When we were in St. Charles, MO (our first stop on this great American adventure) we were at the end of the Missouri River, well Three Forks, Montana is the Missouri Headwaters. So in a sense we have traveled the complete Missouri River – somewhat like Lewis and Clark did Read more…
Ok, I took the line from the movie Independence Day. But what a better way to spend our Independence than watching Old Faithful in the world’s first National Park? We didn’t get to see a lot of water mostly steam from our vantage point – should have followed the tour Read more…
When you are in the west for the Fourth of July and take in a parade you expect to see a lot of horses. That’s exactly what we witnessed. A very different type of parade than we are used to in the Midwest. No marching bands, no twirling batons, nor Read more…
Breathtaking! Amazing day in upper Yellowstone although we didn’t make it all the way to to Mammoth Springs – had to save something for the next trip. Beautiful waterfalls: The Yellowstone River has two falls, upper (top right) and lower (bottom right) which then flow into the “The Grand Canyon Read more…
So we drive the Busse Bus with jeep in tow through Yellowstone marking all the places we need to come back to visit to camp in West Yellowstone just outside the gate. I chose the West Gate because the North Gate area has three rodeos going on and all the Read more…
Ok, so I plagiarized the title of this post from t-shirts that we saw in Jackson Hole, WY. What can I say, I thought they were funny. However, I didn’t purchase either one – thought that I would look stupid wearing it later. The Tetons are big or dare I Read more…
Beautiful drive up and over the mountains and in the Bighorn National Forest. Snowed / hailed / iced over the pass just before we got there. Cra, cra to have seen snow in July. Nice snaps outside the Busse Bus: Drove past a town called Thermopolis which has a huge Read more…
We ran into the town of Gillette to stock up on supplies and when we got out of the grocery store we heard the tornado sirens. Drove the jeep as fast as we could back to the Busse Bus just in time to see other RVers packing up their rigs. Read more…
We took the tour bus from Gillette to Mt. Rushmore through the rain and thought that it was going to be a miserable day outdoors. Decided to grab lunch in the park before hiking the Presidential Trail that gives you better views of the sculptors. Good thing we did because Read more…
My fifth grade teacher was Miss Rotterman (not sure if I have the spelling correct or not – Kevin and/or Dawn (Baumann) Falkenthal – yes they got married can you let me know?) who would read to us during our lunch. She introduced us to sprouts, I still don’t Read more…