0071tWvEHG-LIxxUaOFWdN31O2a0NrSi6Q/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+143.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497659221429115682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uCkGU4YVdpJaChXUmG3Sd5tWhbdXDoeZ4PfiFMjqroV2B1wTaoJePge_cYPzAQyx2Na_HTsjZBvNrb1LC-ZcLhXdLdNadZbRDt9pYoHQk0071tWvEHG-LIxxUaOFWdN31O2a0NrSi6Q/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+143.JPG" /></a><br />We saw some really cute goats<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhyphenhyphenmob3JzCOyqO5rDu16jbWAAwkt4iCmS_wuVMwq5-u_dFtRHr5f59DpAgxyIYbw9uwEYiRjGPciJZ1QTiBulYev7FvDlLMR0ZYCyAR5-1er5dNbRyjykci67PG4s3n00FoDWXdR0CvA/s1600/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+144.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496964664765359010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhyphenhyphenmob3JzCOyqO5rDu16jbWAAwkt4iCmS_wuVMwq5-u_dFtRHr5f59DpAgxyIYbw9uwEYiRjGPciJZ1QTiBulYev7FvDlLMR0ZYCyAR5-1er5dNbRyjykci67PG4s3n00FoDWXdR0CvA/s320/Day+33+Wis.dells+%26+County+Fair+144.JPG" /></a></div>and talked with some really nice folks about their animals. We also saw some wild looking chickens with feathers like fur and rabbits, sheep & pigs. Then we drove 2 hours to Chicago- talk about culture shock!<br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-18598389433222151412010-07-23T00:23:00.008-04:002010-11-12T23:10:31.040-05:00Day 32 the Twin Cities, MN<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMkPCkF60XzsyNMlDy5QrHiERYj36Wzcz4YNp291zaqeXiGkmH7LoczT6_e5psaBMO0qEnEGQp1r6mgSe7Dcuwyeb6f6nU-mrv9-43TQL8QEo7NnGUFtmAdxRKToHKTNfGQ-OlRb9ggA/s1600/Day+32+Twin+Cities%252C+MN+020.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538880632772859714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMkPCkF60XzsyNMlDy5QrHiERYj36Wzcz4YNp291zaqeXiGkmH7LoczT6_e5psaBMO0qEnEGQp1r6mgSe7Dcuwyeb6f6nU-mrv9-43TQL8QEo7NnGUFtmAdxRKToHKTNfGQ-OlRb9ggA/s320/Day+32+Twin+Cities%252C+MN+020.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div>We stayed with my cousin Greg Ross in Bloomington, MN and went to the famous Mall of America, a few miles from his house.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Go_z478D_s9l-8BGWQKGLqRP5aPCsd93FgxKRMoxzylhZP_svLIOm68xDP6vAZjeN7pcaThyphenhyphen_Pu37s7tpNv9FWZH4P45xIUTFK76eLOalNjLISkhH4PdP9uZHUkCjGkDdH0JmpUAFy8/s1600/Day+32+Twin+Cities%252C+MN+018.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538880623871921938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Go_z478D_s9l-8BGWQKGLqRP5aPCsd93FgxKRMoxzylhZP_svLIOm68xDP6vAZjeN7pcaThyphenhyphen_Pu37s7tpNv9FWZH4P45xIUTFK76eLOalNjLISkhH4PdP9uZHUkCjGkDdH0JmpUAFy8/s320/Day+32+Twin+Cities%252C+MN+018.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDqWmNWjRxEpOfXNrtHNzUwbLU8WLUzU2qpnGFXWnB0wZuE4EQC5kpSwb4srPjLU3gaorbLdLQZNBIYZ5mN9Y4J55BMF1VaPOp16s9LFP-Xw88Q2jsipG74ni-KNHkDuWse8up2VmDnb0/s1600/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+012.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496957676150855970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDqWmNWjRxEpOfXNrtHNzUwbLU8WLUzU2qpnGFXWnB0wZuE4EQC5kpSwb4srPjLU3gaorbLdLQZNBIYZ5mN9Y4J55BMF1VaPOp16s9LFP-Xw88Q2jsipG74ni-KNHkDuWse8up2VmDnb0/s320/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+012.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZ4-YMFFcnA7CzgmfCjQeP_cyjhVFeoFk5xBOWLCLtSi4L0-Bphx7ir_43B3iOrhtaXzXBffEvUWtFc3BIY_i-PFrIlL8I65tiBKFYyEB5qDsAg596JPxkwGGslwOJWOylerMSspzZUc/s1600/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+026.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496957666019924418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZ4-YMFFcnA7CzgmfCjQeP_cyjhVFeoFk5xBOWLCLtSi4L0-Bphx7ir_43B3iOrhtaXzXBffEvUWtFc3BIY_i-PFrIlL8I65tiBKFYyEB5qDsAg596JPxkwGGslwOJWOylerMSspzZUc/s320/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+026.JPG" /></a></div><div>The mall is 4 stories tall and has an indoor amusement park in the center.</div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84YboOYtUl8u-ZJ4y3raXnI7LgAb_bqz9zdmPbpZgplqAURIqiuYaFs1bvvj2hdRGKCLB5NxMpJZK4Jeqr6TGHoc3J91Uag4Mc9_nb87LhSLkqb_tHjC0NeIrDCq4vtMqtBo7flPqDrE/s1600/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+005.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496953345515872850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84YboOYtUl8u-ZJ4y3raXnI7LgAb_bqz9zdmPbpZgplqAURIqiuYaFs1bvvj2hdRGKCLB5NxMpJZK4Jeqr6TGHoc3J91Uag4Mc9_nb87LhSLkqb_tHjC0NeIrDCq4vtMqtBo7flPqDrE/s320/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+005.JPG" /></a> </div><div>We guess that during the long cold Minnesota winters, </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4R7WVpq9RXrKyfvOJg0rzK7Rk-nHXFCp9kDUiK_Q8rDXlEJlfcgsilrlkLgY47LdibsSnIj3CRYzBj3_BtnyOse4KqKc_SfHVXAXCOvUY7e0I9-khNgvGGvCrgDVAmPzQh5OSAvcuCcQ/s1600/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+006.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496953353774497346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4R7WVpq9RXrKyfvOJg0rzK7Rk-nHXFCp9kDUiK_Q8rDXlEJlfcgsilrlkLgY47LdibsSnIj3CRYzBj3_BtnyOse4KqKc_SfHVXAXCOvUY7e0I9-khNgvGGvCrgDVAmPzQh5OSAvcuCcQ/s320/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+006.JPG" /></a></div><div>the mall must be packed with families getting a cure for cabin fever. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhtccZTQeKddUgfoqV84pF53bzsuu81GaxTa0Msck9KJZZ6g7jXbqjjtbto0l33_j__pP5HHos3fUjHVqaSfHb_N4Ft1IFT_83Zo1tUkjs1Jqk9uXSWTNxzV0DMgwSR24PZiyQDHUNj3k/s1600/Day+32+Twin+Cities%252C+MN+022.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538880633985512578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhtccZTQeKddUgfoqV84pF53bzsuu81GaxTa0Msck9KJZZ6g7jXbqjjtbto0l33_j__pP5HHos3fUjHVqaSfHb_N4Ft1IFT_83Zo1tUkjs1Jqk9uXSWTNxzV0DMgwSR24PZiyQDHUNj3k/s320/Day+32+Twin+Cities%252C+MN+022.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Our grandaughter Madison's favorite cartoon character.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlVWwtpr9aeZ2CaroxFsQX5q6V0-eTc_aTUQPLN5IFoDFpFy8Gk3AVTirHEmVXWXiID7C7rlRm-eEpSG9yrRTbQ-276jUfl1Q1h1n8GNvCBarkU4H5RmfB9Ct3hKYiMLyJi1bw_ypmebQ/s1600/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+028.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496953365785060754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlVWwtpr9aeZ2CaroxFsQX5q6V0-eTc_aTUQPLN5IFoDFpFy8Gk3AVTirHEmVXWXiID7C7rlRm-eEpSG9yrRTbQ-276jUfl1Q1h1n8GNvCBarkU4H5RmfB9Ct3hKYiMLyJi1bw_ypmebQ/s320/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+028.JPG" /></a></div><div>I stopped to see my grandparents' graves.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDFHSBasYTJZD-EFeb9iwAoXrNXIrIqWpOBjE9RwAp5ctNPaEDU6YXb7dn6QEp2AB1Ue9mxHDEAS1lxNf3qdHHv-FnPDUwlaQScX-73joGlCTckUOwP632etS3czKMhAk7JIl3Cj54pk/s1600/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+035.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496953374482309362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDFHSBasYTJZD-EFeb9iwAoXrNXIrIqWpOBjE9RwAp5ctNPaEDU6YXb7dn6QEp2AB1Ue9mxHDEAS1lxNf3qdHHv-FnPDUwlaQScX-73joGlCTckUOwP632etS3czKMhAk7JIl3Cj54pk/s320/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+035.JPG" /></a></div><div>I didn't know much about my grandfather, my mother rarely mentioned him. I was here once before for my grandmother's funeral when I was 13.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDOLLyOm6vHqF4VH1Jti0-diyobtZsex1-qV9o9DENyXH8NGLk-sXvh7CTfQCeSDtkJi8QH7oMCqYYSCYaS2OlCfCxTtuCLtFil2C-YNSzeBAYPAa5TcilpspD2Ce8VOVCIVJhHbGSd0/s1600/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+030.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496955193601868130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDOLLyOm6vHqF4VH1Jti0-diyobtZsex1-qV9o9DENyXH8NGLk-sXvh7CTfQCeSDtkJi8QH7oMCqYYSCYaS2OlCfCxTtuCLtFil2C-YNSzeBAYPAa5TcilpspD2Ce8VOVCIVJhHbGSd0/s320/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+030.JPG" /></a> </div><div>I'll try to get his military info and fill in some gaps in the family history when I get to the National Archives in Wash. DC. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVH5soFuHg_pLLNItIzn6cqB3uR1wLY_D675H6V33Izsv1cKh56J1yDxm2eqhVV_WW38-n2I588V1Gcf7pK6ejjun6TUugNUz0IC99lgwsqk7s2gTOf9PHyMcqlHw73IXjMwpVIjNHnvs/s1600/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+051.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496954121062475810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVH5soFuHg_pLLNItIzn6cqB3uR1wLY_D675H6V33Izsv1cKh56J1yDxm2eqhVV_WW38-n2I588V1Gcf7pK6ejjun6TUugNUz0IC99lgwsqk7s2gTOf9PHyMcqlHw73IXjMwpVIjNHnvs/s320/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+051.JPG" /></a> </div><div>My mother was raised in St. Paul's German Evangelical & Reformed Church - now the United Church of Christ.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRuFjW42Kkmz5KUP3XOtuirlObu9Jv4ZXtqJ-Su5_FTFR04UtISJciM6NaZ0C4MqaBj2kC03ntDQ7jfJ0-d-ggeF26rv5PIauzzKPH4jW7qON8fcLO8GYgkfDE57se8c4LuHli4K6m9UE/s1600/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+054.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496954130936633730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRuFjW42Kkmz5KUP3XOtuirlObu9Jv4ZXtqJ-Su5_FTFR04UtISJciM6NaZ0C4MqaBj2kC03ntDQ7jfJ0-d-ggeF26rv5PIauzzKPH4jW7qON8fcLO8GYgkfDE57se8c4LuHli4K6m9UE/s320/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+054.JPG" /></a> </div><div>We always stopped when we visited the family in the Twin Cities when we were kids.<br /><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496954157684390850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl8XPhbtE0k78ttVPmmSodIK_zkhz7nrXSv6V-YZQ6SuvK-YsGqQLgCLwlUvneUgxoq3wjEVemfukE_Y9VM0KZ9mA9XWkwdbiDcknlSwL4G3kDfzC_qVYQLdUopPYzhr3jutwH0dOSCCI/s320/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+050.JPG" /><br />The Sanctuary where the folks got married.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepG2FzX0YwoFAeXGW7QjeYVHjxGx4pIOuXYWVpDeG_OH9ymwkye8_GGiNrgUBT7ER-nU-7DwA21bGLTDVRFKnjcNgambIXMtcZLwjsWKnFTn5XiAGL3rn9GpRaVw5MuBP-rrk3wHBZyI/s1600/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+056.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496954162055083234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepG2FzX0YwoFAeXGW7QjeYVHjxGx4pIOuXYWVpDeG_OH9ymwkye8_GGiNrgUBT7ER-nU-7DwA21bGLTDVRFKnjcNgambIXMtcZLwjsWKnFTn5XiAGL3rn9GpRaVw5MuBP-rrk3wHBZyI/s320/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+056.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BBjfZqMFd8mS-LnC7DMpMNoZN3E-HgJNMQHppUtTG7N1_jqIpMvpVwpbyCNYSu23fymy28A-beZNOKtIsk8_aWvhZgMVwrYK6ABG2tKypwY2VRQ5tLPYI6GY2sEDxb9BsTsCFBYXCW0/s1600/Day+32+Twin+Cities%252C+MN+061.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538880642255812562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BBjfZqMFd8mS-LnC7DMpMNoZN3E-HgJNMQHppUtTG7N1_jqIpMvpVwpbyCNYSu23fymy28A-beZNOKtIsk8_aWvhZgMVwrYK6ABG2tKypwY2VRQ5tLPYI6GY2sEDxb9BsTsCFBYXCW0/s320/Day+32+Twin+Cities%252C+MN+061.JPG" /></a></div>We drove down Summit Ave. in St. Paul past some very impressive mansions to St. Paul's Cathedral and<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitpgxP_FIo9NcdgIaT7GTT72CCPh7CmKUBeyWOa8ZNle7vQQ-yU8yWe_0r-xQ9MsHbNYLTM3WVa6ZZ-vp2ro7CP6W4ne8PRYEDnLXvObr37_yR7m-BRniKqZyqtUC3REwPOCg8X-uqKAo/s1600/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+067.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496955196494443858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitpgxP_FIo9NcdgIaT7GTT72CCPh7CmKUBeyWOa8ZNle7vQQ-yU8yWe_0r-xQ9MsHbNYLTM3WVa6ZZ-vp2ro7CP6W4ne8PRYEDnLXvObr37_yR7m-BRniKqZyqtUC3REwPOCg8X-uqKAo/s320/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+067.JPG" /></a> </div><div>took a picture of author & radio star Garrison Keillor's house ( Prairie Home Companion)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtlK819rUyAT4z8UawAb2alotNVx4baZuVQ3bVnGeo_yQDUeXSqGHkryQKOvKojutJifBw_taf1riq57_6lid2BsnuaQWXyQbRTjcIcS0miUevaKUwZJIxuc5vO44voHPyCqpKHQpZ1E/s1600/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+064.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496955205493956258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtlK819rUyAT4z8UawAb2alotNVx4baZuVQ3bVnGeo_yQDUeXSqGHkryQKOvKojutJifBw_taf1riq57_6lid2BsnuaQWXyQbRTjcIcS0miUevaKUwZJIxuc5vO44voHPyCqpKHQpZ1E/s320/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+064.JPG" /></a><br />St. Paul City Hall</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZdntW8nVdH-jCE53lNNfI3g3aGTEQNmacCQ5wq23AqvM7NhaqoC8lVckaWnhnr4_YRmPP4nL3fsE5N5Yc3E1d371-VLfci00mqLiZKgZdMB6u8jf9eH-z7dGz7rqpxveeyp0QmNKAFpM/s1600/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+073.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496955214554801906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZdntW8nVdH-jCE53lNNfI3g3aGTEQNmacCQ5wq23AqvM7NhaqoC8lVckaWnhnr4_YRmPP4nL3fsE5N5Yc3E1d371-VLfci00mqLiZKgZdMB6u8jf9eH-z7dGz7rqpxveeyp0QmNKAFpM/s320/Day+32+Twin+Cities,+MN+073.JPG" /></a></div><div>My cousins Greg Ross, Mom Lois & sister Judy</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-72573123508975499122010-07-22T23:29:00.011-04:002011-02-06T16:00:19.065-05:00Day 31 Canada, Int'l. Peace Garden & Rugby, ND<div>We drove about an hour north from Minot to the Canadian Border. <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkW7EhvuCcF0rtrka9lYzeEV6n3dJy5BSk041VxhhhL4F1wTBx8fT3k035ikgImmkJkkOsm8XlY34730OpfFRcvXIlMWF2faWi0MoLNtZZn5YM0crK0H8ftxDYrgxV126ztnXt8Dr1eZw/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+006.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496939443173029954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkW7EhvuCcF0rtrka9lYzeEV6n3dJy5BSk041VxhhhL4F1wTBx8fT3k035ikgImmkJkkOsm8XlY34730OpfFRcvXIlMWF2faWi0MoLNtZZn5YM0crK0H8ftxDYrgxV126ztnXt8Dr1eZw/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+006.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9WOV3AFRyAZo60UEoo9scLtKF03gxfB-V_efy034wt97nHP0hzShCOa7TQGSSTY2B4xziftQ4824UtT4w_T8CmDmH5IqO55sVyipXlruCJZCm4faNrY_uAFWaUzZoIwTerHQPDCP65M/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+007.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496939453092684994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9WOV3AFRyAZo60UEoo9scLtKF03gxfB-V_efy034wt97nHP0hzShCOa7TQGSSTY2B4xziftQ4824UtT4w_T8CmDmH5IqO55sVyipXlruCJZCm4faNrY_uAFWaUzZoIwTerHQPDCP65M/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+007.JPG" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXO9hscDqWvlmM72BnxlRWmHTNBMVOUDYZSQJx9GD6SovxLVAN01KKRyPMRyEp-FD3RvPsoQfNZpJMQu1C27UdzrN2kyTatOtU2d4xxBn4WyzGEo2otoCfVngA2jKkEl6gMzKK6Mk1OKQ/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+012.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496939463868846226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXO9hscDqWvlmM72BnxlRWmHTNBMVOUDYZSQJx9GD6SovxLVAN01KKRyPMRyEp-FD3RvPsoQfNZpJMQu1C27UdzrN2kyTatOtU2d4xxBn4WyzGEo2otoCfVngA2jKkEl6gMzKK6Mk1OKQ/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+012.JPG" /></a></div><div>The Canadian border guards asked us where we were from and where we were going.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvyBL8HfCcIfOM1BdLMFj23xrNsmnPvU41DC5qWAkDBRvZmkU7ccEbbt2OuEzHyfTnj73lyYboUpGrFIQgH73Ci78RDTX7F4KFaRhK0Tn6R-mFegiSYCDcxDg8MB73HXTpk1eZjh_YYM/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+017.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496939991359012610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvyBL8HfCcIfOM1BdLMFj23xrNsmnPvU41DC5qWAkDBRvZmkU7ccEbbt2OuEzHyfTnj73lyYboUpGrFIQgH73Ci78RDTX7F4KFaRhK0Tn6R-mFegiSYCDcxDg8MB73HXTpk1eZjh_YYM/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+017.JPG" /></a></div><div>We said we were going 100 yards to take the picture of the welcome sign & turn around. They thought we were crazy that we'd drive 1,000s of miles to do that.<br /><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536912232053027794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojoab4fz-DWhs6WRea99DCJKt5JZyUqiOZKB0GzxK03HikvlsYA1GF7Nvl7ghIeko9v0_zcvsT4Kvox6ouc60zpwGwqQ-gFS7uhxZS2geJC8pCutZaWZHhS9z87shiHHJeW2mJBHWqqU/s320/wanda+pics+037.JPG" /></div><div>So we when we had to go back though US customs, the border guard had seen that I took pictures of the customs buildings and I had to delete them. But he didn't ask Wanda to delete hers.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RoRGHkFviCDFoEGcG2L5ycna5ZRh447UjR-wFGZheJKiYshfon8l_Fg5E2ED2VJLfRmH99GuxvqXeNlPOylZF9XiiKA3dteEksj3_DFKHCUTauJ-NiWVXz8ZW7fQSRHGTm7UgaoKQdg/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+021.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496939470380523634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RoRGHkFviCDFoEGcG2L5ycna5ZRh447UjR-wFGZheJKiYshfon8l_Fg5E2ED2VJLfRmH99GuxvqXeNlPOylZF9XiiKA3dteEksj3_DFKHCUTauJ-NiWVXz8ZW7fQSRHGTm7UgaoKQdg/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+021.JPG" /></a></div><div>But he said we could take pictures of the signs & monuments.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTcEsITRfeSYmGkXFseREMs0QYuSKJs__Nji1K096goGNLnN58F259oBJ5SnsMY7oruhEBjIsGt2hUpjGRUMPmcDXZJ6WD-Izz-V27g_9vkAuWCvxmfoH1R0OZUfYRW1cUbCVYnZ-e_I/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+024.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496940007087369794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTcEsITRfeSYmGkXFseREMs0QYuSKJs__Nji1K096goGNLnN58F259oBJ5SnsMY7oruhEBjIsGt2hUpjGRUMPmcDXZJ6WD-Izz-V27g_9vkAuWCvxmfoH1R0OZUfYRW1cUbCVYnZ-e_I/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+024.JPG" /></a><br />So we parked the car in the USA and walked back across "no man's land" and took some pictures on the border and of the signs.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh53tYwwcoWrFNfGeo1Om5MwhWmSbwELSPUGYohGdBY7QHMSEWJDmrpxponA6TOIKVcNdwfr3jry2a-YhZ5kMLMgSpBHXhjLqNPz2G1B7-TQb0BXSKOrVuWZiUSNw53Mf4AdQsdt5lLZQ/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+027.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496940011801732962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh53tYwwcoWrFNfGeo1Om5MwhWmSbwELSPUGYohGdBY7QHMSEWJDmrpxponA6TOIKVcNdwfr3jry2a-YhZ5kMLMgSpBHXhjLqNPz2G1B7-TQb0BXSKOrVuWZiUSNw53Mf4AdQsdt5lLZQ/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+027.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJWugM2kIQ8StCSXyrNbGb6o5HcSKuHXAA7wTAdEotb6IcIqNl8juWE_OF89ag7ZQGQz3RUXO7vAsNx0mvSLjpE6XnvOU5MoFyg-JU3xHH_eyAFtcD0a4C2mhyphenhyphenS-fF9nol_ARmipAMlY/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+034.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496941571219739954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJWugM2kIQ8StCSXyrNbGb6o5HcSKuHXAA7wTAdEotb6IcIqNl8juWE_OF89ag7ZQGQz3RUXO7vAsNx0mvSLjpE6XnvOU5MoFyg-JU3xHH_eyAFtcD0a4C2mhyphenhyphenS-fF9nol_ARmipAMlY/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+034.JPG" /></a> </div><div>This is typical scenery of most of North Dakota ( also SD, eastern WY & MT ),<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3Hfi8g1EeMM6VJIIj8P759eCR75RRuIxKSD5fvGAAkfirY6wKrsFCRpPxKsqo2sd7OUuH4UQLTSk_l6icgFpRLjSN486PbYu4jgJ-CPgqHmydTdoB51S_SHwyiQC6GVTr83zR2dk4Uk/s1600/wanda+pics+017.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496942862151596066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3Hfi8g1EeMM6VJIIj8P759eCR75RRuIxKSD5fvGAAkfirY6wKrsFCRpPxKsqo2sd7OUuH4UQLTSk_l6icgFpRLjSN486PbYu4jgJ-CPgqHmydTdoB51S_SHwyiQC6GVTr83zR2dk4Uk/s320/wanda+pics+017.JPG" /></a><br />with miles of fields filled with tens of thousands of hay bales. But in northern ND we passed miles & miles of blue & yellow fields. One field I measured was 2.3 miles long.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_LB7rHX3OZvWPue82YLBn50FPSEmZbjzmDpNz4lkRUc5yrJ4waERqr6qtkgNbZhru_pZIU-3eb0G67TblLKQwip0XesgdRELxV52e9i89L6h-ueqIVR-I-EKUcwgf3shtaQxCy4DOFOg/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+029.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496940023315713282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_LB7rHX3OZvWPue82YLBn50FPSEmZbjzmDpNz4lkRUc5yrJ4waERqr6qtkgNbZhru_pZIU-3eb0G67TblLKQwip0XesgdRELxV52e9i89L6h-ueqIVR-I-EKUcwgf3shtaQxCy4DOFOg/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+029.JPG" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEvJBEFiMGXAy552Kl2dhaTY7XTYBYjXEXecVJs0qE6HpsWzm-EIcoosC359YPekWgZH4xDUkPuQjYTD0-LD1KHfP9-XztYtYavQPNWXuDv_YoSl09ViQhgjgNMnF1tUt5FMpLi0ZY8A/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+033.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496940033861098834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEvJBEFiMGXAy552Kl2dhaTY7XTYBYjXEXecVJs0qE6HpsWzm-EIcoosC359YPekWgZH4xDUkPuQjYTD0-LD1KHfP9-XztYtYavQPNWXuDv_YoSl09ViQhgjgNMnF1tUt5FMpLi0ZY8A/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+033.JPG" /></a></div><div>We asked what they were... blue is Flax and yellow is Canola.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71E1dJ0sQiJ4ViZ94SsAZKsrisGAAYDjlqrHyPY1oIn47JxGMGNgpLnJIYDd4fmtazF2aMzmoyAtBgprdLxtFe7kxU8_3UDP97bn01nugvWZSubhFuvnSbf43gYohkUqqh5QXPb3P3zc/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+038.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496941590097459186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71E1dJ0sQiJ4ViZ94SsAZKsrisGAAYDjlqrHyPY1oIn47JxGMGNgpLnJIYDd4fmtazF2aMzmoyAtBgprdLxtFe7kxU8_3UDP97bn01nugvWZSubhFuvnSbf43gYohkUqqh5QXPb3P3zc/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+038.JPG" /></a><br />The International Peace Garden was begun in 1931 as a symbol of the friendship between the 2 countries.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2jM4HKB7aIc1UBRy5zxJxcMc6s0w81JRx-fSIPB1pQAFouyPsQiYOKfiIQbOwQ5_lEmSDmZ_ZRuf0h69HQkIs7zEc3jKMXOXDGwbTjd-RLYFdSPBl4XCN2F_GgpQZbPWv4isyWg_cfA/s1600/wanda+pics+127.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536912203451679906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2jM4HKB7aIc1UBRy5zxJxcMc6s0w81JRx-fSIPB1pQAFouyPsQiYOKfiIQbOwQ5_lEmSDmZ_ZRuf0h69HQkIs7zEc3jKMXOXDGwbTjd-RLYFdSPBl4XCN2F_GgpQZbPWv4isyWg_cfA/s320/wanda+pics+127.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2jM4HKB7aIc1UBRy5zxJxcMc6s0w81JRx-fSIPB1pQAFouyPsQiYOKfiIQbOwQ5_lEmSDmZ_ZRuf0h69HQkIs7zEc3jKMXOXDGwbTjd-RLYFdSPBl4XCN2F_GgpQZbPWv4isyWg_cfA/s1600/wanda+pics+127.JPG"></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgis8FUPUfVqFCYwJww7CLOcClxICalYSItI_hqoUuCWFGZrmURd-Kapsq8kVDtPwhDl_Pr0P0u5Sd95oFyZEzKo-GguIwYdVBkcA25xKsS-J0awUDxbB9s-jGh1CRqQDCGhbPqqGJc0s/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+051.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; 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HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496941608137970562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5JHzHCpp_YsR2n13UWlTBlaX7-v-1smdRcm-wjMQbY0-Lq3aYiH2u00UQSUmvy5-YOIHcz8YO4WxanX_9YEqIIH5T3nCAjDohLMOYahgTFMMIB-V4pTLfZEu1YDoOTH858K8UHunQxBg/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+039.JPG" /></a><br />We drove through the park and stopped at various points for pictures</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KwXPdfP6kf11UY2p5Lv-0R8AINF-gLVg3Nb5kc1YgpNS0LdC_Be6KYAfmKW35ULoRjMVQS6fnxuN0cZMH2GXXNCHMY8Xl1MZJURn40ovl_LcTHD0L0FYcR4ojDpc4Xnft3ZSWo7o-Zk/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+041.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536913190639557186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KwXPdfP6kf11UY2p5Lv-0R8AINF-gLVg3Nb5kc1YgpNS0LdC_Be6KYAfmKW35ULoRjMVQS6fnxuN0cZMH2GXXNCHMY8Xl1MZJURn40ovl_LcTHD0L0FYcR4ojDpc4Xnft3ZSWo7o-Zk/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+041.JPG" /></a><br />My only question with the Peace Garden was why did they have to put it so far away from anything else? </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9wwsJQqZVMpj8RnTsz5xaz6rl2UUioYvPfclVho1KEtuqPf-Pqfrnnl_Lzmun4FvNV_8epYHvsYNQSFol6mHmJ_e5mqx3gEmP_u8KZZf1XUkVdmt5PLB4FHnDss87A9dkMY8s2lRhX0/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+044.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496941629996977762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9wwsJQqZVMpj8RnTsz5xaz6rl2UUioYvPfclVho1KEtuqPf-Pqfrnnl_Lzmun4FvNV_8epYHvsYNQSFol6mHmJ_e5mqx3gEmP_u8KZZf1XUkVdmt5PLB4FHnDss87A9dkMY8s2lRhX0/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+044.JPG" /></a></div><div>I guess that they figured they'd get tourists like me to drive 3 hours out of the way to walk the grounds, take pictures & buy some souvenirs. Surprisingly, at the gift shop they had 2 cash registers, one for each country's currency.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmzF0nJ_acCUlgV1u_2MpX1hxRsbgD5T6bmeoellMHPhNz08pzCUVUPyKEdovVxDmyuSqtrsiDzaiOwgjqgNXPR5OQRdpVZxQ7oi0HKUWM-GVhlp4FUXDHbYvJixLam1ojulLomlpO44/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+047.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496941644697855986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmzF0nJ_acCUlgV1u_2MpX1hxRsbgD5T6bmeoellMHPhNz08pzCUVUPyKEdovVxDmyuSqtrsiDzaiOwgjqgNXPR5OQRdpVZxQ7oi0HKUWM-GVhlp4FUXDHbYvJixLam1ojulLomlpO44/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+047.JPG" /></a><br />The front of the car is in USA, the rear in Canada</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ49ll4tYsbwiTnTrNfruYR_IKNtWJt4tSjN4Z5SMvJuMlwLp8-n-FFo5g4GRYiAY7YmJgAb37rYmgSkPFtYnnSmDMrsQyOqideqVTJF449oVtPXZPGvtT0RfwigmlQ7TlW_2DxepYMaU/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+049.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496945165814957298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ49ll4tYsbwiTnTrNfruYR_IKNtWJt4tSjN4Z5SMvJuMlwLp8-n-FFo5g4GRYiAY7YmJgAb37rYmgSkPFtYnnSmDMrsQyOqideqVTJF449oVtPXZPGvtT0RfwigmlQ7TlW_2DxepYMaU/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+049.JPG" /></a><br />The Floral Clock design is changed every year.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqiFYz_CxwMbBSi1TpU_j0hyphenhyphenFGng2IxvQtsus7jkfsVkaE7cJeCrPRNLCM9pmQmBzIf50tcztmUB2ovQaXHPzkWoxS4rJ1R139c2w1H6IwlfunJ165Cew0Sdbw5EWocPNCbHMiLHID-7c/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+056.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536913212748648178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqiFYz_CxwMbBSi1TpU_j0hyphenhyphenFGng2IxvQtsus7jkfsVkaE7cJeCrPRNLCM9pmQmBzIf50tcztmUB2ovQaXHPzkWoxS4rJ1R139c2w1H6IwlfunJ165Cew0Sdbw5EWocPNCbHMiLHID-7c/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+056.JPG" /></a></div><div>Even though we had driven back & forth across the border in the Peace Garden, we still officially drove through customs again to take the picture of the Manitoba welcome sign.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlcjilinCUYk6EEg6OYguERI05ltCi8u6FgeuQ8uBDLoj2riFGNflHIBfnZ9A7FdoTJWaAdhrBpBrRBF5T0rnp-ZNHzlRpWwMzQTjnbXRoAxpnc-mhF9SUUMnpAEodW90ObCZMXfhKiVU/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+054.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496943576168208722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlcjilinCUYk6EEg6OYguERI05ltCi8u6FgeuQ8uBDLoj2riFGNflHIBfnZ9A7FdoTJWaAdhrBpBrRBF5T0rnp-ZNHzlRpWwMzQTjnbXRoAxpnc-mhF9SUUMnpAEodW90ObCZMXfhKiVU/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+054.JPG" /></a></div><div>The Northernmost point of the trip</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhecYgrvj0kVho-X6rZNf5RadJtIbziJLKXLbLCYBSNcraTCYHYfu79rzTx5Q3TSmxfmKAObWxkd3OrYA3m4HMLS6AQHXG5ytZpzxbn7yKZsMPTbzJ3MYBc6GasK0D79uKTAwWpzQOH5v4/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+057.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 238px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496943589482803362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhecYgrvj0kVho-X6rZNf5RadJtIbziJLKXLbLCYBSNcraTCYHYfu79rzTx5Q3TSmxfmKAObWxkd3OrYA3m4HMLS6AQHXG5ytZpzxbn7yKZsMPTbzJ3MYBc6GasK0D79uKTAwWpzQOH5v4/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+057.JPG" /></a></div><div>and then back through customs to North Dakota.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vQxZIx3dtJR_7i8jrdR_t4WcrEIFOLTTEyhTVH9PrreBG7RmyOgIdiDXBaswmyJewo1WC7zMBSbYilE3z1wdd6ktm83v94tFj8uMNV4fK4yKxMj5OFgRPGIoR9C4mcIMBXsN3FjKVD0/s1600/wanda+pics+270.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536912223973335874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vQxZIx3dtJR_7i8jrdR_t4WcrEIFOLTTEyhTVH9PrreBG7RmyOgIdiDXBaswmyJewo1WC7zMBSbYilE3z1wdd6ktm83v94tFj8uMNV4fK4yKxMj5OFgRPGIoR9C4mcIMBXsN3FjKVD0/s320/wanda+pics+270.JPG" /></a></div><div>About an hour south of the Peace Garden is Rugby, ND</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyAEWmLwsmvpMNFNE3QNO4rLScrX9p2e6jdSZzyS8ZKRNqoW5dvv3zbuKhQ_HPHdDucDdRollba6lUUaqQ-QMCPEzhhX6k5eofcbBfBeGE1UgqF4Uegya_DrF8xwUeDQWh212RqtAof_Y/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+062.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496943607846727970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyAEWmLwsmvpMNFNE3QNO4rLScrX9p2e6jdSZzyS8ZKRNqoW5dvv3zbuKhQ_HPHdDucDdRollba6lUUaqQ-QMCPEzhhX6k5eofcbBfBeGE1UgqF4Uegya_DrF8xwUeDQWh212RqtAof_Y/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+062.JPG" /></a></div><div>Another Absolute Location. The visitor center was really amazing. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IplQoChDT9owgiYMU4v-l8eF7OOFyrxD5lk0wkEMsxUqYGEpwOYci-bmnglE5pPccVDxQ-d9ybEOfrUt9lUn7XHJVNrOyU_kdV1FmbEyWeLwUQJqF_S-Lg-wFq_Vogp2QzXG-Y-QEcY/s1600/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+060.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496945179114327058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IplQoChDT9owgiYMU4v-l8eF7OOFyrxD5lk0wkEMsxUqYGEpwOYci-bmnglE5pPccVDxQ-d9ybEOfrUt9lUn7XHJVNrOyU_kdV1FmbEyWeLwUQJqF_S-Lg-wFq_Vogp2QzXG-Y-QEcY/s320/Day+31+Canada,Peace+Garden,Rugby+060.JPG" /></a></div><div>In a little 30' square building they had tourist info & maps from all 50 states, all the provinces & territories of Canada and Mexico.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiou3X3MCFLtsv5-BKFiZ8JnyQdKZww3JL14Ainj557X8YBd4kpGLbQcmBjt01iArlHFw3qscO9n4lafQ_WeaMCehSbox6juNSPc_VaIOXM8d2ZYaiGGX0ZSttUzSoFJnfyXYhEJvxZxJQ/s1600/wanda+pics+286.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507705094587958962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiou3X3MCFLtsv5-BKFiZ8JnyQdKZww3JL14Ainj557X8YBd4kpGLbQcmBjt01iArlHFw3qscO9n4lafQ_WeaMCehSbox6juNSPc_VaIOXM8d2ZYaiGGX0ZSttUzSoFJnfyXYhEJvxZxJQ/s320/wanda+pics+286.JPG" /></a><br />Our 20th state. Back in Minnesota , "Land of 10,00 Lakes", my mother's home. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIzALCOV1-J0nzPRqKsaKFk1YcHzXUYyH94ei2yDKbCNVV11EDT0F0B590wOBoIG10Z-0AjhrZ8mZdOd0IDc92i-D5B6fosJaCOES2kr3iNPEDiCGnCwCBhnQXFNYL6f9FTLKLDgb4Ts/s1600/wanda+pics+293.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536912244776984274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIzALCOV1-J0nzPRqKsaKFk1YcHzXUYyH94ei2yDKbCNVV11EDT0F0B590wOBoIG10Z-0AjhrZ8mZdOd0IDc92i-D5B6fosJaCOES2kr3iNPEDiCGnCwCBhnQXFNYL6f9FTLKLDgb4Ts/s320/wanda+pics+293.JPG" /></a></div><div>When I was a kid coming here to visit the relatives, Dad would always get us to start counting all the lakes we saw in MN. including every farm pond & mud puddle. Wanda was driving & I was sleeping so no lakes were counted on this trip. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-80668851425988326502010-07-20T22:52:00.009-04:002012-01-13T21:25:26.161-05:00Day 30 Knife River Indian Villages & Minot ND<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpY2mivaIcQi4xrZithyphenhyphenBEGzlqt15CzpQ3d6LMAfI0mOCvRU3ftihNlWqr2857MNTKXoMENqStIYva3IlsfMaBZJtNVh_ji0Fz7ds4rhYne1DSto99GgIL5cJoQJ8_gDcnChAPwBH_atA/s1600/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+001.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496922427354537234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpY2mivaIcQi4xrZithyphenhyphenBEGzlqt15CzpQ3d6LMAfI0mOCvRU3ftihNlWqr2857MNTKXoMENqStIYva3IlsfMaBZJtNVh_ji0Fz7ds4rhYne1DSto99GgIL5cJoQJ8_gDcnChAPwBH_atA/s320/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+001.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>Knife River Indian Villages NHS in Central ND <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizb3TnX2__R45cuvyhIWjGdSzTEmIqy40R31n3E8MK46bQ9-dNGsaWTI_S0Nyi5K3ZwYXpUd82u3sz8jFKnE92AGywXL-Bgw-IeKx5hamJygJuYUbFiwGyVLNaqb3QTcCyDSpxjy9OXLA/s1600/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+040.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496923778076828594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizb3TnX2__R45cuvyhIWjGdSzTEmIqy40R31n3E8MK46bQ9-dNGsaWTI_S0Nyi5K3ZwYXpUd82u3sz8jFKnE92AGywXL-Bgw-IeKx5hamJygJuYUbFiwGyVLNaqb3QTcCyDSpxjy9OXLA/s320/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+040.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div>is where the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Indian tribes had their villages when the Lewis & Clark & the Corps of Discovery wintered in 1803-4 and met Sakakawea.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWHTF0WeVPahKY7_uKjXBCbBtp53uLlah1-FOOahg6arjqUzEjVMaZYEvY6TQVOKiI4BQBPkaNJRCcr9EfKx8LXMPvJ5HDULT3VU2PAEl_EgEavF5oTwowWww48fS1PJNwKxOFevsyI0/s1600/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+062.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496926543267747858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWHTF0WeVPahKY7_uKjXBCbBtp53uLlah1-FOOahg6arjqUzEjVMaZYEvY6TQVOKiI4BQBPkaNJRCcr9EfKx8LXMPvJ5HDULT3VU2PAEl_EgEavF5oTwowWww48fS1PJNwKxOFevsyI0/s320/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+062.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>When Lewis & Clark arrived, the villages were composed of earth lodges estimated to contain about 10,000 people - the 2nd largest city in America.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKWF9LDS-_vyGqQeeGQ_-aKcdrhzj0M_wLSunHMAyiyyD_L7T5aD2GP0b6xYKrvr_mcw3YuEBwvNhNRcpHos3qd09LFVtCq3g8kP5wOBjwH2834DZ6Qb_VwAFAz8j5BLv_xItGEYeJqnw/s1600/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+034.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496926532705627794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKWF9LDS-_vyGqQeeGQ_-aKcdrhzj0M_wLSunHMAyiyyD_L7T5aD2GP0b6xYKrvr_mcw3YuEBwvNhNRcpHos3qd09LFVtCq3g8kP5wOBjwH2834DZ6Qb_VwAFAz8j5BLv_xItGEYeJqnw/s320/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+034.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWHTF0WeVPahKY7_uKjXBCbBtp53uLlah1-FOOahg6arjqUzEjVMaZYEvY6TQVOKiI4BQBPkaNJRCcr9EfKx8LXMPvJ5HDULT3VU2PAEl_EgEavF5oTwowWww48fS1PJNwKxOFevsyI0/s1600/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+062.JPG"></a></div><br /><div>The tribes were non-nomadic & grew crops.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSS_ksMnjgTx-RYUq2jaf5mDvjokGONN2ngrP38obFa7umS5KKvoN6j0Hw9WMhr-LQvg0fXLZVN0czKTBhyphenhyphenuJzFIRApKgb3OBpVTby199mxzIrlDbWBiANIi-9HsvV1HulKMIEoeHc7-k/s1600/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+081.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536904923396625330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSS_ksMnjgTx-RYUq2jaf5mDvjokGONN2ngrP38obFa7umS5KKvoN6j0Hw9WMhr-LQvg0fXLZVN0czKTBhyphenhyphenuJzFIRApKgb3OBpVTby199mxzIrlDbWBiANIi-9HsvV1HulKMIEoeHc7-k/s320/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+081.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>The villages were the centers of trade in the northern plains with other tribes & French & later American fur trappers.,<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj46B3erDd9mfQ1oggYR920dcJZuVSZNHFct2eeSFEZTHL1sALEy91VIaJXi4TTpGjDGHBjpXI89OYpcrqk3fSHwcQPiY8QvQJMizGDmMm0tE4jsYnX_LBenWJ3astkq8Q2UQIvvD3jEA/s1600/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+032.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496922436933549010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj46B3erDd9mfQ1oggYR920dcJZuVSZNHFct2eeSFEZTHL1sALEy91VIaJXi4TTpGjDGHBjpXI89OYpcrqk3fSHwcQPiY8QvQJMizGDmMm0tE4jsYnX_LBenWJ3astkq8Q2UQIvvD3jEA/s320/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+032.JPG" /></a><br />The earth lodge was built according to one remaining Native American woman's oral history passed down from her mother. As with many other Indian cultures, the housing, possessions & family was controlled by the women.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUuK_-ShV1nKfHJjfB_s5s8W0lRmdIEpHabxU267rSGLtXNxtnV7v2lzRyS2dkNXh5KyR_J3Gajd_x-HverLVksKQeY9yzWAOyds02H6VB4K2kAFV-M9fepxb0mzzdwRj0i19atNzRB9Q/s1600/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+017.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496922443602226050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUuK_-ShV1nKfHJjfB_s5s8W0lRmdIEpHabxU267rSGLtXNxtnV7v2lzRyS2dkNXh5KyR_J3Gajd_x-HverLVksKQeY9yzWAOyds02H6VB4K2kAFV-M9fepxb0mzzdwRj0i19atNzRB9Q/s320/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+017.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div>The earth lodge was built by the women, the men erected the 4 posts & beams. The lodge housed an extended family of 20 - 30 in an area about 40 ft. around.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeC1cOeUY6Kc67j0hlQI-2yMOySD1cZ2hF4gLotxAMAIbSHOABWLQEf_K8eYU7XrLQtIeEEa0Yc22AVBzY3Q-H8rtuDlL_F20nVE4lHlfZhNFGlFdjQjw6n9NEVigrFY4IjcEDBLUpqQ/s1600/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+031.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496926522254821810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeC1cOeUY6Kc67j0hlQI-2yMOySD1cZ2hF4gLotxAMAIbSHOABWLQEf_K8eYU7XrLQtIeEEa0Yc22AVBzY3Q-H8rtuDlL_F20nVE4lHlfZhNFGlFdjQjw6n9NEVigrFY4IjcEDBLUpqQ/s320/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+031.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPxIwexj_trQyTAVky7byqyAyA5T0pFOS2x_6Th64iY5Qjow9YjpOt5zZTRd0TejaRtpTPAX61g5K7ThQwx_QWEU3XlbD9uz-prw9BtR2JR2JLq8v-O-_uHVYJ-wWMcCVOtdIWoT_ErE/s1600/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+030.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496932526591495138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPxIwexj_trQyTAVky7byqyAyA5T0pFOS2x_6Th64iY5Qjow9YjpOt5zZTRd0TejaRtpTPAX61g5K7ThQwx_QWEU3XlbD9uz-prw9BtR2JR2JLq8v-O-_uHVYJ-wWMcCVOtdIWoT_ErE/s320/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+030.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div>We had a great ranger talk describing all the artifacts, tools & utensils , etc. The earth lodge and artifacts were some of the most impressive Indian stuff we've seen & learned on this trip.</div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNXYjlO_Ww8A15O3-QtSbzEgou-fDPFnNF577ovaa2TLVFpSdmuzZWenadebwtoyuOVtJigxYROzFp9JuUyZemwhUf_Z-cmAexAP1cNiaRqyn2GGgk8cffCjKVwDpYgOLzn_aH7WjnauQ/s1600/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+020.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496922465750711730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNXYjlO_Ww8A15O3-QtSbzEgou-fDPFnNF577ovaa2TLVFpSdmuzZWenadebwtoyuOVtJigxYROzFp9JuUyZemwhUf_Z-cmAexAP1cNiaRqyn2GGgk8cffCjKVwDpYgOLzn_aH7WjnauQ/s320/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+020.JPG" /></a><br />an antler rake, digging stick & a hoe made from the scapula of a buffalo<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-WlVU0r0FZDbHhqrU_hCi_EamdCPIUOQoPrLDcNQDvtcVjIQGa4MH7bAAuUK9cxsMJ0PXfDzjTgL9Smcic7hyphenhyphenk3CGaKYGqeVcpe6m4v8jI-95-sLwRLscqsHRyS9Aw4RCy3VwAWWUd7g/s1600/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+070.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496923793443888098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-WlVU0r0FZDbHhqrU_hCi_EamdCPIUOQoPrLDcNQDvtcVjIQGa4MH7bAAuUK9cxsMJ0PXfDzjTgL9Smcic7hyphenhyphenk3CGaKYGqeVcpe6m4v8jI-95-sLwRLscqsHRyS9Aw4RCy3VwAWWUd7g/s320/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+070.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div>We stopped at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, the site of Fort Mandan, about 1/2 hour from the Indian Villages on the other side of the Missouri River.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeoWJwRmgikrX05Sjce4Uk9bO6zmd-8rkhaTy0aEpA6UmQPnkQruZ5zmHSMF8XXjUsyuHwmDAfJzCd495V0eYIC7gqlRMZRy5rbjPbaK_sm2iJe0Fahao2MqacCWcdBfys74A1MmbEp4/s1600/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+072.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536904934195776738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeoWJwRmgikrX05Sjce4Uk9bO6zmd-8rkhaTy0aEpA6UmQPnkQruZ5zmHSMF8XXjUsyuHwmDAfJzCd495V0eYIC7gqlRMZRy5rbjPbaK_sm2iJe0Fahao2MqacCWcdBfys74A1MmbEp4/s320/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+072.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div>I took alot of pictures of the Indians artifacts</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3E-PI5WXjXTRNfi_5-2zZ4HMLocasfOuwcYGjJsH4PvJ3jrPRAKOsVEmeZYIbvdBKhQ5yVrNDNGoxE6SPMWIQkWp7VHpNGhFBm-955GVWWiVGCSj7GHCxJxG7eWB7oIXNPvXSnDt1FBM/s1600/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+078.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496923800064152802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3E-PI5WXjXTRNfi_5-2zZ4HMLocasfOuwcYGjJsH4PvJ3jrPRAKOsVEmeZYIbvdBKhQ5yVrNDNGoxE6SPMWIQkWp7VHpNGhFBm-955GVWWiVGCSj7GHCxJxG7eWB7oIXNPvXSnDt1FBM/s320/Day+30+Knife+River,+Lewis+%26+Clark+%26+Minot+ND+078.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div>and dioramas to use in class.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-89920055661852522482010-07-18T01:59:00.012-04:002010-11-20T16:57:07.378-05:00Day 29 Enchanted Highway & Theodore Roosevelt, NDBelle Fourche is on the northern end of the Black Hills, SD on our way to ND<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZLGMn9wstgZqeit_g4XhczVsBUWnsqgzjteLhcqAJbceI-iEQWpImUaL78pRMU5e54W2shyphenhyphengrr_jlb0Mj2BPYAtFrpN9PKqTdieaDjAT16fyKFkpDEYxvElmHokQsEfRH-1oS3-j9IeU/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+001.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495123027084103506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZLGMn9wstgZqeit_g4XhczVsBUWnsqgzjteLhcqAJbceI-iEQWpImUaL78pRMU5e54W2shyphenhyphengrr_jlb0Mj2BPYAtFrpN9PKqTdieaDjAT16fyKFkpDEYxvElmHokQsEfRH-1oS3-j9IeU/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+001.JPG" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmMWnRm7GQLOZ78LBHTBIYCvH0LzsgXY16tcoEiXfC1j05Z-eoPMcucsueDeQ1_DXJ0BCTorw9iNru1wwBqNaquHEIJ7h45Cqr4SSbjNgg9KQX2JJQoGRzAYNIpgUjaF3xSKg4gPQcnc/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+003.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496104059456524674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmMWnRm7GQLOZ78LBHTBIYCvH0LzsgXY16tcoEiXfC1j05Z-eoPMcucsueDeQ1_DXJ0BCTorw9iNru1wwBqNaquHEIJ7h45Cqr4SSbjNgg9KQX2JJQoGRzAYNIpgUjaF3xSKg4gPQcnc/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+003.JPG" /></a><br /><div>They have the monument in a nice park along the river and a great museum, altough we didn't have time to do more than take some pictures.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWX6y9lcgfxNw5p0zD1IzHMIJuTPBP7_fEFIptyUVO_UrRdS4q8QA8UiC9AO6fkZRQy-hUiA6CKxw55IXszizpGvgT0UwMCHmseacVypTshCUfJoz99ttuvSl7eKEBSBkSFw8n4mzido/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+008.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495123031705912034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWX6y9lcgfxNw5p0zD1IzHMIJuTPBP7_fEFIptyUVO_UrRdS4q8QA8UiC9AO6fkZRQy-hUiA6CKxw55IXszizpGvgT0UwMCHmseacVypTshCUfJoz99ttuvSl7eKEBSBkSFw8n4mzido/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+008.JPG" /></a><br />This is one of the Absolute Locations we're visiting on this trip ( NCSCOS- 5 Themes of Geography)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR55CobyOwJ_Cwf3x-szRDjrurhMMZLveODOeUKowXF8dMKUHhegDxVDr_UE1U01CZUZSy7tYLh1Orhsa30L3Yk-S5zMXSgB2JRCP6OI4_odStEhozVPVfmChgTMg3_bNWGAYvTyrPzYg/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+010.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495123037967626370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR55CobyOwJ_Cwf3x-szRDjrurhMMZLveODOeUKowXF8dMKUHhegDxVDr_UE1U01CZUZSy7tYLh1Orhsa30L3Yk-S5zMXSgB2JRCP6OI4_odStEhozVPVfmChgTMg3_bNWGAYvTyrPzYg/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+010.JPG" /></a><br />Some locals were using the sign as target practice. It's on US 85 about 20 miles from the closest town.</div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495123045951062754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVZr-wAwNcYPWWLVkogzwZLCjhxZRWidLHJskMEaSoBbIzgfOgu6zhpNzZLW7G9IGY5x6E4X-sICrPgyyDzs6ZrDPZu7muFA_gfwJmXsWsDKH8lquwQLBFu_Ubb8281QrdemsSHlGZM8s/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+013.JPG" /></div><div>The Enchanted Highway - about 30 miles between Regent & Gladstone ND is the site of the World's Largest Scrap Metal Sculptures</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ft63rrmEI9k7_aDdjwzVjfEnb5AOxBvMzTkmQjPXsBeMltG8lXF0aUITw8q1dSJ4bAsBFLXc7UHeHT81a71GQzgkivF6l2pviSz_lbjEiccEi98MiyQ1p8sivnoMkgIKpmDOPB8edKw/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+016.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496104483001564562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ft63rrmEI9k7_aDdjwzVjfEnb5AOxBvMzTkmQjPXsBeMltG8lXF0aUITw8q1dSJ4bAsBFLXc7UHeHT81a71GQzgkivF6l2pviSz_lbjEiccEi98MiyQ1p8sivnoMkgIKpmDOPB8edKw/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+016.JPG" /></a></div><div>We discovered this attraction when Wanda was recovering from surgery & I got a bunch of the state tourism brochures. She saw this on the map & I looked it up, so we had to see it.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEim3mCP9DH_rPYOUtFbCMgJVUKj7yeX41Hu02O9Xu1Anrf_qksMI2_sHuEf0VpKYLHr8-XCXeWJrizA1YE8KFjFrdKBaq_z6hRoP0ZbdvE44csPyrDLhjrqXHki8uWPzUyGIMxTZfoIA/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+014.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541720000101014722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEim3mCP9DH_rPYOUtFbCMgJVUKj7yeX41Hu02O9Xu1Anrf_qksMI2_sHuEf0VpKYLHr8-XCXeWJrizA1YE8KFjFrdKBaq_z6hRoP0ZbdvE44csPyrDLhjrqXHki8uWPzUyGIMxTZfoIA/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+014.JPG" /></a></div><div>The creator Gary Greff is a retired HS principal who came up with the idea of using scrap metal from local farms to create the sculptures as a way of drawing tourists to the little town of Regent. Birds actually built nests in the metal pine tree.</div><div><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495469683909182194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzgTWcCq6Gg40WViQisADWKGbyar4sMgvY0HuURW4ZAHbrclx91PIA5fuH10IrwcCVFIah_fRC0I5_41qlfxcg2MQV19eV1gUz60uNe6AnJSXLcvW4HcJjyWHlXOVcJGXden1HvGdUMTA/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+018.JPG" /></div><div>Check out the website <a href="http://www.enchantedhighway.net/"><span style="color:#cc0000;">http://www.enchantedhighway.net/</span></a> for details like sizes and construction materials on the sculptures . "if you build it they will come." </div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopSUDFeFI1wWFjH6Ywk9iWaYTx9iE4QMIz_4eIOU5e0CsIiqPfydEAfzXy2P2WNIzH2BPpScl_VU8j6tqch9z9d9TXaPqm5nghzFJRirTUzqiasZShbX_V1FGXM4v-G6VBy7vIyVurH8/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+029.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495123049981853250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopSUDFeFI1wWFjH6Ywk9iWaYTx9iE4QMIz_4eIOU5e0CsIiqPfydEAfzXy2P2WNIzH2BPpScl_VU8j6tqch9z9d9TXaPqm5nghzFJRirTUzqiasZShbX_V1FGXM4v-G6VBy7vIyVurH8/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+029.JPG" /></a></div><div>The World's Largest Tin Family. </div><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495124271990818130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqm1udZk5Q7by2X7AdYFK4TUNNrmDQCNuSD-Z56MwHJQuQi1fEzAZzCptOLRRtDYnwwSRb2W3oeQZTK71RBH9UUYdx4bEG4A9Z4H2DJIEbMOF5WMsp7l1VAB6Dqanpp2XTOwCCW5NPrDg/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+028.JPG" /><br /><div>Tin Pa</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghViknc3n0jU5SDKj2tIMQxnoJiR6QaLftmXyVlOxjfKmp7-naWBloyQtFeotIvzJYsWkPEtPIjKk75bNuTvWqmERStvSGsv0xGff0J5nnHnFGlQthsoPMkZ98E3OAUWcIr8M5a17Wl1c/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+027.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495124286239697106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghViknc3n0jU5SDKj2tIMQxnoJiR6QaLftmXyVlOxjfKmp7-naWBloyQtFeotIvzJYsWkPEtPIjKk75bNuTvWqmERStvSGsv0xGff0J5nnHnFGlQthsoPMkZ98E3OAUWcIr8M5a17Wl1c/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+027.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Tin Ma</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTh5U9XseX2HNgucH2ngYNAoHi2dlJp-7sbEx2EPw3smbUlKFdysBynMdw-KX9X5zqnNvdqIHQrXZk1YWV0bTEJpQzCG_6Nn-PJa_Ghq5V-IP75R0S9GAWQT7dk_d_3_DYHCfX6Sfg9g/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+025.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495124280617463202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTh5U9XseX2HNgucH2ngYNAoHi2dlJp-7sbEx2EPw3smbUlKFdysBynMdw-KX9X5zqnNvdqIHQrXZk1YWV0bTEJpQzCG_6Nn-PJa_Ghq5V-IP75R0S9GAWQT7dk_d_3_DYHCfX6Sfg9g/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+025.JPG" /></a></div><div>Tin Son<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNRHH2X4kD8xafxJc_s-G8_pYPhNHJDWaCytNgd67ktkYLVzreXc6RpQja9NTNxbdHV76M2XHysnXZ02ePky94qKRW4zYVAwjycCbR4e1iTlLJrYB9wJgMAaMpt4pGT0rNwpz3NQbs4E0/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+034.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495124288960386258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNRHH2X4kD8xafxJc_s-G8_pYPhNHJDWaCytNgd67ktkYLVzreXc6RpQja9NTNxbdHV76M2XHysnXZ02ePky94qKRW4zYVAwjycCbR4e1iTlLJrYB9wJgMAaMpt4pGT0rNwpz3NQbs4E0/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+034.JPG" /></a></div><div>Teddy Roosevelt Rides Again<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq4Nphaq1TJmAfUhpYCfJagNeRFMn8X2ckwMQZ9pJo-xo8mzyU7-fmqmUWigxjOt4kZ0uvScpZIkkCpGMFz7YKrnMMKWcWgEZuZ4LaGTL356k6U90pFA3jKS4Nao6QQj-f7YzANIfGVLg/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+031.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496107833072170994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq4Nphaq1TJmAfUhpYCfJagNeRFMn8X2ckwMQZ9pJo-xo8mzyU7-fmqmUWigxjOt4kZ0uvScpZIkkCpGMFz7YKrnMMKWcWgEZuZ4LaGTL356k6U90pFA3jKS4Nao6QQj-f7YzANIfGVLg/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+031.JPG" /></a><br />Each sculpture has a parking area, covered picnic table and a kiosk with info about the sculpture and copies of news & magazine articles about the Highway & Gary Greff. ( Wanda's in the stage coach)</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXIus6P8V5rLGtlDrPoALGDRDuVbh5m6B-6nhYwixs-La-byvE9DJxaMAlaw6RbW_dZuTJLqvPtY1rbQe2Gh8orreeFzl_90of8asSVwtsI4mrt2F8MX2-A4g-3Mfwq8p5JSmERR38EI/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+041.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541720026330235458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXIus6P8V5rLGtlDrPoALGDRDuVbh5m6B-6nhYwixs-La-byvE9DJxaMAlaw6RbW_dZuTJLqvPtY1rbQe2Gh8orreeFzl_90of8asSVwtsI4mrt2F8MX2-A4g-3Mfwq8p5JSmERR38EI/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+041.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQzFEG73CRMKbQv1oPy-kbBHf1YnyF9YZXr9zOHWO6SEgsKqOUCGIeA1M1p5tlCqurgG2hrvnF1ATLevnrwT-SZvktCXa92ldLhdVLUbu28Nyy6DrNARAlhd57J6ecKMkAJWgcQLRbe8/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+039.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495124299768453586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQzFEG73CRMKbQv1oPy-kbBHf1YnyF9YZXr9zOHWO6SEgsKqOUCGIeA1M1p5tlCqurgG2hrvnF1ATLevnrwT-SZvktCXa92ldLhdVLUbu28Nyy6DrNARAlhd57J6ecKMkAJWgcQLRbe8/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+039.JPG" /></a></div><div>Pheasants on the Prairie</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XcxohAfIwAMldmm4RBgHuWDyXKwxwp7VJcicjozz9yKyRYQ4Si7oEJynOIMeupFb_i80n673_BNbIINX1DqCTg4szIx9VIMvxgHLwcLwH0HizMWdyXdxo0mQcdLJ_HeIAt5YXfGKt4o/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+045.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496110713547082738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XcxohAfIwAMldmm4RBgHuWDyXKwxwp7VJcicjozz9yKyRYQ4Si7oEJynOIMeupFb_i80n673_BNbIINX1DqCTg4szIx9VIMvxgHLwcLwH0HizMWdyXdxo0mQcdLJ_HeIAt5YXfGKt4o/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+045.JPG" /></a></div><div>This was very impressive the way the wire mesh was bent & painted.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmp5kRIezexORPF6FwTnWrJPfX59_MrYTODSyCOA8nuktdaeizHF2OYfGVsYLVI193B64OyH1M8nUeUqQOH9EJraKMbC6I1UGfE_2LZH0kawsUt2LCXdKH-t6mep6X5iS5HyCSfXhaomI/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+049.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495465184902255906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmp5kRIezexORPF6FwTnWrJPfX59_MrYTODSyCOA8nuktdaeizHF2OYfGVsYLVI193B64OyH1M8nUeUqQOH9EJraKMbC6I1UGfE_2LZH0kawsUt2LCXdKH-t6mep6X5iS5HyCSfXhaomI/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+049.JPG" /></a><br />Pheasant Chicks<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdRd9GSWKwd4KO3Nohh15G5iDJoUIGKMTPVZ0X1QmFqmT84L4eiHWWr6gyLByHeak6nVVFk7qpiPIQNl6AavCxDsH0E295kG530twlRModYXZRbPjhCEOomCAJnoh8h_Uw7XJEABXvwc/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+044.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496107847169603426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdRd9GSWKwd4KO3Nohh15G5iDJoUIGKMTPVZ0X1QmFqmT84L4eiHWWr6gyLByHeak6nVVFk7qpiPIQNl6AavCxDsH0E295kG530twlRModYXZRbPjhCEOomCAJnoh8h_Uw7XJEABXvwc/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+044.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The Pheasants are on the corner of 102nd St. NW & 61st St. in the middle of nowhere, Hettinger County, ND. We were really puzzled at their street numbering system, miles from any sign of life is a dirt road- 61st St.?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRtK33-JVK-E-zbl4nEvQ-D1j6rKjqDpYM4EZ8MKK-CqAGLxhuzW27xTdJFHdZkzCX3xxxq9IUQ6iyZ5oQOtT1LVu41XMft3CT7gTk0BkUs7Pp7H7ymuvSHay0ZyKLVOsK-PJUWnKzyw/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+051.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496107856421735842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRtK33-JVK-E-zbl4nEvQ-D1j6rKjqDpYM4EZ8MKK-CqAGLxhuzW27xTdJFHdZkzCX3xxxq9IUQ6iyZ5oQOtT1LVu41XMft3CT7gTk0BkUs7Pp7H7ymuvSHay0ZyKLVOsK-PJUWnKzyw/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+051.JPG" /></a><br />The view fron the corner... Why'd they need a stop sign?</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Bofp3Cy6YTjdANsvNuFxY97TeoAbx2BxeebHy4rqJbZQn0RC8ZFx5-ozYpksxShBWCmX2wCsLr3j0ODovWeeWqWmF6KVrpTnriBrUdyUzBJ0tUhWIgkg-rWqTzoF6GAdDTMC1YnvQA0/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+055.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541720038891170834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Bofp3Cy6YTjdANsvNuFxY97TeoAbx2BxeebHy4rqJbZQn0RC8ZFx5-ozYpksxShBWCmX2wCsLr3j0ODovWeeWqWmF6KVrpTnriBrUdyUzBJ0tUhWIgkg-rWqTzoF6GAdDTMC1YnvQA0/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+055.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAYOmMrOxBxZkDqFey3SqHEFpZMGFEcg4DCdiYD0OywBygV7xZtz3Px8krP8DpVaAEkaDMzVl3A1Szrc_NmuEHqdwqbRR38rY2_kwmzUup7zHVEtrTif8r6iYO_C7JDUJ-TjxUvteqvc/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+056.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496110722265836290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAYOmMrOxBxZkDqFey3SqHEFpZMGFEcg4DCdiYD0OywBygV7xZtz3Px8krP8DpVaAEkaDMzVl3A1Szrc_NmuEHqdwqbRR38rY2_kwmzUup7zHVEtrTif8r6iYO_C7JDUJ-TjxUvteqvc/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+056.JPG" /></a></div><div>Fisherman's Dream was the most elaborate of the sculptures.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwR_nIgVNwuaFcFLyNHmeyvYtZiUGXy6c41a_fNi51AF3AMl_YWW5odJERZiPfI3ZI6L46mjdPh8qhLW7JjopgvD2XKcnUOh2pLr4ppeym4eLOyfZAW3vkhmM7x7mb8-m0HAq1ZPmeKU/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+063.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496110731502946930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwR_nIgVNwuaFcFLyNHmeyvYtZiUGXy6c41a_fNi51AF3AMl_YWW5odJERZiPfI3ZI6L46mjdPh8qhLW7JjopgvD2XKcnUOh2pLr4ppeym4eLOyfZAW3vkhmM7x7mb8-m0HAq1ZPmeKU/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+063.JPG" /></a></div><div><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541720051886221634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZMNBYSg8BQ_kLrwlSnCMYd15IOvjLcxmiBGpFxn958SMM2DN481Tg40d1jw75IuVZjpXfriT6cUSIOD3IFc_jDj49B_AJapZy9mp6DKRfrtdOk4o974z21df6-aeAqRNqySByTsF1vk/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+062.JPG" /></div><div>We spent the most time walking through the sculpture </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGdjrL-ymx5IPPsdPrHtJMY9cbbXEeNYrBW33sxob62djCbdXJIak3H9p12IrmLDdJmmmAtky0lwwPpJIiNq3CA7LMQdVDEl8cv3Zc3mrmaVCXOB4sd5ZQnoreu9sS6s9Hpc8CMl0C4A/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+061.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495462032038392466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGdjrL-ymx5IPPsdPrHtJMY9cbbXEeNYrBW33sxob62djCbdXJIak3H9p12IrmLDdJmmmAtky0lwwPpJIiNq3CA7LMQdVDEl8cv3Zc3mrmaVCXOB4sd5ZQnoreu9sS6s9Hpc8CMl0C4A/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+061.JPG" /></a></div><div>looking at all the different fishes from different angles.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0RO2hdO11-qalZvwcFnpNaVfqzBy78Cbi-rGcHkCSqiIsCAhrTqioZmaFnzLTwIgCciGgcs9YYaYp7L9gO5Q5KeLMvrNxsctSARPNRiBMv3pjZsxjuH1kgulYEsDB9d7Cut_JG8gYWmM/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+072.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495465193363837714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0RO2hdO11-qalZvwcFnpNaVfqzBy78Cbi-rGcHkCSqiIsCAhrTqioZmaFnzLTwIgCciGgcs9YYaYp7L9gO5Q5KeLMvrNxsctSARPNRiBMv3pjZsxjuH1kgulYEsDB9d7Cut_JG8gYWmM/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+072.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOSvdinnvW2Rn6TLgqsrqE-fHe2B5Jy3irZ4qO5gJVVAFmRV0rDMwJe0t8DpRXG2LKGivB-fFz6wU-y4kR7tRDgX7pwmPbcLUUnfdGcVSq9IUuBhKC8_EFYHv7joM1md7yg74LPhiTg0/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+075.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496110750304395090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOSvdinnvW2Rn6TLgqsrqE-fHe2B5Jy3irZ4qO5gJVVAFmRV0rDMwJe0t8DpRXG2LKGivB-fFz6wU-y4kR7tRDgX7pwmPbcLUUnfdGcVSq9IUuBhKC8_EFYHv7joM1md7yg74LPhiTg0/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+075.JPG" /></a></div><div>The details of the fishes scales and coloring was remarkable.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibL9d3g8jIOJijwHiFAHFVDHyOW21s6Er7UmoZcOMDTJQbGc-7dpeo8VVjD9sw4B9gXEsaD3f-JJSAp03CyeUjhxisXUzwiOBJVjuGWrdbRA627HlrLNRLMQCJr7v43nd-BiXqeW3CLdc/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+081.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496116775539635138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibL9d3g8jIOJijwHiFAHFVDHyOW21s6Er7UmoZcOMDTJQbGc-7dpeo8VVjD9sw4B9gXEsaD3f-JJSAp03CyeUjhxisXUzwiOBJVjuGWrdbRA627HlrLNRLMQCJr7v43nd-BiXqeW3CLdc/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+081.JPG" /></a></div><div>The car gives you some idea of the scale of the Grasshopper</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkKhJAAFJB15gTbpL9yCnIgzsAowt8xGh7_Gd5oCeQHL4j2fY1BKh4X1eLwBiKdt8CGuUHy0kCVz_j3_AR2fe4jpsWxPcj0QErOFVHQRq62yhT_kvl9a1AVZg1yPx9V4ld9oNgVgYFDM/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+084.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495469648215654146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkKhJAAFJB15gTbpL9yCnIgzsAowt8xGh7_Gd5oCeQHL4j2fY1BKh4X1eLwBiKdt8CGuUHy0kCVz_j3_AR2fe4jpsWxPcj0QErOFVHQRq62yhT_kvl9a1AVZg1yPx9V4ld9oNgVgYFDM/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+084.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-fIqcTqEedi3z5NVJ479HEnq6QXrVhJDZmNyh8IdDEx9eCLSwISlaRveJmMwEIVbVRD_6Yp7s90EtRP1Z3CRg6_7jIrLLDxUCzz8yKgvhyLITvN29KVj5Q6hE4MN55troHajd35kuvs/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+079.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496116785898311794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-fIqcTqEedi3z5NVJ479HEnq6QXrVhJDZmNyh8IdDEx9eCLSwISlaRveJmMwEIVbVRD_6Yp7s90EtRP1Z3CRg6_7jIrLLDxUCzz8yKgvhyLITvN29KVj5Q6hE4MN55troHajd35kuvs/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+079.JPG" /></a><br />Grasshoppers<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKficiQO5alY8DjsQZtDj0YodNr2JLwaNWwrP8W1HbzGz0k9S67CyzC8Rz8X6u9ZjcpK3B3LkgOakrBs1rWbZjsP_dcqLZkxLGeIusqM9lJER_9piraShJWPc6xrKjjxDw4jtvtrpB_oc/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+089.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495465213792421202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKficiQO5alY8DjsQZtDj0YodNr2JLwaNWwrP8W1HbzGz0k9S67CyzC8Rz8X6u9ZjcpK3B3LkgOakrBs1rWbZjsP_dcqLZkxLGeIusqM9lJER_9piraShJWPc6xrKjjxDw4jtvtrpB_oc/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+089.JPG" /></a><br />White Tail Deer - Wanda's standing at the rear leg to give you some perspective of the scale</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghL8mapHIh9s1XtrIRWly8gUe6tEL1BmT9NjLls6A1eDvHjeEfksBMo1pGt4IuUK8ul4Fen6igJcInuI8UAmbAJMZLHoeG9U1irrA3Yc5SocGWRmPuTlbcqbmdSRJ58xP4s9cwZstFCyc/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+094.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; 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HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541721932924938514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFhSjTwYkxzjIMlr1JytynAyz9QdJCXXdDIslB3k3wryaNVJ6_RbCaUR1TAuuEYtSkQxilF5sOHgZjmmxcJd1gUXIWfe1dh_RwPqzuuIV6C8CIyRhvCjj90QFzZ04egauAZ3ixzpjX1s/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+097.JPG" /></a></div><div>I can't imagine how many 100s of tons of metal is incorporated into all these sculptures.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjStDFUc7-7N3sUV-wVk1ClE6ISibAq8nqs8X3YqTxe6VuO9nqK2eYf7uHOV9VGBElboUjQx1eQPGKIdmjzALdtZLKV5PCakse0RlrdfmhFeNItu3lUIoobADYJmOQp6d0UsqrKzTGCJqQ/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+102.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495469655520538450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjStDFUc7-7N3sUV-wVk1ClE6ISibAq8nqs8X3YqTxe6VuO9nqK2eYf7uHOV9VGBElboUjQx1eQPGKIdmjzALdtZLKV5PCakse0RlrdfmhFeNItu3lUIoobADYJmOQp6d0UsqrKzTGCJqQ/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+102.JPG" /></a></div><div>Geese in Flight is recognized by the Guinness book as the world's largest scrap metal sculpture. I took this picture from about 5 miles away.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-irGpdUxkuL5MzA0tuZ1D7JCw-0iH-WnoAsYD4FWN2uDwtzevt9HYsb7TF10c2FcZROE-DclkHnBJZfSaqMswguZnn26eJdoazSCxcFf6R37tMtoEo7pNvqzidY5ShMIEPuz2hVYn7IY/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+115.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495469672507697970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-irGpdUxkuL5MzA0tuZ1D7JCw-0iH-WnoAsYD4FWN2uDwtzevt9HYsb7TF10c2FcZROE-DclkHnBJZfSaqMswguZnn26eJdoazSCxcFf6R37tMtoEo7pNvqzidY5ShMIEPuz2hVYn7IY/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+115.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WAV69cNGH6j92tKwmtEJtUUyo7Z0SkmDXi7GCO7tyNr8BnHTUWXkx-rTHG1UJPXoCWCAcd1S6xnlzpiqWIwpRa6BVV5KaQz545V9pKv81vWEEg9ppKswfe39lzd5GqzzwZR09XWcOXg/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+103.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496107864609921922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WAV69cNGH6j92tKwmtEJtUUyo7Z0SkmDXi7GCO7tyNr8BnHTUWXkx-rTHG1UJPXoCWCAcd1S6xnlzpiqWIwpRa6BVV5KaQz545V9pKv81vWEEg9ppKswfe39lzd5GqzzwZR09XWcOXg/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+103.JPG" /></a><br />the road leading to the parking lot</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsebAC6M7kKh9HM-lY0U_iVl9Lw4IkOSHuxpcUplmdtAf6GbyB9ZC_roy2xgRdoGCivduAxq1DKatI2Gq9z3c6hF9XYUPxguv1o9-aHV_NQuXh6wiXpXA9ZGcD2zNF90MMaf86JZEf2Sg/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+114.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495473653377053154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsebAC6M7kKh9HM-lY0U_iVl9Lw4IkOSHuxpcUplmdtAf6GbyB9ZC_roy2xgRdoGCivduAxq1DKatI2Gq9z3c6hF9XYUPxguv1o9-aHV_NQuXh6wiXpXA9ZGcD2zNF90MMaf86JZEf2Sg/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+114.JPG" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmDDlqO2N18FwqOs42JuWMgnu2rwc1g22nCZJ4ESl-Ft3DYPSBvZjKqVgShOcHOQk4jYEeos9JLhKrb0ufCebPCTtOf1FoRGmR9X1Xlt7MHtr_lK7ov1owMqnMqQeXu72lyEYptAqEx8/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+108.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495469667728327602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmDDlqO2N18FwqOs42JuWMgnu2rwc1g22nCZJ4ESl-Ft3DYPSBvZjKqVgShOcHOQk4jYEeos9JLhKrb0ufCebPCTtOf1FoRGmR9X1Xlt7MHtr_lK7ov1owMqnMqQeXu72lyEYptAqEx8/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+108.JPG" /></a></div><div>Geese in Flight is located at the exit on I-94. If I didn't know about it & saw this, I'd certainly get off the highway & check it out. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlvQm9sQkhApoqsDuRajSKcY1xL_CTzHKHWnsA9DZyzXfxTXeS_AkI08Jy-wMwzQwVvQSUQDhE8Oc7WjSIX_vKryc0ktK1tIE9ttwWTX5lWA6gxgE7jI6nEPIqzxDfhhRsSaTCuqjN5o/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+117.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495473660499778834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlvQm9sQkhApoqsDuRajSKcY1xL_CTzHKHWnsA9DZyzXfxTXeS_AkI08Jy-wMwzQwVvQSUQDhE8Oc7WjSIX_vKryc0ktK1tIE9ttwWTX5lWA6gxgE7jI6nEPIqzxDfhhRsSaTCuqjN5o/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+117.JPG" /></a></div><div>T R went to the North Dakota Badlands in 1883 to hunt after the deaths of his wife & mother and then started ranching.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImZVNntBT77fzkuz8NVWTz2AUOPE9ykf18YxhNUDifGRTdVqB2QGwUF1nCC4hgwsAY_duVhZAnGmUUE7bseixUdt6BoD7t7rd_C_lr_ajtHDK-LEQgxlr95SQOy8PgtpPSpKvaV3vI-w/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+120.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496120902225245362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImZVNntBT77fzkuz8NVWTz2AUOPE9ykf18YxhNUDifGRTdVqB2QGwUF1nCC4hgwsAY_duVhZAnGmUUE7bseixUdt6BoD7t7rd_C_lr_ajtHDK-LEQgxlr95SQOy8PgtpPSpKvaV3vI-w/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+120.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The park includes some of his ranch properties and some of the best of the badlands scenery.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUOkrk-BwTYcSDxU38Ro_pl08tO9J3DZJQrJVoumrTRnCVXeUAhNX5NPHD9W1143oDeBj_Mrje30duJOhZWrM1duTi4foHeOVe38pWIQAwRkHTBgHge7YLMRRVm0gV1YsRkaq3Y1ZtxU/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+119.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495473666111428914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUOkrk-BwTYcSDxU38Ro_pl08tO9J3DZJQrJVoumrTRnCVXeUAhNX5NPHD9W1143oDeBj_Mrje30duJOhZWrM1duTi4foHeOVe38pWIQAwRkHTBgHge7YLMRRVm0gV1YsRkaq3Y1ZtxU/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+119.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyF9o2OwE44DtfSJi_ePk2bkEI71JyETYzPuJlQGR0B60oYbMKT2-FBSzqOhRn52Q4Bj4u0fNjYwYGeKKjjr6N-eXHQhShiFV-0WFK_g9FvroPuBwjFllYgcgi_Pt-bfEumoM5edwicx8/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+162.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541723164274289602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyF9o2OwE44DtfSJi_ePk2bkEI71JyETYzPuJlQGR0B60oYbMKT2-FBSzqOhRn52Q4Bj4u0fNjYwYGeKKjjr6N-eXHQhShiFV-0WFK_g9FvroPuBwjFllYgcgi_Pt-bfEumoM5edwicx8/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+162.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIax7LKdUx4p6r1aSDUV4I_k3Stk8X9OtC1-tT2cYxDC6eSIjxyBdXqERtNCTo7drdQfl-5tk_1Ob6frTeyg4HDa7ikRf-H_OIoHmLHO5niPhlMbfSi1hHsKhcfNhCp0-TOmka4i5nvY/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+121.JPG"></a></div><div>Wanda was much more impressed with the North Dakota Badlands than SD</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPYj8T2rvG-TtamJymzyY8BbrBFsZj0dM_-kUi_-3Ad0Aix9fP6j_XU8nD94G2U7EFpLkcANfmBZZTX7onow6hKPSzMOzz2qR4dFVZuR4HieMRMBWmjFWdzVCCrSnZPYb_DxA6omLNlo/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+130.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541721939617318866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPYj8T2rvG-TtamJymzyY8BbrBFsZj0dM_-kUi_-3Ad0Aix9fP6j_XU8nD94G2U7EFpLkcANfmBZZTX7onow6hKPSzMOzz2qR4dFVZuR4HieMRMBWmjFWdzVCCrSnZPYb_DxA6omLNlo/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+130.JPG" /></a></div><div>The30 mile Park driving tour winds its way over the hills & </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqynhXld3dob0zOeMstWa8eEqMdOZHCqSYsa9ci264IJTUCc4axfW9iRmvNL7e12NX2Ny5iWBU5C9NSGe3-NSbFTocnVe3Dy7KTCgentKq_W8feekc0PueqEcsNIUqbJJeLCMZ6Cqq08/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+147.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541723148427051346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqynhXld3dob0zOeMstWa8eEqMdOZHCqSYsa9ci264IJTUCc4axfW9iRmvNL7e12NX2Ny5iWBU5C9NSGe3-NSbFTocnVe3Dy7KTCgentKq_W8feekc0PueqEcsNIUqbJJeLCMZ6Cqq08/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+147.JPG" /></a><br /><div>valleys with ever changing scenery.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGPuOrfE-qy_6HLJrXI0WacEIk0WiYPHscxyYzW0HOfl_kpo27qiOShYGKwE0OChKVs-d1oyjlB-bqZUxSY7G7hVOHjLa_JAmMrmo98_PZ7k7k_GJHt60_97OclJeSnnX01cL0Zylzs4w/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+135.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; 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HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495473687669878338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpspR9QmTvIZp5F55rTqNQfRuFwefRmkAh7NQ4m4dPQY4hi6RV_MY5-e-c92i1B4BquMcTd3Km1TKMd71pXJIOtwn-JzyW2mHJ_fllOUilmm383cFtn4JynCDJheg_ej2g1rvxFGYisk/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+124.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT_fW0Y_6ATxStQ51bHU1uekgfskJ8saB-Swj0rspuUwxcdF51VI9-x6nVJU7E-R5jGbWsC2Zm2ZI69wvycw4OauCaB9jo-9em2wxli0M_q2IUfaT_OwRHYx6AqE_6umHdjeEipeeAvWA/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+129.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495477620306658354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT_fW0Y_6ATxStQ51bHU1uekgfskJ8saB-Swj0rspuUwxcdF51VI9-x6nVJU7E-R5jGbWsC2Zm2ZI69wvycw4OauCaB9jo-9em2wxli0M_q2IUfaT_OwRHYx6AqE_6umHdjeEipeeAvWA/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+129.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT_fW0Y_6ATxStQ51bHU1uekgfskJ8saB-Swj0rspuUwxcdF51VI9-x6nVJU7E-R5jGbWsC2Zm2ZI69wvycw4OauCaB9jo-9em2wxli0M_q2IUfaT_OwRHYx6AqE_6umHdjeEipeeAvWA/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+129.JPG"></a></div><div>This was the largest herd of buffalo we've seen on the trip. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1h-oZATeoHq-VDx-ud2Oyzgbox5Rit_1SZlsEDyqUtetIz4p06xG2zwjuX5xsOY5HdJQvwDE3PY8-_VAGYy_Xby0QzGvIme6nIgkrTOw4_-6j4owMdysIbZHySdrt9eVeAubmzNTL7k/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+134.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; 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HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495477644004077490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKWJR4gb2vmlWY5UGDo83wexWHmwo5uXhD3ZCf_D8wpC_O2sy-m4cJKfbkFjQM_s839ohlbkfStlLyP4FOlgwHUfancBFduZLOS58Lm6b39O3HTWpGDCeyrARO4cGb03Fncyu2GEUUOM/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+165.JPG" /></a></div><div>some kind of bird looking rock </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQ2ZhnA-x4UlZqeKqSIq9F4JoMo7cZli3m9T6rqerQ0hU7EMWD7fb2uMJIwujyS9CXekt4haAP4OM1LLGsSGmh8f3tcKtTWnn885mbB36BvyL6W2Uslghttfv2rzElZm3RKzeluFFAR0/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+142.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541721968019094674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQ2ZhnA-x4UlZqeKqSIq9F4JoMo7cZli3m9T6rqerQ0hU7EMWD7fb2uMJIwujyS9CXekt4haAP4OM1LLGsSGmh8f3tcKtTWnn885mbB36BvyL6W2Uslghttfv2rzElZm3RKzeluFFAR0/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+142.JPG" /></a></div><div>I guess some folks would be tired of all different colors and shapes of rock erosion.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuc6wKdxdB49WRGjn8vcyymtS4U583QD5ei0xX1_y8gpJRTNbcDk1Yyj31LF4cDBTEgllly7f8a_5oanvnKutk7kMjVxgyjQRiXDyJaRdrOnbxTfZmN1n3yl-BQ6OKVwVqc0l23KVivo/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+167.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495477652952747810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuc6wKdxdB49WRGjn8vcyymtS4U583QD5ei0xX1_y8gpJRTNbcDk1Yyj31LF4cDBTEgllly7f8a_5oanvnKutk7kMjVxgyjQRiXDyJaRdrOnbxTfZmN1n3yl-BQ6OKVwVqc0l23KVivo/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%26+Teddy+Roosevelt+167.JPG" /></a></div><div>The red is scoria, sandstone that had been changed by heat.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYx7PF5LDF-N6EoGNVte2Bl6kquOrEFmrBIzDc1SooNPDwV4wP7h9OHXRvdPRTnedCE1HypmdhaZgCNkaWWvuXLOJs58uy1ESIK8xOECfltp5TGXtbjOrPq1Qof9eV5mNPKMp0HvQZV0/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+157.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541723154481011938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYx7PF5LDF-N6EoGNVte2Bl6kquOrEFmrBIzDc1SooNPDwV4wP7h9OHXRvdPRTnedCE1HypmdhaZgCNkaWWvuXLOJs58uy1ESIK8xOECfltp5TGXtbjOrPq1Qof9eV5mNPKMp0HvQZV0/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+157.JPG" /></a></div><div>One of the types of wildlife Wanda wanted to see was a herd of wild mustangs.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4kU-mNPeK2_m1uQgh7zbvq0FtU0lGy86R72pXBhoumUfNcdte1VjEi4Ae-0LkIzoP0iOTGLhBQGjVoWPATPbtadPqUZVbvrwVNKcpwEWKduW5dXCWN4TZMYJkwbMQ8AokuBqeH0MCz8/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+174.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541736863870836114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4kU-mNPeK2_m1uQgh7zbvq0FtU0lGy86R72pXBhoumUfNcdte1VjEi4Ae-0LkIzoP0iOTGLhBQGjVoWPATPbtadPqUZVbvrwVNKcpwEWKduW5dXCWN4TZMYJkwbMQ8AokuBqeH0MCz8/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+174.JPG" /></a></div><div>There were 3 Prairie dog towns in the park. These guys were watching</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMthljpPs1rxPgD-87CJmgJLqI5cnsNkrXUKQhmNO84-BGjPsHd8JLEFq1vUo1STfG_h2uCHhnpmi-c16Rz4PdZ0SrjddjqN_rPDBNKOSmV5klyL2rHzT9s2GaM-0Rb7sKKtadxhudQKo/s1600/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+178.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541736853434886722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMthljpPs1rxPgD-87CJmgJLqI5cnsNkrXUKQhmNO84-BGjPsHd8JLEFq1vUo1STfG_h2uCHhnpmi-c16Rz4PdZ0SrjddjqN_rPDBNKOSmV5klyL2rHzT9s2GaM-0Rb7sKKtadxhudQKo/s320/Day+29+Enchanted+Highway+%2526+Teddy+Roosevelt+178.JPG" /></a></div><div>this solitary Buffalo ambling towards them.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-58339168815504309272010-07-18T00:51:00.009-04:002010-07-20T17:26:59.506-04:00Day 28 Badlands and Wall Drug, SDThe Wi-Fi at the hotel in Rapid City was not cooperating so I'm posting this a day late. We headed east from Rapid City to the Badlands and stopped at Minuteman Missile NHS.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLoA8S0em6bHQbrWC-c4MK14635LmA2YO_vxaSYVjgc0kbK_veRkXk0qdAjToeaZdIWMAE8Iz5Z7GpfnLQdLPNZjSPq64E-fLC-sFNBA6sBCwNjBoySzfceH7cy8zBWzUF4kTAdSBc_g/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+004.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495105932533301346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLoA8S0em6bHQbrWC-c4MK14635LmA2YO_vxaSYVjgc0kbK_veRkXk0qdAjToeaZdIWMAE8Iz5Z7GpfnLQdLPNZjSPq64E-fLC-sFNBA6sBCwNjBoySzfceH7cy8zBWzUF4kTAdSBc_g/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+004.JPG" /></a></div><div>They had a temporary visitor center for a NPS passport stamp and a short video about the Nuclear Arms race. The ranger gave us alot of info about the missile silos and life of a missileer, not at all like what is shown in the movie "War Games".</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_b61hwhKzFiQI4pzHhRjm2ugjZjBt3u0H5IRZ099CoUmg82tu4bDKfchX5CespNYr1PvblmNjedbs3OsBuNEY0MkuSjS_xEo9TROp5lbUXTYBjbfKp-o7RdCNWhFgUvvzRllXNyA2CI/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+006.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495105940435369698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_b61hwhKzFiQI4pzHhRjm2ugjZjBt3u0H5IRZ099CoUmg82tu4bDKfchX5CespNYr1PvblmNjedbs3OsBuNEY0MkuSjS_xEo9TROp5lbUXTYBjbfKp-o7RdCNWhFgUvvzRllXNyA2CI/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+006.JPG" /></a></div><div>There is one missile silo that has been left intact but we didn't have time to drive into farm country to see it.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_BF1HR4AxsVYFUpvFc0dO1sm2rW5FfgzqawWe89c3bBcJrAZBtyV-zsZSutK3cqVLkYS9-4bDwwYVxe1Z6K4DLNhOjtalnxAATTmqpHRARS9WTsK6ZCqA3u97ezT6RUfcU6UOJKp0wk/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+009.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495105951172638898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_BF1HR4AxsVYFUpvFc0dO1sm2rW5FfgzqawWe89c3bBcJrAZBtyV-zsZSutK3cqVLkYS9-4bDwwYVxe1Z6K4DLNhOjtalnxAATTmqpHRARS9WTsK6ZCqA3u97ezT6RUfcU6UOJKp0wk/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+009.JPG" /></a></div><div>The Badlands Nat'l. Park is about an hours drive east of Rapid City across the flat plains until you come to the...</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZPU_2Nzu4KjYpf9KLu8wl_nacDbrNRmb9hi04pjJKlA9JkyAue2RddTQUGvuG6hUk3A6CMsUtA_-pkfccp6KoOodElOsrBrY4gXe2qVn3iof1cXwsuXB-GmGhAlAo2K9utQVFWCO1Ck/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+072.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495109667236510290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZPU_2Nzu4KjYpf9KLu8wl_nacDbrNRmb9hi04pjJKlA9JkyAue2RddTQUGvuG6hUk3A6CMsUtA_-pkfccp6KoOodElOsrBrY4gXe2qVn3iof1cXwsuXB-GmGhAlAo2K9utQVFWCO1Ck/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+072.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMJJ3Bx-QPSlOwrc0uNWOpSJccs7ScBR_5F1I8rFA8O5OtVNaomMXIuFFIyg2idCaDfCvHQcn61W7g7PiGTMTnD8LFymnMrjQVdcJYuU5npGoQooAj31PyCvjDTUlKa5Yg8qtXNqLIU8/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+019.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496096949471314162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMJJ3Bx-QPSlOwrc0uNWOpSJccs7ScBR_5F1I8rFA8O5OtVNaomMXIuFFIyg2idCaDfCvHQcn61W7g7PiGTMTnD8LFymnMrjQVdcJYuU5npGoQooAj31PyCvjDTUlKa5Yg8qtXNqLIU8/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+019.JPG" /></a></div><div>eroded sandstone on the edge of a plateau.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGtzjjmOWjTw7VHz0_q7N_FRwgOuse9nr-8bO8rTgC4TXJkRDiaSw1V1reWlHPZ80WE4b86JRcieyVzYJOU3VMf0TUxZUxyGQiwB6Xi5iT_vsIRJgs1WMCZ5p6ZekpikyDmwz-v4FW0B8/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+035.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496096959085078610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGtzjjmOWjTw7VHz0_q7N_FRwgOuse9nr-8bO8rTgC4TXJkRDiaSw1V1reWlHPZ80WE4b86JRcieyVzYJOU3VMf0TUxZUxyGQiwB6Xi5iT_vsIRJgs1WMCZ5p6ZekpikyDmwz-v4FW0B8/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+035.JPG" /></a></div><div>We've seen lots of rocks in the last 5 weeks, these were rather depressing shades of grey & white.</div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiobcsoqOZEOsiNXCKyErLM2YebgZq67SWHcGFnv0jx9mmYNfdaDowLz53jlHGWVupWmdhyyWnWP6ASBRuBX0-egUAmOBpVKj5ENRHoNQ-ylb2kZjk3a1lVoKSyto4Oi0yBHS_85Zkazo/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+013.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495105961368947634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiobcsoqOZEOsiNXCKyErLM2YebgZq67SWHcGFnv0jx9mmYNfdaDowLz53jlHGWVupWmdhyyWnWP6ASBRuBX0-egUAmOBpVKj5ENRHoNQ-ylb2kZjk3a1lVoKSyto4Oi0yBHS_85Zkazo/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+013.JPG" /></a></div><div>The Plateau drops I'd guess about 500' along a 20 mile long escarpment<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZy9_d2ceVBSCcsKzUt08OWGR7N7M-amnINBNHK0xiSwMNRJC5pW9G_6_At2vNBUN1pCCr08CaWtRam5zmkRuc8xOtPUi6Tt-8rEpz0r67G2vjvv0oisLnuluG491w0_dWINIhdSbQRp0/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+015.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495111892295650306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZy9_d2ceVBSCcsKzUt08OWGR7N7M-amnINBNHK0xiSwMNRJC5pW9G_6_At2vNBUN1pCCr08CaWtRam5zmkRuc8xOtPUi6Tt-8rEpz0r67G2vjvv0oisLnuluG491w0_dWINIhdSbQRp0/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+015.JPG" /></a></div><div>The sandstone eroded in similar shapes to other rocks we've seen in Utah, etc.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnoav9j99ExPquZpTiRiQW2Y_iDBZHUy9ysUlHEQXQe6uEv8IqoM2p6i46MC5GkXhmejfhfIZsgI8v0dbKUPiYnRFlYwh0aUkCuke21-Sd3F_c1Em8hkzZIzECtSwePlQKrgETbTzkRs/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+043.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495107951583632018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnoav9j99ExPquZpTiRiQW2Y_iDBZHUy9ysUlHEQXQe6uEv8IqoM2p6i46MC5GkXhmejfhfIZsgI8v0dbKUPiYnRFlYwh0aUkCuke21-Sd3F_c1Em8hkzZIzECtSwePlQKrgETbTzkRs/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+043.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The rocks are mostly grey but with a few bands of red-burgundy and<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX42RcdjG9qeJ4sFfwdo6XhpAGWV40LyzPef0Cqnql2JfvAhjyrVEXDIf57dGJyoA9krvEP0CpJX3-HyHyDEPYzmM62l2AjA4YZcY25SRil-8hNS5R22aeU_MGUNbZwGQNlfyFFwYXhKY/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+063.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495107971470400578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX42RcdjG9qeJ4sFfwdo6XhpAGWV40LyzPef0Cqnql2JfvAhjyrVEXDIf57dGJyoA9krvEP0CpJX3-HyHyDEPYzmM62l2AjA4YZcY25SRil-8hNS5R22aeU_MGUNbZwGQNlfyFFwYXhKY/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+063.JPG" /></a></div><div>this one area of yellow domes mixed with the red & grey.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVY9VihWtEPE63A7FCEK5I5jGn14xlQKUuVXX0bJmJVsETsXDShlxZz3nMy-hGSFb2ewxSsf5RrCL0uB4ZWt4aqx1WDklxQKH0xAfuuSFnqsF3-gN8PFaNUWUZ3Lckg5c6dqayG0nDFpY/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+059.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495111905539862818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVY9VihWtEPE63A7FCEK5I5jGn14xlQKUuVXX0bJmJVsETsXDShlxZz3nMy-hGSFb2ewxSsf5RrCL0uB4ZWt4aqx1WDklxQKH0xAfuuSFnqsF3-gN8PFaNUWUZ3Lckg5c6dqayG0nDFpY/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+059.JPG" /></a></div><div>The yellow was quite a contrast.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZwNqi-sm359VKFBizWTSJvmNpGcLxv-4zpCNEZ2keUM3Uva8JNscym8P3cqkYikW2Npo9XR3p49JoBOwuylpeAS4r7bz2l4RKFiOvTU2qcJfmDNCqq43dxK_qraK3It5aGOJjeg_n9cI/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+017.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495111899780764402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZwNqi-sm359VKFBizWTSJvmNpGcLxv-4zpCNEZ2keUM3Uva8JNscym8P3cqkYikW2Npo9XR3p49JoBOwuylpeAS4r7bz2l4RKFiOvTU2qcJfmDNCqq43dxK_qraK3It5aGOJjeg_n9cI/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+017.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXXz_6vY6d1OkHzxDHUtEQeYDdMXapSpDK7S2VJ-fDJrjvY4202NoHf31HQNVgScSYA2DalK7yTXa633r74VpfiEMgHJXTZSISCcnpcYMiv1waqFj6DQvpjTct64Rq8KURMcGxvwFzwM/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+010.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496096943627552930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXXz_6vY6d1OkHzxDHUtEQeYDdMXapSpDK7S2VJ-fDJrjvY4202NoHf31HQNVgScSYA2DalK7yTXa633r74VpfiEMgHJXTZSISCcnpcYMiv1waqFj6DQvpjTct64Rq8KURMcGxvwFzwM/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+010.JPG" /></a></div><div>Along the top of the plateau were a number of areas of castles and </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tjWngKPmJACVBXMVhL3MDWO4Puqeg_tZVDNDQ5BFnikmKJZZKUOxh0eYynOzJ3xXpN4l2qqyejpmy0cwQQYoSrq71UP6sL22XFKZbz5FTADZJuGza-tQ38QI1F1UqBxIMOzKEOHsLgE/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+018.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495105965458711458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tjWngKPmJACVBXMVhL3MDWO4Puqeg_tZVDNDQ5BFnikmKJZZKUOxh0eYynOzJ3xXpN4l2qqyejpmy0cwQQYoSrq71UP6sL22XFKZbz5FTADZJuGza-tQ38QI1F1UqBxIMOzKEOHsLgE/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+018.JPG" /></a> </div><div>cones and</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyKCkd1DewiEeqOlVi3wsoZym-3YQ-C86W2IuMWxGRezh2fvInSwvlafkvRsKVjutXwzOgz1zCSSEyoBP67V6AzIKG8aKpw62hl6OjGox4RKQLcVzqpnBLObfwmp4lItnn8K7DYFAt_w/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+065.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495111917962279490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyKCkd1DewiEeqOlVi3wsoZym-3YQ-C86W2IuMWxGRezh2fvInSwvlafkvRsKVjutXwzOgz1zCSSEyoBP67V6AzIKG8aKpw62hl6OjGox4RKQLcVzqpnBLObfwmp4lItnn8K7DYFAt_w/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+065.JPG" /></a></div><div>jagged spires.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmR23byEHKZOb9oA-7a8Gve-vPhMuOS0kSmcxXY-VjCRoTBZFMIf4dXRpQKHuP3aAhHXH7sSf6Rs0nHmndvPekuNN7uwF_tz7x1yYwb1R7Yh2qEhdHfTAy6rEmSu-biyhbVE_yASPNp8/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+025.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495120810142559730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmR23byEHKZOb9oA-7a8Gve-vPhMuOS0kSmcxXY-VjCRoTBZFMIf4dXRpQKHuP3aAhHXH7sSf6Rs0nHmndvPekuNN7uwF_tz7x1yYwb1R7Yh2qEhdHfTAy6rEmSu-biyhbVE_yASPNp8/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+025.JPG" /></a><br />The road wound along the edge of the plateau & </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_urze9xB7_FT6rbGjFXtfD7-_iVvKSarUtfe6kH7Ged5BTRYtsghX1Z_TErRKCHZGIs_5EwWH-oXpnaYBmPxcFY6wrMnM8nAVW3Q2XmYpFqFvifRJaONXoZn3GxMV5nH8hKK6lz4Foo/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+061.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; 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HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495107947949697122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGaPpewFnMTnZ79sEfUBHr0QbbTiXvK_4_kEuqcG1c9w4yH_SOks3LpNnxQrA5QRED3zLuL3QvcLHmaAfGGBgB9IECYOCQutUoQVvvrpNqbn_NYWIErPoI_jwRuvPy-CXd9cahaYobvg/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+029.JPG" /></a></div><div>and climbed back up a number of times, so we had different perspectives on the size of the formations.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkgKdmLXJt2wM-CCZDmS2gWTfD6DkLtk7ggrxDIadFOmcqupMvVCqcFfAmIIc0VnAp4Ibbu1bnDEfZgCbS3qZMlVKBK-_0zwQTPBZRAHiGK0z4ZfHewVqN_SV7suB6eAbhavn4ElLR6k/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+073.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495109644920509378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkgKdmLXJt2wM-CCZDmS2gWTfD6DkLtk7ggrxDIadFOmcqupMvVCqcFfAmIIc0VnAp4Ibbu1bnDEfZgCbS3qZMlVKBK-_0zwQTPBZRAHiGK0z4ZfHewVqN_SV7suB6eAbhavn4ElLR6k/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+073.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Wall Drug in Wall, SD is a world famous tourist destination on the edge of the Badlands. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSzK3SbDz35iCj8s03BheyIE9rU2cZ8gcGRjXcCxyLoE5IYDTUAUeZvegFofYC2m5ntqKiJU-BfEgMacQqQzSsDM8G51G6kHGajbx_UUf8dBj43VZsUrs_sevqUyBPEYQJCkxcC7RvEkk/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+074.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496096982156893234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSzK3SbDz35iCj8s03BheyIE9rU2cZ8gcGRjXcCxyLoE5IYDTUAUeZvegFofYC2m5ntqKiJU-BfEgMacQqQzSsDM8G51G6kHGajbx_UUf8dBj43VZsUrs_sevqUyBPEYQJCkxcC7RvEkk/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+074.JPG" /></a></div><div>In 1931, the owners started putting up signs along the highway advertising free ice water as a way to bring in customomers. The people stopped for the water and then bought sodas & sandwiches at the soda fountain.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfZvK0mpC4bL0qGN_DJi06qzTVTRvd-2oLRdm4COyF5DZtEAJIe669YOnIbKQGjGC-_Y_ssynWJnCK9U4jw-9Qy5y_GzX2pgLz7Fp0gIV__6csAhsfh0uhbWWFvcy_lR7rf9JnAi-t7g/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+075.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495109648854019202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfZvK0mpC4bL0qGN_DJi06qzTVTRvd-2oLRdm4COyF5DZtEAJIe669YOnIbKQGjGC-_Y_ssynWJnCK9U4jw-9Qy5y_GzX2pgLz7Fp0gIV__6csAhsfh0uhbWWFvcy_lR7rf9JnAi-t7g/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+075.JPG" /></a><br />They added more & more signs and more people stopped. When we were kids heading west with the folks, we'd see signs in Indiana for Wall Drug , 752 miles, free ice water.The advertising expanded and the drug store has grown to be a mini indoor mall selling all sorts of tourist souvenirs, food, western wear, art gallery, etc. & they are still a licensed pharmacy.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMFb2B2nb-QDhlql0KVPVe76QiT1MUbnrg6BcwjJhXbqKDF3ZXpu3vr3o1c8JOTStZLv6tjfEYi5JAbAJfKjVByu4cKpWAcN569F-FjNsWCe6ozETpFZ8P4LE9SxalMmB7-FrkIhT3BQ/s1600/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+076.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495109653804139730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMFb2B2nb-QDhlql0KVPVe76QiT1MUbnrg6BcwjJhXbqKDF3ZXpu3vr3o1c8JOTStZLv6tjfEYi5JAbAJfKjVByu4cKpWAcN569F-FjNsWCe6ozETpFZ8P4LE9SxalMmB7-FrkIhT3BQ/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+076.JPG" /></a> </div><div>We looked at all the rooms souvenir stuff, museums, bought postcards, flat pennies & souvenirs and got our free ice water.</div><div><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495109660887504610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHaoLqONRU_RXGI6uAlJ_u2CuphJP3YA8-PrDGfpSatfrW0PjwjjOYKC5q8Vu9YTY2EhbM84fiZy-70klLKtJZEIyaLaoy93J1mPKoOGof-Fogr-A8-5eZx-JGhs_P8ax0y9o_FdpHJIk/s320/Day+28+Badlands+%26+Wall+Drug,+SD+079.JPG" /><br />This wall mural was on the back wall and is one of the postcards that Wanda bought.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-76767981743900813342010-07-16T01:46:00.015-04:002010-11-20T09:13:19.430-05:00Day 27 Devils Tower, Black Hills & Mt. Rushmore<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYjSL19q9uqsams4Maxg_hZE_ncG0FOSdc1V2pR6SVMpK6n3krl7lfLNTRZEx6V_A7Ec5TZpe1_XJzbtINqxxQ0mTBzVRtjd1WAgEmRqnHZk4_KbNjO3u0iCfaK3MEk5wM5XD4oO4W4M/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+001.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538068211573417074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYjSL19q9uqsams4Maxg_hZE_ncG0FOSdc1V2pR6SVMpK6n3krl7lfLNTRZEx6V_A7Ec5TZpe1_XJzbtINqxxQ0mTBzVRtjd1WAgEmRqnHZk4_KbNjO3u0iCfaK3MEk5wM5XD4oO4W4M/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+001.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div> Hulett, WY was another interesting little western town,<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAJwCn5Q5kf8Yly1muHjhkE2HsthLEs71-1Krq14ti3zQIWOpwk3VSuR1CkpXV1beDN2aICtPukndGKYoiNuSBfPaP7_otsLlZDoHRZTwrpNRg2oK_5nbay_h4yPGxvaH0p721VGaRUk/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+003.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538068217550537746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAJwCn5Q5kf8Yly1muHjhkE2HsthLEs71-1Krq14ti3zQIWOpwk3VSuR1CkpXV1beDN2aICtPukndGKYoiNuSBfPaP7_otsLlZDoHRZTwrpNRg2oK_5nbay_h4yPGxvaH0p721VGaRUk/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+003.JPG" /></a></div><div>unfortunately none of these places were open when we left in the morning for...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK38jnnIIW1Tf6O8Be-hVXQLS9aWJ7p3yy-3Q3XazP6wQJM6GzuhjE4ez6ZrZ_crN9RBbmwyoAyECfE_2RiPkbvoYkrYuPscZGM5uowhmRBucL-Z0YzXA3zOaM8xDcKIiymi-YE7j64BU/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+009.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538068191149118498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK38jnnIIW1Tf6O8Be-hVXQLS9aWJ7p3yy-3Q3XazP6wQJM6GzuhjE4ez6ZrZ_crN9RBbmwyoAyECfE_2RiPkbvoYkrYuPscZGM5uowhmRBucL-Z0YzXA3zOaM8xDcKIiymi-YE7j64BU/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+009.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCSvUU2RPCq4VxDVYo8ieLuiBSCqETaJgIvnmGUnps9jULADEkbKvW9qK12r8Tfu_47NUzj79YtVZ4d8ACaQxdIMO9PuIOM9S_s1WBXFPTCYWJWRloDeyt4iacmsojpzfQ4Do5UVfgqQ/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+007.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494378435560204722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCSvUU2RPCq4VxDVYo8ieLuiBSCqETaJgIvnmGUnps9jULADEkbKvW9qK12r8Tfu_47NUzj79YtVZ4d8ACaQxdIMO9PuIOM9S_s1WBXFPTCYWJWRloDeyt4iacmsojpzfQ4Do5UVfgqQ/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+007.JPG" /></a></div><div><div><div><div>For years I've had people tell me I look like Richard Dreyfus, so I had to go to Devils Tower to see if I'd have a "Close Encounter" and its on my Categories list for Absolute Location </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnuqr9Zj5sfXxqGs-r5XxQzYya0F2y0QXX902AflMdzz5dY3ltjNE3M5pmwUv2rwnNTmUQVephP7Nj9vVO3rhS8ay-zcSKpfFYJ825Q0_5s6ZhWT9TIxkGV-81WRWl61WMipgrIAD2jA/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+063.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495078643091304050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnuqr9Zj5sfXxqGs-r5XxQzYya0F2y0QXX902AflMdzz5dY3ltjNE3M5pmwUv2rwnNTmUQVephP7Nj9vVO3rhS8ay-zcSKpfFYJ825Q0_5s6ZhWT9TIxkGV-81WRWl61WMipgrIAD2jA/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+063.JPG" /></a></div><div>The tower is the remnant of a volcanic plug. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFfAGTfGtsEzcVrPHVBoDRoKbWQqM4iuk6Cs7mkPqXPeobteYxZqhABHNbgf7YRxEI-4q42nDzuelheOBKeOqwAx0Q74m3ZWKR1c0dnWjYKu_RsH-M9rzCH22jvcuyfEQLBz7NNk7zdpA/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+022.JPG"></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi203w2P5cnRdwk6Zu5AbdXqc-j3jKfeP5IQGO4u_RDmRIFDOBJdNzAKSFywOfb_bpGaBer6FU0QPuZk5-rOmnZwlFCKosB0n9Q5TkhEkRQ2e91mmnmCbbLsTwmf85u0NFoty_tCVl84Nw/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+051.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541420814171866914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi203w2P5cnRdwk6Zu5AbdXqc-j3jKfeP5IQGO4u_RDmRIFDOBJdNzAKSFywOfb_bpGaBer6FU0QPuZk5-rOmnZwlFCKosB0n9Q5TkhEkRQ2e91mmnmCbbLsTwmf85u0NFoty_tCVl84Nw/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+051.JPG" /></a></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>We had a pleasant 1 mile walk through the Ponderosa pines around the base of the tower. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiloIXNVXVHgkH-mvpLvdx5CUxw1tioNXYllaKTYADpIMUn07CF5Xu-9xJxhnO1Z7WXvx2su5hneaNSddZ4donNZ6vkVmnBIzo6X8TWhNpOP7i12MtSG9w0hNnoLRAvfPAenxjC3A8xUl8/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+049.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538068199443870066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiloIXNVXVHgkH-mvpLvdx5CUxw1tioNXYllaKTYADpIMUn07CF5Xu-9xJxhnO1Z7WXvx2su5hneaNSddZ4donNZ6vkVmnBIzo6X8TWhNpOP7i12MtSG9w0hNnoLRAvfPAenxjC3A8xUl8/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+049.JPG" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97yNaks4EMQm46T3UBqiWadmzgvsJrJH4MHemL1nRUZx04kDlnRebOiNMD8TGIInLWxbSXx1i389o9gC9F9T3iRyWJifNYYbARszr_nAl3ohYVLJf6rQPf7mQ_XmUeffzihaN1Ezk6Go/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+043.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541420799411988242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97yNaks4EMQm46T3UBqiWadmzgvsJrJH4MHemL1nRUZx04kDlnRebOiNMD8TGIInLWxbSXx1i389o9gC9F9T3iRyWJifNYYbARszr_nAl3ohYVLJf6rQPf7mQ_XmUeffzihaN1Ezk6Go/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+043.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFfAGTfGtsEzcVrPHVBoDRoKbWQqM4iuk6Cs7mkPqXPeobteYxZqhABHNbgf7YRxEI-4q42nDzuelheOBKeOqwAx0Q74m3ZWKR1c0dnWjYKu_RsH-M9rzCH22jvcuyfEQLBz7NNk7zdpA/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+022.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541630121802262642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFfAGTfGtsEzcVrPHVBoDRoKbWQqM4iuk6Cs7mkPqXPeobteYxZqhABHNbgf7YRxEI-4q42nDzuelheOBKeOqwAx0Q74m3ZWKR1c0dnWjYKu_RsH-M9rzCH22jvcuyfEQLBz7NNk7zdpA/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+022.JPG" /></a></div><div>I was surprised how the tower was different from the various angles.</div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZEGgzzoA2sFOrOhtGZswqwBX6s7k8tQROe8t2cHPchWm8Hi_oSa_FDTX_L-mhSk2-CsckAWJV4ihdPeu8KviHW5yifb1Mni5N_2YkcH1Q_R5I6Txmtgxku1m3vTWRAg9SlY8NO8FiOFQ/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+040.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495078621910427906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZEGgzzoA2sFOrOhtGZswqwBX6s7k8tQROe8t2cHPchWm8Hi_oSa_FDTX_L-mhSk2-CsckAWJV4ihdPeu8KviHW5yifb1Mni5N_2YkcH1Q_R5I6Txmtgxku1m3vTWRAg9SlY8NO8FiOFQ/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+040.JPG" /></a></div><div>The basalt columns are not all vertical.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYRu6t89wIXUlfWS90rcCrQTAI11gQXusyn451CeuwVR3tJtQmfyXTOi5iRMvzURrW0EmegmNTRNTeztQeboNdo6nIvz-tKICDMJIGwKJM-nsw7wT8CZ-s2SRLB-SxT6lapdCTzEyGo8/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+057.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495078636405560754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYRu6t89wIXUlfWS90rcCrQTAI11gQXusyn451CeuwVR3tJtQmfyXTOi5iRMvzURrW0EmegmNTRNTeztQeboNdo6nIvz-tKICDMJIGwKJM-nsw7wT8CZ-s2SRLB-SxT6lapdCTzEyGo8/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+057.JPG" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-VH51-W1GjF6GA8MAUmADoCRGqizYnNzhqzkuMikRD99ITHq1EUjBj8U0D0GwmKz7rQLQEXGKzqORFm_pJ_Hb7V4fdTUhzdMXLwcO6Yd8BgmBcwD_yPpAFvJdV3zVZQ1jt2vN1JaYgA/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+046.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541630116392233954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-VH51-W1GjF6GA8MAUmADoCRGqizYnNzhqzkuMikRD99ITHq1EUjBj8U0D0GwmKz7rQLQEXGKzqORFm_pJ_Hb7V4fdTUhzdMXLwcO6Yd8BgmBcwD_yPpAFvJdV3zVZQ1jt2vN1JaYgA/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+046.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyHIZCm6oc3Fw79meWUeXWnQ5XSii30esqo_aNgp_Rf4mnYMIKrrUXsfmEMUSxX4O20l1NQBccVNVRfyzHzMWcGhqqzvv7Um_Tyau39VzgclXHRYHYE7hTy-uzmvX8AZytdV1ku_CR_AA/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+053.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494378457666038514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyHIZCm6oc3Fw79meWUeXWnQ5XSii30esqo_aNgp_Rf4mnYMIKrrUXsfmEMUSxX4O20l1NQBccVNVRfyzHzMWcGhqqzvv7Um_Tyau39VzgclXHRYHYE7hTy-uzmvX8AZytdV1ku_CR_AA/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+053.JPG" /></a><br />We saw 2 sets of climbers on the tower.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQVvzo-mBb1vHB9DsQnmSg5CZ7cExJ4m-HDlBdvhbErneJBwJ1ijsxL6BvRhrSJJW_dpW2hl9H1QklGLiR3ybGTW3cz1BvyGj4I_haT_dRpYc5imSpszUGBrnoY7Yqhap15Yu0oUjFSg/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+066.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495078647348933362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQVvzo-mBb1vHB9DsQnmSg5CZ7cExJ4m-HDlBdvhbErneJBwJ1ijsxL6BvRhrSJJW_dpW2hl9H1QklGLiR3ybGTW3cz1BvyGj4I_haT_dRpYc5imSpszUGBrnoY7Yqhap15Yu0oUjFSg/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+066.JPG" /></a><br />This guy was about 3/4 of the way up, my camera was at maximum zoom.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQAFP8JMN6Y_uAJgf78Igo-EPrygJlLRSxa5wlwDpIcjAm2zUY6COT005xxA_9UnbyKBBEQ-pkK7bGLygvfwF6EhtS2MVX73yCPom-Pcey0AdWK4WawbRXbb10hErTIH0GilhoEnd35k/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+074.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495082622271512530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQAFP8JMN6Y_uAJgf78Igo-EPrygJlLRSxa5wlwDpIcjAm2zUY6COT005xxA_9UnbyKBBEQ-pkK7bGLygvfwF6EhtS2MVX73yCPom-Pcey0AdWK4WawbRXbb10hErTIH0GilhoEnd35k/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+074.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div><div>There was a large Prairie Dog Town about the size of 2 football fields at the base of the tower.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSCce0YvIUY01IgrY6v9mmyBRoP817tEcsvNZ8-fOR8nnEQJ-d1NVpa8yh-dkemWeYyOsxNTTha6JyzxwJrQCwfOsY8fGNTHEM4QBo7qoW1vuk5yY9yHXhVUj7Jio0y0XLfg6jH31jE8/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+076.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494378459345451298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSCce0YvIUY01IgrY6v9mmyBRoP817tEcsvNZ8-fOR8nnEQJ-d1NVpa8yh-dkemWeYyOsxNTTha6JyzxwJrQCwfOsY8fGNTHEM4QBo7qoW1vuk5yY9yHXhVUj7Jio0y0XLfg6jH31jE8/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+076.JPG" /></a> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWlhC4D72hA6TiPk_KvG28Eg2fGMynAhrfyBds1_trQlLpfIoTQ3vmGoZ8jbqdKZ_ciuP83I2iyFTPGLKzlZF15iJF6Ef3ewMZ8nPscC0NmhgmY6r0RzBRZ9KLL4OsbtTKjlg9JhcNppQ/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+073.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495082627908825330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWlhC4D72hA6TiPk_KvG28Eg2fGMynAhrfyBds1_trQlLpfIoTQ3vmGoZ8jbqdKZ_ciuP83I2iyFTPGLKzlZF15iJF6Ef3ewMZ8nPscC0NmhgmY6r0RzBRZ9KLL4OsbtTKjlg9JhcNppQ/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+073.JPG" /></a><br />We spent quite a bit of time watching them scamper around and bark to each other.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHKFEqjf-XJ6QAGn3dMITMnWGsOxKYuBk9xtj_t0ygOCKURdNX4InYC3a3IuDtBIrfXXCreZDQBECdqpmZExK5HRHhaikUFQFMuyBMSeEQU59YejIOSmZhVh6E7vGW10nnt3lmYXD7R4/s1600/wanda+pics+034.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495086555373427650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHKFEqjf-XJ6QAGn3dMITMnWGsOxKYuBk9xtj_t0ygOCKURdNX4InYC3a3IuDtBIrfXXCreZDQBECdqpmZExK5HRHhaikUFQFMuyBMSeEQU59YejIOSmZhVh6E7vGW10nnt3lmYXD7R4/s320/wanda+pics+034.JPG" /></a><br />Wanda was about 5 feet from this prairie dog and his hole right along the edge of the road.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9XK7ucfttSQIMCedlfgUQi5yns1MBbeChbi6NP4CNduJ_KyxZWgYflh4twOCLoU9Xdhz-6hTEkhLC8fRI4G0ywGGnwJgwFz_9lYkYU5a4j6qylfOfOYIAljtbciLoI4x1hmmucWquKY/s1600/wanda+pics+013.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538068196604563202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9XK7ucfttSQIMCedlfgUQi5yns1MBbeChbi6NP4CNduJ_KyxZWgYflh4twOCLoU9Xdhz-6hTEkhLC8fRI4G0ywGGnwJgwFz_9lYkYU5a4j6qylfOfOYIAljtbciLoI4x1hmmucWquKY/s320/wanda+pics+013.JPG" /></a><br />As we left, we stopped at a souvenir place just outside the park.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pMi-eMDEBtv9CjE6xrFyClEgOO8k85v0prjNQZi7hGaXwDKw73IfvSo1UBkhDZwigLFlU7PuuPoU1riHV9D0YCfbPc0ciqhgQXJVRWfC5yrPJW0OBPEAx0T_6D6V2fT5bb-d6pXE0EM/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+083.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494378469026336082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pMi-eMDEBtv9CjE6xrFyClEgOO8k85v0prjNQZi7hGaXwDKw73IfvSo1UBkhDZwigLFlU7PuuPoU1riHV9D0YCfbPc0ciqhgQXJVRWfC5yrPJW0OBPEAx0T_6D6V2fT5bb-d6pXE0EM/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+083.JPG" /></a><br />This is also on the S D license plate.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkL_2LL4dfTqNiDHraI3yqNnPkk4mU7l0d7AmHlWiS08brWFWKf8y0hGkZg4moUHnUNCnQj1dijEr8z0QTKOC1pVs-iRKvdMVoCfuv61iAv6iZTm8oXjd8CupjwpYf8oht7WEobAjGsgk/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+153.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538086796914779922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkL_2LL4dfTqNiDHraI3yqNnPkk4mU7l0d7AmHlWiS08brWFWKf8y0hGkZg4moUHnUNCnQj1dijEr8z0QTKOC1pVs-iRKvdMVoCfuv61iAv6iZTm8oXjd8CupjwpYf8oht7WEobAjGsgk/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+153.JPG" /></a><br />Custer State Park in the Black Hills, SD is one of largest state parks in the country. We drove the scenic Needles Highway, Wildlife Loop and Iron Mt. Road. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqpIut15xbtWOOAgEyecpOG1_ro9OooDB9P4-UhVRytS-lAkyFvj91ox-M7BipMSJV7M1Zi8wkIDgMnk-dfdnP9oZHvv4p9bWjPTkjBbqOlqJ-KkDudIPo9aulCgCOXoEI6_kS0V_M1r8/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+115.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538092954455461330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqpIut15xbtWOOAgEyecpOG1_ro9OooDB9P4-UhVRytS-lAkyFvj91ox-M7BipMSJV7M1Zi8wkIDgMnk-dfdnP9oZHvv4p9bWjPTkjBbqOlqJ-KkDudIPo9aulCgCOXoEI6_kS0V_M1r8/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+115.JPG" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm15PlWU5bS9OCPhb9Hi8ztVI4ZIJYMX0C8wvb3IJK4dFfRY0524sMZQvVrrrdLTwXnero1ud22DPzhlRrLDrO9OacM4Uxu-2tKGItf8PGWzMIlw9xuQrq0kbagHk_AYG_rnp5__4kAqo/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+124.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541421619774608498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm15PlWU5bS9OCPhb9Hi8ztVI4ZIJYMX0C8wvb3IJK4dFfRY0524sMZQvVrrrdLTwXnero1ud22DPzhlRrLDrO9OacM4Uxu-2tKGItf8PGWzMIlw9xuQrq0kbagHk_AYG_rnp5__4kAqo/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+124.JPG" /></a><br />The park is a interesting mixture of grey sandstone mountains </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiKsfLXvHXMsAHKkIEhRctl-alQCl51WhrdWlnz3QiJyJNRNcAaYz3cqkzak25koi6WH0Owyb5C4_CpWGhb1LWgMZ3KsK0vEjFittkP4OPlGz5Zar2WruVAqGnRX2wyQQcNNWRfzkZuNM/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+158.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538092960462064914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiKsfLXvHXMsAHKkIEhRctl-alQCl51WhrdWlnz3QiJyJNRNcAaYz3cqkzak25koi6WH0Owyb5C4_CpWGhb1LWgMZ3KsK0vEjFittkP4OPlGz5Zar2WruVAqGnRX2wyQQcNNWRfzkZuNM/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+158.JPG" /></a></div><div>& pillars, </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8WkuWIAPsKfUtqArM8rNtI20q34tq7dBwt3O5mWgsbZ2weosvz6HDdyJ2lstcthpDgEpj0jMkik2WdE1b50MbdcR9J_KoXyxJWytP90LcwxGhHQ4Wyil1l8YlXo60jNLskabNjzribM/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+140.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538078549181163042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8WkuWIAPsKfUtqArM8rNtI20q34tq7dBwt3O5mWgsbZ2weosvz6HDdyJ2lstcthpDgEpj0jMkik2WdE1b50MbdcR9J_KoXyxJWytP90LcwxGhHQ4Wyil1l8YlXo60jNLskabNjzribM/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+140.JPG" /></a></div><div>forests and </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2UwhKr2GNXVcGacGKg5IIBiss6QqydOdRty9WsqBmYgcela5V5YP49tVz5d9MOf5Ztq59UjpB2qqbrIHOxkwGRv_-NmwtLJNB5Z2qEPyAcZ0UdLGI7swGasgqqt5fw6M9AeLs72YbtnQ/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+203.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538078540718689250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2UwhKr2GNXVcGacGKg5IIBiss6QqydOdRty9WsqBmYgcela5V5YP49tVz5d9MOf5Ztq59UjpB2qqbrIHOxkwGRv_-NmwtLJNB5Z2qEPyAcZ0UdLGI7swGasgqqt5fw6M9AeLs72YbtnQ/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+203.JPG" /></a></div><div>open prairie.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigc9IWKyZxI6j9pzy_c_d5qfDFivG9-wh8qZPjbBcWRNgdiqUMkrR_dNg4jt9bU7vIDuJ8gMoV3oYX7uM7Ef6agVOlyPughfX3ZxzyRZxLnh2l9F5jjThneIo1z5V-lyxo-IISPcCiCwE/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+094.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495082636266591442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigc9IWKyZxI6j9pzy_c_d5qfDFivG9-wh8qZPjbBcWRNgdiqUMkrR_dNg4jt9bU7vIDuJ8gMoV3oYX7uM7Ef6agVOlyPughfX3ZxzyRZxLnh2l9F5jjThneIo1z5V-lyxo-IISPcCiCwE/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+094.JPG" /></a><br />The Needles Highway has some of the tightest switchbacks I've driven. It was a relatively pleasant drive through the forests and there wasn't a 1,000' drop off the side of the mountain (but still guardrails). </div><div><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495086594400293282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxa-SgbVPsQEIrdjnniaYL5vHQaRfdlIZIL3owG84WFZcpCME7Iyb-ptmhBpEX7iqgXTKN_Zd2r3lZr8gmHbv7pG24kFzdh0k6FhXoC0hnJwgVHZIEUkVd_mZEIRkDlgONTieAFfyk4o/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+163.JPG" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBMAzmW8uJop_eTYwaos2Oh1jHo67oxnXWUkkRWAxIsueEWcXqEDvt38yDcDL-Y-G5WyfrzsYBndqF619SJce-baQCocQZyVSdIuJLiz_bkv7jirSLf6JUNfZhyphenhyphen6nSPptnyzXguFbY50/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+207.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538092967641428562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBMAzmW8uJop_eTYwaos2Oh1jHo67oxnXWUkkRWAxIsueEWcXqEDvt38yDcDL-Y-G5WyfrzsYBndqF619SJce-baQCocQZyVSdIuJLiz_bkv7jirSLf6JUNfZhyphenhyphen6nSPptnyzXguFbY50/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+207.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi758HD5a6S4TWVNXb-xqyv_qO6LYWRSIYcgUmNhJaWUdHPNeRx41x4Ay7GQ5Yhk0DoDucTDd_UH0QcDrdmROu_AKh_lbkuhRKyOlAIfo8JAXFYsq4dIkYABZVUd6ePn3lcNh1wpo55vWI/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+161.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495086579159629170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi758HD5a6S4TWVNXb-xqyv_qO6LYWRSIYcgUmNhJaWUdHPNeRx41x4Ay7GQ5Yhk0DoDucTDd_UH0QcDrdmROu_AKh_lbkuhRKyOlAIfo8JAXFYsq4dIkYABZVUd6ePn3lcNh1wpo55vWI/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+161.JPG" /></a><br />There are 3 tunnels on Needles Highway & 3 on Iron Mt. Rd.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzZzNI00rp61_uH1aj-3KCTzyp0aW_QwX71xxX_aUhgENOfohNA7M6mrL7g2vNudpYeKG_3THW7YUygEUfC9IlPXRYMxlkB5qGkteBWsDo8msFOV1EufVK_rO1ubmkwTnIfPdLbbSpQk/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+118.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541421614123278402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzZzNI00rp61_uH1aj-3KCTzyp0aW_QwX71xxX_aUhgENOfohNA7M6mrL7g2vNudpYeKG_3THW7YUygEUfC9IlPXRYMxlkB5qGkteBWsDo8msFOV1EufVK_rO1ubmkwTnIfPdLbbSpQk/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+118.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTarr95lHyw0EkvhZ2_ViAvO9MEQFcj_0rPW4Yxs7jOKcdCIEUz72xzv8cymMxaDn-cZvGUbPOzOIUZpwPPn7I1EKhW36WsNRT-IGIUD9u33h1QAsXgTHyw68PM3EcXQtlPQWYhIbjMQ/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+137.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495092507122228418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTarr95lHyw0EkvhZ2_ViAvO9MEQFcj_0rPW4Yxs7jOKcdCIEUz72xzv8cymMxaDn-cZvGUbPOzOIUZpwPPn7I1EKhW36WsNRT-IGIUD9u33h1QAsXgTHyw68PM3EcXQtlPQWYhIbjMQ/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+137.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkQ0OP35LjPPLlq_Xo6TltDRrsbUep9cs1pOvue5kS5tHq8_XjLRK8Mo5yC48yZE261XT5ynxbXyJH9oIzFnpv-NrQB6YroTs05lhev2l6Vjj1rqb-HroYAwaXAvoAXmAl7shl8uE_so/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+136.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541421626355926082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkQ0OP35LjPPLlq_Xo6TltDRrsbUep9cs1pOvue5kS5tHq8_XjLRK8Mo5yC48yZE261XT5ynxbXyJH9oIzFnpv-NrQB6YroTs05lhev2l6Vjj1rqb-HroYAwaXAvoAXmAl7shl8uE_so/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+136.JPG" /></a></div><div>This was the tightest tunnel and hard to believe they can fit a charter bus through it. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BDVe8iPEc_ZYJcU1ZhcLq46G7zGEj7Izn8ysWx9oCRT4OqAJrq924P3FcNgQuJizVFCV1PN4Zc2dWuluBu4KB5Ww4vKHtWkI-Yq_VlK9DhKzL7MXw4CjY4uDFf-lOG3Q1C9tdl0pSdY/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+100.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494381841397227890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BDVe8iPEc_ZYJcU1ZhcLq46G7zGEj7Izn8ysWx9oCRT4OqAJrq924P3FcNgQuJizVFCV1PN4Zc2dWuluBu4KB5Ww4vKHtWkI-Yq_VlK9DhKzL7MXw4CjY4uDFf-lOG3Q1C9tdl0pSdY/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+100.JPG" /></a><br />Sylvan Lake</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDwOpsHJJGp1kvULRJfjSI_hUmyRfuhmaJ05gBLrL6HWltWG8T1tkuB5dzXctVVBcJBaWlNQX7GikzPe8v66qPIY3mD7yi9dpZpQDfNwzMngqb7uf1lWHcxMOlvABHu04iLSSGjv208pQ/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+101.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495086564696999234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDwOpsHJJGp1kvULRJfjSI_hUmyRfuhmaJ05gBLrL6HWltWG8T1tkuB5dzXctVVBcJBaWlNQX7GikzPe8v66qPIY3mD7yi9dpZpQDfNwzMngqb7uf1lWHcxMOlvABHu04iLSSGjv208pQ/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+101.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjombBkvViE029FFHW0I_r0xnh73WV25mUYnOqvVm-QUtFH0_6VuTns41VMlnrz80VuZMyBdKf2bjZfkT038q2-40yUt79vFnz6vrTvw7aVVpMSt9WSXVzw4FzqbFF_CSOOHoqnxqSjNq0/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+123.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494381851083585634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjombBkvViE029FFHW0I_r0xnh73WV25mUYnOqvVm-QUtFH0_6VuTns41VMlnrz80VuZMyBdKf2bjZfkT038q2-40yUt79vFnz6vrTvw7aVVpMSt9WSXVzw4FzqbFF_CSOOHoqnxqSjNq0/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+123.JPG" /></a><br />The Needles Eye </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0_S_duoxg9JFW2cQGHC9lyNGJBH8ZHEB6hgVIoe20Pao6s2KWdZ4E-u-t8GyuzGu7vUF7IwHGGVm7TBEn42ev9JbpZdqSIZ2ljTvji39ziGclVrDEXZHKubVt_oxD7gd6oBzJhO7BmQ/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+117.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541420831731039938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0_S_duoxg9JFW2cQGHC9lyNGJBH8ZHEB6hgVIoe20Pao6s2KWdZ4E-u-t8GyuzGu7vUF7IwHGGVm7TBEn42ev9JbpZdqSIZ2ljTvji39ziGclVrDEXZHKubVt_oxD7gd6oBzJhO7BmQ/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+117.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1twma7VaYlrZ_C02xGAU-wFR00qQPfpihxW2whhWbHsgbac9IXGLwicrQjE1iQGn9Lz-HsI_pXJdb_Ey9KG7TnVHNtAo09_uG52h1Sq6Rdxa4e4YC4YYqRnA9pMJazFGLleE4wf3I7lA/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+151.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494381868485383106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1twma7VaYlrZ_C02xGAU-wFR00qQPfpihxW2whhWbHsgbac9IXGLwicrQjE1iQGn9Lz-HsI_pXJdb_Ey9KG7TnVHNtAo09_uG52h1Sq6Rdxa4e4YC4YYqRnA9pMJazFGLleE4wf3I7lA/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+151.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPKLypfhbv2WaUplfqE7sMGSpqTSdxY7uHXdF7ApXCa7cJxaQWuvwdeuyoKudQaz_gigyCBbXZZrMlVaUjjux7PIrEeNRcbhOvJEKtMHTqE4Tlfyv_VPI6-A9VfIPkAmtSLffuBJ4_1A/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+120.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495097847010599074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPKLypfhbv2WaUplfqE7sMGSpqTSdxY7uHXdF7ApXCa7cJxaQWuvwdeuyoKudQaz_gigyCBbXZZrMlVaUjjux7PIrEeNRcbhOvJEKtMHTqE4Tlfyv_VPI6-A9VfIPkAmtSLffuBJ4_1A/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+120.JPG" /></a><br />Some of the many Needles along the drive.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngDu620WUTZMBVqwb9Hu5BXUFdPO0R_pViLIzWlyzJvZaS_W0dJexfft4_7qtJ4g4ZKb0aAcAwQu9i6GVSFsDYI9IR7sBR3c9D9iMrLws7idm40I-3Gj03yAwMhYzvKi2pmXAEoMUDaY/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+206.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494384339301811474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngDu620WUTZMBVqwb9Hu5BXUFdPO0R_pViLIzWlyzJvZaS_W0dJexfft4_7qtJ4g4ZKb0aAcAwQu9i6GVSFsDYI9IR7sBR3c9D9iMrLws7idm40I-3Gj03yAwMhYzvKi2pmXAEoMUDaY/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+206.JPG" /></a><br />We drove the appropriately named Wildlife Loop and saw<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwVrS-Ajr7JyUGrCwhlMafGG0m0m4qzCfJbnvRoG0Uqd7KzH6lR3ZUP2rGx4D3ue66FnBAUKn606xbvEHjCCH5kImaD7mODozz_fzwuR9a0iaeQ-gt2p4zw1KFjjomyxcYL1FHhxFGvc/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+169.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495092512231842914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwVrS-Ajr7JyUGrCwhlMafGG0m0m4qzCfJbnvRoG0Uqd7KzH6lR3ZUP2rGx4D3ue66FnBAUKn606xbvEHjCCH5kImaD7mODozz_fzwuR9a0iaeQ-gt2p4zw1KFjjomyxcYL1FHhxFGvc/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+169.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRtcXhm-LZOX1RUP8s6yvSN506BxcKswSNM01LwpY0uOkX8GxrHSSQtV5DgiWYbBObKMsH5TuwedvZezzqcVTDZQYJrS97DPOPKVlHX1AXSm_HMst8Z2r3AwOjLGWGxBUvzsd1TehmNcw/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+166.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494381874060763842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRtcXhm-LZOX1RUP8s6yvSN506BxcKswSNM01LwpY0uOkX8GxrHSSQtV5DgiWYbBObKMsH5TuwedvZezzqcVTDZQYJrS97DPOPKVlHX1AXSm_HMst8Z2r3AwOjLGWGxBUvzsd1TehmNcw/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+166.JPG" /></a><br />this family of Mountain Goats</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUJkZWqf_Bgh4J4puKlzEUfK-PC1tKzm2Hk4PeLurLQ5cNhJ6JTwtdy1-Kjb8D_aMQthOGcky538x3v8rE3YmLMk6GAxZAJmui_llp3cbIg5I6JfKIzAC3jdCLhXSjOoySGsNrg7Oqls/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+176.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495092519581860562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUJkZWqf_Bgh4J4puKlzEUfK-PC1tKzm2Hk4PeLurLQ5cNhJ6JTwtdy1-Kjb8D_aMQthOGcky538x3v8rE3YmLMk6GAxZAJmui_llp3cbIg5I6JfKIzAC3jdCLhXSjOoySGsNrg7Oqls/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+176.JPG" /></a><br />and this group of Pronghorn Antelope.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishLYVWA30KF0aPvGIVeIfTuXzZGkUgXxUNccBSKdURyMIdLT9BpcggARrYiLg83aZhozV5LO7ITPG4m6xiHzSWeeXlhV4ApyHz6FSOtC2TtaPjjA2SJTHmw0EUm5rxU1l3h9a_yMzg6k/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+182.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495092526457265586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishLYVWA30KF0aPvGIVeIfTuXzZGkUgXxUNccBSKdURyMIdLT9BpcggARrYiLg83aZhozV5LO7ITPG4m6xiHzSWeeXlhV4ApyHz6FSOtC2TtaPjjA2SJTHmw0EUm5rxU1l3h9a_yMzg6k/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+182.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoimzduhaYFBfkQv10A0mdvC7ZFMUx0HcrhL6vQ1NDiulDSpu88JFwoU5KJYSqm379-kJJhFRR2ql5m7wIIINc1yXsFXoO17kPuNnUCc4fk2i_peroAbStpts5CDnQlQlMK7ywB2_DAS0/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+193.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494384330142261986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoimzduhaYFBfkQv10A0mdvC7ZFMUx0HcrhL6vQ1NDiulDSpu88JFwoU5KJYSqm379-kJJhFRR2ql5m7wIIINc1yXsFXoO17kPuNnUCc4fk2i_peroAbStpts5CDnQlQlMK7ywB2_DAS0/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+193.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7p7q6XIlp3kXtR4YlYF0LGTW7A4rnVhAhwKDb-NODp1at1mVqk2Hh1AfmGhgiBcvyqAcUv2XnFWlW3nTHeSSckvyqCuOYiuR8yrG-f6SfX8cARnH-CT29NMA5HYoo5d96oLOuQJlo6vU/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+200.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538092963828736178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7p7q6XIlp3kXtR4YlYF0LGTW7A4rnVhAhwKDb-NODp1at1mVqk2Hh1AfmGhgiBcvyqAcUv2XnFWlW3nTHeSSckvyqCuOYiuR8yrG-f6SfX8cARnH-CT29NMA5HYoo5d96oLOuQJlo6vU/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+200.JPG" /></a><br />And this herd of wild burros<br />Iron Mt. Rd is famous for the 3 tunnels that face Mt. Rushmore and<br /><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495092533431064114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjyqy55lHNIzyZ2ZUTm0Py_pMpi-FT-3HJ94rsOsYTsdlzgLmtWaqpXmA_IUBX4MiDOw34-36ghYiv2diQRUOfPuGk18YSnt17sV8hOesb4x_jj6HgkZ5iiJ21BsMIRFkypFXDhGLGG8Y/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+218.JPG" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Cx5oIoc-_NOaxwQghV6fYr0u8J6YRGuk3oe6OnFOBKJ7bHRDIEO1bI66-lfeBtZCaSv4aUkcL-JWOV5rtPt7NSKY3ALE9DdUijbYuTiadU0EViJ4zCbABrY_aQTlZbyT5iHwZfpbbO8/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+219.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495097857025523554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Cx5oIoc-_NOaxwQghV6fYr0u8J6YRGuk3oe6OnFOBKJ7bHRDIEO1bI66-lfeBtZCaSv4aUkcL-JWOV5rtPt7NSKY3ALE9DdUijbYuTiadU0EViJ4zCbABrY_aQTlZbyT5iHwZfpbbO8/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+219.JPG" /></a></div><div>The Pigtail Bridges corkscrew the road over and under itself.</div><div><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538078529523684242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSt7aHWYd-5gNLANpe0xbynEcz8NSVeLefum0zW9BE3sx1EdS66z8lBAoEgrzkYXF_qcvdKrDa97YzLDLnh1AFqYMJoD9uwtAUpQSPFe-q6V_D_H_GLxLm9t0MYJQ1z0llJ3TuUUkWI1Y/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+091.JPG" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgohlJWHe8jhw_iCtL8SEo84m1k2EkAnzAhilsfadJHTi3YdF-lnf4tY4xrr7LjL3Nj6hUONjbvpT3pV0KQoWHZnj6NO_fvM3mOKPSFpdZqZNtztdgjBSWKz8yMj8UkCIqhW_LJEpSJCGQ/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+086.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541420819106193618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgohlJWHe8jhw_iCtL8SEo84m1k2EkAnzAhilsfadJHTi3YdF-lnf4tY4xrr7LjL3Nj6hUONjbvpT3pV0KQoWHZnj6NO_fvM3mOKPSFpdZqZNtztdgjBSWKz8yMj8UkCIqhW_LJEpSJCGQ/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+086.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HSnCUpuR4xEVRZCOd8suJFFai_WSSgAiIxhXGuyUvWlD_Bx1TQc33BQ-3b97G9NikPHLPPlq1NHhwEMIHSnv8D0zAN-yK43es02_Uib2ZKv-pIBIdDhFUa-tbK_ZHfqibB760_oU67Q/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+087.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494384345614893314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HSnCUpuR4xEVRZCOd8suJFFai_WSSgAiIxhXGuyUvWlD_Bx1TQc33BQ-3b97G9NikPHLPPlq1NHhwEMIHSnv8D0zAN-yK43es02_Uib2ZKv-pIBIdDhFUa-tbK_ZHfqibB760_oU67Q/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+087.JPG" /></a></div><div>We took some pictures of Mt. Rushmore from the road when we 1st got to the Black Hills on our way to Custer State Park.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq03gKV83ZZOGW3izQ62eiIKCLo-6frXYGdw-_fIzT-1_Vwb09d5ky_CeYyUA6BnZ_OMm0ZAuo_bD7ZirEqMgPh2ZHhSjKn_XpijWeNCHKNSFWNvnVpRMO6RF23r_uQkug46AeVB25tM4/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+088.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495097870023028066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq03gKV83ZZOGW3izQ62eiIKCLo-6frXYGdw-_fIzT-1_Vwb09d5ky_CeYyUA6BnZ_OMm0ZAuo_bD7ZirEqMgPh2ZHhSjKn_XpijWeNCHKNSFWNvnVpRMO6RF23r_uQkug46AeVB25tM4/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+088.JPG" /></a><br />Washington's Profile had a convenient pulloff<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrbCRUNoc4a2PFFzFeUk3yD0CHDrTG4Qktqj4M4BUv3at2o7s3nI-eEfmDmgOMa7xxivuUuR489ctdcW3sPG51t0aCzj4tL7m2sgxl3YnalTEldAIiN1uNq_4C5XLga5s4LJDP3d2Hxw/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+228.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495097876948450578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrbCRUNoc4a2PFFzFeUk3yD0CHDrTG4Qktqj4M4BUv3at2o7s3nI-eEfmDmgOMa7xxivuUuR489ctdcW3sPG51t0aCzj4tL7m2sgxl3YnalTEldAIiN1uNq_4C5XLga5s4LJDP3d2Hxw/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+228.JPG" /></a><br />The Avenue of Flags leads up to the Monument from the parking lot. Luckily the sun was shining on the NC flag.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpMjTvga5JqCBTNvvn6-kq-hF_9YHqEtBs9BwONG7HMSXsXSyEZbJ8-gHLFUeK2ZSvKbCSQSQDThOWZI-0rSNB8257mkOuFU71Qd05IDi4oH3iEtcS0PdpGcXHsDnPOb8htDcZiL2TAk/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+257.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538078538688770226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpMjTvga5JqCBTNvvn6-kq-hF_9YHqEtBs9BwONG7HMSXsXSyEZbJ8-gHLFUeK2ZSvKbCSQSQDThOWZI-0rSNB8257mkOuFU71Qd05IDi4oH3iEtcS0PdpGcXHsDnPOb8htDcZiL2TAk/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+257.JPG" /></a><br />We arrived at Mt. Rushmore at dusk so the faces were in shadow. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5BlSf8SuCLRUdxwviHu8dtumFLzG5A5Td5qeP_lndy9EUMzop9VWkq5zFIQVtEwwowBrEvxjf6uHQT6c0mESCNO76fePmS8YSGBcFg8QOzD7E_xwRRuY6nlYtSPMjKBxeWc2NKOnM5A/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+230.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538078531334855282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5BlSf8SuCLRUdxwviHu8dtumFLzG5A5Td5qeP_lndy9EUMzop9VWkq5zFIQVtEwwowBrEvxjf6uHQT6c0mESCNO76fePmS8YSGBcFg8QOzD7E_xwRRuY6nlYtSPMjKBxeWc2NKOnM5A/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+230.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GQ4ReLul6hnjoDionXAa3V26hOTd2J3CCFrnYpOwslJo9L3RL9gfFI-DMGWNHt-C8_2NKRZLVZSsRQMkWaoOa19bhYnOgxW5B57x8fSJ62jyly6x-_izC8r1R7jlwAf6fqmi6W5gA8k/s1600/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+231.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494384358488805826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GQ4ReLul6hnjoDionXAa3V26hOTd2J3CCFrnYpOwslJo9L3RL9gfFI-DMGWNHt-C8_2NKRZLVZSsRQMkWaoOa19bhYnOgxW5B57x8fSJ62jyly6x-_izC8r1R7jlwAf6fqmi6W5gA8k/s320/Day+26+Devils+Tower+to+Mt.+Rushmore+231.JPG" /></a><br />The evening lighting program was excellent, a ranger talk, movie and patriotic music.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-10893981823079678302010-07-14T23:51:00.010-04:002010-11-07T18:35:13.652-05:00Day 26 Little Bighorn,MT - Hulett,WYWe've driven 80% 2 lanes roads for the last 3 weeks and mostly it's been lonely desert drives or tense mountain driving with no signs "civilization" for hours. Many times we've wanted to stop & take some pictures in some small town. When I saw the name of the town I casually asked Wanda if they'd have any bats and sure enough they did!<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fpIjW_B-ok6-jHF8ytjrWF3o36tCP9gVxDdd5NAvRvKz25FRyCNDjwlDqYARS7Rr2XSL-iFYW4-MIOugnSeGbMBFyh-3-OPH6m6vpsW9ws4_mVR6WnftnwFhCEDGgGSwa1qo91dkvzI/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+001.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493979229659676898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fpIjW_B-ok6-jHF8ytjrWF3o36tCP9gVxDdd5NAvRvKz25FRyCNDjwlDqYARS7Rr2XSL-iFYW4-MIOugnSeGbMBFyh-3-OPH6m6vpsW9ws4_mVR6WnftnwFhCEDGgGSwa1qo91dkvzI/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+001.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAo5M6XHP0HRUI8-6v1rvBo3ps0aaQM2IopNOZQg0dKo5ODMqXeOalD1cDH2upDdkWVk2Sdoop_5uRX1senBzn40tW6zWkX4tNuCWHunWeqURSi-NjIFdCQ8VhrT1P916wwDB3QanioSo/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+004.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493979243204936674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAo5M6XHP0HRUI8-6v1rvBo3ps0aaQM2IopNOZQg0dKo5ODMqXeOalD1cDH2upDdkWVk2Sdoop_5uRX1senBzn40tW6zWkX4tNuCWHunWeqURSi-NjIFdCQ8VhrT1P916wwDB3QanioSo/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+004.JPG" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5ZNgZSUwXhGZ-Gqjp7T4f7StVlEjNyVftajLyy4UiWWQDjHTk9_xOavd-9k-YhbKxjs3gCYoLAztGemqt0-ed2ugOEoFjfBm98eXaa6EDycJlCmwFz1tQUVX0KloY_RQHcDB9xaW1v8/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+003.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494007775744510178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5ZNgZSUwXhGZ-Gqjp7T4f7StVlEjNyVftajLyy4UiWWQDjHTk9_xOavd-9k-YhbKxjs3gCYoLAztGemqt0-ed2ugOEoFjfBm98eXaa6EDycJlCmwFz1tQUVX0KloY_RQHcDB9xaW1v8/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+003.JPG" /></a><br /><div>The School Mascot</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VPan8ibVY1G2n0iRMm19VgJz7X0mnV2I7Rg9qLqiqFMAbDJt4j1E0v5Jo4ky1p7ZIxdLqkka1JEFlqaLVFrMp3B78GWaAq2rFQGDrBtG2NO52OGLtnJCgCOni03LnRMqmp1OoYreTv0/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+007.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493979252277233986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VPan8ibVY1G2n0iRMm19VgJz7X0mnV2I7Rg9qLqiqFMAbDJt4j1E0v5Jo4ky1p7ZIxdLqkka1JEFlqaLVFrMp3B78GWaAq2rFQGDrBtG2NO52OGLtnJCgCOni03LnRMqmp1OoYreTv0/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+007.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Jim Bridger Mountain Man sculpture in front of the auto parts place. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCbhefuJQqB-TRujmhsRNnxZmAWlIsX7UWZdiwMiUiamhKPdLX-gJL_Bdps0rVqCs2HVVbeCJww7zSLl2-aOtxJiYIx3Nh_wUFN-VeiqirlwIXvVQo87xYy1nK_0qreIsB99_nSfDFxw/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+008.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493989651830209570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCbhefuJQqB-TRujmhsRNnxZmAWlIsX7UWZdiwMiUiamhKPdLX-gJL_Bdps0rVqCs2HVVbeCJww7zSLl2-aOtxJiYIx3Nh_wUFN-VeiqirlwIXvVQo87xYy1nK_0qreIsB99_nSfDFxw/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+008.JPG" /></a></div><div>Art Deco ? in the middle of a nowhere Montana little town.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZMnqrtjgKAvHTLh4YG9occcOnsP02VZRwrFGJgshPqmbzflXAKUaVZpHUIKKLWZ6z81Y4RDUl2xv22BsxdUXtXcmI4-R1iLsFWmm0pjE7aRZKIviFcqAXwi4v2xfjBjvhsy9moAIXG0/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+012.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493979255406557442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZMnqrtjgKAvHTLh4YG9occcOnsP02VZRwrFGJgshPqmbzflXAKUaVZpHUIKKLWZ6z81Y4RDUl2xv22BsxdUXtXcmI4-R1iLsFWmm0pjE7aRZKIviFcqAXwi4v2xfjBjvhsy9moAIXG0/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+012.JPG" /></a> </div><div>This was at the 1st Interstate rest stop we came to in Montana.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6iPb_9tIcTuEiPSB5m_uNtWeX_hUuM7N3nj9GLd0WMVjF-OAXsFKd060P2YwjZLTVWYu9hPRdAj7RWCt7oqigjiWKGGkDJRh2qmF9NYJ8tP_KGKzgu959qU1MCINCHlSpmZ3tMtmE-Y/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+014.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493979263570393474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6iPb_9tIcTuEiPSB5m_uNtWeX_hUuM7N3nj9GLd0WMVjF-OAXsFKd060P2YwjZLTVWYu9hPRdAj7RWCt7oqigjiWKGGkDJRh2qmF9NYJ8tP_KGKzgu959qU1MCINCHlSpmZ3tMtmE-Y/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+014.JPG" /></a> </div><div>We went to Washita Battlefield, OK early in the trip , where Custer & 7th Cav. massacred Southern Cheyenne. Here the Northern Cheyenne returned the favor.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCN_stYGUZKieYmTvWte_CwDu3BqhMQKNdy4Xf7NYY9zu7MPXqBCVC3DC_HYAHZlVY-PIiZwz6W4unwUiHo8184UFoqXh21jFnxquKrDO3K6KHks7x5CA5OCSlbvDaOjP1u1jt1CrQYY4/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+051.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536922636015389858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCN_stYGUZKieYmTvWte_CwDu3BqhMQKNdy4Xf7NYY9zu7MPXqBCVC3DC_HYAHZlVY-PIiZwz6W4unwUiHo8184UFoqXh21jFnxquKrDO3K6KHks7x5CA5OCSlbvDaOjP1u1jt1CrQYY4/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+051.JPG" /></a></div><div>Last Stand Hill </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_7yK0BpDPhsWL1EGKnMZWfyrxLoV1JEkMWSFrDu1sDKylqlU-FbLvwcbQaUDFKXzLNYNuhuIwdYExMp8fmqG3lElbykOy-chHIoKv_sw1iZ6GbF-mOqiuRH-A-fauJMN6hyBrUTrElM/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+056.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493981119495762034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_7yK0BpDPhsWL1EGKnMZWfyrxLoV1JEkMWSFrDu1sDKylqlU-FbLvwcbQaUDFKXzLNYNuhuIwdYExMp8fmqG3lElbykOy-chHIoKv_sw1iZ6GbF-mOqiuRH-A-fauJMN6hyBrUTrElM/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+056.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0TprQGZnGxjiVwvpEprXnsavida9sGVx1-FmFvnbNR-5qHlxOaLiQW4nHuM5hQrVXmYIXUNnWUUlfMgV0AtZyEjCCT-1AcEXeqcyYqSqoks4m3EjfbxSYYd1aaH5qwchEJNnvPg8o68U/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+061.JPG"></a></div><div>The stones are arranged exactly as they fell, </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0TprQGZnGxjiVwvpEprXnsavida9sGVx1-FmFvnbNR-5qHlxOaLiQW4nHuM5hQrVXmYIXUNnWUUlfMgV0AtZyEjCCT-1AcEXeqcyYqSqoks4m3EjfbxSYYd1aaH5qwchEJNnvPg8o68U/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+061.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536922658599871602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0TprQGZnGxjiVwvpEprXnsavida9sGVx1-FmFvnbNR-5qHlxOaLiQW4nHuM5hQrVXmYIXUNnWUUlfMgV0AtZyEjCCT-1AcEXeqcyYqSqoks4m3EjfbxSYYd1aaH5qwchEJNnvPg8o68U/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+061.JPG" /></a></div><div>the headboards facing different directions.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwViCi8xlUC_qdU4ayILXNr7ehKmX11CCOzyJeMnBrKCgNnUV8bz9TMUFlrYyrgiALLxwJzBDv4DozVL7HjyWAU6-NnOHUyTAVot9imQc2zmHhaBP3umzTZ_nIe4CPw7j0fhsP5xZDhU/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+059.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494003760217902290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwViCi8xlUC_qdU4ayILXNr7ehKmX11CCOzyJeMnBrKCgNnUV8bz9TMUFlrYyrgiALLxwJzBDv4DozVL7HjyWAU6-NnOHUyTAVot9imQc2zmHhaBP3umzTZ_nIe4CPw7j0fhsP5xZDhU/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+059.JPG" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG4vRABYsGjU_M2ssssECuOFIwX36Vnhbeztt4KYBivHS-ucXkCvksdb2eAjBdHqi6UW3AV_N7MsdwLPrJbrX4xWBlsTMO0VdJdITRWjoNJP8OUKUXjnCfP5pwdc32SjQjhJyHcWq_ynM/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+069.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536928387041662466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG4vRABYsGjU_M2ssssECuOFIwX36Vnhbeztt4KYBivHS-ucXkCvksdb2eAjBdHqi6UW3AV_N7MsdwLPrJbrX4xWBlsTMO0VdJdITRWjoNJP8OUKUXjnCfP5pwdc32SjQjhJyHcWq_ynM/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+069.JPG" /></a></div><div>Even the horses have a monument<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLyqL1H_Hzx4X4Z1OH6dGot5hzikaKG4NM-A8v0bFIkxcsJMCHwKbuXmODYWxpu-Xxonzsr7psBggyAFwnRAucbYSkOJdeiK-2CVt9yyrISbbrf3Ire92h5-zrOfYMR0xJlMTDKZgu7M/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+040.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494003773319269202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLyqL1H_Hzx4X4Z1OH6dGot5hzikaKG4NM-A8v0bFIkxcsJMCHwKbuXmODYWxpu-Xxonzsr7psBggyAFwnRAucbYSkOJdeiK-2CVt9yyrISbbrf3Ire92h5-zrOfYMR0xJlMTDKZgu7M/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+040.JPG" /></a><br />The visitor center had a great small museum with Custer's personal uniforms </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKbEDeEVrOuVNQqIaQoM76wKxVhXMbU11Z1vW4xOUO2HXOu6qapUrfvoaZEo_RBLcrVn5bLEzOyVh6Ydpc7ruOsVnMO8fZqzgZllclElOeIuMC0FZMHmL-TtzMpzcIDdGrFiALyFCH7s/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+037.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536922560140794946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKbEDeEVrOuVNQqIaQoM76wKxVhXMbU11Z1vW4xOUO2HXOu6qapUrfvoaZEo_RBLcrVn5bLEzOyVh6Ydpc7ruOsVnMO8fZqzgZllclElOeIuMC0FZMHmL-TtzMpzcIDdGrFiALyFCH7s/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+037.JPG" /></a></div><div>& artifacts.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLUgYq-m24vZkZTc41-ZW3Xe6xSFa30wcI7I9xcD0e7lsrdJpgfYeVgBf29WzedVmjXZY-P-EPSnG0CdZyUkXV9OxMCBRoBy5XZClvFSQiFhbpnGZNHFafUqX1t7zK8zIBDgCJkPLn3Ts/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+034.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494003767387028978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLUgYq-m24vZkZTc41-ZW3Xe6xSFa30wcI7I9xcD0e7lsrdJpgfYeVgBf29WzedVmjXZY-P-EPSnG0CdZyUkXV9OxMCBRoBy5XZClvFSQiFhbpnGZNHFafUqX1t7zK8zIBDgCJkPLn3Ts/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+034.JPG" /></a></div><div>an original war bonnet</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_U3-KhCEi3gsrjvgnI7IeT7R6egxn2FYlVm0kmfllhSwLew5EMWWtj3ZdSRc7rsafyex1P0QMhxCT2U5tvQXwctEU0pwEl8C34-5HCBz2_yv7J-Dp6xAxWWdAXOtqyw8TquWc_xnJP0/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+049.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536922598984424162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_U3-KhCEi3gsrjvgnI7IeT7R6egxn2FYlVm0kmfllhSwLew5EMWWtj3ZdSRc7rsafyex1P0QMhxCT2U5tvQXwctEU0pwEl8C34-5HCBz2_yv7J-Dp6xAxWWdAXOtqyw8TquWc_xnJP0/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+049.JPG" /></a></div><div>Painting of "Last Bugle Call"</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDQJ0n7LkpulsnfIKX3Nt3n1nAqZg-iIl78JWVM-_ZOrPmtrl3biW26GRIp9AfUsELboPeztkAZylZTX-2r_FQLcQCuHeF07Q9Hs17YR2-WaAXBQNshmZ07G2kryEXdhBpjTPaAZ4pxg/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+093.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536928428398959506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDQJ0n7LkpulsnfIKX3Nt3n1nAqZg-iIl78JWVM-_ZOrPmtrl3biW26GRIp9AfUsELboPeztkAZylZTX-2r_FQLcQCuHeF07Q9Hs17YR2-WaAXBQNshmZ07G2kryEXdhBpjTPaAZ4pxg/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+093.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7zxxkxed5TYBobijUNuJetdF_QKkePBqJiboTGQjDSaCtDAKwooAKdOZrqriIoQoDptNbb9j_g1DwPx9u1UjzE5D0TimTK-Fa__87Dta70zTabkkgqJ8g5p9bcmAcjQ3luncBRTRD2WQ/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+091.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536928437508903826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7zxxkxed5TYBobijUNuJetdF_QKkePBqJiboTGQjDSaCtDAKwooAKdOZrqriIoQoDptNbb9j_g1DwPx9u1UjzE5D0TimTK-Fa__87Dta70zTabkkgqJ8g5p9bcmAcjQ3luncBRTRD2WQ/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+091.JPG" /></a></div><div>Outside the Vis.Ctr. was a display of Cavalry & Indian articles</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAgt_sDmHabCtIo8eLGhyphenhyphenhlbOekaRPwpqDufcBoOyCSTTZoX2j8W5sEL7Txb7QPOnf8qzvyfXIDY8MZo-NtFWAax4fZeXBQq20C4pOabOoezHKMAJkgxaEaeKH6aY6yQnH930b4HotuE/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+114.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493984102176882882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAgt_sDmHabCtIo8eLGhyphenhyphenhlbOekaRPwpqDufcBoOyCSTTZoX2j8W5sEL7Txb7QPOnf8qzvyfXIDY8MZo-NtFWAax4fZeXBQq20C4pOabOoezHKMAJkgxaEaeKH6aY6yQnH930b4HotuE/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+114.JPG" /></a></div><div>There were about 10 Indian markers of known Warriors.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnm5bhw8qFv10bPQ2qzGy9tMd4NZZQ8807IWVHep7t6tBlR9lUJfNcPS3Tcd0fXR7frdeUh5_I6z_SYNbmZsxmtGneq8nxw0xwIGYRojBiwq69kaiVAqYx3rE7-a7L2qcV_FfvimwWMAI/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+075.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536928411885126082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnm5bhw8qFv10bPQ2qzGy9tMd4NZZQ8807IWVHep7t6tBlR9lUJfNcPS3Tcd0fXR7frdeUh5_I6z_SYNbmZsxmtGneq8nxw0xwIGYRojBiwq69kaiVAqYx3rE7-a7L2qcV_FfvimwWMAI/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+075.JPG" /></a></div><div>The Indian Monument was a circular stone kiva monument listing fallen warriors of each tribe and this beautiful sculpture.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsedA_hIY1W_Z1irLYLeTKgJWExzIyz97WrqCovb5QW5HZ3AyR4uUxELg2xi-w6b6QCWVgsKaI3XePkinbCIg3Rrejjiek9PEgtuLUuUR8AVFiwZ-c279GdwG4a84Do6mEmkznK2XaXIk/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+087.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493981132908373762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsedA_hIY1W_Z1irLYLeTKgJWExzIyz97WrqCovb5QW5HZ3AyR4uUxELg2xi-w6b6QCWVgsKaI3XePkinbCIg3Rrejjiek9PEgtuLUuUR8AVFiwZ-c279GdwG4a84Do6mEmkznK2XaXIk/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+087.JPG" /></a><br /><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493981143737683378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMSJneZ_dcsSaAltJBlpqnmel6mIn6O1e-VV_AxOFHp2IenjmGAsKyY_GwsPKZL0_kHP_HERyyoA2FMB0TifFMtbZq6H7TPYM7b34hSsLf9IiqTH-MNe-WurS5ys9GQFMhFCv6NSR-qY/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+086.JPG" /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6_cj4Qvze96qtgRoHUsJMr0eb4nR3vA9HcV03is80z0DebTStXl-bMpnt99kr6gCEPc9i7YHzVkOD3sra6MQoctQa0Jnhsh52_uLJgY2nHcsollWVy-rIuJ-1OnvH6C3V_Xvl8k08jU/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+085.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493981146006863010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6_cj4Qvze96qtgRoHUsJMr0eb4nR3vA9HcV03is80z0DebTStXl-bMpnt99kr6gCEPc9i7YHzVkOD3sra6MQoctQa0Jnhsh52_uLJgY2nHcsollWVy-rIuJ-1OnvH6C3V_Xvl8k08jU/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+085.JPG" /></a></div><div>Three Warriors, Blues Skies & Green Grass on the Prairie<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69oiD2bI2x_rz1pa5qkmWw3gXhOGX8T-TcOFYK8emjLINzGZg61bq1CGEYU63UAJPuydKZmsIGHf_JdkREP3hDzA1hEE7HNPFVLKzgC8xY1Hy8ZKj6Ddtho-Ti_BG0XYGJVfHIAV5bk8/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+124.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493984110721245794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69oiD2bI2x_rz1pa5qkmWw3gXhOGX8T-TcOFYK8emjLINzGZg61bq1CGEYU63UAJPuydKZmsIGHf_JdkREP3hDzA1hEE7HNPFVLKzgC8xY1Hy8ZKj6Ddtho-Ti_BG0XYGJVfHIAV5bk8/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+124.JPG" /></a><br />There were tombstones of groups & individuals where they fell along a 4 mile ridge.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvmNLpu9vHnQ8ZnwcrKW2J1R6Pi4PWs6_D-fvZavGCfjJKibi07JUDXSzSX7LVIWPwwJprrx-3cB8USLqIRq90InQ0gKRQO0Rs4VYK2qbot6pmkMLh6kikKaOXcnvihJAPvYqEcx-q5M/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+107.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536928447177928786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvmNLpu9vHnQ8ZnwcrKW2J1R6Pi4PWs6_D-fvZavGCfjJKibi07JUDXSzSX7LVIWPwwJprrx-3cB8USLqIRq90InQ0gKRQO0Rs4VYK2qbot6pmkMLh6kikKaOXcnvihJAPvYqEcx-q5M/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+107.JPG" /></a></div><div>Imagine the view from here of 3,000 Indian teepees and Custer had 300 soldiers. He deserved what he got.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJ5UGx8P5YHEFXrbjjQTFpS25G4RpKQw2ZxSU8kVdzj9i_I-CwBtzPyLOTxq3q8KsrJ-DchlYLTzf6YDXwkodnpEhoylUpROHxUH_K4TUwFAfb5FnwHhOGwV_UquJAm62V36gDDI1JoY/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+128.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493984115714202546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJ5UGx8P5YHEFXrbjjQTFpS25G4RpKQw2ZxSU8kVdzj9i_I-CwBtzPyLOTxq3q8KsrJ-DchlYLTzf6YDXwkodnpEhoylUpROHxUH_K4TUwFAfb5FnwHhOGwV_UquJAm62V36gDDI1JoY/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+128.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Devil's Tower Inn, Hulett, WY. Last night was the worst motel we've had and tonight has to be the best, other than Vegas.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ch9TbT42BbRxisVKbynaH2x98POdOSeVsXn0BWDqBtNscVKjmyQ86yErrNnsZLUpPCdaVT-4r60oBJ35WBEoy5BhZwbkjnee-FP7HahLYHeXOAP4Td-icwjjZ6ZsRKcqIP9-n7ghByQ/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+130.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493984122571211298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ch9TbT42BbRxisVKbynaH2x98POdOSeVsXn0BWDqBtNscVKjmyQ86yErrNnsZLUpPCdaVT-4r60oBJ35WBEoy5BhZwbkjnee-FP7HahLYHeXOAP4Td-icwjjZ6ZsRKcqIP9-n7ghByQ/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+130.JPG" /></a> </div><div>We were floored when we walked in. The room was equally impressive, knotty pine frontier style decor.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_wnXszLv8xLyQb5NMBUc3ChTTLz1Do5KfvoAC8L5R7PXhv92lJNw-FW6wzcikhRGeFWbNEkFFkrzgMv_qRr2Ao1kzu0RB9kBaeZRFgV4boHrUST6yeD6LG4oYuuv_BlNi0B1orxMQlk/s1600/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+126.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493984128618621154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_wnXszLv8xLyQb5NMBUc3ChTTLz1Do5KfvoAC8L5R7PXhv92lJNw-FW6wzcikhRGeFWbNEkFFkrzgMv_qRr2Ao1kzu0RB9kBaeZRFgV4boHrUST6yeD6LG4oYuuv_BlNi0B1orxMQlk/s320/Day+26+Little+Bighorn,+MT+126.JPG" /></a><br />We've seen all these animals in the wild for the last week. On the drive this aft., we saw about a dozen antelope on the plains and maybe 20 deer when we got to the Black Hills and tommorow more in Custer St Park, SD<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-3299604131990734802010-07-14T01:46:00.009-04:002010-11-07T18:52:46.744-05:00Day 25 Yellowstone<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kVNd8HmDj5yrUvBUCMwtms3G-T9FQviHdpLWxzJlqRohMlS06FCslEi6-kAOgtVKowuFAcIuGrspzplR9Vu-JhXe6yDDVsd04fb4Hfsot8_MRwUv-_D3Rl8G6frao2SoUMI3TZkzQi0/s1600/wanda+pics+275.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493973280566323362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kVNd8HmDj5yrUvBUCMwtms3G-T9FQviHdpLWxzJlqRohMlS06FCslEi6-kAOgtVKowuFAcIuGrspzplR9Vu-JhXe6yDDVsd04fb4Hfsot8_MRwUv-_D3Rl8G6frao2SoUMI3TZkzQi0/s320/wanda+pics+275.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div> Yellowstone has so much to look at geysers, hot springs, canyons, wildlife and great scenery.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1S7KFc8dXENtA_p20GylxvzLmUg0kw9lwwhJ7dDGz7YtSYr3q-Xm2badKsfxWoMSdAV8rKm_IbjcaEe2XQnPIOBn0qhFsic2LN9kUNuyVFNUeC7AfBCoqbV9zDbWNFF3v987tCFn1O94/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+028.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493965812378177810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1S7KFc8dXENtA_p20GylxvzLmUg0kw9lwwhJ7dDGz7YtSYr3q-Xm2badKsfxWoMSdAV8rKm_IbjcaEe2XQnPIOBn0qhFsic2LN9kUNuyVFNUeC7AfBCoqbV9zDbWNFF3v987tCFn1O94/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+028.JPG" /></a></div><div>We drove the Grand Loop road through forests, </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDrBksd7blw8fKLkKh8sMFanD0nZVXfTjg8qEz9UCmFiDHa4AMfji150zlQoo-gbp8tQlf57JKAvT_bqlD2ChkzIRdYQ7nSITu9Hf6hJepWT0gzRi1ZEapsPUJFmgtrGlR1mMWU4BhQSo/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+138.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493973265518571746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDrBksd7blw8fKLkKh8sMFanD0nZVXfTjg8qEz9UCmFiDHa4AMfji150zlQoo-gbp8tQlf57JKAvT_bqlD2ChkzIRdYQ7nSITu9Hf6hJepWT0gzRi1ZEapsPUJFmgtrGlR1mMWU4BhQSo/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+138.JPG" /></a></div><div>beautiful meadows </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-DtYV7XBde-aeUvYzpBdfqhifd2l3ohfcuOtGoQylMYO0wZ8sJ26VmLcHQIOLRkMUbxiHoEQWsFLJglOP7OT90m6jiM3hlIz0-rHyFPvi5r_I1lG4JxQBQe30NYQJPwDNisW6FMbQQ8/s1600/wanda+pics+063.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536958184395607810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-DtYV7XBde-aeUvYzpBdfqhifd2l3ohfcuOtGoQylMYO0wZ8sJ26VmLcHQIOLRkMUbxiHoEQWsFLJglOP7OT90m6jiM3hlIz0-rHyFPvi5r_I1lG4JxQBQe30NYQJPwDNisW6FMbQQ8/s320/wanda+pics+063.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFKcpYABIWHguaYF9IOWtWQr67z4E27p86enYI7IEcg_cPURQQiy1PbrsEsbhns5hMB8x6V3xtPJ04g9b2avgINe-d188SBUIqHuOakvR2YE8U3y65Rc0NmxoyfcY49pqgB-4dQsbknXs/s1600/wanda+pics+298.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536958188604755970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFKcpYABIWHguaYF9IOWtWQr67z4E27p86enYI7IEcg_cPURQQiy1PbrsEsbhns5hMB8x6V3xtPJ04g9b2avgINe-d188SBUIqHuOakvR2YE8U3y65Rc0NmxoyfcY49pqgB-4dQsbknXs/s320/wanda+pics+298.JPG" /></a></div><div>and more white knuckle mountain passes. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20nQ3TjKhAfXtaIquXS8GE8ESshvK-q3JgwT4CCheuJxmEgLHXgWr2xv-HVgTR9IaS9dPhro9K_Z1HfAm71nxgFjmX4jWAuULlp8KRD0Q0iewEpXWQhs_rNzGQ-ORrbG_VUWkkm04x_s/s1600/wanda+pics+238.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493973273587571746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20nQ3TjKhAfXtaIquXS8GE8ESshvK-q3JgwT4CCheuJxmEgLHXgWr2xv-HVgTR9IaS9dPhro9K_Z1HfAm71nxgFjmX4jWAuULlp8KRD0Q0iewEpXWQhs_rNzGQ-ORrbG_VUWkkm04x_s/s320/wanda+pics+238.JPG" /></a></div><div>We drove through large areas of burned forests from the great forest fire of 20 yrs. ago.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcbm-zQ6y6uaNX8wwnDdNwOivS1U6hIq4Xi4aN96AvA5ckJRjHgYESB5g-wKYWPSL_sSH_5swlv00exSirBdGfdxwmqbm1-HctCE9nuX4IUfZQf4dqMfRXZY5BRSgtmSI_bdgsh-iG30w/s1600/wanda+pics+002.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493635601113940658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcbm-zQ6y6uaNX8wwnDdNwOivS1U6hIq4Xi4aN96AvA5ckJRjHgYESB5g-wKYWPSL_sSH_5swlv00exSirBdGfdxwmqbm1-HctCE9nuX4IUfZQf4dqMfRXZY5BRSgtmSI_bdgsh-iG30w/s320/wanda+pics+002.JPG" /></a><br />We began our 2nd day at the approriately named Porcelain Basin. </div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPsyanyNyv-Yv-JqoiqJi9BlDcpP5_NDUs4OXQyE_rb5IpsEXR-UmUhd9lIAA8AvNv53Y6-IjWMyOLHlLmYnZBoJ3TIKlgI3gXiwVvDxFU42EwiCf9RB90VMPh7tx39WUZjNbqHb1H8so/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+036.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493635637877048946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPsyanyNyv-Yv-JqoiqJi9BlDcpP5_NDUs4OXQyE_rb5IpsEXR-UmUhd9lIAA8AvNv53Y6-IjWMyOLHlLmYnZBoJ3TIKlgI3gXiwVvDxFU42EwiCf9RB90VMPh7tx39WUZjNbqHb1H8so/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+036.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFy0LmXVkXVi81iK9XS0AkdZUNqMSC7k85C25nXbm3aYJYflZ-pkPiUf299RFqXmiNxiMgvHBlSkU2lPYEIiMbONGHfcmBD0P-Ke8OjboioMjqg_7It7Zaw_1mZcqWUNNXQn5j7IF9NmE/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+010.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493635608573975810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFy0LmXVkXVi81iK9XS0AkdZUNqMSC7k85C25nXbm3aYJYflZ-pkPiUf299RFqXmiNxiMgvHBlSkU2lPYEIiMbONGHfcmBD0P-Ke8OjboioMjqg_7It7Zaw_1mZcqWUNNXQn5j7IF9NmE/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+010.JPG" /></a></div><div>Porcelain Basin is the most acidic of the Yellowstone thermal areas.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4pvR26wWXHr3M9dCaurakbgUi6uI1YyW9JfaBqO_fTzJiUgJNlgfiPg_oHtsUaQFGln7FZ7bL_ZosY4PP8hRx2Wevu-Zb77LSqgZBs8hRy_nlRDdbtukSyIkllHm2e5Ziy-D1KktmD0/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+017.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493635615584032610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4pvR26wWXHr3M9dCaurakbgUi6uI1YyW9JfaBqO_fTzJiUgJNlgfiPg_oHtsUaQFGln7FZ7bL_ZosY4PP8hRx2Wevu-Zb77LSqgZBs8hRy_nlRDdbtukSyIkllHm2e5Ziy-D1KktmD0/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+017.JPG" /></a></div><div>Thermophiles in the acidic water created much different colors than in the other geyser basins in the park.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigO2hQbXcomZK7E6YnB271PiRwQJoJyzLNJ9vOWn3-f371gmcbxbETHLS4tZGw-8CLxJHYMiRIFfa7cG3nsETiY0Uf4aUWBffFFZC-aGRVxrOm5a-tvREdb9pYlVLngFJwNc_-WZxK720/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+011.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493635629091706066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigO2hQbXcomZK7E6YnB271PiRwQJoJyzLNJ9vOWn3-f371gmcbxbETHLS4tZGw-8CLxJHYMiRIFfa7cG3nsETiY0Uf4aUWBffFFZC-aGRVxrOm5a-tvREdb9pYlVLngFJwNc_-WZxK720/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+011.JPG" /></a><br />This tiny little spouter sent up a continuous stream of water.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5Hoi8IiXH_Rl5HOJblTITIJiXZtyLUo-dFGYIzmwSNwBmOEeFC8hlUOlX-tnwseeS3FwT4bPE0TY1sAlnEAiw7ha3SAxmljnqJxeaBqt4eWnHCPwXSOn0HuGA3voSzCBKH_WCIfI0cc/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+035.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493640040038851154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5Hoi8IiXH_Rl5HOJblTITIJiXZtyLUo-dFGYIzmwSNwBmOEeFC8hlUOlX-tnwseeS3FwT4bPE0TY1sAlnEAiw7ha3SAxmljnqJxeaBqt4eWnHCPwXSOn0HuGA3voSzCBKH_WCIfI0cc/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+035.JPG" /></a><br />Mammouth Hot Springs , view from the Top.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3am2eT1Ub26dPg2qmFOEfp1wJu_61FgCK7qWRNwEitrEmfEfMBMY8XKaYaV8eGxeSSaEclQb7FWNZKtwoRiLfbDiO7tQvvDg3dj74_aAJg1Sk0oDWKvrv5qNFpdVhnMvO_s5gB-h5ZQ/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+063.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493965843343582306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3am2eT1Ub26dPg2qmFOEfp1wJu_61FgCK7qWRNwEitrEmfEfMBMY8XKaYaV8eGxeSSaEclQb7FWNZKtwoRiLfbDiO7tQvvDg3dj74_aAJg1Sk0oDWKvrv5qNFpdVhnMvO_s5gB-h5ZQ/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+063.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEium_IfyqSjIIUNnWcQHo_Knv58oenXqtsp_EwB_3nmw9wljOD6PgfHfD-3DeX7bG58H3hjtKCYMzzpeypw1cYXJ_1IjKiWazqEqcTnCRTf7FIpvvTCObU_0wpz6b2hyth_cBhDFC9vf1k/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+069.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493965830055270562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEium_IfyqSjIIUNnWcQHo_Knv58oenXqtsp_EwB_3nmw9wljOD6PgfHfD-3DeX7bG58H3hjtKCYMzzpeypw1cYXJ_1IjKiWazqEqcTnCRTf7FIpvvTCObU_0wpz6b2hyth_cBhDFC9vf1k/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+069.JPG" /></a></div><div>The hot water percolates through a layer of limestone dissolving the calcium which creates the Travertine Terraces.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbigMuglYdzmYH3XleeMt4OgOYjL3XSutDy1Y8zH5-VLgtAOhAKn9z38qdkYStcIP754gi_UjzjHgK7mXNAi4TNKJNKGBMj4pJqGTdBQ8dpaQgi8yO0tZMl1kqDkk7anybQeiMpWSH0TE/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+037.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493640051066262738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbigMuglYdzmYH3XleeMt4OgOYjL3XSutDy1Y8zH5-VLgtAOhAKn9z38qdkYStcIP754gi_UjzjHgK7mXNAi4TNKJNKGBMj4pJqGTdBQ8dpaQgi8yO0tZMl1kqDkk7anybQeiMpWSH0TE/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+037.JPG" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJj_iaH4fMSXvnwTZZF9XRY4n2zrugNQTLgeIRX4c0hqhmMPDJHp5z34ZmLW1sPkYsIVXZNnpjsReDnkWt4a66vQnbdz018qEvyHoz6q7nwr9IIj-xZjwsc2quDs978HXTw8agAdPjug/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+040.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493965818241606962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJj_iaH4fMSXvnwTZZF9XRY4n2zrugNQTLgeIRX4c0hqhmMPDJHp5z34ZmLW1sPkYsIVXZNnpjsReDnkWt4a66vQnbdz018qEvyHoz6q7nwr9IIj-xZjwsc2quDs978HXTw8agAdPjug/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+040.JPG" /></a><br />The runoff created little terraces of raised traverine.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ks4cPsacB3L1lglqk-pjdwU388H_lJ6Fg6yjQjysLX6o2PgmzYJzg-K4Ao0bkm-s71ByMSboqc1yU7cWK-nuWWEpDHxl37zdgDotTHdlSmY_akQg-5HHKCuvDuo5eCvFYv_9SMIgXm0/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+060.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493640076898252818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ks4cPsacB3L1lglqk-pjdwU388H_lJ6Fg6yjQjysLX6o2PgmzYJzg-K4Ao0bkm-s71ByMSboqc1yU7cWK-nuWWEpDHxl37zdgDotTHdlSmY_akQg-5HHKCuvDuo5eCvFYv_9SMIgXm0/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+060.JPG" /></a></div><div>On Golden Pond<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7UwLgoNKtUSvIAhvTmB4EDGosCwa3kUNhsAWnfj0d0hHU16CtmlKZu0-DDunUWNYy0Y1BUXFGIcwEiWUvflfidNtMkT8KUY9pjlgNgxXy1L_TZewPMAHPPvx6V_ZwqWl4FHTD-bD18o/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+044.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493640060657270978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7UwLgoNKtUSvIAhvTmB4EDGosCwa3kUNhsAWnfj0d0hHU16CtmlKZu0-DDunUWNYy0Y1BUXFGIcwEiWUvflfidNtMkT8KUY9pjlgNgxXy1L_TZewPMAHPPvx6V_ZwqWl4FHTD-bD18o/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+044.JPG" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg95A1oREk9jIbsjUAxjuYfcuLeQO2RITQV5kvGSyPq7jqPT1Z-H7W5q3zqOjFUsG21V3sWkscRoFUMlM7V9BkPyBk8uxqFp2IIYXjvjKJ1JflUvZvi6qYliFBZwWVWtKBu-YWMsHUaRE/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+046.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493640071685373298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg95A1oREk9jIbsjUAxjuYfcuLeQO2RITQV5kvGSyPq7jqPT1Z-H7W5q3zqOjFUsG21V3sWkscRoFUMlM7V9BkPyBk8uxqFp2IIYXjvjKJ1JflUvZvi6qYliFBZwWVWtKBu-YWMsHUaRE/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+046.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Colored Calcite Creations</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-NxfEXqXJFDLjVHj7gusGjr2dyX1r_-AMxGseZIIHPDXFdoyw2BzfqkhDCMmYu_Iohkt9Twb8Uj5EH7xO8JYKGTx0oegcDe2Jj_hVd-6Sh5PqEULEPzgrXGwW_0Z1Btb_HEgEfupalw/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+081.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493642816393132386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-NxfEXqXJFDLjVHj7gusGjr2dyX1r_-AMxGseZIIHPDXFdoyw2BzfqkhDCMmYu_Iohkt9Twb8Uj5EH7xO8JYKGTx0oegcDe2Jj_hVd-6Sh5PqEULEPzgrXGwW_0Z1Btb_HEgEfupalw/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+081.JPG" /></a></div><div>Travertine Terrace</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmxRIp1fl7DYFORu_MQ50brlEyoFoOmIMkIsWA9GD1nh81yVuWvr-kc69vegGNhWLprulee7pXbDeRyRU4CpYxIEJrrh_PMpUhNWk5e4tkXj5Xr9IDb7EQQJfDoBmRpj81dLFctHiwGY/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+085.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493642825133563538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmxRIp1fl7DYFORu_MQ50brlEyoFoOmIMkIsWA9GD1nh81yVuWvr-kc69vegGNhWLprulee7pXbDeRyRU4CpYxIEJrrh_PMpUhNWk5e4tkXj5Xr9IDb7EQQJfDoBmRpj81dLFctHiwGY/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+085.JPG" /></a></div><div>Mammouth Hot Springs from the bottom.<br /><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 241px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493642828768513778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemfLpJs-hHfTij0DswmLvWBxfPPzMO-bpJhHSsk2_xqvipM0e8QWISp7b2AvvrtRHWQrQgy07v7ZBsMIPVYUYdcH_Ei-6GYM_jN1Atq3QT7cXgex5O2aTI7KYUjzdB1xvDBg2TwBhQaY/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+090.JPG" /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpFNS0-clhovT5G2P-CyXJ9-IjFQtj4J_9FUxXkUhS9l8uiWFftY6XqmNXNHmzudSc65cnpvJyAZDZtxk012SRq_V_rfGM3oTOvRb817UV84_0KeZGl5mssiVYt2yWWpColMXYmVJmdJ0/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+092.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493642835337077874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpFNS0-clhovT5G2P-CyXJ9-IjFQtj4J_9FUxXkUhS9l8uiWFftY6XqmNXNHmzudSc65cnpvJyAZDZtxk012SRq_V_rfGM3oTOvRb817UV84_0KeZGl5mssiVYt2yWWpColMXYmVJmdJ0/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+092.JPG" /></a></div><div>The buffalo & elk were both within 50' of the car.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VSpiftvBgFEW7-A5nYaNik11gnrGZGvTOFxjiK8xG1TLaRqo-h4G__rk8hl9VLQ7pmuZNw2AbaI7jQWGdJ-g19xHWfV_vzshm3RhyiuxZUQzm3rF0sVVp0tGq87UAaOGlLiEyGekLo4/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+101.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493645903167300066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VSpiftvBgFEW7-A5nYaNik11gnrGZGvTOFxjiK8xG1TLaRqo-h4G__rk8hl9VLQ7pmuZNw2AbaI7jQWGdJ-g19xHWfV_vzshm3RhyiuxZUQzm3rF0sVVp0tGq87UAaOGlLiEyGekLo4/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+101.JPG" /></a><br />The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXj1bdAqWmG3hWVWlisBv7rgqbm6pfv_MSWKZ7FfbgwFf0gnh_fQXXz7p5WD2mw6dc7w_GOKOSNuSFH3QPvVchOQSdCW3vrwtu1W_hyGtghTUn8pAmFPhaR5-HlLzRU-4S3jTGIXWMXAQ/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+187.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493973255128283378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXj1bdAqWmG3hWVWlisBv7rgqbm6pfv_MSWKZ7FfbgwFf0gnh_fQXXz7p5WD2mw6dc7w_GOKOSNuSFH3QPvVchOQSdCW3vrwtu1W_hyGtghTUn8pAmFPhaR5-HlLzRU-4S3jTGIXWMXAQ/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+187.JPG" /></a><br />We've seen alot of canyons on this trip & each one is in class by itself.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiulaEA5ZenAouC0-q-5HSgkKs7EIkVq0TpH5CKVERrp5L5FITFCLTTBZu2VFP2-fXOhFMip81TeIhLmEMslzIS0YxM_5Ul8-l2bYpMkOgF7lJVwlZAPlx3kxwu3HpNowgTWUtWVhsgvjM/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+132.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493645926235665634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiulaEA5ZenAouC0-q-5HSgkKs7EIkVq0TpH5CKVERrp5L5FITFCLTTBZu2VFP2-fXOhFMip81TeIhLmEMslzIS0YxM_5Ul8-l2bYpMkOgF7lJVwlZAPlx3kxwu3HpNowgTWUtWVhsgvjM/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+132.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkfVSA0FiF5HbcsRTA0h3oSf0xGXQms83tvLkQ7iLMl_Jc3y2URLpR-3mgLMuRtnn_PZNzcpQL0zTzy5eSW3x-XN1Ul7qwDRtLq_7IwlNQ_OVFbICrrSX3sU29JRryJmduGAd0QsUJ4hE/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+102.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493973247943508402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkfVSA0FiF5HbcsRTA0h3oSf0xGXQms83tvLkQ7iLMl_Jc3y2URLpR-3mgLMuRtnn_PZNzcpQL0zTzy5eSW3x-XN1Ul7qwDRtLq_7IwlNQ_OVFbICrrSX3sU29JRryJmduGAd0QsUJ4hE/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+102.JPG" /></a><br />The water was a milky blue-green.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdWHXv59DaQ2OdgQMh_Sf05ugnnfxE892tjf0pZEFzQXSfjmOnO1_Lqz7jOqtwB6JHO_3G8YHe82InCqhv0DUf1VjdOU5wFLxyi9CxHroXVAnjepZw9y4ceIA6llBCSOCSNkAi0dtxoA/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+095.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493645909939036482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdWHXv59DaQ2OdgQMh_Sf05ugnnfxE892tjf0pZEFzQXSfjmOnO1_Lqz7jOqtwB6JHO_3G8YHe82InCqhv0DUf1VjdOU5wFLxyi9CxHroXVAnjepZw9y4ceIA6llBCSOCSNkAi0dtxoA/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+095.JPG" /></a><br />The Lower Falls from Inspiration Point<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs69JymhaRARgPPw4huqU7tCmDGPp09xsE7n5XD7JgUR_JHpS-BFgTiHWAXpKoe6hhNnTZ5glpGmby-UPusqOD0IfrvQ7aQFmjAs-ORVtNAKa8kL0IwQaFHwObAumrgYhzN2Lvr3kBFSI/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+145.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 321px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493645938122370178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs69JymhaRARgPPw4huqU7tCmDGPp09xsE7n5XD7JgUR_JHpS-BFgTiHWAXpKoe6hhNnTZ5glpGmby-UPusqOD0IfrvQ7aQFmjAs-ORVtNAKa8kL0IwQaFHwObAumrgYhzN2Lvr3kBFSI/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+145.JPG" /></a></div><div>The Upper Falls</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFVrhxySJfwKzZ3IMPGRsNEPr9RX_heMGnxNHfqlvhOqBHdlJOF2gVvjplmJrhxxfox_cqr77ErirtsK8TeyJHtLnI8XeT8qdBBQ6oQbjJZhgmAFRxGXN04z_h3CXwK8NE2XRl0xLbvc/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+182.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493649419211157794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFVrhxySJfwKzZ3IMPGRsNEPr9RX_heMGnxNHfqlvhOqBHdlJOF2gVvjplmJrhxxfox_cqr77ErirtsK8TeyJHtLnI8XeT8qdBBQ6oQbjJZhgmAFRxGXN04z_h3CXwK8NE2XRl0xLbvc/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+182.JPG" /></a></div><div>The iconic view from Artists Point</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXHq-HhyUwDRmazPIy4PsWtS9Kqv9vQPbOZQV7tgUUy86naxeV0Pqr_aZjG8DX9awC9DBlpJNxurcCKfFv03ooU8OwFVZYgvl11sbGEu4WCvHgn_UXeY0ywZGfdZmrLzHkTWlTKd5jNc/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+168.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493649433288173202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXHq-HhyUwDRmazPIy4PsWtS9Kqv9vQPbOZQV7tgUUy86naxeV0Pqr_aZjG8DX9awC9DBlpJNxurcCKfFv03ooU8OwFVZYgvl11sbGEu4WCvHgn_UXeY0ywZGfdZmrLzHkTWlTKd5jNc/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+168.JPG" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAmwIQtJhhVD9gXAyCDLHOH9UWYWXyniNhqU44Yr7SAgjh893rSBdcO7Fixn9E0vORSdVPwR9mkx6lmXSQuS-5_bGKpLdAKIcRpIOBX4kH5X4u4TvllEZ7RCY_aKOp794Acxv0JLjdsY/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+196.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493649439667340722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAmwIQtJhhVD9gXAyCDLHOH9UWYWXyniNhqU44Yr7SAgjh893rSBdcO7Fixn9E0vORSdVPwR9mkx6lmXSQuS-5_bGKpLdAKIcRpIOBX4kH5X4u4TvllEZ7RCY_aKOp794Acxv0JLjdsY/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+196.JPG" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0k6Mwtwm2IY-VCdnntWlYV2ATyz79i3PhNHZvVp5U9pDl7sYwqsym0uXCRMljJzkQqIEIMn6A9Ab1vqjJcbYGbEtmnqu2pEdWxOnS7v01kWDdwab_c39sz74a5HIsghJaPWF4ODXXk8/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+200.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493649447307959522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0k6Mwtwm2IY-VCdnntWlYV2ATyz79i3PhNHZvVp5U9pDl7sYwqsym0uXCRMljJzkQqIEIMn6A9Ab1vqjJcbYGbEtmnqu2pEdWxOnS7v01kWDdwab_c39sz74a5HIsghJaPWF4ODXXk8/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+200.JPG" /></a></div><div>Pastel Canyon Walls from Artists Point. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-32322022514941169442010-07-13T00:59:00.006-04:002010-11-12T22:54:26.779-05:00Day 24 Grand Teton & Yellowstone<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOr7-mDgw9g1ewYJ8ADB7_0qE9llKvyWVVEIh_PbCqoWWHr-yKGjeTLf2L9w0Wf1DpB5UT5Squr5vVe_eCbZ7_UmExraKQeNC381IzRpPzCvZD_d7Cb0XU-m1jxq-wlSPeZWU3q9Abv4s/s1600/wanda+pics+004.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536963078167082274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOr7-mDgw9g1ewYJ8ADB7_0qE9llKvyWVVEIh_PbCqoWWHr-yKGjeTLf2L9w0Wf1DpB5UT5Squr5vVe_eCbZ7_UmExraKQeNC381IzRpPzCvZD_d7Cb0XU-m1jxq-wlSPeZWU3q9Abv4s/s320/wanda+pics+004.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div>We left Jackson & drove up Teton Pass - 9453 ft. the steepest mountain pass I've driven. <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmRT1oX21ZyTQZYTkgFoqdGmJWgn5kTWhR_RU60cqbw8iSy7Vz5sOVsfeKBVdVYRzVTRTYUyX6rK9lT89GgF1ZH-mvbK2_BmJvATys5jPDZbs-NLO74CuI3zeAqTHjLDbYs6U2UMYxsA/s1600/wanda+pics+062.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536961852492143682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmRT1oX21ZyTQZYTkgFoqdGmJWgn5kTWhR_RU60cqbw8iSy7Vz5sOVsfeKBVdVYRzVTRTYUyX6rK9lT89GgF1ZH-mvbK2_BmJvATys5jPDZbs-NLO74CuI3zeAqTHjLDbYs6U2UMYxsA/s320/wanda+pics+062.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhluCuXHHEzJrDQWjh-s2oXTgi0cwKB9SDxw8PNzVN1WvoNvk1IlVsUuUzcmBMFAFebXENO6kz0VsJ78Rr590CeDxEOypDB2j8A0SvuLjiLR2CyG3qQ5SejTm5yIXVJFISO9of4XAlKWzs/s1600/wanda+pics+066.JPG"></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhluCuXHHEzJrDQWjh-s2oXTgi0cwKB9SDxw8PNzVN1WvoNvk1IlVsUuUzcmBMFAFebXENO6kz0VsJ78Rr590CeDxEOypDB2j8A0SvuLjiLR2CyG3qQ5SejTm5yIXVJFISO9of4XAlKWzs/s1600/wanda+pics+066.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536961857509687362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhluCuXHHEzJrDQWjh-s2oXTgi0cwKB9SDxw8PNzVN1WvoNvk1IlVsUuUzcmBMFAFebXENO6kz0VsJ78Rr590CeDxEOypDB2j8A0SvuLjiLR2CyG3qQ5SejTm5yIXVJFISO9of4XAlKWzs/s320/wanda+pics+066.JPG" /></a><br />The view east from the top of the pass.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3ueiuX-AiAJ0HfyOZynKKpgX4pehTArHSTO0KgEUC7gzea-vzIYLaBqYJ2VCyfe2ScQzO22DVGvAY615d8RCfYp3yOqZeGJpC71ZVwYuLgEMIKI8LJVKYBFRag7dKD8_bnu63as4mAQ/s1600/wanda+pics+101.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536961874140089666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3ueiuX-AiAJ0HfyOZynKKpgX4pehTArHSTO0KgEUC7gzea-vzIYLaBqYJ2VCyfe2ScQzO22DVGvAY615d8RCfYp3yOqZeGJpC71ZVwYuLgEMIKI8LJVKYBFRag7dKD8_bnu63as4mAQ/s320/wanda+pics+101.JPG" /></a></div><div>8-10 % grades for the 30 mile roundtrip </div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2JwhjTlf2nP5q3swrsIVNwubpi3d4rWileLe7DMqu63UsofEXOllfgRlorky9QVFe8lEx7dgTL3Ec-vita9XFDlZzWK7xFqEEfoXtOPRRawcKOe-ZxzqxbYiwK29ckz5iGqbD_v1qpI/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+002.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493251498605762914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2JwhjTlf2nP5q3swrsIVNwubpi3d4rWileLe7DMqu63UsofEXOllfgRlorky9QVFe8lEx7dgTL3Ec-vita9XFDlZzWK7xFqEEfoXtOPRRawcKOe-ZxzqxbYiwK29ckz5iGqbD_v1qpI/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+002.JPG" /></a></div><div>just to take the picture and another state.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4Zed4K2YF-z6DbalW_SnWtVdAQSvPUh-grrM0bZERkj69z3BpXgBNxthTLLcX4mVBL0NVWLkXMQLY6OnFJu5aWE4xj38BewEHmFami80zrivGbQE_8xENuB7YL8GszxPlVS04VB7iKA/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+020.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493253487122130546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4Zed4K2YF-z6DbalW_SnWtVdAQSvPUh-grrM0bZERkj69z3BpXgBNxthTLLcX4mVBL0NVWLkXMQLY6OnFJu5aWE4xj38BewEHmFami80zrivGbQE_8xENuB7YL8GszxPlVS04VB7iKA/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+020.JPG" /></a> .<br />On the way to Yellowstone, we stopped at a number of turnouts for views of the Tetons.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkp3abMxPzuLNcG56jUQRk0i9WBSYwktprmXwexyCrb3fK8W3gKx6vRpa0e9clh8ULmNhqNgYbEOnbEDv1-4OW8j_sb1-uqacA2KKz0V3aKVV7pRh-m6kovfcxOQTNdDjJVrGu6Comao/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+035.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493255009112080626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkp3abMxPzuLNcG56jUQRk0i9WBSYwktprmXwexyCrb3fK8W3gKx6vRpa0e9clh8ULmNhqNgYbEOnbEDv1-4OW8j_sb1-uqacA2KKz0V3aKVV7pRh-m6kovfcxOQTNdDjJVrGu6Comao/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+035.JPG" /></a></div><div>I wish we would have had blue skies & sun on the snow.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVZv_FrqSPm3fs_GpAdpvnKZoXC181Ry63Ucv2Li3jcXWD32LQVaXQ-0AngpXXrekthDwM3aIZ6qWXwB1H3u5ox4T2LkmXuKun0qcQY9-rIzP6H06TplEIfOcsNpwoIwXrqX5w2lIUWI/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+055.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493255017492158626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVZv_FrqSPm3fs_GpAdpvnKZoXC181Ry63Ucv2Li3jcXWD32LQVaXQ-0AngpXXrekthDwM3aIZ6qWXwB1H3u5ox4T2LkmXuKun0qcQY9-rIzP6H06TplEIfOcsNpwoIwXrqX5w2lIUWI/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+055.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Le Grand Teton<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIfdjbT6ZPUylAW4LHM5rdFEogRRDIkYmr4NEveSgdEuFwO3jmIFuAxIpxm9U7iCu5d_YCmK5hEAJ8kpUUMOMbEOnC5CIfIMo-0WNKmzdFoNdMljPMbtzBHXvxS2RjU3DyqEFWi5EcQE/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+042.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493253508066075346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIfdjbT6ZPUylAW4LHM5rdFEogRRDIkYmr4NEveSgdEuFwO3jmIFuAxIpxm9U7iCu5d_YCmK5hEAJ8kpUUMOMbEOnC5CIfIMo-0WNKmzdFoNdMljPMbtzBHXvxS2RjU3DyqEFWi5EcQE/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+042.JPG" /></a></div><div>A glacial cirque is the hanging valley holding the glacier.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYHNys8Qk3SjVBVE0X49elosnE7wk1Mw8tTw3Ps-MD5wRlutButnXRzH9TtKRSXIqTx-PMJXZyL9Ium6epUtxCo5t4wmZu2Hf8kdRifSSOL8ImL6cbpDUZEdoFqotlyX61Z5puwr8nvI/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+063.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493610281633766226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYHNys8Qk3SjVBVE0X49elosnE7wk1Mw8tTw3Ps-MD5wRlutButnXRzH9TtKRSXIqTx-PMJXZyL9Ium6epUtxCo5t4wmZu2Hf8kdRifSSOL8ImL6cbpDUZEdoFqotlyX61Z5puwr8nvI/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+063.JPG" /></a><br />This herd was about 300 yds off the road. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwMOf8eoMhKWdPCk7J-qy4GMSu4M5_wNa_8CK7kKaqD8SFP3N754ORnCwc2WbT6eZCdQ_Cd2y-nfaCM4uoSMlGIQCx75QoTE5X5qIUY-6zLFslN6rxYnSqeMPCvXW-Arva4etjMeMlrE/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+070.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493255024429168914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwMOf8eoMhKWdPCk7J-qy4GMSu4M5_wNa_8CK7kKaqD8SFP3N754ORnCwc2WbT6eZCdQ_Cd2y-nfaCM4uoSMlGIQCx75QoTE5X5qIUY-6zLFslN6rxYnSqeMPCvXW-Arva4etjMeMlrE/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+070.JPG" /></a></div><div>7,308 miles from Cornelius - 17 States -Day 25 - 37 NPS - 145 NPS passport stamps</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TCPdzbRwAfw35NsWZfhP4IVUXn_SmHPBfLalQJSQ4cKTxMFYGJ-UP3_zFXq71G3PrXaV_HuyaRztNcr3A2uiOcUQRcW7oBPPw2vIykPkBBpf8Pmxfw8Jdc8s_c5D_GsF9xOaOXZ2c7c/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+081.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493257047326527826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TCPdzbRwAfw35NsWZfhP4IVUXn_SmHPBfLalQJSQ4cKTxMFYGJ-UP3_zFXq71G3PrXaV_HuyaRztNcr3A2uiOcUQRcW7oBPPw2vIykPkBBpf8Pmxfw8Jdc8s_c5D_GsF9xOaOXZ2c7c/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+081.JPG" /></a><br />The 1st geothermal feature we stopped at was the West Thumb Geyser Basin.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAC6Q7q01xchtpKtJv7hhMjE1Z3te2YCqyjPcyKpLdXlNZ2tBuYANviWHfb-ao3BwhC4XkrGT9fNDLirxPzInaGhs9jHdgXHKtofBofRx5sWI5c-dumHjqsEadtNpeeyWW8bPX2jOx688/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+089.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493257058519466658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAC6Q7q01xchtpKtJv7hhMjE1Z3te2YCqyjPcyKpLdXlNZ2tBuYANviWHfb-ao3BwhC4XkrGT9fNDLirxPzInaGhs9jHdgXHKtofBofRx5sWI5c-dumHjqsEadtNpeeyWW8bPX2jOx688/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+089.JPG" /></a> </div><div>I was a little surprised there wasn't much of a sulfur smell.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaMdH9LdbpIANC7eIvxD4MkFnDqBzsTufrSjc1-V9eAeakOwbzQWf94VEgN7Ex9rpY1Pb-lgtm-A8QQpFJyQSxq6fBa18VhkeXd-S9a6fP_fG2zINXCzMeThLM9ZCB34bjm9GquHn1bM/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+094.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493257064206124066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaMdH9LdbpIANC7eIvxD4MkFnDqBzsTufrSjc1-V9eAeakOwbzQWf94VEgN7Ex9rpY1Pb-lgtm-A8QQpFJyQSxq6fBa18VhkeXd-S9a6fP_fG2zINXCzMeThLM9ZCB34bjm9GquHn1bM/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+094.JPG" /></a></div><div>The intensity of colors was amazing.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiho8Z_gSZZ0Es-gJdKTXVRiTi8vxwEhlDuzbNP0m3fuk8cMWp6R7y9WSj06xqTLUflcUQ49_ZuZ_QhIPm4unHXOjARh8Lx-cXJtNm8u_pAlamDRh7RQO4SzJFKj_wkVAvwRRq38Ph50_0/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+187.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493257085603239442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiho8Z_gSZZ0Es-gJdKTXVRiTi8vxwEhlDuzbNP0m3fuk8cMWp6R7y9WSj06xqTLUflcUQ49_ZuZ_QhIPm4unHXOjARh8Lx-cXJtNm8u_pAlamDRh7RQO4SzJFKj_wkVAvwRRq38Ph50_0/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+187.JPG" /></a> </div><div>I can't remember all the names for the springs & geysers we saw but this one was Ear Spring.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiSvf4a9Ka1kmqL-Z__R58awpqOLD44XTIHeY1wvGLBBuQ7lSnGa-PyHbg8I4SNVUbnUHRULrGHwf-i6fROi0fUrFR-cf3a68h2ggMq7-Bfm-5zqUzatrMKmretCDHOMtQxJUv5DLGgk/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+127.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493257078606372834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiSvf4a9Ka1kmqL-Z__R58awpqOLD44XTIHeY1wvGLBBuQ7lSnGa-PyHbg8I4SNVUbnUHRULrGHwf-i6fROi0fUrFR-cf3a68h2ggMq7-Bfm-5zqUzatrMKmretCDHOMtQxJUv5DLGgk/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+127.JPG" /></a> </div><div>We saw Old Faithful erupt 3 times , although the 1st time was as we were driving, maybe 1/2 mile away.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibD2uy8Eel_zeyZ2PIIR38mYCyjDJuYH40MSMeVUK-JAOiQ9vz-4vNDIz6f4PS7UyDOSX7yzzBl4NV6al1Kq-KLtH-E99BBil5DepCpG1PZbCqRWzhgzTwtC_7MtvnbGn5kz1pOpyDdmQ/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+214.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493258204736595506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibD2uy8Eel_zeyZ2PIIR38mYCyjDJuYH40MSMeVUK-JAOiQ9vz-4vNDIz6f4PS7UyDOSX7yzzBl4NV6al1Kq-KLtH-E99BBil5DepCpG1PZbCqRWzhgzTwtC_7MtvnbGn5kz1pOpyDdmQ/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+214.JPG" /></a><br />One our Wanda's must sees was the Old Faithful Inn.</div><div><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493258211377910850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03k7vUn39gOXTH0Nnia5t5GIjm1qEgpTYtUHUdsT8LWm5vw2iZRlr9LpQsPukB83P6mINpIzSdA0PQtTpfoyGURK2vFlKkckpCZZjR-D9ixHq9kknmug82OGmjJnRxJnMPOSh-V0MadQ/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+265.JPG" /></div><div>The lobby was the epitome of nat'l park architecture.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUC5KWGbtVkRcKXFUQ2_Vs4Pr6Y-OF1xyZUtcDM5Ut_VfpbI9MSBlC7l2f0ykdowJnWVAzdPa6qwfunqgumPqKmIFMeHCEAG2u87eTRBAQQJ_aJlbLlLO1ExsSt0PrEA3oi_U9II_3_LY/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+222.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493258222383174898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUC5KWGbtVkRcKXFUQ2_Vs4Pr6Y-OF1xyZUtcDM5Ut_VfpbI9MSBlC7l2f0ykdowJnWVAzdPa6qwfunqgumPqKmIFMeHCEAG2u87eTRBAQQJ_aJlbLlLO1ExsSt0PrEA3oi_U9II_3_LY/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+222.JPG" /></a></div><div>The timber construction was a work of art. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXD4Yq5sYSDONORdWJixVgC7TExiHjiSRJbdVCfs5cSOu3_58DkJ3P_RCRXtLfPYOv7TAHGIQg5fuW77bEsaLKx5EvqWS2UCVzZ4b1UF8EHWfNDPrLyWXxM1RF3VG8ZGVRo2Vwa1kG1NY/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+241.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493258231662990866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXD4Yq5sYSDONORdWJixVgC7TExiHjiSRJbdVCfs5cSOu3_58DkJ3P_RCRXtLfPYOv7TAHGIQg5fuW77bEsaLKx5EvqWS2UCVzZ4b1UF8EHWfNDPrLyWXxM1RF3VG8ZGVRo2Vwa1kG1NY/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+241.JPG" /></a></div><div>We had a glass of wine on the 2 nd floor porch and had the best view for the 2nd eruption.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8gmexLk7U433uEpbUOmpRP4XZluh4tXTv4mYeTCCjOQpskbSaHlQ7FbjJIrIjFaEyIfxccGPZVWAHsO6JDdMJcgCzsUrxuYNSGMeowjh7hhluW3rxErPF54RvP36q3QFAaHCmF44mOSk/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+250.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493258238278456002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8gmexLk7U433uEpbUOmpRP4XZluh4tXTv4mYeTCCjOQpskbSaHlQ7FbjJIrIjFaEyIfxccGPZVWAHsO6JDdMJcgCzsUrxuYNSGMeowjh7hhluW3rxErPF54RvP36q3QFAaHCmF44mOSk/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+250.JPG" /></a></div><div>The wind shifted and created the rainbow.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifO_b2OrImrgUYFGYK5hjgDNLDokPerHRUQUfYFgav7M4U_v6WJWUXd8mcm6OPkQiXb-VCYTMjHkG843rj1JVGEYF8L0XM57WZ7RF5RSDz-Olhg1_5xxn48gnONxMVvZ47IoLUS2nX3ss/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+185.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493627559376802018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifO_b2OrImrgUYFGYK5hjgDNLDokPerHRUQUfYFgav7M4U_v6WJWUXd8mcm6OPkQiXb-VCYTMjHkG843rj1JVGEYF8L0XM57WZ7RF5RSDz-Olhg1_5xxn48gnONxMVvZ47IoLUS2nX3ss/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+185.JPG" /></a><br />This one had an interesting bubbling, gurgling, hissing sound.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZGaYPTFMKAMvDx_EPo6YoIt-HFZ7SJMYSFexHe_mpzC2iVR88-nS5Va1baSBbqaSfxCaJ_fskDYGCP1_MOksggQrbjFowgbMw1T4oOBoMIytNehOdXLSnY_HwTo7151Pj_XJ2xdfMZk/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+200.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493628787735460530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZGaYPTFMKAMvDx_EPo6YoIt-HFZ7SJMYSFexHe_mpzC2iVR88-nS5Va1baSBbqaSfxCaJ_fskDYGCP1_MOksggQrbjFowgbMw1T4oOBoMIytNehOdXLSnY_HwTo7151Pj_XJ2xdfMZk/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+200.JPG" /></a><br />The colors in the runoff is caused by thermophiles, heat tolerant bacteria.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIkPuhBqasnjykRWOtLlISCV11stu8oyboZGVDgUNi04W-lWBgqEjBbxVlFKocEwVXuSTfIeFkeo6K9UPV8FB1IRGVC0gBHpz9wH-26tqylxPuNJpiu4h7f4XuU6rTPUgrLs8QQTjmgNM/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+285.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493628791462046338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIkPuhBqasnjykRWOtLlISCV11stu8oyboZGVDgUNi04W-lWBgqEjBbxVlFKocEwVXuSTfIeFkeo6K9UPV8FB1IRGVC0gBHpz9wH-26tqylxPuNJpiu4h7f4XuU6rTPUgrLs8QQTjmgNM/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+285.JPG" /></a><br />The colors changed based on the water temp.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5bvF6CTRrzKLRBKU6br5A6Z3obdR_6JuhVN_0OQnZEKXDb1ckQXWWnALS1nuifVuzZXUAqeGaD_KIE4-QzFPUs3fKm-RiHx8JvSNojBos-bJBzBFT-48E-6iixrA98WRGOKhMhNttUZs/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+287.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493628799094716754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5bvF6CTRrzKLRBKU6br5A6Z3obdR_6JuhVN_0OQnZEKXDb1ckQXWWnALS1nuifVuzZXUAqeGaD_KIE4-QzFPUs3fKm-RiHx8JvSNojBos-bJBzBFT-48E-6iixrA98WRGOKhMhNttUZs/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+287.JPG" /></a></div><div>words can't describe the beauty</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPw2Glkqu4haR-ntOdmtnzFMhuOtUFU0TL12MzwmGF-xXEbkj_msvbT7CZk6PHt93T5d1Lbx5_zx78YmC3zLmhqmvRhbcAtcKi9HT9wcpyMFzYy92mYurFIBNzmrwu95br3lJsYp0EF9Y/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+281.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493628807343223922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPw2Glkqu4haR-ntOdmtnzFMhuOtUFU0TL12MzwmGF-xXEbkj_msvbT7CZk6PHt93T5d1Lbx5_zx78YmC3zLmhqmvRhbcAtcKi9HT9wcpyMFzYy92mYurFIBNzmrwu95br3lJsYp0EF9Y/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+281.JPG" /></a><br />This geyser went off while we were at Black Sand Geyser Basin and continued for about 15 min. The height varied from 1-5' tall during the eruption.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5CazwkoLcw47C9M4fHppamn_AOrC55kdx-kU_g0SXroEaPyUlKZ2-ylBxFsgVxMk_f2qzGqn1mz8nAamsFZ3H5_J5IcWSrIddGn8D38bvrTkG_SUdjwZA7R9RFcj1TTnwsNlE7Qn7pL0/s1600/Day+25+Yellowstone+001.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493628812592271554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5CazwkoLcw47C9M4fHppamn_AOrC55kdx-kU_g0SXroEaPyUlKZ2-ylBxFsgVxMk_f2qzGqn1mz8nAamsFZ3H5_J5IcWSrIddGn8D38bvrTkG_SUdjwZA7R9RFcj1TTnwsNlE7Qn7pL0/s320/Day+25+Yellowstone+001.JPG" /></a><br />Another night in another State.<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-78221726886149799272010-07-11T23:32:00.008-04:002010-07-13T01:05:27.407-04:00Day 23 Thermopolis to Grand Teton NPI try to get caught up the blog each night but by the time we get settled at the hotel & upload both cameras, I just run out of time, So I added comments & a few pics from day 22 and will do the same... post the pics & add comments later. I may be an extra dy behind beacuse tommorrow is 1/2 Grand Teton & Yellowstone so there will be hundreds of pictures to sort through to post. This blog is harder than I thought.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZZjf3Tq1YLm5D3_XwjxqjLU2_1ABKYhqKXgcSZwL4F01e1bfs7N-R8C2qgtzjJ2qogCvmhZM1bUNqL3bWJ_njbO5XTkZT8KFgWS3oud1fTYN_UyRVwotdEh7CMlnrTFohY1HUGYp4Rw/s1600/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+006.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492858466085779314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZZjf3Tq1YLm5D3_XwjxqjLU2_1ABKYhqKXgcSZwL4F01e1bfs7N-R8C2qgtzjJ2qogCvmhZM1bUNqL3bWJ_njbO5XTkZT8KFgWS3oud1fTYN_UyRVwotdEh7CMlnrTFohY1HUGYp4Rw/s320/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+006.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Hot Springs SP in Thermopolis, WY is the world's largest hot spring. Our hotel was on the park grounds and had hot water piped directly to a jacuzzi on the hotel property. The hot soak really felt good.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYc2nn_TgP54FpTnBiGDa-jvK3iKywhqbjqplMEzvP4HlcfesHNUFdNHxxp-lIjV2KZV6wZ_2fGO_3ILVc9Wl_48jfj466D7cWoSFWdpIA0Z7V93jdP5bKZ1m2dkswMOlq9x2iXQPaJlo/s1600/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+014.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492858481608509618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYc2nn_TgP54FpTnBiGDa-jvK3iKywhqbjqplMEzvP4HlcfesHNUFdNHxxp-lIjV2KZV6wZ_2fGO_3ILVc9Wl_48jfj466D7cWoSFWdpIA0Z7V93jdP5bKZ1m2dkswMOlq9x2iXQPaJlo/s320/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+014.JPG" /></a> </div><div>We drove around the small park and looked at different hot springs.</div><div><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492861773975099826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQvPUSAe5SLYO2KyBXDmldTZjzaRxRqSTU95ThRGnTcOVtByxUeUnLM_k9c1EGntm0aROm6OA6dBZLXij51ySwREOJKV-Z1J79YPRaHmuCBjZuXHSqHtGuCDjLAh0Xp55sLmjRBtMo25Q/s320/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+018.JPG" /></div><div>When the Arapaho Indians signed a treaty giving up their land, one of the stipulations was that the hot springs be open to all people free of charge.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PGWaOBkEuLQdRYXVY6xcHsSACGtqkF1xIKcLdTK-HZc2pLhvcKq6b0q6mj3u_nIytgQPl5wis5HurZFeSFZkaJ4WT7W0AIU_LscDPb90j5BuaoNU8lVw-ZtMP8nX8RpuxAwX6xpeOnM/s1600/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+020.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492858488341335666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PGWaOBkEuLQdRYXVY6xcHsSACGtqkF1xIKcLdTK-HZc2pLhvcKq6b0q6mj3u_nIytgQPl5wis5HurZFeSFZkaJ4WT7W0AIU_LscDPb90j5BuaoNU8lVw-ZtMP8nX8RpuxAwX6xpeOnM/s320/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+020.JPG" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCoh6Jc1J_vj5Sa3xSA5R8JXjCZJUoxFw-tPxPmuNORCdizQ464gqTHjpAwBYivStDIv8XwoxsVWHxcIlrATzccyhPYVh5kNr0O8fxELZow3x8sgpGDImauoRDwYGRUb6Dytro27F1YOA/s1600/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+040.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492858495928146306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCoh6Jc1J_vj5Sa3xSA5R8JXjCZJUoxFw-tPxPmuNORCdizQ464gqTHjpAwBYivStDIv8XwoxsVWHxcIlrATzccyhPYVh5kNr0O8fxELZow3x8sgpGDImauoRDwYGRUb6Dytro27F1YOA/s320/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+040.JPG" /></a></div><div>The overflow from the spring has built up large terraces above the river</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMaH_UcD1KSfki0kfm8COkbALyN5Xh2zqrRts5-ZevfKYvAYqcLCd8nLTDremCn8S3Co8p51JlJfuIe1Y8mQISi3YRXErf_0oHKq7HtHLYcveVg7avcphPfkF0k7Dxbl2_2CnvEucUgjA/s1600/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+044.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492861782626953138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMaH_UcD1KSfki0kfm8COkbALyN5Xh2zqrRts5-ZevfKYvAYqcLCd8nLTDremCn8S3Co8p51JlJfuIe1Y8mQISi3YRXErf_0oHKq7HtHLYcveVg7avcphPfkF0k7Dxbl2_2CnvEucUgjA/s320/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+044.JPG" /></a> </div><div>Teepee terrace was created when townspeople installed a vertical pipe in one of the springs and the terrace has grown to this size in 100 years.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD5VM5ahARYFpFfOjTHo5pSjwSO9a8u98Ibd8EciwBC43sGfHcpRePm0JV95CytZrQmypiNmK04TGOGf_c8Qh0y9fjjeZwf54MMO_bosHNkTI8ELJhn9B2n1qwpkrfw5i3yYvVZM0fSNY/s1600/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+095.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492861795681139682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD5VM5ahARYFpFfOjTHo5pSjwSO9a8u98Ibd8EciwBC43sGfHcpRePm0JV95CytZrQmypiNmK04TGOGf_c8Qh0y9fjjeZwf54MMO_bosHNkTI8ELJhn9B2n1qwpkrfw5i3yYvVZM0fSNY/s320/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+095.JPG" /></a></div><div>On the way to Jackson, WY we spotted this Elk made out of antlers so we turned around and stopped at the Antler Workshop & Gallery in DuBois. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK38jRcvfsuU0YDJ2lHtjBzhNwmMt0-MykSWvcoCSYfJOItPD6O-5K8Fwu-QUXtXILPedLcj_iT8FnS4VTbM1iSYqwcEA7ncqlAxf7UVp6j84ngUxlvUkOpdRxUpWihIuQtNJgw0P8y2U/s1600/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+093.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492861793927229394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK38jRcvfsuU0YDJ2lHtjBzhNwmMt0-MykSWvcoCSYfJOItPD6O-5K8Fwu-QUXtXILPedLcj_iT8FnS4VTbM1iSYqwcEA7ncqlAxf7UVp6j84ngUxlvUkOpdRxUpWihIuQtNJgw0P8y2U/s320/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+093.JPG" /></a><br />The owner, Kurt Gordon had some fantastic antler creations.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfSOYu3Gorc0-faeoKW8sgZV_UE4P6XBUWJvGS6s1ZUniVlCO7NLSZ4bl24bOd8G8uMrZ5GmGNI6y3jl8PKx9oGsb1BOsGmgatj5WIQbiGlhuLUPFLKUayL_aPRK5DR13Qk2hXIVFv4vE/s1600/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+085.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492861806826349346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfSOYu3Gorc0-faeoKW8sgZV_UE4P6XBUWJvGS6s1ZUniVlCO7NLSZ4bl24bOd8G8uMrZ5GmGNI6y3jl8PKx9oGsb1BOsGmgatj5WIQbiGlhuLUPFLKUayL_aPRK5DR13Qk2hXIVFv4vE/s320/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+085.JPG" /></a> </div><div>He had piles of antlers inside & out. We told him we'd post his site <a href="http://www.antlergallery.com/">http://www.antlergallery.com/</a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPzOV_YZX3HV0O2xO9UqZ1-iVdVfkNXVP5fQ5u9Tyafc-6V71agPnnsZukgnAVAXk_Oa7B9vrfttPJAVJVotaNnaLdO_IXVhUsdrULE3jG2LW8v_fgxNIoN513JhEaQkUwoGiAm3khZY0/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+018.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493239108145757970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPzOV_YZX3HV0O2xO9UqZ1-iVdVfkNXVP5fQ5u9Tyafc-6V71agPnnsZukgnAVAXk_Oa7B9vrfttPJAVJVotaNnaLdO_IXVhUsdrULE3jG2LW8v_fgxNIoN513JhEaQkUwoGiAm3khZY0/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+018.JPG" /></a> </div><div>We arrived at Grand Teton in the afternoon as a storm was coming over the mountains</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBUiVkEzirD1ZewvqMEfnJVzqTJ1FMZiGFyf50mTtZTGIgYax1O-fbISvmm7UdFhooO1qZ-SurjPM2eOd0OC6ngZQoNZk82fIbUwN5NtM-XaxDMInx1Az-pT2LhB2ID78JSrkDt0raWiU/s1600/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+119.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492870006047008914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBUiVkEzirD1ZewvqMEfnJVzqTJ1FMZiGFyf50mTtZTGIgYax1O-fbISvmm7UdFhooO1qZ-SurjPM2eOd0OC6ngZQoNZk82fIbUwN5NtM-XaxDMInx1Az-pT2LhB2ID78JSrkDt0raWiU/s320/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+119.JPG" /></a></div><div>so the view was a bit muted without the sun shining off the peaks.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDYlMG76uwPJ3FdBLc2VMLNhZs8WnyXiCYZlPR2CRqrnoLxxuQWObAYWRmZPZ-REXECcc99-b7x9HKg19KiCbJqk4-dyoaHtkerGIg_7UH0F-5Bo-oLq3s_u5Yr8sDypxG00cniRNGqE/s1600/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+137.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492870016845392546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDYlMG76uwPJ3FdBLc2VMLNhZs8WnyXiCYZlPR2CRqrnoLxxuQWObAYWRmZPZ-REXECcc99-b7x9HKg19KiCbJqk4-dyoaHtkerGIg_7UH0F-5Bo-oLq3s_u5Yr8sDypxG00cniRNGqE/s320/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+137.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The most spectacular thing about the Tetons is they rise directly from the flat valley floor, there are no foothills.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8EQ6jLj4EY26zScEX2IUDFF2hliT3Mr9C2hohEtxl7Yer7cP1cCs0N2oTujhCxSudvfrPwrBY06EsUNoD0xDbRy6YG5500YMUkJK32bcrWXKYl5bAPBVRORa7NThMWg8NE8Px8jEjOc/s1600/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+143.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492870026544387586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8EQ6jLj4EY26zScEX2IUDFF2hliT3Mr9C2hohEtxl7Yer7cP1cCs0N2oTujhCxSudvfrPwrBY06EsUNoD0xDbRy6YG5500YMUkJK32bcrWXKYl5bAPBVRORa7NThMWg8NE8Px8jEjOc/s320/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+143.JPG" /></a></div><div>Mt. Moran</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRIfqtfd4opu8E4SjetngTk_Kwmh0gKMLspmqf2wacdM90no_5SMh5Ha-ILTJUVR5M3TGHA8Cg6A_j7QoUIgC-ULcIppUIXdcHVXRfk25e12L7-yZt8znP3eP0Y676C3cBiBJ2RixMRWM/s1600/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+146.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492870033709657922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRIfqtfd4opu8E4SjetngTk_Kwmh0gKMLspmqf2wacdM90no_5SMh5Ha-ILTJUVR5M3TGHA8Cg6A_j7QoUIgC-ULcIppUIXdcHVXRfk25e12L7-yZt8znP3eP0Y676C3cBiBJ2RixMRWM/s320/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+146.JPG" /></a></div><div>Grand Teton - these are some of the most jagged peaks we've seen.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmA64dJDsGH6PL-OrQMQynwiF468RhnLMqn6NwkvVGldrxEjnluSZbCyrj3lgYtd0uD4R195XMuLZY0yd-5hfZITDMkssEPAD2dScFicHDtijyVONXLu2nhjvMFhNyVO7FKqhtqXtSwhk/s1600/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+006.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493251743629168578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmA64dJDsGH6PL-OrQMQynwiF468RhnLMqn6NwkvVGldrxEjnluSZbCyrj3lgYtd0uD4R195XMuLZY0yd-5hfZITDMkssEPAD2dScFicHDtijyVONXLu2nhjvMFhNyVO7FKqhtqXtSwhk/s320/Day+24+Grand+Teton+%26+Yellowstone+006.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAHhW8fotn03H0nGf9bOoUhwwyTDkr56lTiFEDJSL_3vQii-uzM-I40LNrTl-tjqeehyphenhyphenoRNX5L-ZRYT41SEY6lgwOzbZ9iBC37soCfUKb9tL7QKBkrawZWv5szM3rcBbpR77_BmCJUqlU/s1600/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+174.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492874811264663954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAHhW8fotn03H0nGf9bOoUhwwyTDkr56lTiFEDJSL_3vQii-uzM-I40LNrTl-tjqeehyphenhyphenoRNX5L-ZRYT41SEY6lgwOzbZ9iBC37soCfUKb9tL7QKBkrawZWv5szM3rcBbpR77_BmCJUqlU/s320/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+174.JPG" /></a></div><div>I've been looking at the webcams from Jackson for years and we had to get a picture at the antler arches in the square in downtown Jackson.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YgaJ3VLXPcA9CIfBNZ_Boh1W3DHa5rKvtW83kLhh0dWSoNubga7J8yfjGhSnkzdXCfxuv9KkOYa-8jfy7H6MQ0OWte5oKwGCtL7OwRBFxrpnmyc4neKTG6Q3FEkn5UT4pnc9pIk1z-0/s1600/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+179.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492874817738904818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YgaJ3VLXPcA9CIfBNZ_Boh1W3DHa5rKvtW83kLhh0dWSoNubga7J8yfjGhSnkzdXCfxuv9KkOYa-8jfy7H6MQ0OWte5oKwGCtL7OwRBFxrpnmyc4neKTG6Q3FEkn5UT4pnc9pIk1z-0/s320/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+179.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqEuU3LmCzTToNKTPWfqIp0QuNqU2rBmgDrnVBtdWws8NkDvxVFg_W8mt-gLVAYhXOhYgr4tohhzWvcXptPh2yodI5ylCvNp56Yl6qzuwFMoZSLrdE2RABcrNgnAeH-YQqYn7S0YgsZo/s1600/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+186.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492874824312726210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqEuU3LmCzTToNKTPWfqIp0QuNqU2rBmgDrnVBtdWws8NkDvxVFg_W8mt-gLVAYhXOhYgr4tohhzWvcXptPh2yodI5ylCvNp56Yl6qzuwFMoZSLrdE2RABcrNgnAeH-YQqYn7S0YgsZo/s320/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+186.JPG" /></a></div><div>Kurt at the Antler gallery recommened the Gunbarrel for a buffalo steak. It was great! Almost sweet tasting, grilled over mesquite, melt in your mouth.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfkALXRqm9FXBtkPJh5xuP-6FLpDmtnbp29lsAksKYHmiKbV89tLuWmZvYGPnOx4oaFCR7WUObNnNfwmJXF29mn0Uno7nXtSc0B9T2W0mf27-aQOcDGqWpY_ivcpttp1xWhB5ZX2-u9k/s1600/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+192.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492874831956565106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfkALXRqm9FXBtkPJh5xuP-6FLpDmtnbp29lsAksKYHmiKbV89tLuWmZvYGPnOx4oaFCR7WUObNnNfwmJXF29mn0Uno7nXtSc0B9T2W0mf27-aQOcDGqWpY_ivcpttp1xWhB5ZX2-u9k/s320/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+192.JPG" /></a></div><div>The decor was pure cowboy, stuffed big game animals, gun collection, rustic wood construction.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVBQzqN18S4MbF-Xi2NJC1AAX8FOS0Cee76ZJcf22SXPYNTSn7Ib0CX2Z2beMkEuJKY1AxGWy0YApVfUWcYuaLCRXlPQ0c3pz-W8njdjgTx1WUKNA1KnY3rMnS5oKkrtsoL8b94y_3BI/s1600/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+203.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493250090723974098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVBQzqN18S4MbF-Xi2NJC1AAX8FOS0Cee76ZJcf22SXPYNTSn7Ib0CX2Z2beMkEuJKY1AxGWy0YApVfUWcYuaLCRXlPQ0c3pz-W8njdjgTx1WUKNA1KnY3rMnS5oKkrtsoL8b94y_3BI/s320/Day+23+Thermopolis+%26+Grand+Teton+203.JPG" /></a></div><div>We went in, looked around got a flat penny & bought a T shirt.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1292335640512863696.post-71328960586196512502010-07-11T01:21:00.012-04:002010-10-16T20:47:44.665-04:00Day 22 The Oregon Trail<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9WO78JX8bIYoGmPWRMbPN4X1Wl-cNfEYOppn52EPevlU8eT9qMU-REa3Vhyphenhyphen-rnlKzkjc9xktg6SlQzAtCU5qs6pBMYOYz4i5z-hz5iYIU-7NWODJSJU0nxN3MnHzudexBm_3VJveYms/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+002.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492515554266038530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9WO78JX8bIYoGmPWRMbPN4X1Wl-cNfEYOppn52EPevlU8eT9qMU-REa3Vhyphenhyphen-rnlKzkjc9xktg6SlQzAtCU5qs6pBMYOYz4i5z-hz5iYIU-7NWODJSJU0nxN3MnHzudexBm_3VJveYms/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+002.JPG" /></a><br /><div> We drove about 2 hours northeast from Cheyenne, WY to Scotts Bluff, NE to begin tracing the Oregon Trail.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPg25IoH2uX-aK3ApZLk6UfnigsUMshN8K6kE1wOiU5THPo-4g_Rbxo7uIAJegpIMPsPP6akY1GwVQEC0lPVeUh8IrvTsczNz3koUJwyUZKPFmHHdje2RrZ64qptjMKqv_D3VuwAYHnU/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+007.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492515561035847986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPg25IoH2uX-aK3ApZLk6UfnigsUMshN8K6kE1wOiU5THPo-4g_Rbxo7uIAJegpIMPsPP6akY1GwVQEC0lPVeUh8IrvTsczNz3koUJwyUZKPFmHHdje2RrZ64qptjMKqv_D3VuwAYHnU/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+007.JPG" /></a> <br />We saw this Conestoga Wagon on the way, how appropriate. However what is a Conestoga wagon from Lancaster Co. PA doing in Nebraska? Very few made the journey, they were too big & heavy and needed more oxen to pull than a regular covered wagon.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhozPiV1JlFROF1yZN0iLnYgo0zQhmw4qKddT4AedZHv1lO50K0HQ0IuTg1SfaRgGtwybkyeGyyUOAJQmREgdXoMYJePwlzOJbvSV0Edxek4AE2yIfqcEBS4SBqao0o1mR44I1UVvPkg/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+009.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492515564625766098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhozPiV1JlFROF1yZN0iLnYgo0zQhmw4qKddT4AedZHv1lO50K0HQ0IuTg1SfaRgGtwybkyeGyyUOAJQmREgdXoMYJePwlzOJbvSV0Edxek4AE2yIfqcEBS4SBqao0o1mR44I1UVvPkg/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+009.JPG" /></a> <br />Scotts Bluff was the 2nd natural landmark the pioneers saw after Chimney Rock which is about 50 miles east.</div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDvQr8lNezVZpl-z4mB72DoWEDySxbbRUzxzI-Bgs4ibZPqn4J1DuvsD80q4dpNS2SS6iWTCeaK0RMuBEgTSRkd9L0v7UFpNj8_2pH5BNdwKkCaWPlSTl7dmXuvcOeme3CiFwlXTuy48/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+036.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492530657698506402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLDvQr8lNezVZpl-z4mB72DoWEDySxbbRUzxzI-Bgs4ibZPqn4J1DuvsD80q4dpNS2SS6iWTCeaK0RMuBEgTSRkd9L0v7UFpNj8_2pH5BNdwKkCaWPlSTl7dmXuvcOeme3CiFwlXTuy48/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+036.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The Bluff is about 600' high and the trail went through Mitchell Pass between the Bluff and </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD02_O92uHeEKhzybdZx3_uy-EWTf0j-ZeKx56a_Ig1c5vbyk0zoYqnoS2NZ2PiXD7dF8kybSNFR3dVCRS8Toj6ttOc-D8SqL9leci_Yu_g_iCVn1bdlJUjrm2mJ4VFL4grUEsmzDKqa8/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+039.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492837807738724978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD02_O92uHeEKhzybdZx3_uy-EWTf0j-ZeKx56a_Ig1c5vbyk0zoYqnoS2NZ2PiXD7dF8kybSNFR3dVCRS8Toj6ttOc-D8SqL9leci_Yu_g_iCVn1bdlJUjrm2mJ4VFL4grUEsmzDKqa8/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+039.JPG" /></a><br />Sentinal Rock. I enjoyed talking with this living history lady, she is a paid park employee and was cooking a yak stew ( she was all out of buffalo) in a dutch oven over a buffalo chip fire. I wish I could have talked with her more about the pioneers. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQUlh3LAfN6lUqH5szUP3pxTWIco5dGNPtOt0np8R_1GPyzjk7WyHUWCn7fzVbAHJsBc2ElX1nCyncfP_GUo6JVbyIMea2xR5EObxMbWQUP3YBojJyloGluyn2Hfy3IG-im404oHEEFM/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+018.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492840928818736994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQUlh3LAfN6lUqH5szUP3pxTWIco5dGNPtOt0np8R_1GPyzjk7WyHUWCn7fzVbAHJsBc2ElX1nCyncfP_GUo6JVbyIMea2xR5EObxMbWQUP3YBojJyloGluyn2Hfy3IG-im404oHEEFM/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+018.JPG" /></a><br />Scotts Bluff was on the Oregon, California & Mormon Trails and the route of the Pony Express. We got NPS Pasport stamps for each.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEWcHjaCbC93FyE2nsNQ6i2RjOfjlZ4FdIGBoL54lRx3yWjwpfAbUd3q7E-kJe0VbrztDK0ME-Vt6UcsW8Cm9CTqyYXbCOzDVbvsasXAKlKW2tfh6N122aJyxlKl3naeOO4bZBLhStlQ/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+051.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528802011327109234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEWcHjaCbC93FyE2nsNQ6i2RjOfjlZ4FdIGBoL54lRx3yWjwpfAbUd3q7E-kJe0VbrztDK0ME-Vt6UcsW8Cm9CTqyYXbCOzDVbvsasXAKlKW2tfh6N122aJyxlKl3naeOO4bZBLhStlQ/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+051.JPG" /></a><br /><div>The road to the top went through 3 tunnels as the road hugged the cliff face. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJ_inEp0aqXmQ2HgzQI8G10akpBF0j7_WdS8hqlpEnADGYR92i5llGDRyzRPcb2R-Lf1BF-5QraFt3riXNpjYkitkO3ftGihLA_K7f8QEmU9F3SH1wrwDCkpUFSzXfPaLMCDpmHSRjNY/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+052.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492520335777563330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJ_inEp0aqXmQ2HgzQI8G10akpBF0j7_WdS8hqlpEnADGYR92i5llGDRyzRPcb2R-Lf1BF-5QraFt3riXNpjYkitkO3ftGihLA_K7f8QEmU9F3SH1wrwDCkpUFSzXfPaLMCDpmHSRjNY/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+052.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Wanda wasn't too nervous on the way up, it was only a few hundred foot drop vs. several 1,ooo ft. and it had Guard Rails!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2RW-K7WBX7S1hJd0VwjfOTEvCmxaEyRNgdwmoc0J_fmLsoguRoHpcckPW_W6HIRFrouS3_iJX9zjv4ShK7mh9HQbBxBorPJ6NAdZJnM4Ozt7L5DtXLkZvzNfAFrwmowkD-PhnieOC8i4/s1600/wanda+pics+040.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528805419753447762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2RW-K7WBX7S1hJd0VwjfOTEvCmxaEyRNgdwmoc0J_fmLsoguRoHpcckPW_W6HIRFrouS3_iJX9zjv4ShK7mh9HQbBxBorPJ6NAdZJnM4Ozt7L5DtXLkZvzNfAFrwmowkD-PhnieOC8i4/s320/wanda+pics+040.JPG" /></a><br /><div>This is the view looking east, unfortunately with the haze we could just barely see Chimney Rock in the distance.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIMBa1GVU5VnnhER3sxJPkhgLNqVDcVwVadsfoaE9uuEKdg9gvpZE-SWKGaB1hwSiEpkjCE-c9CIMN1c0NBObgAH2Nygk9vYuRvJ9aZhzS3Vf3_Rq3FJqtrImbCeey6fZ09JVsCYqG3w/s1600/wanda+pics+053.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528802021427089314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIMBa1GVU5VnnhER3sxJPkhgLNqVDcVwVadsfoaE9uuEKdg9gvpZE-SWKGaB1hwSiEpkjCE-c9CIMN1c0NBObgAH2Nygk9vYuRvJ9aZhzS3Vf3_Rq3FJqtrImbCeey6fZ09JVsCYqG3w/s320/wanda+pics+053.JPG" /></a></div><div>The Trail follows the modern highway between the pass and we could make out the impressions of the trail in the grass.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ob-Qkoc3zyrUE9dESz1b2id_voaqf0zUBimOk_fKxAfl5MCkKLyC5FfRmiZ_LC7Hc2u-eWacZ7u_BLbE5mryUmWKROZQ1SAl68OSfvBliPWheRvfJcueb_MYwYCk5gypLZG2BJLTM9A/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+049.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492522207085816594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ob-Qkoc3zyrUE9dESz1b2id_voaqf0zUBimOk_fKxAfl5MCkKLyC5FfRmiZ_LC7Hc2u-eWacZ7u_BLbE5mryUmWKROZQ1SAl68OSfvBliPWheRvfJcueb_MYwYCk5gypLZG2BJLTM9A/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+049.JPG" /></a> </div><div>A sandstone butte- I don't recall it's name.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitd384pNZDUC3wPKmZaWLBW48L31Y0kJ4jZ4ECd83AzMY64_tVePLZYByH8YmyHR8f9QNCikJyL1uJpfdtrri6wGXoNTfl1fuuWmlYSXM3rC5aDxCW15ph0_s1FhQlJEoHUg3dGpQvZuk/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+076.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492522220277457554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitd384pNZDUC3wPKmZaWLBW48L31Y0kJ4jZ4ECd83AzMY64_tVePLZYByH8YmyHR8f9QNCikJyL1uJpfdtrri6wGXoNTfl1fuuWmlYSXM3rC5aDxCW15ph0_s1FhQlJEoHUg3dGpQvZuk/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+076.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The view from one tunnel to the other. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmT-o8_mxUz0FZBIyDoOeC147eUynivORUEYWSAWJPl-p98HO2a12W_ZeeRW13bcKL1CObFn3OBh2HhU7rFtjr3TAQignodt4E0uZDC8j64h7y4PP3OBqIDfJbYOu7ZCJPitY7SryZD4/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+081.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492522225319806770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmT-o8_mxUz0FZBIyDoOeC147eUynivORUEYWSAWJPl-p98HO2a12W_ZeeRW13bcKL1CObFn3OBh2HhU7rFtjr3TAQignodt4E0uZDC8j64h7y4PP3OBqIDfJbYOu7ZCJPitY7SryZD4/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+081.JPG" /></a></div><div>We followed the Oregon Trail west into Wyoming and saw this patriotic bandshell in a small town park. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoOCbty0ePsmSt9jJuwAZ9E6tOOMODbvpn0uUTqEDNejFD0wIfU28lxOMYjiJRCnj4nkBZ80xrLo8hfEjd3FjcJV2NpZ8_KY-3wc7y2jgbWefvaPvyKAUjTpxSnVVhyHzedBsWsxJkUM/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+082.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492524173640851922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoOCbty0ePsmSt9jJuwAZ9E6tOOMODbvpn0uUTqEDNejFD0wIfU28lxOMYjiJRCnj4nkBZ80xrLo8hfEjd3FjcJV2NpZ8_KY-3wc7y2jgbWefvaPvyKAUjTpxSnVVhyHzedBsWsxJkUM/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+082.JPG" /></a></div><div>Fort Laramie, WY was one of the early Army forts in the northern plains. It served as protection for the Oregon Trail migrants, base of operations & supply for the Army and a site of treaties and trade with the Indians. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBtEh3Jja0K1mA3h8RYZS-Zbjul7VThd25O_DAkrl4TSpC5BTKrbb6RksXYUBzj3d2GLGxttG-HkVrVTlTjPttU_ETM_f1WXWGJRQqk6b1O9wHrk6mVLSINhfS8cNcIxIV_hdhpiiLi4/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+085.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492524182847578354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBtEh3Jja0K1mA3h8RYZS-Zbjul7VThd25O_DAkrl4TSpC5BTKrbb6RksXYUBzj3d2GLGxttG-HkVrVTlTjPttU_ETM_f1WXWGJRQqk6b1O9wHrk6mVLSINhfS8cNcIxIV_hdhpiiLi4/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+085.JPG" /></a><br />The fort was abandoned in the 1880's after the Indian wars were over and the buildings fell into disrepair. This was one of 2 soldiers barracks that survived with a minimal amount of reconstruction </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLloAy1DEjD_De1aa4w2V8idxrUWoFqaq15CnJdwaQEjm14r8I_Buy9BEyQqghhTbvu4ScDC6rbAFdLCsfYBG9wQIfverPoE-xFjOoQOKhZapu_IBC-sB5WuLW9YscG8Ty-ZR-DsVlYC0/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+094.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492524184339790834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLloAy1DEjD_De1aa4w2V8idxrUWoFqaq15CnJdwaQEjm14r8I_Buy9BEyQqghhTbvu4ScDC6rbAFdLCsfYBG9wQIfverPoE-xFjOoQOKhZapu_IBC-sB5WuLW9YscG8Ty-ZR-DsVlYC0/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+094.JPG" /></a><br />The Park Service did an excellent job in recreating the living quarters.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGp-zNo5KIawjiFBnWwBfsyILB5353XGsp9nQnusrjH09WlxakKAoaLAkXbALqgsOBYswPWGimxnmnYFsi4dlSgQ7t_nngJtzTZByCkBLi9tSOW7sZUdx5BvocR9nbJ68h-x0EqkO6KQ/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+096.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492524198099283778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGp-zNo5KIawjiFBnWwBfsyILB5353XGsp9nQnusrjH09WlxakKAoaLAkXbALqgsOBYswPWGimxnmnYFsi4dlSgQ7t_nngJtzTZByCkBLi9tSOW7sZUdx5BvocR9nbJ68h-x0EqkO6KQ/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+096.JPG" /></a></div><div>I'm sure that when the soldiers were stationed here it didn't look this nice & neat. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMe4dg0_WqLey2uoJSYr_w-bPlfISnK0d9-46J12BgJg6SFjOgORgG4rg4ncZkxgbq48FEskD7xZAOd0cfdnXjq-raCeq1eye_DE19LglxCD3Se5b6LIh_2EAWyR_wlSJWfW_7kh2hik/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+106.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492524204191119618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMe4dg0_WqLey2uoJSYr_w-bPlfISnK0d9-46J12BgJg6SFjOgORgG4rg4ncZkxgbq48FEskD7xZAOd0cfdnXjq-raCeq1eye_DE19LglxCD3Se5b6LIh_2EAWyR_wlSJWfW_7kh2hik/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+106.JPG" /></a></div><div>The Oregon Trail Ruts and Register Cliff Hist. Sites are about a mile apart, 1/2 hour west of Scotts Bluff ( 1 days journey by covered wagon back then). </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zSxjSd74J3apef7H3GjYKdeUILORO48P08BbZvMaSr6cI4Iei0sbdGEfekZPMJGD6JlE2xYA-X6mkAAb5cOLBIcyd-2UwpWm8qZf_ldy6cpiFLUBX30qcGf4ho8yjt974GCk5k-wFr8/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+108.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492527098907716290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zSxjSd74J3apef7H3GjYKdeUILORO48P08BbZvMaSr6cI4Iei0sbdGEfekZPMJGD6JlE2xYA-X6mkAAb5cOLBIcyd-2UwpWm8qZf_ldy6cpiFLUBX30qcGf4ho8yjt974GCk5k-wFr8/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+108.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The hundreds of thousands of wagon wheels and oxen & horses wore into the sandstone rock.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIHYZ8dF_lC59oUvVyIlayOYGsDjcX1W5P_qDkdvC75lerSkoKLiHthUCrypkicL5OqrKp9rDGTIivld0vsj97zWoKLLpWlHxRCB4Mtv_qYdZLecM7vqiT-U3IaZ0LDsNhLVYN8D2Qp4/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+118.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 313px; 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HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528802028268153746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LGSHushgy8D2HgH94UpKKKMFzbQBTEER_pbkbJogTGSgtnRPPCfmaNd0GPXB7EQP-cW1omOAHW6Qr1uo-1ToVOL7m3g1OdzO_GzSPpRmnXEfFPWlgIKzw8dgi86w2Qj9pO4k7nxH758/s320/wanda+pics+131.JPG" /></a></div><div>there are also footprint holes worn in the rock where the pioneers walked while leading the teams of oxen & mules.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZGPrtjUKNUTYQjv7CGp4StxccxN3e9V6DvO2xfn1He1wt-fHF7Tl8WX5tQm08QE-HQ0fU1ZEothvnB892M7fcpFHNNykJ-S8Y-12nat1MVWDZg5cSyIprCRUizeZahBjYbmdHY3vFis/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+141.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492527130991493778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZGPrtjUKNUTYQjv7CGp4StxccxN3e9V6DvO2xfn1He1wt-fHF7Tl8WX5tQm08QE-HQ0fU1ZEothvnB892M7fcpFHNNykJ-S8Y-12nat1MVWDZg5cSyIprCRUizeZahBjYbmdHY3vFis/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+141.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpr_JvnCd9e9HUyiBP2XBNtUwwUtpy4f8EP7E3o7EsjyvfMfK7LWX8_LbGCd10vAXeNamozkbc8WohR2yGx1Jf4PRU-dd2frJNaXkN7fdBRqJDTlKXrE_SOyVxctPShwWBqKZwcelm1y4/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+147.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492527141685616066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpr_JvnCd9e9HUyiBP2XBNtUwwUtpy4f8EP7E3o7EsjyvfMfK7LWX8_LbGCd10vAXeNamozkbc8WohR2yGx1Jf4PRU-dd2frJNaXkN7fdBRqJDTlKXrE_SOyVxctPShwWBqKZwcelm1y4/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+147.JPG" /></a></div><div>Register Cliff is about 100' high and maybe 100 yards long.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvrlC3e4HjzgDy4IRRZojdAVnmkx2yFmwd0RDEdTdKprF1xEpxf2Zt6Y_tdYQqfA9dDKgwkctHjE39kVdwdIPUw45IoTbYaSKDP2cB1JJjFOx7oskMqAMtBXTWC-FnL7n1y12IYKe1h8U/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+176.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492534010516843906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvrlC3e4HjzgDy4IRRZojdAVnmkx2yFmwd0RDEdTdKprF1xEpxf2Zt6Y_tdYQqfA9dDKgwkctHjE39kVdwdIPUw45IoTbYaSKDP2cB1JJjFOx7oskMqAMtBXTWC-FnL7n1y12IYKe1h8U/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+176.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6CJrBVnDYiFHUdIXj2hQjjI4HoCPh1kTA3B3YxWpVuffK6Gp-vqo0bh-fJ3qeaR64iestCu9cpUNTUzGc3Q_FmCzimQsIo8luhyoM35hh-LCUw4h8492sy9KplRVwOirrnpPd62mKrQ/s1600/wanda+pics+161.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528808095947554658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6CJrBVnDYiFHUdIXj2hQjjI4HoCPh1kTA3B3YxWpVuffK6Gp-vqo0bh-fJ3qeaR64iestCu9cpUNTUzGc3Q_FmCzimQsIo8luhyoM35hh-LCUw4h8492sy9KplRVwOirrnpPd62mKrQ/s320/wanda+pics+161.JPG" /></a></div><div>Much of the rock has been defaced by countless visitors in modern days adding their names. </div><div><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492530670867811170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFGNckvBZsVFXf9Sh-UXbuV_F3RfFi1hzER6xeL42ZShU8_-3LuM_TkKW9i6qUL93WGvuOv227FCuTvdcHEBINT0c6-OjPyi4pSatypHjVf3qiZX_cZt1JK2U8wRF7XCVgAqVv1iRbtDI/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+182.JPG" /> </div><div>But there are still the original names carved into the soft sandstone.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_jZaLh8bCemqarF96jcABxr9RymIDW1JeFAxNTgmBBa9d9Op4oxb33nD86t4JXAkbh1XbclwzCir8eommbmfy2JjD8pYEQ0MlEGxz6xui7A0Oe0ZBppO45Fn40cPfxZ7jjXlXZ4sYyU/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+196.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; 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We did add 5 more NPS stamps.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMVm9hYgFmUgAL8vkEIn_RmosoIaaZN-5ThJquzNePCY5466ZcMtZkO-_Z1yqPJAt5lYW27mSv51wlPnYWC_ZTDd2cotdl5rpiBsHkoU8jVg02YvRKqrPCQK7sxBl2Y2jGiAITyjTB2Q/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+197.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492530679318820930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMVm9hYgFmUgAL8vkEIn_RmosoIaaZN-5ThJquzNePCY5466ZcMtZkO-_Z1yqPJAt5lYW27mSv51wlPnYWC_ZTDd2cotdl5rpiBsHkoU8jVg02YvRKqrPCQK7sxBl2Y2jGiAITyjTB2Q/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+197.JPG" /></a> </div><div>The Pony Express also went through the area.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfFUJbUt3C3yYmZDLc9MqY4cPJpEr6A2Be0soPvftcprGPzdbz1Sk49kWe2iGY1c82lJsjdawYtb5KIZ3k2t4djNyuNZUass6c-hz6bSGhCIvQDK49PHjhdiPYFWNjCsbHEwIBti6h-Y/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+216.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492534024471947954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfFUJbUt3C3yYmZDLc9MqY4cPJpEr6A2Be0soPvftcprGPzdbz1Sk49kWe2iGY1c82lJsjdawYtb5KIZ3k2t4djNyuNZUass6c-hz6bSGhCIvQDK49PHjhdiPYFWNjCsbHEwIBti6h-Y/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+216.JPG" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFliglXQqiRkm4aDd9NB2aL88HHijaaZp4l8rLpshxR3KI7JD1noZ-gF86qYsPZ_odb5Ab7z64iwhVyS-tnUM_tF5Fo6TvbUFFloOv-lupChnmlnj4_6HXqTO7jHKwNE6chpqeUDKxsM/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+235.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; 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HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492852965510904994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9ZoalcW9xULfksocVhw3DInw622AlyGaU-ACSivtfyq9vebRXqKZTCfKQjVMR16v3odc_-t1V2hE9U0bMkCJF9sMGYlJPJ5jO_6ZyR9UcDKLWzrDla6kYDyv-YSBr0zGAhaTnOxUqEU/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+270.JPG" /></a><br /><div>6 Tunnels in one day including Scotts Bluff.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7n9YvNd9u1x96DJ0iaLCs3C18XdZkHUP-JgJSg0yP_W6_PFw2pOBfKjK8LQDVr-XeZ5ELcCKGx-6tpcn4ac0WfpEP-Xj5etZWNX17kyYa5zWl20MlgNdtVHcp-vTUZM5ZM1h7ao9YY0/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+291.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492852973710669026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7n9YvNd9u1x96DJ0iaLCs3C18XdZkHUP-JgJSg0yP_W6_PFw2pOBfKjK8LQDVr-XeZ5ELcCKGx-6tpcn4ac0WfpEP-Xj5etZWNX17kyYa5zWl20MlgNdtVHcp-vTUZM5ZM1h7ao9YY0/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+291.JPG" /></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XFuJ6rs1TFp6fF3P-WRWbm4VMH5OPmA88mNU6AJx-SvY3WWU1P6DDOSHQn0lub77aMBassk3CtJljcV4wpxctH7gb75T_CILGz9LHDLnel4MnP_DN2o-Fu2ey5aPp2OvIzZyPm7z1yE/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+295.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528802029639314450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XFuJ6rs1TFp6fF3P-WRWbm4VMH5OPmA88mNU6AJx-SvY3WWU1P6DDOSHQn0lub77aMBassk3CtJljcV4wpxctH7gb75T_CILGz9LHDLnel4MnP_DN2o-Fu2ey5aPp2OvIzZyPm7z1yE/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+295.JPG" /></a><br />It was early evening so our pics didn't show much of the 1500 to 2500' cliffs. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsEiY_VhsCVUldqd5ZAWsngnvtlmpYYk0anJ-T9YAlb1ffVBMX81M_uAn6xjs_hMS3GL9aKR1CTKJ03euYadlr4WSplBBzVBtdWkSGu3gGm1ydttJNsk71Q7hExIS-BwKhpZUaXvKGnE/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+292.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528805427347989538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsEiY_VhsCVUldqd5ZAWsngnvtlmpYYk0anJ-T9YAlb1ffVBMX81M_uAn6xjs_hMS3GL9aKR1CTKJ03euYadlr4WSplBBzVBtdWkSGu3gGm1ydttJNsk71Q7hExIS-BwKhpZUaXvKGnE/s320/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+292.JPG" /></a></div><div>On the way from Casper to Thermopolis, we must have seen about 50 Pronghorn Antelope, but didn't get any pictures as we sped by at 75 mph. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpr_JvnCd9e9HUyiBP2XBNtUwwUtpy4f8EP7E3o7EsjyvfMfK7LWX8_LbGCd10vAXeNamozkbc8WohR2yGx1Jf4PRU-dd2frJNaXkN7fdBRqJDTlKXrE_SOyVxctPShwWBqKZwcelm1y4/s1600/Day+22+Oregon+Trail+147.JPG"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John Rapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05628537566285623241noreply@blogger.com0