June 11 – 22, 2010
This was a trip that had already been planned. Due to a totally unexpected death in the family earlier in the year, this trip was truncated by a few days.
The goals of the trip – more sightseeing. Mt. Rushmore and the area around it. They have a huge motorcycle rally in early August in a little town called Sturgis - you may have heard of it. Well, we’ve learned already that we’re really not into *big* crowds, but it would be nice to see just what the area has in store.
Additionally, if you’re already that far north, there’s an even bigger place to check out – Yellowstone National Park – the one that started it all in 1872.
This is but a small sample of the images taken.
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| Meteor Crater Visitor Center - near Winslow, Arizona (big hole!) |
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| Overlooking the vicinity at Meteor Crater near Winslow, Arizona |
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| Wandering northwest within the Navajo Nation, Arizona |
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| Wandering northwest within the Navajo Nation, Arizona |
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| Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge railroad station, Silverton, Colorado |
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| There's a song about this place... |
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| ...and about this gas station brand. 'Downtown' Pagosa Springs, Colorado in the shadow of Wolf Creek Pass |
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| Weather degrading, so camera was stored - Central Colorado |
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| No photos today... |
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| We made it!! Mt Rushmore Nat'l Monument, South Dakota |
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| Badlands National Park, South Dakota |
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| Badlands National Park, South Dakota |
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| Sturgis Motorcycle Museum - Sturgis, South Dakota |
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| Vintage 1975 Goldwing - Sturgis Motorcycle Museum - Sturgis, South Dakota |
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| June is 'No Climb' month - Devil's Tower National Monument - near Hulett, Wyoming |
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| Route from SD to Yellowstone NP |
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| North Entrance - Yellowstone National Park - near Gardiner, Montana |
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| Old Faithful geyser - Yellowstone National Park |
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| No fences! Critters *do* have the right-of-way! Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming |
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| Multiple geyser pools - Yellowstone National Park - Wyoming |
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| Kepler Cascades in Yellowstone National Park - Wyoming |
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| Entering the Jackson Hole valley, approaching Jackson, Wyoming with the Cascade Mountains in the distance. |
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| Reenactment of the Golden Spike ceremony. Golden Spike National Historic Site, Promontory Summit, Utah |
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| Golden Spike National Historic Site located at Promontory Summit, Utah |
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| Rockets from 1950s-2000s on display outside ATK Thiokol facility. Includes booster for space shuttle. Near Promontory, Utah |
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| Bryce Canyon National Park - Utah |
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| Exiting Zion National Park near Springdale, Utah |
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| North Rim Grand Canyon National Park - Arizona |
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| North side of Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona - home! |
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| Route home (approximate) |
This trip needs to be re-done at a pace that things can be explored more, too much a bit too fast.
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