We left home for 2.5 weeks again this year. Instead of hopping a plane (or four) to Greece, we broke in the Mazda with a trek up to Fargo, into Denver, and back home, with MANY stops along the way!
Yellowstone was amazingly beautiful, though the traffic was a bit slow with bison crossing every few miles or so. We made a big National Parks trip out of it and visited the Grand Tetons, the Badlands, Arches, and Zion.
We love our little fur-baby, but Sunny stayed behind in Alameda with my mom (who made a special trip up from San Diego). Maybe you can come along next year, little guy!
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Pitstop in Elko, Nevada
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Second stop in Jackson Hole, WY
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Day trip to Yellowstone
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Waiting for Old (not so) Faithful
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Thar she blows!
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Tyler got soaked by the Beehive Geyser
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The Anemone Geyser
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Watch out: Bison crossing!
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Runoff into Firehole River
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The Midway Geyser Basin
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Excelsior Geyser Crater
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Approaching the Grand Prismatic Spring
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The microbial mats are gorgeous!
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Turquoise Pool
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Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
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The sun setting over the Tetons
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The Painted Canyon in Western ND
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The Fargo Woodchopper signed by the Directors
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In front of the Fargo-Moorhead Visitor Center
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The Hjemkomst Center
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The German Kulturfest
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The Janssen Family Farm
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South Dakota Pit Stop
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The fields of South Dakota
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Enjoying the City of Presidents
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Downtown Rapid City
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Mt. Rushmore
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Badlands National Park
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Wildlife in the Badlands
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Likely a Bighorn Sheep
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The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD
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Sinbad, a replica, modeled after bones found here
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Breakfast at Snooze in Lone Tree, CO with Uncle John
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Boulder, CO eats!
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Golden, CO
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Golden, CO as seen from Lookout Mountain
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Odell Brewing in Ft. Collins, CO
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Eagle's Nest Ranch in Ft. Collins
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On the way out of Colorado
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Arches National Park
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Ute Petroglyphs
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The Windows
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Zion National Park
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Photos of our pitstop in Vegas not included