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On the morning of August 1st, we made our way to Silver Lake by Mount Saint Helens. Unfortunately it was overcast, so we couldn’t see the volcano in front of us, but we were still stunned by the lake. After this we met with Dad’s old college friend, Tim Veenker, for lunch. After this eventContinue reading “Silver Lake and Memories”

I would have updated a while ago about the topic of Seattle, but everyone has been quite tired and there has been less connection. I’ll update the rest of the blog shortly. Now to get back onto the subject that this post is about, yesterday we visited the Seattle Aquarium, Space Needle, and Pike’s Market.Continue reading “Seattle!”

Yesterday we visited Yellowstone National Park, the home of the famous geyser, Old Faithful. Though there was less wildlife than there was in Custer State Park, it was still a sight to behold. We first went to West Thumb after entering from the East Entrance, and then made our way to Old Faithful. The sightContinue reading “Yellowstone National Park”

Hey there everybody! I apologize for not keeping up with the blog, there are excuses that I could use, but instead I’ll just go for an apology. I have to catch up on this post and one other, and possibly later today another post. The only reason I say possibly is because of the varyingContinue reading “Museum of the Rockies”

This morning we ended up waking up much earlier than we had been for the last few days. After spending the night at a campground, we took some nice showers and went on our way. On the way over to Custer’s Last Stand we made a small stop for some breakfast, which was in aContinue reading “Custer’s Last Stand or Battle of the Little Bighorn”

At the end of today, after visiting Custer State Park, we traveled to Mount Rushmore to take a look at the monument. They were doing construction at the site, most likely renewing a path. From a distance you could see the heads of Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, and Roosevelt. We also had the chance to seeContinue reading “Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse Memorial”

Today in the morning we visited Custer State Park, which is still in South Dakota. We decided to take a long wildlife drive, which ended up being one of the best decisions of the day. We encountered a herd of wild bison, not buffalo, seeing as buffalo only live in Africa and Asia whereas bisonContinue reading “Custer State Park”

Today is a late post of what happened yesterday and I will be posting another two blogs. Sorry for the late update, at the end of yesterday we all just wanted to sleep and were completely wiped out. The Badlands were wonderful, and there was a short fossil trail in which we could educate ourselvesContinue reading “Badlands National Park”

The previous night, my spectacular father drove all the way to Minnesota from Iowa. There, we stopped at a rest stop and slept for the night. We began driving again in the early hours of the day, and reached South Dakota. However, our plan for going straight to Badlands National Park was disrupted by theContinue reading “Minnesota and South Dakota”

Today we went through Indiana and have so far journeyed up through Iowa to get to South Dakota! We visited the reconstructed town in which President Lincoln grew up. We made up for a lot of time thanks to the estimates of time spent in locations that we came together and created a few daysContinue reading “Lincoln’s Tomb and New Salem”