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Life is an Adventure
That’s my mantra lately. When so many things go wrong that I have to laugh to keep from crying… I try to remind myself of the quote I shared a few weeks ago. “An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered.” ~G.K. Chesterton Life’s adventures are certainly not always what I would choose……
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Sight-Seeing in South Dakota
Today we hit several of the main “tourist attractions” along I-90 in South Dakota. We have traveled this route many times, but we usually don’t take time to stop for sight-seeing. We did this time just to help break the trip up a little. First up was the Corn Palace in Mitchell. We were interested to learn that the exterior…
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Relaxing in South Dakota
The past week has been a whirlwind of fun family activities. Not only that, we haven’t had good internet access most of the time, so I am a few days behind in keeping you updated on our road trip. We got to our RV park this evening in time to relax a bit before bed time, and we have a…
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Missouri
Another on-the-road day. We traveled from Kansas to Illinois, so spent most of the day in Missouri. It was familiar territory to Lyle and me, but the girls were impressed with the “big” rivers. They’ve seen the Missouri River in Montana, but it’s not this wide up there.Remember how much fun it is to spell “M-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-humpback-humpback-I”?I…
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Kansas Sunset
We have enjoyed a few days in Kansas visiting with Lyle’s family… good meals, good fellowship, shopping for bargains, cuddling babies, playing with cousins, chasing barn cats, fun in the sun…
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Kansas
This was one of our longer days on the road. We drove across much of Colorado and Kansas. We stopped in Garden City to eat lunch with a former pastor… and got to Lyle’s brother’s house near Wichita in the early evening. His parents and a few other relatives joined us for supper.
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Pikes Peak
The highlight of our trip so far was a drive to the summit of Pikes Peak… something Lyle has been wanting to do for a long time. See, he’s a very serious driver! For him the experience was all about the drive… the view was just a side benefit!It was cloudy when we started, so we wondered if there would…
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Colorado
We enjoyed the diverse scenery across northwestern Colorado. I was amused at the “Welcome to Colorful Colorado” sign as we crossed the state line from Utah. The only colors I could see at that time were gold and sage green! Not exactly shades I think of as particularly “colorful”!But we soon got into a more lush region driving along rivers…
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Northern Utah
We are still enjoying the rugged scenery of the American west.Today’s pictures were taken through the windshield, as we didn’t stop much.This leg of our trip took us from Twin Falls, Idaho to Vernal, Utah.We got to our RV park late in the afternoon and are enjoying a relaxing evening. We’ll have a longer drive tomorrow.
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Eastern Idaho
Today we traveled south through eastern Idaho, through the Sawtooth National Recreation area. We spent the night in this rest area on the continental divide along the Idaho/Montana state line. (We had to drive east to Montana, then turned south, which took us back into Idaho again. Idaho is shaped funny, in case you hadn’t noticed!) It was 58 degrees…
