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| The Famous Corn Palace |
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846 miles to Wall Drug |
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Custer State Park, SD |
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The Park has wild Burrows who
love people... |
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| ...especially Daddy |
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| Traffic was worse than on the Dan
Ryan with all of these Buffalo on the road. |
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| Stockade Lake |
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Jimmy LOVED the steam engine
train. |
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A deserted mining town |
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Cathedral Spires, Custer State
Park, SD |
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| The first cave we visited was
Wind Cave |
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| Writing in the cave for Aug 1782 |
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| Becoming Junior Rangers at Wind
Cave |
They are on the
National Park
Service Website |
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Mount Moriah Cemetery |
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Saloon No. 10 |
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| Wild Bill's 1st grave marker |
Potato Creek Johnny |
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The kids became Deputy Marshalls
of Deadwood |
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Because we had a hot tub at the
house the kids believed it was their God given right to be in it
every evening. |
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Badlands National Park |
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Becoming Jr. Rangers at Badlands
NP |
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| We took a helicopter ride over the
Crazy Horse Monument |
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| Mountain goats near Mt. Rushmore. |
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Shannon can tell you exactly who
is on
Mt. Rushmore. |
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Jimmy's version of who is on
"Rush Mountmore": "My buddy, George Washington; Thomas
Jeffinson; Uncle
Teddy Oosebelt and Ham Lincoln. |
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| Becoming Jr. Rangers at Mt.
Rushmore |
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Swimming at Stockade Lake |
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Gordon Stockade |
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A custom bike being raffle off at
Crazy Horse...that Daddy didn't win. :( |
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Jewel Cave |
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| Shannon got to hold the ranger's
flashlight and lead the tour. |
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| Jr. Ranger oath at Jewel Cave |
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Sturgis Motorcycle Rally 2006 |
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| The Buffalo Bike |
Shannon and Jimmy got to work a
booth. |
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| The Road Kill Cafe...ymmmm. |
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| Shannon asked for this bike for
her birthday. |
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He's got a ways to go to reach
the bars and pegs. |
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| Spearfish Canyon |
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Spearfish Falls |
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Devil's Tower |
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| The kids loved climbing the
boulder field. |
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| Getting the Jr. Ranger Badge at
Devil's Tower |
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| Wyoming countryside |
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Yellowstone National Park |
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| Yellowstone was just as bad as
Custer with Buffalo traffic jams. |
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| Lower Yellowstone Falls |
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Emerald Spring |
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Mudpots |
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| Dragon Mouth Spring |
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Tower Falls |
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Petrified Tree |
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| Wraith Falls |
Mammoth Hot Springs |
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| A bear cave with bones at the
mouth of it. |
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Hillbilly RV'ing
(They had the RV on a flatbed with all the coolers tied down
underneath the RV). |
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| We stayed at
Absaroka Mountain
Lodge... |
...it was wonderful... |
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| .The proprietors were nice enough
to let the kids ride
Blackie. |
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Fishing Bridge
(No fishing allowed) |
Old Faithful Geyser |
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Becoming Jr. Rangers at
Yellowstone NP. This ranger introduced them to the everyone in
the visitor center. |
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Grand Teton National Park |
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| Jackson Hole |
Our little scar face....just call
him Al. |
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| Our first
Rodeo |
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| All the kids were invited to down
to chase 3 calf's and try to get a ribbon that is tied to the
calf's tail. |
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The deer hanging out next to our
cabin. |
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We rented a boat to travel
Jackson Lake... |
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...and ended up on a deserted
island. |
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| ...and the kids got to play... |
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...and this was the view from
where Mommy lay reading her book... |
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| The deer were across the bay. |
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Oh no! Daddy let Jimmy drive the
boat! |
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| Daddy dumped us all out on
another island and went to fish. |
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| We all REALLY loved Jackson Lake |
The kids became Jr. Rangers at
the Tetons. |
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The dot just above the water is a
Moose. |
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Rocky Mountain NP |
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| Jimmy has been fired as the
family photographer. |
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They loved our creek-side condo. |
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Elk in the bank parking lot next
to the drive-up lanes. |
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| No hot tub, but the jacuzzi will
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Elk next to the condo. |
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| Hiking rain or shine! |
Alluvial Fan |
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| Snow in August |
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| The kids were anxious to get to
Alberta Falls.... |
...until Mr. Elk was blocking the
trail. |
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Bear Lake |
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We learned about Big Horn Sheep
at Sheep Lakes...but didn't actually see any. :( |
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They also became Jr. Rangers at
Rocky Mountain NP |
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| We played Indian and Pioneers. |
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| St.
Catherine's Chapel (aka The Chapel on the Rock) |
Looking at some property... |
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Our pet Rattler. |
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| Back to
reality...but we haven't gotten the cowboy out of him yet. |
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Our fish. |
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Papa and
granddaughter singing "I Love This Bar"...yep a moment to
cherish. |
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| Rosie Cutie |
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| Fun with Ros |
Learning to sew |
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Late night bowling anyone? |
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Haven't seen enough...there's more. Pat, Shannon and Jimmy's
albums can be seen on Shutterfly by clicking
here. |
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September 2006 |
