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Yellowstone National Park Day 7
Yellowstone National Park, May 2025 Todays plan was to get things done around the trailer and visit the Fishing Bridge Visitor Center. The fishing Bridge Visitor Center was built in 1930 / 1931. The structure helped define what was called the National Park Service Rustic style. This building design was then used in other national…
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Brimmers Point
Guernsey State Park, Wyoming, April 2025 The above panorama picture was taken by John at the very top of the bluff. The placard below the steps to the top talked about annually driving a car off and into the reservoir. It’s no longer done but wow what a fall. I wonder how much area had…
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Million Dollar Toilet
Guernsey State Park, Wyoming, April 2025 Guernsey State Park was a CCC park. One of the structures created was a stone toilet that soon became known as the “Million Dollar Biffy” because of the amount of time it took to finish the project. These are pit toilets, still functional and now maintained by the Wyoming…
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Oregon Trail Ruts
Guersney, WY, April 2025 Guernsey has some of the best trail ruts I have seen so far. The wheels created about 3-foot-high ridges in the rock. I feel sorry for the animals that had to pull the wagons. The area had many signs about what was like and history of traveling west. I thought you…
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Rocky Mountain National Park
Estes Park, CO, April 2025 Rocky Mountain National Park is about 35 miles west of Longmont, CO. (Longmont is about 40 miles north of Denver.) Due to the winding roads, the drive to the park takes about an hour from Longmont. Some of the views on the drive were stunning. To get to the eastern…
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Acting like kids again!
Salina Campground, KS Everyone who knows me has experienced my uncontrollable urge to goof around on playground equipment and just being silly. The campground had a large number entertainment from workout equipment to photo stand in boards, swing set and large chairs. I hope you enjoy seeing our antics. Since we are in Kansas, there…
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Yesteryear Museum or Tractor Cemetary
Salina, Kansas Driving into the park, the first thing we saw was a sign stating “Museum” and a lot of rusty old farm equipment. I was wonderful if it was a tractor museum or cemetery. Turns out it was a “Yesteryear Museum”. I believe the building in the far back also had antique equipment. You…
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Highway 66 Museum, Clinton Oklahoma
I had to drag John to another place with cancel stamp. This was the Clinton, Oklahoma (same place the Highway 66 cafe) Highway 66 Museum. We started off with seeing the cement mixer that was used to make the road. I discovered I’m just as tall as the Coca Cola Safety Officer. I’m at least…
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Kate caught a Huge Fish!!
Foss State Park has the largest lake in western Oklahoma and known for fishing. So, I had to give it a shot. I stood there for hours hoping for a fish to drive by. I had a large black fish drive by but no luck with catching. Then, I got lucky and caught a big…
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Oklahoma Route 66 Passport Book & Route 66 Cafe Clifton, OK
John can attest to my obsession with passport books and cancel stamps. Passport books are soft covered books usually free and list attractions based on a theme like National Parks, State Parks, Finding Lincoln, etc. My new passport book is the “Oklahoma Route 66 Passport” The book splits the state into 4 areas. Currently, we…