Devil’s Tower is the first national monument. It’s also Dad’s favorite monument . Personally I don’t understand why, to me it just looks like a tall stone tower, but to each their own. Devil’s Tower (know by the Native Americans as Bear Lodge) is also the tallest thing we have seen on our trip. It […]
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We have spent the past two days exploring our corner of Wyoming around our base of Douglas. Yesterday we headed to Ft Laramie and the town of Guernsey. We packed a picnic lunch for Ft Laramie and enjoyed their picnic area before heading into the actual fort. While walking to the Visitor’s Center we were
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This week we visited another bone 🦴 site, “yay”. This one was mostly mammoths 🦣 and not Woolly mammoths, well there were two Woolly mammoths but Colombian mammoths were the most common there. Colombian mammoths are the biggest type of mammoth that they’ve found there. The reason that all the mammoths were there was because
Yesterday we arrived at what I have always felt was the real gateway to a Western adventure, sorry St. Louis. Devils Tower, a unique 800+ foot tall natural rock tower, was made 50 million years ago from magma filling up the void of a volcano and slowly cooling. The extremely slow cooling cycle caused huge
Another early morning for us resulted in sweeping view of the Black Hills. We started the day with a wildlife drive through Custer State Park. If yesterday was the day to see ALL the bighorn sheep, then today was the day of the Pronghorn. Along with lots of pronghorn, we happened upon a small herd
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While in Kansas City we have been finding fun mini adventures to fill our days. Today we headed into the city to visit the Steamship Arabia museum. This museum is dedicated to displaying the artifacts found when the Steamship Arabia was uncovered from its grave in a Kansas cornfield. The ship had sunk in 1856
Today’s adventure took place at the boyhood home of Samuel Clemens. We headed to Hannibal, MO, a small town located on the banks of the Mississippi River, to see the town he renamed St. Petersburg, MO for his books Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. We enjoyed learning about the real life people that inspired characters
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This week we went to The Biltmore estate and property. On the Biltmore property we went Falconing. We got to hold, feed and fly a Harris’s Hawk named Sam Adams. We got to hold a 3 year old Barn Owl named Oskar. They also had a Peregrine Falcon named Pisgah and another Harris’s Hawk named
While in Beaufort, SC, we decided that a Must Visit was the 10 mile rails to trails Spanish Moss Trail. This ride is rated as one of the top most scenic rides. It was pretty and a very easy ride, but I don’t believe it belongs in the top 10 for the country. There were
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Today we went on a drive/walk/swim. We went to a visitor center and guess what! It was closed!!! We did get to see some baby American Alligators 🐊 though so that almost made up for it. They were very cute. We never got to see their mother though, and that was a real bummer. After
