tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84573773418482121272024-03-14T13:02:27.084-04:00Ramblings of RoamersThe travels of Kim and Randy, told just as if you were listening to me tell them. I cover sights, sounds, smells, people, conversations, food, and any other thing that we encounter in our travels.Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03650289143254845440noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457377341848212127.post-20655150567363953602013-10-07T20:58:00.003-04:002013-10-07T20:58:23.035-04:00Epilogue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our 32- day road trip came to an end on Wednesday, October 2. We struggled out of the car to take this final welcome sign photo.<br />
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Below is a map that shows our route from Akron west and then back home. The northern path is the westward line, and the southern line is our trip east.<br />
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I promised a few statistics from this trip, and here they are:<br />
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We visited 16 different states.<br />
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We saw 8 state capitol buildings.<br />
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We went inside 5 state capitol buildings.<br />
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We drove 7,094 miles.<br />
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We visited 3 National Parks. <br />
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We stayed in 29 different motels or hotels.<br />
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We stayed 2 nights in the home of Bill and Renee Voss, in Port Townsend, Washington.<br />
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My suitcase never left the back of the van, but acted as a dresser.<br />
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We each took 3 pairs of shoes that never saw the light of day and an outfit for "dressing up" that never left the car hook.<br />
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We visited 3 Catholic basilicas and 1 cathedral.<br />
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I took 1,400 -some photos, and Randy took 1,350-ish. That's close to 2,800 shots!<br />
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Our packing included AAA Tour Books for every state west of the Mississippi River, just in case we ended up wherever................because we really only had a vague "plan."<br />
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We got in and out of the car 8,321 times in Glacier National Park to take pictures....at least it felt like it.<br />
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We yelled, "Oh My God!" 500 times going up the Road to the Sun, and screamed like banshees on the way back down.<br />
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Our wills were on our desk tops, back home, just in case...........<br />
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Our favorite hotels were The Grand Hotel in Kalispell, Montana, The Castaways, in Port Orford, Oregon, and the 22nd floor of The Silver Legacy, in Reno, Nevada.<br />
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We saw the homes of two authors and the rotting boat of another.<br />
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We "read" 3 audio books along the way.<br />
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We visited 2 art museums and 3 'other' museums.<br />
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We saw 3 separate displays of the glass of Dale Chihuly.<br />
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I wrote 31 blog entries during the trip. If I hadn't written my journal, I would forget when we were wherever we've been!<br />
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We went into 2 restored, vintage train depots.<br />
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We saw 4 major statues of Abraham Lincoln on the trip. He is loved.<br />
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We visited 2 food museums and a cheese maker.<br />
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We went to 8 historical sites or museums.<br />
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We rode one ferry and one merry-go-round.<br />
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We ate Chester's Chicken three times.<br />
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We wore our Western hats home, and maybe you will see us wearing one.......in our house, in the dark.<br />
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We survived many dangers along the way, usually announced by road signs to warn us of the threats:<br />
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This buffalo's baby is under the bush. She let us know not to come any closer.<br />
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O J Simpson is in this one, in Nevada! We waved.<br />
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One of the most interesting things we avoided was the Federal Shutdown, which happened the day we got home. Imagine Glacier National Park, The Redwood National Park or Theodore Roosevelt National Park shut up like Wally World when we arrived, had we been there earlier!</div>
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We also left Oregon and Washington just before a monsoon arrived, drove through Wyoming before the blizzard hit, and finished seeing Iowa before the tornado sirens began. (A bit reminiscent of our October, 2012 trip to the beach and running from Hurricane Sandy.............<em>we thrive on danger!)</em></div>
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Thelma told us to turn right..........I think this is when we turned her into a man.<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright: KPG</div>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03650289143254845440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457377341848212127.post-61686257977462106132013-10-02T01:49:00.000-04:002013-10-02T01:49:22.265-04:00I-O-W-A ! The State Capitol in Des Moines, Amana, The Iowa Machine ShedThis morning we crossed into Iowa from Nebraska in the middle of a bridge. The sign was hanging overhead, and even if we had tried to stop the car in the middle of the bridge for a photo, we wouldn't have gotten it, and I would not be here to write about it. Imagine it.<br />
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The first thing we noticed is that Iowa has the BEST rest areas ever! They are working as I type to improve all of the interstate stops with clean, new facilities and beautifully landscaped picnic areas. Anyone would be impressed. We were.<br />
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Iowa is a farming state. We passed some beautiful fields of corn today. I don't know when their harvest is over, but if it is, then whatever's out there is still beautiful, to this non-farmer.<br />
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Our sightseeing today was in Des Moines, the capital city of Iowa. We had one goal in mind, but when we saw the sign for The Basilica of St. John, we had to alter the plan. You know that we visit basilicas, just because they are usually unusual and lovely.<br />
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When we got to The Basilica of St. John, we were disappointed to find it locked up tightly. We tried every entrance, to no avail. I did take a picture of the outside, but the inside will have to remain a mystery, so the picture of the building as a whole will also remain a mystery. You will see the front door and one cross from a corner of a rooftop. The sky was so clear and blue that I need to show you that.<br />
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Iowa didn't just stop with this dome. They have four more of them, one on each corner! Actually, we decided that this is the most beautiful state capitol that we've seen yet. (We also promised each other that we'd go back to all the ones we've seen but didn't go into, now that we've found out how wonderful the insides are!) </div>
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In one hall there is a glass case filled with dolls. I learned that they each represented a First Lady of Iowa, a wife of the governor. Although all the dolls have the same face, each was dressed in her inaugural dress, so it was fun to see all the style changes over the years portrayed by clothes.</div>
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At the top of the Grand Stairway to the second floor is a mural painting titled <u>Westward,</u> by Edwin Blashfield, which symbolizes the pioneers' arrival in Iowa. It is absolutely beautiful with its almost ghostly Conestoga wagons. You may have to go there, just to see this.</div>
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On the second floor are the Senate Chambers and the House of Representatives. Here is a peek into the Senate Chambers.</div>
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We were also permitted into the Law Library on the second floor. By the time we had entered the building we had already heard from two people that the library was not to be missed. It contains over 100,000 volumes.</div>
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We finally left Des Moines and kept on moving east. No visit to Iowa seems complete without a stop at the Amana Colonies. We did not actually go to the "colonies," today, but we did stop at Little Amana, which is a retail area near the interstate to be sure that nobody gets by the area without seeing and/or buying something produced there. There are technically seven villages that make up the "colonies" formed around 1855 in Iowa by a religious group of hard-working people from Germany. One trip through Iowa I will revisit the whole thing, but today we bought some gifts and went on by.<br />
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Tonight we are in a lovely Comfort Inn in Davenport, Iowa. We've used the fitness room, Randy has been swimming, and we have had a most unusual dinner. <em>We called it "a happening!"</em><br />
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The young lady who checked us in to the Comfort Inn mentioned The Iowa Machine Shed as the place to eat. I wasn't sure I'd heard her correctly, but away we went!<br />
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What a fun place! The outside has farm machinery all over the place, as does the inside. It's sort of country, sort of hillbilly, sort of home cooking, or barbecue, or health food. The menu is incredible, and it honestly took me twenty minutes to decide to order the barbecued beef brisket sandwich. Well, that wasn't enough, because then we had to pick two "sides" to share with our dinner. Randy ordered the "burnt ends" dinner, which was both pork and beef barbecued meat. I added a cup of the thickest and most delicious chili I've had in a long time,<em> for one dollar</em>, to my meal. We sat there and literally stuffed ourselves, then packed up the rest to bring back to the motel.<br />
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The waitresses wear farmer clothes. We watched one young girl bus a table, and it was unbelievable to see her clear eight table places onto one large tray and then carry it away on her shoulder. I'd bet that she'd need two trips. Hardworking people are not only in the Amana Colonies, apparently. When they all gathered to sing a Happy Birthday greeting to a customer, the song sounded a whole lot like "Old McDonald Had a Farm."<br />
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Apparently there are five more of these Iowa Machine Sheds spread around Iowa and Illinois. The one in Davenport was the first one opened. <a href="http://www.machineshed.com/">www.machineshed.com</a> <br />
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We drove 323 miles today, but who's counting? (Randy is.) There are about 600 more to go, and we've enjoyed Iowa today. <br />
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My dad took me with him to his 40th college reunion at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, about 1963, when I was fifteen. He drove me by the state capitol on that trip, and we had a really good time together. It was the only trip I ever took with him, just the two of us. I felt him with me today, and that was a really, really nice feeling.<br />
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I had spotted the Buffalo Bill Trading Post last night, in North Platte, Nebraska, when we were at the Whiskey Creek Grill, and insisted that we go back when it opened this morning. A trip west is not complete without a stop or two at a trading post! <br />
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This one is dedicated to the memory of William Frederick Cody, known as "Buffalo Bill" to most of the world.<br />
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Bill Cody was born in Iowa, but his wild west show was stationed in North Platte. People came from all over to see it here. He also took it abroad and traveled the west with it. Randy and I have been to Cody, Wyoming to see the dam named for him, and we've visited his grave on top of Lookout Mountain in Golden, Colorado. Everywhere you go in the West, Buffalo Bill Cody is a figure larger than life. He owned a 4,000 acre ranch in North Platte.<br />
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This trading post was more than a store. In the back of the large fort-styled store is an entire room with glass encased areas filled with tiny little figures portraying the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, which had its home in North Platte. <br />
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A man named Ernie Palmquist and his wife, of Pennsylvania, carved each and every one of those 20,000 figures from wood. He created tents, railroads, picnic tents, horses, crowds of people, and Indians dancing war dances, all out of wood. It took over twelve years to complete all of this.<br />
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Every thirty minutes of the day, for five minutes each time, the Wild West Show in the back of the trading post comes to life, and the train starts moving, the Indians dance , the picnickers eat, the bronco riders get bucked off, and all the rest of the scenes have something moving. It was amazing when it started, and I walked from case to case, totally in awe of what this man had created. For the five minutes that the figures came to life, I was a little kid again, excited over something simple but yet <em>not</em> simple.<br />
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In the second photo above, even though it's not a good one, I want to show you the overall picture of the enormity of this creation. Look<em> through</em> the first display. It was dimly lit in there, but you can see many of the little figurines. Check out the crowd under the big tent in the last one, below. Each one is a hand-made and hand-painted person! What a great legacy!<br />
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The Wild Bill Trading Post was complete with Native American Jewelry and some Chinese-made souvenirs. One major attraction is the two-headed calf. Here it is in all its glory. Or should it be, "Here <em>they</em> are in all <em>their </em>glory?"</div>
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We drove 300-some miles today, and as we had finished our Iris Johanson audio book, we reached into the box behind the driver, and brought out the next one. Now we're listening to <u>O is for Outlaw,</u> one of the "alphabet mysteries," by Sue Grafton. I've never read one of her books, so this is a good way to find out if I like them. So far so good. I have to admit that we tried "Learn Spanish in 3 Months," before we got out the mystery. Randy and I rode along trying to perfect how to speak Spanish for all of fifteen minutes, before we tossed that one back into the box and said, "Later!"</div>
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We've also stuffed an imaginary rag into Thelma's mouth, and technically gagged her. She talked too much. We've replaced her with a man's voice, and named him Sam (for Sam Elliot) until<em> he</em> talks too much and we bring Thelma back. Ya know how you get sick of someone's voice? Four weeks of hearing Thelma say, "Make a U-turn!" and "Recalculating," was enough.</div>
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Near Kearney, we saw a sign that declared the city to be "The Sandhill Crane Capital of the World." I know you won't be surprised that we didn't see a single one. We also read that there are over 400 species of birds that can be seen there over time.</div>
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We had a picnic lunch at a rest area shortly past Kearney, then drove on to the capital of Nebraska, Lincoln.</div>
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We had the tripod out of the car in a flash and tried to take our regular Capitol Building picture, but this capitol building is an odd one! It's tall like the one in North Dakota, but it has the dome, which I consider a requirement. So tall and domed was hard to get into one shot, and we even asked a young man to shoot one, but he somehow missed. Here is my rendition of a composite photo of Randy and me in front of the Capitol Building of Nebraska. The statue on the top of the building is a man sowing seed, named "The Sower."</div>
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The inside of the capitol was totally different. We've noticed that the insides have a flavor of the state they represent, and Nebraska's gets across the idea that there is a Native American heritage and that the state depends on agriculture. This picture, of the top of the ceiling in the rotunda, was taken as I stood below it and off-center. That is actually a chandelier hanging there, and it hides the beautiful ceiling if seen from directly below it. Since the dome is all those floors above this room, there is no light coming through the rotunda ceiling.</div>
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My favorite part of the interior of the capitol is a closed door. It was explained that the Nebraska government used to consist of two bodies, but due to cost factors it was reduced to one. That means they closed off the chambers where the second body used to meet. Instead of just locking the door, they chose a magnificent piece of artwork depicting the Native American heritage of Nebraska.</div>
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Four large paintings surround the rotunda walls. This one, bright and modern, honors Nebraska's agriculture and farmers.</div>
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Tonight we are settled into a Comfort Inn on the west side of Omaha, Nebraska. We stopped here because we didn't want to deal with the casinos and casino motels over the Iowa state line. Our hotel clerk told us that Guy Fieri, of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, on the Food Network, had done a segment at the sports bar next to our motel. We went. We ate. I don't think Guy had the salad that I tried to eat. 'Nuff said.</div>
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Tomorrow we <em>will</em> go on to Iowa, birthplace of my father. We won't be visiting his hometown this trip, though. We've done that before............twice. Instead, we are working our way home!</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright: KPG</div>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03650289143254845440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457377341848212127.post-50213929184222814612013-09-30T01:17:00.000-04:002013-10-27T22:16:08.809-04:00Rawlins and Cheyenne, Wyoming; The Lincoln Monument on the Lincoln Highway, Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming's State Capital and Depot Plaza<br />
As I write the title for this post, I am totally amazed at all the things we saw today <em>and</em> we drove for 380 miles! You know that's a lot for us. We are on the way home, and we're anxious to get there, I think, although ending this extended roaming adventure will be hard to do.<br />
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The funny thing is that we realized, once we got there, that <em>we'd already been there together</em>. We remember having a picnic lunch in front of the prison that time. It was closed today, so we looked it over and shot a picture. I include the prison information sign, also. <br />
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(I am mildly concerned that we'd both forgotten the first visit until we got there today....) <em>But think of the potential for future travel, if you will...........we could see the entire country a second time, and it would all be "new" to us!</em><br />
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We drove the rest of the route through southern Wyoming through the Medicine Bow National Forest. We could see Medicine Bow Mountain in the distance for a very long while. The town itself is some distance south of Interstate 80.<br />
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There is only <em>one</em> monument dedicated to Abraham Lincoln on the entire Lincoln Highway. It was actually built in 1959. That is pretty sad, considering you could technically drive from Times Square to the Golden Gate Bridge, which is 3,389 miles, on this highway! </div>
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The monument is near Laramie, and can be seen from the highway itself, but we got off to visit it up closely. The bust of Lincoln is 13.5 ft. tall and it sits atop a pedestal that is 35 ft. tall, for a total of 48.5 ft high. Abe is looking at all the traffic going by! The small museum and the rest area there are both lovely facilities. Visitors can view movies about all the Wyoming State Parks right there. We went through the free museum, then had lunch in their picnic area.</div>
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We drove on to Cheyenne, the capital city of the state of Wyoming, and you know that means we had to visit the Wyoming Capitol Building! It has a great golden dome. The capitol was closed today since it's Sunday. <br />
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Cheyenne has recently renovated the old depot in the downtown area. It is just lovely, so clean and fresh. A museum and a gift shop are inside. A large area which would have been the actual station and waiting room holds events. There is now a very large plaza area that covers the block in front of the depot, and it has picnic tables.</div>
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There is also a statue of a traveling woman at the front door of the depot. (If you remember the statue of the man with his baggage in front of the old depot in Tacoma, you may see a continuing theme............) This woman has arrived, dressed in her traveling clothes, with her suitcase. Why a woman before a Wyoming depot? Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote, so that's a natural!</div>
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We left Cheyenne, and finished the drive across southern Wyoming. I add this map from a sign at the Lincoln Museum, to help give you a mental picture of our whereabouts.</div>
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We crossed over the Nebraska State Line at about 3:30 this afternoon. You know the routine!</div>
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Now, I'd really love to get excited about Nebraska, and I just might yet. There has been some interesting scenery so far.........here's an idea of that:</div>
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The clouds have been beautiful in Nebraska. There is much farmland here, as you can see. It may take us a few days to get used to leaving the mountains behind. Thinking positively, however...........</div>
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We arrived in North Platte, Nebraska as dusk was coming on. We have also lost another hour due the time zone line we crossed over near here. We are in the Comfort Inn in North Platte, and had a fantastic steak dinner at a place called Whiskey Creek. This is beef country.</div>
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Right next to our motel is a very lovely Veteran's Memorial, which we investigated before we checked in. All of the United States Military Services are honored at this memorial. It was lit up when we saw it, and it is truly a work of love in this community.</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright: KPG</div>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03650289143254845440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457377341848212127.post-8067138539620712972013-09-29T03:21:00.000-04:002013-09-29T03:21:10.318-04:00Fort Bridger, Little America, Rock Spring and The Community Fine Arts Center, Wyoming.........and Antelopes!<br />
We got back on Interstate 80, also known as The Lincoln Highway, before eleven this morning. We just couldn't seem to get going today. The scenery had gotten started without us, though.<br />
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We hadn't gone thirty miles before we stopped at The Fort Bridger State Historic Site to see the fort. One of the things that drew us there was a line of tall, straight trees with leaves like aspens. They had beautiful white trunks, like birches.<br />
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We took three million pictures of the trees, paid the four dollar entrance fee, and met Lin, an 89 year old man who welcomed us to the fort. We complimented his pony tail, and he told us it keeps his neck warm in the winter. What a great spirit this man has, and he's still working!<br />
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Fort Bridger was established by Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 to be a supply stop along the Oregon Trail. Bridger is the man who discovered the Great Salt Lake. The fort was taken over by the Mormons in the 1850's and became a military outpost in 1858. Until 1890 it was government property. In 1933 the property was dedicated as a Wyoming Historical Landmark and Museum. There is much information about the fort at <a href="http://www.wyomingtourism.org/thingstodo/detail/Fort-Bridger">www.wyomingtourism.org/thingstodo/detail/Fort-Bridger</a><br />
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The first schoolhouse in Wyoming is on the grounds, along with Jim Bridger's fort, officers' quarters which also served as private homes over the years, parade grounds, and a museum. There are many other buildings, but some of them were closed, as the summer season is ending this week here.<br />
Those trees, we were told, are an aspen, and the lady who told us that called them "Quikis." Our tree book, in the glove compartment of our car, named them Quaking Aspen. We can see where the "Quiki" may have come from.....<br />
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Thirty more miles along the road, we stopped at Little America. The town has 56 people. There is one humongous area which includes a hotel, restaurant, auto repair shop, showers, a truck stop, and anything else that a traveler or truck driver might need. There are four Little America hotels in the west somewhere.<br />
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The interesting thing about Little America is that the Sinclair Oil Company opened this hotel in 1934 with only 12 rooms. Now there are 140 rooms. There is a certain "Wall Drug Store" atmosphere with the highway billboards leading up to the exit for Little America. A penguin sits on top of the hotel's corners, as that was their logo when it opened. We had to stop. We bought some postcards and ate lunch in their cafeteria: a bowl of really weak chili for me, and a hot dog for Randy. Now we can say we've been there.<br />
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The Cedar Mountains were to our right as we continued on 80 E, and as with yesterday, the scenery changed as we drove along. An area which a sign identified as the Wyoming Badlands, looked very much like the badlands of South Dakota.<br />
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After another 25 miles we got off at Rock Spring, a small city with a gem in the middle of it. An science teacher named Elmer Halseth began this art center by buying piece of artwork for his school. Over the years, this Community Fine Arts Center became a collaboration of the city of Rock Springs, Sweetwater County and local School District #1. It now has over 500 pieces of artwork in its permanent collection. I was impressed with the fact that it is attached to the library, and children who were in the library wandered over to see the art, at will.<br />
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The Center has a Norman Rockwell titled "New Year's Eve," which was a Saturday Evening Post Cover, and also a painting by Grandma Moses. Local artists' works are on display, and there is a wing for pieces which were purchase pieces from students at the high school, many of which are amazing. There is no charge to visit the museum, but you can make a donation if you visit. You can also learn more about it at <a href="http://www.cfac4art.com/">www.cfac4art.com/</a> We were impressed! Sorry, no photos were allowed, but if you google "Norman Rockwell New Year's Eve," you can see the painting that we saw there today, just not the real deal.<br />
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A truly astounding thing occurred today. Antelope stood along the side of the highway and let us see them! Hundreds of them ! Whole herds of antelope, everywhere we looked, were grazing, running, and sleeping in the sunshine right where we could see them! Randy pulled the car to a stop so I could take this picture. We didn't get quite this close to them again, but it was wonderful to see them in the wild. We've been to where the deer and the antelope play, and actually seen them playing! (Unless, of course, these are merely cardboard cut-outs that some pitying person stuck out there for us to get a thrill...)<br />
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Near Rock Springs is also the largest herd of wild horses in the country. We saw a herd of horses, but weren't sure if they were wild or not. Apparently they round up some of the horses, and find them homes each year to decrease the herd size. <br />
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After the Cultural Fine Arts Center, we needed to get going. We'd only gone a hundred miles and it was already after 3 PM ! That's what happens when you're a roamer.<br />
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We continued for another hundred miles or so, and tonight we are in a lovely, new Comfort Inn on the outskirts of Rawlins, Wyoming. It's in the middle of the southwestern part of Wyoming, in Carbon County. You've heard of Carbon County, when you heard of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. They were arrested here. <br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright: KPG</div>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03650289143254845440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457377341848212127.post-15816938876999600292013-09-27T23:42:00.000-04:002013-09-27T23:46:29.136-04:00The Salt Flats and Park City, UtahThis may say I've published two posts today, but this is due to the time zone. This is about Friday, Sept. 27, and if we hadn't crossed a time zone line, it would be dated September 28. I honestly have not known what time it is for the last 28 days.<br />
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We've run the gamut with scenery today, not to mention weather!<br />
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But first, here is the picture of the Nevada / Utah state line that we missed last night. No <em>wonder</em> we didn't see it. Who would? Needless to say, we did not want to lie down on the pavement for a photo with it, but we did want to acknowledge that we had at least <em>seen</em> it. </div>
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As soon as we left Wendover, Utah this morning, we were in the Salt Flats, and that was like being on another planet! The ground was white with salt. There were still mountains on either side of us, quite far away, but we were on flat ground. There were mirages ahead of us and to the side of us, so it looked as if water was nearby. This went on for about 80 miles, and then the entire scenery changed. A few shots of the Salt Flats first.</div>
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The temperature was 52 degrees and it had begun to sprinkle, but not really rain. It was terribly windy out there, also, and a semi truck ahead of us was having difficulty staying on the road. We stayed far behind him. The speed limit on this stretch of Utah is 80 MPH. Now, I've told you that we always do the speed limit.............except for today. No way!<br />
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We came to the Great Salt Lake, and drove on by. We had made a point, some years ago, of going to the Salt Lake so we could say we had waded into the water. It was disgusting, smelly, and the shore was covered with dead birds and flies were everywhere on that visit. Needless to say, we didn't stop for a second look today! There was some interesting scenery along the way, however. You can see a train winding around the mountain in the photo below. Yes, that is snow on top of the mountains in the second photo.<br />
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We also drove by Salt Lake City, as we have seen all of the major things that tourists visit in our previous trip there. What we did want to see for a second time, however, was Park City, Utah.<br />
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Park City is about 17 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. The city itself is on a mountainside. You have heard of it because it was the home of the winter Olympics in 2002. The Olympic Village is still there, and the ski jumps are the first things we saw as we arrived there today. You also know of it because Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival is held there each year. Our neighbors, Jean and Steve, attended that festival last winter, and they had a fabulous time seeing films, enjoying the area, and sitting near movie stars during dinner.<br />
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We didn't see any movie stars, but we did see some other sightseers, fun shops, and interesting people. We had lunch at the Main Street Deli and Café, I bought a wonderful silver bracelet as a souvenir of our trip, and we went back down the mountain and got back onto the interstate.</div>
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I have to mention a fun thing we saw in Park City. It was a heated bench made of stone or concrete. It actually was warm! I sat on it. It was about 38 degrees there today, there was snow all over the pine trees on the mountains, and that seat felt really good. Randy is figuring out how to make one for us, I hope. As we drove down the mountain, the snow started to fall! September 27th!</div>
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We drove only 50 more miles, crossing the Wyoming state line without fanfare. Their sign was placed in a location where only a truck driver could have stopped for a photo. We waved as we went by. I think I may have one from another trip to Wyoming that I could recycle, actually, but we were wearing shorts and tee shirts in that one, so you'd know it was fake.</div>
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At any rate, we're in the brand new, spanking clean Best Western here in Wendover, we've had a fairly decent fajita at Los Cabreras nearby, done thirty minutes on the treadmill, watched the new Michael J. Fox show, and are about to hit the hay.<br />
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Today we drove the rest of the way across Nevada.<br />
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We started out in Winnemucca, Nevada at The Griddle, a family-owned diner. It has been in business since 1948, has an amazingly huge menu with every possible thing you could want for breakfast. I hope I didn't insult them with my order of one egg and dry toast. Randy made up for it with his egg, toast and steel-cut oatmeal which came with a selection of walnuts, brown sugar and raisins. Great place! One quick stop at the Walmart on Potato Road, and we were on our way!<br />
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Now, there are not a lot of towns in Nevada. We only stopped for groceries and lunch by a park. Other than that we drove 250 miles and stopped.<br />
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I have to comment on the number of casinos in Nevada. Every town has them, and it seems as if there are more casinos than anything else. If you stay in one, there is a "resort fee" attached to your lodging bill, just in case you're thinking of driving out here, so be sure to stay in a regular motel or hotel to avoid that. Also, the law allows smoking inside casinos. Just saying.............<br />
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We are listening to another audio book, this time a mystery. It is <u>Sleep No More,</u> by Iris Johansen, a new author for us. It is keeping us awake, and has a pretty good plot going on, so far. Listening to audio books makes the time fly, and before you know it, you're <em>there!</em><br />
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We did make a number of photo stops, as the scenery was wonderful. Mountains to the left, mountains to the right...........there we were, stuck in the middle with each other! It was beautiful. The best part was that the road was <em>on the ground!</em> There was rain, there was sunshine, there were humongous clouds, and it was anywhere between 38 and 54 degrees. We had some slush, which I can't call snow or rain, but it was somewhere in between. The clouds change the color of the scenery, and it was a beautiful day in Nevada!<br />
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A picture is worth a thousand words, so here are several thousand words about Nevada! <br />
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This was just before we got to Wendover and crossed the Nevada state line into Utah. We never saw the "Welcome to Utah" sign, alas. The final photo, below, was shot out the car window.<br />
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Tomorrow we will be in Utah. We've already been to Salt Lake City, so we plan to drive on by. I didn't write a blog back then, but I do have a handwritten journal about that trip. (Which, of course, I would be happy to share with you, if you wish to read it.............)<br />
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I used to laugh at my friend, Carol, when she'd say her daughter in law lives in Winnemucca, Nevada, and I'd try to say that word and laugh about it.......sounds like a Seuss-ism to me.........tonight we are <em>sleeping in Winnemucca</em>! <br />
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I opened my eyes this morning to the window of our 22nd floor hotel room. We'd left the drapes open, so we could see the city lights last night, and this morning the sun was streaming in and a mountain was out there saying, "Good morning!" <br />
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We threw twenty-five dollars into some casino machines, drank some coffee, walked around the casinos for a short time, then asked Thelma to take us to Virginia City, Nevada. Virginia City is an old silver mining town about 18 miles from Reno. I had been there in 1996 with my friend, Sally, and wanted to share this place with Randy. I must have gone to Virginia City, that day with Sally, while I was in a coma, because I had no recollection of the thirteen-mile, hair-raising, white-knuckle drive up to the top of the mountain where Virginia City sits.<br />
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Once we arrived and I was pulled out of the fetal position under the front passenger seat, we had a lovely hour, strolling leisurely up and down the old board sidewalks of the town.<br />
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You can google Virginia City and find out a whole lot more information about it than I know. What I do know is that it makes you really <em>feel</em> as if you are in an old mining town. The shops and museums are bright and inviting. The red-light district museum was closed again today, just as it was in 1996, so I am still uninformed about that kind of thing. The Bucket of Blood Saloon has a new picture window on the back wall, that allows the patrons to actually SEE the gorgeous mountains behind it, and their rare collection of Tiffany hanging lamps, all over the ceiling, is fun to see. <br />
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We had lunch at The Bonanza Café, and our waiter was the son of the owners. He entertained us with stories about his tattoos, the town, and the fact that we will be missing Biker Week, which starts in Virginia City this weekend. He told us that 40,000 bikers will be riding up and down that mountain all next week. (At this point, I needed a cold compress................)</div>
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I bought Randy a leather cowboy hat at one of the shops. I've been talking about the cowboys ever since we crossed the Mississippi, and now I've got one. We agree the sandals sort of spoil the "look," so maybe we'll find boots somewhere tomorrow.<br />
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Randy let me drive down the mountain, since we wouldn't be on the guard rail in that direction. As we started down, a school bus full of children left the elementary school up there on top of the mountain, and we watched it go racing down, out of sight, like one of those marbles in the yellow donation stands where the marble whizzes around a zillion times, and then drops into the hole.<br />
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At the bottom, we connected somehow with Interstate 80 going east, and prepared for a long, boring drive across a state that I'd only ridden across in the dark (1959) and flown across with cloud cover (1996,) so virtually had not seen at all.<br />
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Nevada has turned out to be amazing! Randy and I kept pointing and oooohing. We tried to take pictures as we drove, and stopped several times to take a few more. The rest of the time we were looking at the snow on top of a mountain range to the side and front of us, and wondering about an enormous white cloud-like thing that was hanging low over another mountain. It looked as if it were snowing, but probably just "clouding." <br />
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We arrived in Winnemucca, Nevada, just as dark was setting in, and so did everyone else. There is nothing special going on here, but the hotel clerks told us that it is a good stopping place for travelers, so few rooms were available. We still have the other half of Nevada to cross. Here's hoping it is as pretty as the western half................. and flat.<br />
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We left our comfortable motel about 10:30, heading south and then east. Thelma is in charge, and we just turn when she says turn, at this point.<br />
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We drove by a gorgeous, Clear Lake, which seemed to go on forever. I pulled off to look at a couple of teensy little towns near Clear Lake, and we bought groceries for our picnic lunch at one of them.<br />
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The mountains and hills in California are amazing. They change color from hill to hill, it seems. We saw some areas that had been burned, too. We did a lot of driving up and then rolling down them. Since we do the speed limit, there were many times we had to pull off on turnoffs to let the rest of the population go on by.<br />
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Because we aren't flying by things, we noticed the Ceago Vinegarden and pulled in to visit the only winery we stopped at in California, somewhere in Lake County. It was amazingly beautiful. This place has a huge lavender field, an olive grove, palm and cedar trees, a lake, sheep, a vegetable garden, and apparently some fine wine, according to Randy. They also produce lavender lotions and sprays. We wandered at will for quite awhile. <br />
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We ate our lunch while we sat on the back of the van hatch at one of those turnoffs in the middle of mountains and rolling hills. It was a great place to enjoy lunch, al fresco!<br />
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Thelma ordered a turn somewhere, and there were six lanes of fast-moving traffic to deal with. We were going past Sacramento when I remembered my friend, Linda, had taken me to Auburn in 1996, when I flew to Nevada to visit my college roommates. I pulled off the road today, and we took the same photo that Linda had taken of me back then, at the statue of a man panning for gold. Sutter's Mill, where gold was first discovered in 1849, was near or in Auburn, and Auburn retains the old town feeling in its historic area. We wandered through those streets a bit, then hit the road.<br />
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There was an entirely different range of mountains to get over, but first we drove by acres of fruit trees, sunflowers burnt by the sun, olive trees, and we think we even saw a rice field or two. It's a different crop than we see back home, for sure!<br />
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We could see Reno's lights glowing in the distance before we got here. It is a small version of Las Vegas, we have heard. We pulled into Reno as dark was settling in, and also a huge wind was blowing. It has continued to blow with great force since we've been in our corner room on the 22nd floor of the Silver Legacy Casino in downtown Reno.<br />
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So far, we're loving the Silver Legacy. The wind blowing on our corner room's two windows is sort of a thrill, actually. It's like being in a blizzard or something, and we're safely tucked inside this very pretty room that happens to have an enormous casino 22 floors below us. We had dinner at one of the many restaurants down there, too: we didn't have to leave the building. We walked to two other casinos, too, and didn't have to step outside, since they're both connected to this one. It's a virtual maze of casino stuff, food options, bars, shopping, and wonderful things to see. I've lost twelve dollars to a machine that wouldn't let go of me, but so far I am not worried about a gambling addiction. Give me another hour or two............<br />
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We are 270 miles closer to home than we were this morning. I am not sure how I feel about that, just yet.<br />
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No. We did not. They were all in hiding.<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright: KPG</div>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03650289143254845440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457377341848212127.post-77108774545872176552013-09-24T03:41:00.001-04:002013-09-24T03:41:29.131-04:00The Redwood National and State Parks, Highway 101, Eureka and Ukiah, CaliforniaOf the four hundred photos I shot today of the Redwood National and State Parks, I have reduced tonight's photographic display to a mere two hundred of my favorite trees.<br />
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Ha! Not really, but I have to tell you that there is a lot of green on my camera disc tonight. We started out in Crescent City and followed Highway 101 south to the entrance to the park, and for the next four hours or so, we drove slowly and did the in/out/in/out of the car routine again. We followed a path from one trailhead into a forest to see The Big Tree (no kidding, that's its name) and the Cathedral Trees. Without further ado, here are <em>some</em> of my pictures. Not all, I promise.<br />
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After awhile, we were on Redwood Overload, and realized that we didn't have to see<em> every single tree</em> in the forest, which runs for a very, very long way down the coastline of California. At the same time, we were seeing the Pacific Ocean on the other side of the road. Talk about overload! We'd stop to see the ocean, go back into the forest, and back to the ocean. We eventually left the Pacific behind, as we turned east on Highway 101, but not without a few farewell ocean pictures.</div>
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We traveled through a very old city, Eureka. I am sure there was some gold mining going on there when the town was founded. There was also some fabulous building happening. We went to Old Town, and stopped to see some Victorian homes that have been renovated. The green one is a private club now.</div>
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We stayed on Highway 101 all the way to Ukiah, California, where tomorrow we plan to get onto a different highway and head east. We are staying in a lovely, new Comfort Inn in Ukiah tonight. We had some mediocre enchiladas at a Mexican restaurant directly across the parking lot from the motel. We've watched the first episode of James Spader in "Blacklist," and are pretty tired from seeing such lovely places.</div>
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One thing we did <em>not</em> see was an elk. The park people certainly prepared me for one, and I had those binoculars on my lap, ready to use 'em. Just look at all the signs, stirring up anticipation!</div>
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There was actually an enormous field behind that first sign. We drove by, and it took several minutes..................if there was an elk in that field, he was lying on his stomach with his head burrowed into the ferns. Somehow,<em> he knew we were there........</em></div>
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The truth is that it <em>was </em>raining all day, and the fog settled over everything, <em>but</em> it was still beautiful scenery, and we <em>had</em> to keep stopping to try to take pictures with wet hands and cameras. A lot of scenery was lost in the fogs, and at some points all we could see off the side of the steep roadside was whiteness. At Gold Beach we stopped to see an ancient boat that must have wrecked years ago and is rotting on the shore. We bought groceries at Brookings Harbor for our picnic lunch at Lone Ranch Beach, eaten in the car while the rain poured down and we looked at enormous rocks in the ocean. Here are pictures I took today. Try to see through the fog, as we did.<br />
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We're hoping for better weather tomorrow, so we might be able to see the tops of the redwoods, and then you can, too!</div>
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I've spent the entire day whispering, "Thank you," for all the beauty we've seen........<br />
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Yesterday I was almost apologetic for the short distance we drove, but we had the excuse of mountains and scenery stops. Today we only drove 85 miles, about half of yesterday's drive, and it was less due to mountains than to scenery stops. We don't want to leave Oregon, obviously.<br />
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Tonight we are in a town named Port Orford, and it's by happenstance that we are here..........but first, the day!<br />
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The Oregon Dunes State Park was the first place we stopped after leaving Florence. My family camped there in 1959, so there were memories there. All I can say is the beach goes on forever, and we had it all to ourselves for awhile. The campgrounds are under those low treetops, somewhere.<br />
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We came to a screeching halt in Reedsport, when I spotted the Myrtlewood Gallery alongside the road. Randy had been seeing myrtle wood signs, and I kept talking about some of the art objects my mother had bought here (yes, you got it........1959) which I now treasure. Myrtle wood only grows in northern California and this part of Oregon, according to a worker at the gallery. The artist in residence welcomed Randy in, and they disappeared together into the bowels of the gallery, and then beyond. I shopped a bit and examined the gorgeous artwork created by local artists. When I finally got to the back of the place, I ran into Randy. This is exactly what I saw: a man with a plan, with his hands full of wood to take home!</div>
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I wanted to stop in Coos Bay, because it is a huge shipping port, and much of the lumber industry ships its products out of there. We managed to see some of these ships at the Oregon Pacific Company in North Bend, near Coos Bay, and my woodman jumped out of the car to take photos of his favorite stuff!</div>
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Because we'd gone to Charleston, we were off of Highway 101, so had to drive 12 miles over some mountains on a road named The Seven Devils, to get back to our main highway. Its name ought to give you a clue about it. Once back onto 101, we promised each other that we'd take no more side tracks. hmmmm.<br />
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We didn't even get out of the car, folks. Directly to the right was the Castaway By the Sea ........"all ocean view rooms and suites," and we just kept on rolling into that parking lot. Within minutes we had a suite with an ocean view, a kitchenette, and a fishing boat marina below. </div>
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For the next hours we did nothing but sit and look at the serendipitous gift that the Universe had tossed into our path, and try to save it for posterity with our cameras, which had gathered some foggy lenses. I will now share with you the view from Port Orford, Oregon, and Battle Rock, which sits near the shore.</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright: KPG</div>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03650289143254845440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457377341848212127.post-3816048363793866282013-09-21T02:52:00.002-04:002013-09-21T02:52:37.472-04:00The Oregon Coast, Highway 101, Tillamook, and The GooniesFriday, September 20, 2013<br />
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Before we could even get out onto the road this morning, I made Randy take a side trip back into Astoria, Oregon for "just one more thing..................."<br />
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We had heard that the movie "The Goonies" had been partially filmed in Astoria, and the old city jail and a house on 38th Street were used as film locations. <br />
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Mind you, I personally have never <em>seen </em>"The Goonies," at least not all the way through. My sightings of the movie were in quick snippets as I would walk by the door of the TV room and ask, "Whatcha watchin'?" and three voices would shout back, "The Goonies!"<br />
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These were not simple children, but they must have watched that movie every day of their childhoods. "The Goonies" was always the answer to my, "Whatcha watchin?" <br />
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So today I visited the Goonie Jail and the Goonie House for Philip, Meredith, and Stephen. And just in case you are a Goonie Fan, for <em>you,</em> too!<br />
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At Tillamook, we stopped off at the Tillamook Cheese Factory to see how they're making cheese these days. It's a self-guided tour with lots of samples, and we got into that line twice. Then we had lunch in their cafeteria, and followed that up with giant sized bowls of their creamy ice cream. I had one scoop, which was about 2 cups worth, and Randy had 3 (yes, 3!) scoops, which he had to carry to the car and finish as I drove. My mother stopped there in 1959, I remember, and just as she did then, I bought a large hunk of cheese for nibbling on the rest of this trip.</div>
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It was pouring rain while we were at Cannon Beach, so if you see teardrops in the photos of Haystack Rock, they are rain drops............maybe.</div>
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For the rest of the day it was up, down, up, down..........in the car, out of the car, in, out, in, out...........stop, start, stop, start...........If only I had a movie of us and could see it in speed-motion, I am sure it would be fun to watch. But that's another story.....................</div>
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Before I put these photos on, I want you to know that I did <u>not</u> use Picasa to make any of them look black and white. If they look black and white, it is because of the rainy day, and that's just the way it looked........even I was surprised when I saw the screen.)</div>
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<em>Sometimes it is better just not to speak, and to just shut up.</em> So that's what I am going to do right now.</div>
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<strong> There just are no words..............</strong> and that's why I will sign off, and just let you see the Oregon Coast, the best way I can show it to you, with my pictures..............it is beyond description, so why try?</div>
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I have not known what time it is since I left home. My watch is broken, Randy's watch is set for home time, the clock in the car...........who knows what time it is set on.......so no matter what date is on top of this blog as the published date, September 19, 2013 is the date these things on this post occurred. <br />
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We woke up at the Voss home in Port Townsend, Washington. Within a short time we were all having coffee, then more coffee, and pastries for Randy, at a coffee shop not far from their home, on the route we needed to take south. We hugged each other goodbye, and Randy and I were headed south to Oregon.<br />
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I have to backtrack about Oregon. On the 8-week camping trip that my family took in 1959, Oregon was my favorite place. I had never seen an ocean until then, and I really had not seen mountains either. The whole thing was overwhelming for a twelve year old, and all I wanted to do from that time on was to go back to Oregon and live there. I planned to go to college there, find an Oregonian to marry, and that would take care of that. It' a gorgeous state.<br />
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It didn't work out that way. I've spent my life, so far, in Ohio, which hasn't been a bad place to live, but there's always been a soft spot for Oregon in my heart.</div>
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From the top of the hill where the Astoria Column is, we could see the bridges that connect local islands with the mainland. This bridge goes to Rt. 101 North. We did get a bit lost this afternoon, and we drove over and back on this bridge. It wasn't the worst mistake we've ever made, and it was sort of a thrill to be on such a long bridge. The island is in Washington, and the state line is somewhere in the middle of that bridge. <br />
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In 1959 we would camp as close to the ocean as we could and stay a few days. One of my favorite places was Fort Stevens State Park, just a short distance from Astoria. Then, I went to the ocean for the first time, and was overwhelmed by the size and power of it. I spent every minute looking at the Wreck of the Peter Iredale, rusting on the beach. This shipwreck occurred in 1906. In 1959 most of the bones of this ship were still there, and the entire ship could be envisioned easily. I have thought about this place for all these years, and it became a goal to get back one more time, before the entire ship has disappeared.<br />
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Today we arrived. Things look different now. The park is more refined and defined, but the dunes that lead down to that beach look the same. The Peter Iredale, however, has aged and eroded, and is a shadow of its former self. Just as I am.<br />
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I confess that I stood crying on the beach today. The beauty of the ocean , the sight of the dunes and that rusty old ship shell were just too much to take in all at once. I was loving that little girl I used to be then, and remembering how she felt about this place. It was all good, though. Check one more thing off that Bucket List.<br />
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For dinner tonight we had a gourmet meal at a downtown restaurant, and are about to sleep in the Best Western, also near to downtown. This is a lovely little city with some historic houses on the hill that leads up to the Astoria Column.<br />
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Tomorrow we plan to start driving south on Rt. 101. We've already been on that route for a good portion of the day, but now we will be by the ocean. I don't see how we can possibly move very quickly when it is so beautiful. Rain is expected, and that will be okay, too, I think.<br />
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There are lots of free-thinking people in this part of the country. We like the "green" movement and the healthy food consciousness out here. We have enjoyed seeing some of the visual displays of our freedom to express opinions, and I actually followed the first car for several blocks to try to read all the bumper stickers, and then finally just to take a picture........as they say, "It lasts longer."<br />
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You probably have noticed that we have turned south, and shortly you will notice that we will be turning east. Not too soon, though. There are many things yet to see between here and home.<br />
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Copyright: KP Gillenwater 2013<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright: KPG</div>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03650289143254845440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457377341848212127.post-56671697507589227392013-09-19T01:51:00.000-04:002013-09-19T01:51:08.273-04:00Port Townsend, Washington...........a Day of Rest With Bill and Renee VossToday has been a respite. We've talked, we've relaxed. We have shopped all over downtown Port Townsend. We've seen a boat that was once owned by John Steinbeck, and you will, too, in a second. Today it's all about the friendship and the fun, and that's what my photos will show you. It will also show you this beautiful part of the state of Washington where Bill and Renee live. <br />
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We will be on the road again in the morning...............Thanks for going along with us!<br />
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Steinbeck's boat..............covered with barnacles<br />
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Renee. Owl Spirit Café, where we had breakfast<br />
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Point Wilson Lighthouse<br />
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Copyright, all photos: KP Gillenwater 2013<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright: KPG</div>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03650289143254845440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457377341848212127.post-70350430498538248242013-09-18T00:45:00.000-04:002013-09-18T00:45:30.552-04:00The Edmonds to Kingston Ferry.............Port Townsend, WashingtonTonight we are at the home of friends of, Bill and Renee Voss, in Port Townsend, Washington. Bill was in our high school class and ran track with Randy long ago.<br />
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We've had a wonderful fajita dinner with some colorful black bean salad and fresh cherry tomato salad. The tomatoes came right off Bill and Renee's cherry tomato plant.<br />
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Another friend from high school, Suzanne, came to dinner. She only lives about half an hour from Port Townsend. It's amazing that two people from the same high school class end up living so close, almost twenty-five hundred miles from that high school. It has been a wonderful evening, remembering old times and catching up on the years in between. Here we are in our tee shirts from the last reunion.<br />
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How did we get here? If you've looked at a map, you can see that this involved water. Bill and Renee live on the Quimper Peninsula. In order to save a hundred and thirty miles today, we took the Edmonds to Kingston Ferry to cross the Puget Sound.</div>
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I shot a photo of Thelma after we arrived in Kingston. Renee says I should have shot it <em>in the middle</em> of the Puget Sound! It would have been far more interesting.</div>
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Below are photos of our ferry ride. It was almost a spiritual experience today, floating out there in the fog, watching land disappear and land appear...........(although it didn't get too far out of sight...)........and luckily, I had thrown a coat into the car, so I was the only one dressed warmly enough to enjoy the entire half hour cruise on the outside of the cabin.</div>
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A short drive from the dock, and we are here! We will also be at the Voss home tomorrow night. They have plans for us...................!</div>
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Since we were in Tacoma when we went to bed last night, all we had to do was get downtown Tacoma. We entered the city by passing by two large, blue glass pieces of art on either side of the street. A Chihuly!<br />
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We had heard that the glass artist, Dale Chihuly, is from Tacoma, and some of his major work is to be seen downtown and in the Museum of Glass there. We had been to see Chihuly's work at an exhibit in our home city, and there is a piece of his work at our local university.<br />
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Unfortunately, on Monday the Museum of Glass and the Tacoma Art Museum are both closed. Nevertheless we parked our car in a lot and walked up the steps to the Glass Museum, and we were glad that we did. The steps led us to the Glass Bridge that crosses over the expressway in Tacoma. On one wall there are what I would call shelves and windows, and in each one is a piece of Chihuly's glass. This is called "Venetian Wall." I am not going to verbalize and emote over this, because as a wise woman once said, "A picture is worth a thousand words." The windows are not spotlessly clear, unfortunately, so some of the pieces are seen through a foggy glass. The Glass Museum is the silvery cone-shaped building. <br />
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On the other side of the bridge is the old Union Station which has been renovated and is now the Federal Court House. We could see the Chihulys through the windows! After presenting our identification to the guard, we wandered all over the old station/courthouse and enjoyed yet another exhibit of Dale Chihuly's glass work. </div>
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Another trip across the glass bridge, all the while looking at these vases, bottles, and what-evers in the windows/shelves!<br />
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Thelma led us the short distance to Pike Place, which is a huge downtown market. I think you can buy just about anything there. We roamed and wandered for nearly two hours, stopping long enough to enjoy a plate of calamari and some samples of the largest peaches and nectarines that we've ever seen. The food was unbelievable! Flowers in enormous bouquets were for sale for what we considered bargain prices. The fish and other seafood lay on tables in full glory, and occasionally the fish sellers would shout out to each other, and an enormous fish would be thrown across the entire fish department, and get caught by the other worker. This was fun to watch, but hard to photograph! Enjoy Pike Place through my pictures! There is far too much to describe, frankly.</div>
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The very first Starbuck's Coffee shop is right in the heart of all of this. Musicians seem to be out front of it most of the time, and crowds of people line up to say they have been in there for a cup of coffee.</div>
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The whole thing was an extravaganza of wonderfulness. People of every race and nationality were buzzing around, shopping and staring. Did we buy anything? Yes, we did. We each have a new tee shirt, and I bought a denim apron for all that cooking I do, with "Pike Place" and some Native American designs on it. In a used book store, I found a wonderful hardback copy of <u>Mountain Time,</u> by my new favorite author, Ivan Doig, and it's a signed copy! Great souvenir, no?</div>
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The only other place we actually <em>needed</em> to visit while in Seattle was The Space Needle, which was built for the World's Fair of 1962. By the time we arrived there and got our car in a lot, we were pretty worn out, but we trudged all over the park. Yet another Chihuly exhibit is taking place there right now, but we were Chihulied out, if there is such a thing. We did shoot photos of the works that we could see.</div>
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We absolutely <em>loved</em> the sculptures called "Sonic Bloom," which is a group of enormous flowers that have solar cells in them. They make a humming sound all day long, on and off, and during the night they glimmer with light, all powered by the sun. I want one!</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright: KPG</div>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03650289143254845440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457377341848212127.post-70510637401291759972013-09-16T10:39:00.001-04:002013-09-16T10:39:20.235-04:00Washington Apples, Mount Rainier, "Mount St. HelensPlease note that due to the world's worst internet service (and I use the word "service" very loosely here....) (It was Innflux internet, in case you want the name...they apparently don't understand the "flux" part.....) I am publishing at least one day late. This is about Sunday, September 15's "adventures.<br />
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We left Yakima Sunday morning on Rt. 12
going west. Our initial “plan” was to drive close enough to
Mount Rainier to see it from a distance, and then go back to Yakima
and head north. Since we could not see Mount Rainier from any place
along the way, we just kept on going along on Rt. 12, and we were
glad that we did!</div>
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trees, but almost like grape vines, with supports to hold them up. We
saw apple trees that had small trunks and we no taller than ten feet
high, and they were laden down with hundreds of apples. I pulled off
and drove into an orchard to get this photo, because I was
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A gushing river ran alongside of our
road, and for many miles we watched Sunday adventurers river rafting
on this roaring water. The scenery became mountainous and the road
went up into the mountains. We are not yet “over” the
nerve-wracking ride up to see Heaven's Gate in Glacier National Park,
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we were as high as 4500 feet near White Pass, it was nothing compared
to Glacier, and we just enjoyed the ups and downs of the highway. We
got off to let faster moving vehicles go past us, to take some
pictures, and at a place called the Palisades we stopped for peanut
butter and jelly sandwiches and plums. We had the area to ourselves
except for a croaking frog that sang to us while we ate. The Palisades is an area created by a volcanic eruption. When the lava flowed, something, perhaps a glacier, stopped it right there. You can see that it looks as though something was flowing. ( Or not.)</div>
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When we were in Maine, we never saw the
moose I wanted to see. When we were in South Dakota last year, the
buffalo herd did not show up. At Chincoteague, the wild ponies were
in hiding. At Pike's Peak, the peak was in a cloud, and guess what?
The top of Mount Rainier was doing the same thing today!
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Nevertheless, what we did see was
beautiful, and we took a million pictures and congratulated all the
other people at the scenic overlook for getting that far and seeing
so much. We swapped cameras and took pictures of each other until we
were all new best friends with the whole lot, then we all got into
our cars and went on with our drives, whichever way we were going.</div>
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plan was to get off the main road and drive forty miles south to
see Mount St. Helen's, a volcano which erupted on my birthday when it
made its presence known some years ago. I recall that as being the
biggest thrill of my birthday whatever year it was, and even bought a
rock somewhere from Mt. St. Helens in honor of that momentous event.</span></div>
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when the turnoff came for the forty mile trip south and then the
forty mile return trip to our main route, did we take it? We did
not. Instead, we took this photo of the </span><i>sign </i><span style="font-style: normal;">to
Mt. St. Helen's. Then I closed my eyes and </span><i>envisioned </i><span style="font-style: normal;">that
volcanic mountain, and when I saw it in my head, guess what? It had a
giant cloud right over the top of it, and I couldn't see it anyway!!!
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Somewhere about this point I left Randy and the car at a gas station to cross the road to mail a post card. When I returned to the car, there was a 6 point buck head, newly murdered and heavily cloaked, strapped to the truck bed next to our car, and Randy had made friends with the savage killers of said buck. I was appalled, muttered, "Poor thing!" a few times, and took a picture to document the murder. No. You won't see it. I wish I hadn't.<br />
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In fact, the "wildlife experience" that we had hoped for here has not occurred. We did see two wolves that had been hit by cars alongside the road today. Randy thinks he saw an elk, but is not sure. We see signs telling us to be careful of sheep, goats or deer, but frankly, we have a better wildlife show going on in our own back yard on any given day than we've seen here! I keep saying I want to see a bear, but only while I am IN the car. So far, guess what? Remember the horses of Chincoteague and the moose of Maine?<br />
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Interstate 5, and headed north towards Seattle. We stopped in
Olympia to do our “must see” tour of the State Capitol Building
of the State of Washington. It was open to the public even though it
was Sunday afternoon. Washington has a dome! Once inside, we were
met with an overwhelming amount of marble. We were told that the
marble came from Alaska. All the lighting fixtures in the capitol
building are Tiffany lights, and they were pretty awesome to see,
lighting up all that marble.<br />
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floors of the building. My photo of the inside of the dome was not
shot lying down. Instead, I had to lean over a restraining belt that
protects a picture of George Washington that is on the floor, hold my
camera out with one hand as far as I could over George, and snap it.
I noticed that two light bulbs up there need to be
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Only one Tiffany, but check out the detail<br />
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capitol building and noticed again how lovely the grounds around it
are. We decided to take my thirty minute walk around the grounds,
thereby killing the proverbial two birds with one stone. For the
next thirty minutes we walked at break-neck speed all around the
parking lots, the walkways, the statues and the fountains.<br />
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We noticed that
very old trees whose trunks are covered with moss have many of their
limbs held up with support beams. We liked that. It's sort of like
supporting an old relative, I thought: keep it up and living as long
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By 6 PM we were in
Tacoma in a motel that has the world's worst internet
service, called Innflux. I've done my writing, but this "server" keeps disconnecting me while I add the pictures. I may have to finish this in the morning. In 15 days on the road I have not had one problem getting on
the internet servers until this one. I am not a happy camper, but I
do have a novel I am trying to get into, so tonight I may just have
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There's the lemonade in the lemon!<br />
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Copyright: KP Gillenwater 2013</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright: KPG</div>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03650289143254845440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457377341848212127.post-56247090195613545822013-09-15T03:52:00.000-04:002013-09-15T03:58:05.211-04:00 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho to Spokane, across the Columbia River, the Ginko Petrified Forest, and Yakima, WashingtonA traveling day today! I know there are people who consider "a traveling day" to mean a thousand miles or at least 800. We did 240 today and we <em>traveled. </em>(Just look at the title of this post......)<br />
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We drove past Coeur d'Alene Lake which is on the outskirts of the ares of Coeur d'Alene where we were staying. This lake covers 49 square miles and is 25 miles long and at places two miles wide. National Geographic Magazine listed this lake as one of the five most beautiful lakes <em>in the world. </em>We see why. If only we had a sailboat............. we'd still be there.<br />
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We drove the 30 miles or so to Spokane, Washington. You know we'd show you a photo of ourselves at the side of a busy highway, cars and trucks doing 90 while we smile happily that we've made it to another state sign...........<em>but the state of Washington stuck their sign in the middle of the divided highway..............</em>!! and we preferred to keep on living, so you will just have to do without that shot.<br />
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We couldn't help but notice the homeless people all over downtown Spokane. They seem to be everywhere. We didn't see any panhandlers, but we did see many homeless sleeping in a park, walking aimlessly with all their belongings on them, or rummaging for food in trash cans.<br />
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Spokane is known for its skywalks that join buildings together. It is especially helpful for the citizens during the cold winters when they can move over a 15-building area without having to go outside.<br />
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Finding Sprague Street, which seems to be the main drag of town, helped us to get our bearings. Thelma led us to Riverfront Park, on the banks of the Spokane River, and we got a fantastic parking spot nearby. A large fountain with kids playing in it was at the entrance.<br />
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A wonderful, historic carousel is inside a large building to be sure it lasts another hundred years. It was carved in 1909 by Charles Loof, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. There are two "odd" or "extra" figures on the carousel, one an Ibex goat, and the other a tiger. I got right up onto the goat and when I realized it had a thick, leather seat belt, I became worried that this merry-go-round was going to give me a thrill ride. Actually, it was a very long ride, worth the price of the ticket, and it went pretty fast, but I held onto that goat and had a fun time.<br />
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We walked all over Riverfront Park near the downtown area. There are large pots of flowers everywhere, a clock tower, a pavilion for concerts, and a sky ride which we didn't see until we had left the park. Riverfront Park was hosting a health run of some sort, and there were many families enjoying a Saturday morning and afternoon there.<br />
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We got back onto Interstate 90 and drove. Our new audio book is <u>The Litigators</u>, by John Grisham. While there is a sameness to all of his books, each one has its own unique characters and odd lawsuit, and this one is no different, but we're enjoying it as we ride.</div>
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The town of Ritzville looked as if it might have a grocery store, so we pulled in. Their downtown area had been taken over by a "Health Fair" that seemed to have the whole population of 1600 or so involved in it. We asked about a grocery store, and were directed to the Pretty Good Grocery where we purchased a large jar of peanut butter. Ritzville has some interesting old buildings on their Main Street, we thought.<br />
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Washington State has hills and sage and fields of wheat that have all been harvested by now. After Montana, I confess that we were not enamoured with the scenery. Some more hills appeared, a town named Vantage was nearing, and a sign warned us of a "scenic overlook." We sort of sneered at it, but got off anyway. <br />
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Oh, my goodness! We had no idea what was below.............we couldn't see it coming until just about the minute we got off the interstate!<br />
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Out of the car, we realized that we were looking at the Columbia River at the bottom of rocky ridges and hills. Who knew? It hadn't been visible until then, or had we just not noticed................<br />
We stayed at the overlook for quite awhile. It was 92 degrees. Little lizards were running on the rocks. The Columbia River was running below. We had found beauty in Washington.<br />
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Back in the car, Interstate 90 crossed the Columbia River, and we were still emoting over the beauty of it when we saw a sign for the Ginko Petrified Forest. I must have been on guide-book-overload, as I had totally missed that in my role of "navigator" today.<br />
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A quick turn and half a mile later we were at the welcome center. Petrified wood lay all around, and we admired it. We did not want to take the ride through the park today, but were glad we'd stopped at the entrance area. <br />
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Wineries started to appear, and we drove by fields of peas and wheat. We went up and down humongous hill and small mountains. Apple orchards showed up, along with fruit signs and a very large area covered with wooden fruit crates for the harvests. In the distance a range of purple mountains slowly were visible. We were heading into the Yakima Valley.</div>
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We pulled into Yakima, Washington at 5:00. A short, relaxing soak in the hotel hot tub was followed by Mexican food at El Mirador, which translates to "The Viewpoint." It was decorated with lovely, bright colors. We got a good look at Yakima on the way to El Mirador. All the fir trees lining the main streets are decorated with blue electric lights, as though it were Christmas. We could not tell that Yakima was so large until we were downtown. It looks like a city with everything, and it's not too large. The Yakima Indian Reservation borders the city. There is a large Hispanic population as well.<br />
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We've got our motel routine just about perfected at this point. My suitcase has not been out of the car yet, as it serves as a "dresser" of sorts in the back of the car. Tonight there is no elevator in our Clarion Motel, so only the most necessary things are inside with us. It is amazing to me how little we <em>really</em> need on any given day. I guess the lesson in this is <em>simplify.</em><br />
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I started out the morning with my thirty minute walk, and once again found I was in a wonderful place. I walked south on Main Street and around the City Hall and then back to the hotel. There were a few garage sale signs on corners, and it's a good thing they didn't show up on my route, or I might have stopped!<br />
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It was not only the hotel that we liked. Randy met up with me when I got done walking, and we tried on hats and boots and cologne at the Western Outfitters store, which was two full floors. The lower level was consignment antique booths, and took awhile to browse. Next we were off to the bookstore across the street from the hotel. It was well-organized and neat, and even though we didn't buy any books, we visited some of our book friends.</div>
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A local artist store with a coffee shop took us awhile to look over, and the saleslady was originally from Ohio, so we had to talk to her about our state a bit.<br />
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Back to the Western Outfitters to check out the cologne again.........then a stop at the post office for some post card stamps and to mail off some bills.........<br />
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Once in the car, we found out that neither of us really knew where to go next, so we had to go to McDonald's, turn on the computer, and do some research about what lies beyond Kalispell! This ended up involving lunch and coffee, and by the time we pulled out of Kalispell, Montana, it was 2:00 PM.<br />
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Nobody starts a day of travel at 2 PM! Except for true roamers...............<br />
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I have to tell you that our route would not look wise to some, but to us it makes "sense." So I won't even mention our route. I will tell you that it went by mountains and lakes, gave us a thrill or two on some major hills, and was totally gorgeous. We skirted the Flathead Indian Reservation, and then had to watch carefully for "range cattle," meaning there were no fences to keep them off the road. Let's just say it was not dull.<br />
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At 5:00 we pulled over by the banks of the Clark Fork River, opened up our folding chairs and dined al fresco! Traffic was sparse, and I kept looking for those bears I hear about to come down the mountain and ask to join us, but they didn't. What a lovely place for dinner!<br />
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We stopped off in the town of Hot Springs to investigate the water where you can "Limp in, and Jump Out!" but it didn't appeal to us. There are many hot springs around there, and if we see a better place, we might plunge in.<br />
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We finally got onto an interstate highway, and shortly thereafter we arrived in Idaho! It is Randy's first time to be in Idaho, and I have not been here since 1959, so it excited us! We've also crossed into another time zone, so are now 3 hours different from folks at home.<br />
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Remember, we only left Kalispell at 2 PM, so it wasn't much further down the road that we thought we'd better find a motel. One town that looked interesting was Wallace, which has a silver mine tour and also an historic hotel downtown! It calls itself the Silver Capital. <br />
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We continued to the city of Coeur d 'Alene, Idaho, which is the second largest city in Idaho. We passed the 25 mile long Coeur d' Alene Lake. The city is named after a tribe of Native Americans who lived here when the French fur traders arrived and "discovered" this area. (Which must mean that those Native Americans were blindly living here for hundreds of years and never knew where they were?) The name Coeur d' Alene translates to "Heart of the Awl." Tomorrow we will look over this city and hopefully it won't be 2 PM by the time we leave it!<br />
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This "hysterical marker" was not far over the Idaho state line.<br />
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The mountains are beyond belief, the lakes shine in the sun like silver. The Road to the Sun is long and at times scary, but we could barely breathe for the scenery, so who would notice the intake of breath due to fear? I was white-knuckled for quite awhile near Logan Pass, and Randy was a bit green on the way back down. We had a picnic next to Avalanche Creek. We got in and out of our car at nearly every pull-off; that's about 89 stops. I shot 145 pictures, Randy shot 6,000. (OK, that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but that's how it seemed.)<br />
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The Historic Kalispell Grand Hotel, we have decided, is one of the best places we've come across in a long while. Serving guests since January 3, 1912, this wonderful old hotel is right in the middle of downtown Kalispell. It has an elevator, which is a biggie for us. (We didn't get one the night before at a large and more expensive chain motel.)<br />
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We were in Glacier National Park for approximately 9 hours.................I barely blinked! The dog in a photo, Abigail, is not ours. We met her in the park today.<br />
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Good things about Glacier: See the photos!<br />
Bad things about Glacier : Nothing!<br />
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So this is the end of my writing for tonight, folks. I am going to post my photos of the park and then close my eyes and give them a break. To quote Scarlett, "Tomorrow is another day."<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFU6xQ8BcmRgij2JJMgqaQYO6j57Ehy1NEDk1KzG-_j7bCrI43Quz1Wl1OtLKOnn4y-23Pv6MyJKj6XEM_XahbEubg4odpW6AgCFTLp97h5MTw6A3wsj2pSSQg_g9EXlMbaTdMIRtn6N0/s1600/DSCN3522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFU6xQ8BcmRgij2JJMgqaQYO6j57Ehy1NEDk1KzG-_j7bCrI43Quz1Wl1OtLKOnn4y-23Pv6MyJKj6XEM_XahbEubg4odpW6AgCFTLp97h5MTw6A3wsj2pSSQg_g9EXlMbaTdMIRtn6N0/s320/DSCN3522.JPG" width="240" /></a>Shocking as that might seem, for us, we learned the hard way in Jackson Hole, Wyoming in 2007 when, without reservations, we got the very <em>last</em> available hotel room, after dark, with full bladders. Never again. This morning we booked for tonight at the Comfort Inn, and while we were walking around town before dinner, we discovered the Historic Kalispell Grand Hotel right downtown in the middle of everything, where we are expected tomorrow evening, when we drag ourselves out of the park. We like to stay in at least one historic hotel per trip, if we can find one and get the room. (See September 2012, Deadwood, South Dakota for last year's hotel.) Here's a picture of where we'll be tomorrow night. <br />
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I started the day with my 30-minute walk. I took off in the direction of that state capitol dome I showed you yesterday, and it took me exactly 35 minutes to walk to the capitol building and back to the Comfort Inn. I learned a little about Helena, Montana while I was on my walk. It's safe. In many cities we've been to, I would no more go by myself on a walk in the city than I would fly. I walked through neighborhoods, shopping areas, on a sidewalk of a main artery, and never felt that I needed to look over my shoulder. Helena is a friendly city, too, judging by the people who wished me a good morning.<br />
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We drove up a mountain or two, and we stopped to enjoy them. Randy helped a couple who had a flat tire, and we followed them to the next crossroad town to be sure they got there. We finished our audio book, and then we sang along to the Sons of the San Joaquin, singing about Montana. We stopped at every single "hysterical marker" to become familiar with local history.<br />
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We passed several lakes, and then came to Salmon Lake State Park. It was beautiful enough to stop t for a photo, and before we knew it we had taken out our folding lawn chairs and gone down to the side of this lake. We sat in the sunshine and listened to the quiet and the waves lapping the shore. We watched canoe paddlers silently go by, and a pontoon boat floated around in the lake for awhile. Two women sat on the shore not far from us, but we basically had the beach to ourselves. What a delightful way to spend an hour!<br />
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Kalispell finally appeared. We have not driven far today. We rested. Dinner was a grilled flank steak at the North Bay Grille downtown, after we walked the entire length of Main Street, up and back, to check out the lay of the land.<br />
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Copyright: KP Gillenwater 2013<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright: KPG</div>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03650289143254845440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457377341848212127.post-74412292574598240632013-09-11T02:48:00.001-04:002013-09-11T02:48:53.055-04:00More Montana! Bozeman and Helena, St. Helena's Cathedral and Montana's Capitol BuildingNow THIS is what a state Capitol Building is supposed to look like! It belongs to Montana, and it is wonderful! (North Dakota could take a lesson or two from Montana......) Check out that dome! It is made of Montana copper.<br />
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The capital of Montana is Helena (pronounced HEL' a na) where we will sleep at a Comfort Inn right downtown, tonight.<br />
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P.S. You may notice that I am having difficulty with capitAl vs. capitOl. I even looked it up, and am sure that someone will inform me via email when they read this. Capital is the city, capitol is the building. Unfortunately, I keep forgetting until a day late. If you are not a spelling champ, I know it doesn't bother you, but it bothers <em>me</em>, and I will try to be better at this.<br />
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We got off the interstate at Bozeman, just so we could drive through the city. It really is a Western-looking place. Boots stores, hat stores, steak houses, and lots of trucks downtown. There is also a university, so there is lots of foot traffic in the city. <br />
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We got off the beaten track not too far out of Bozeman and got onto Rt. 287. A man at the Montana Welcome Center gave us this advice. (If you never hear from us again, blame <em>him.) </em>Rt. 287 is a two and then three-lane highway that doesn't have much traffic. This made it easy to pull over and take picture of wheat fields and clouds. It was a nice ride into the small town of Townsend, where we had a picnic lunch at their town park and then moved on. I sometimes wonder if small towns and big cities know how much travelers like us appreciate their picnic tables and parks. This was a nice one.<br />
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I was at the Capitol Building of Montana in Helena in 1959 with my family when I was twelve years old. We were on an 8-week camping trip. Today, the first thing that came to my mind was being here with my parents and my sister. I know that my dad said, "Well, Kimmy, that's another state capitol that you have seen." I had that memory standing out front, today. Randy took a picture of me while I was thinking of my dad being there with me. Nice memory. Great picture. (Thanks, Pop!)<br />
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We admired the garden in the front that says, in flowers no less, "Montana, 2013." How do you plant flowers into words, I wondered.<br />
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Inside this capitol building is an amazing treasure: Driving The Golden Spike, a painting by Amedee Joullin, which is at the top of the grand staircase on the second floor, overlooking the rotunda. I have seen pictures of this painting in every American History book I've ever used, so I was more than a little excited to see it. Rumor has it that the artist was not paid for his work, so he left some of the arms and hands off of the people in the painting. I said it is a rumor. I didn't count the body parts.<br />
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We walked all over the rotunda. I did <em>not</em> lie down in the center of the rotunda to shoot my photo of the dome today. I managed to stand right on the marked spot and just shoot upwards. Paintings of people representative of Montana's population are on the walls.<br />
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We saw the Senate Chamber and the Supreme Court of Montana courtroom. We were able to walk all over the main hallways and look into these rooms. It is one beautiful building! The people in the photo below are actually statues of a former governor and his wife. <br />
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We are not Catholic, by the way, but we do enjoy a good Catholic Cathedral or Basilica, as you know. We followed the steeples across the city to St. Helena's Cathedral. The building is Victorian Gothic style. The spires are 230 feet tall, and the sanctuary is amazingly beautiful. Pictures will say more than I ever could. <br />
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An area of downtown Helena is called The Last Chance Gulch. It is where miners searched for gold during the gold rush era Now it is a lovely area with shops, restaurants and art galleries. We parked in a lot so we could explore the fun area of the city.<br />
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A great statue in the Last Chance Gulch area is called "The Bullwhacker." It shows a cowboy with a whip that he cracks in the air. In the gold rush days, wagons took supplies to the traders. The noise of the cracking whip made the oxen pulling a freight wagon go faster, as the oxen would respond to the noise.<br />
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We also drove by the former mansion of the governor. We actually liked a house across the street from the mansion more than the mansion, and we ended up having a lively conversation with the owner, who told us that it has been passed down for seven generations of the same family. We think it looks like a happy house. I'm sharing it with you!<br />
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We cooked our own dinner tonight in the microwave in our motel room. An Albertson's grocery store is across the street, so we walked there to see what we could possibly prepare by ourselves. It wasn't the best meal we've had, but it wasn't the worst one, either.<br />
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I've been reading a series of novels by Ivan Doig, Montana's State Author. (Did you even know there was such a title?) My favorite, so far, is <u>The Whistling Season.</u> This writer's sense of humor and his ability to bring his characters to life is as big as the state of Montana, in my opinion.<br />
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We took our time today. It's a good thing we don't have any reservations, because we'd never get to wherever they were on the day folks expected us.<br />
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We're stopping to smell the flowers.<br />
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We left Miles City after I lost one dollar in a really cheesy casino. I didn't have a clue about what I was doing, and it was evident. Why I could only bet 9 cents at a time totally puzzled me. I sneaked out of the dark and ugly place when no one was looking. It was 9 AM. Who goes to a casino at 9 AM, anyway?<br />
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We stopped at a grocery store that sells Chester's Chicken, which you know is a traveling addiction of ours, and I was tickled to see some odd items in the store. There are many hunters in Montana, and I don't see this stuff at my stores back home.<br />
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We also found out that the state of Montana has <em>no sales tax.</em> When you buy something, the price is the price! Amazing.<br />
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This was a driving day. We went from Miles City to Livingston, which is roughly mid-state. We were told that to drive across the state of Montana is the same distance as from New York City to Chicago............and we believe it. The scenery has changed several times today. The colors have been gold, then green, and the mountains appeared as light blue shadows on the horizon, which then became dark blue. Then we could see the trees on the mountains.......and when it became so beautiful that all I could do was emote, we decided to stop in Livingston so we could enjoy spending the evening and night in this gorgeous place.<br />
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There was one sightseeing stop along the way. 28 miles east of Billings is a large sandstone formation the juts out of the ground. It was named Pompey's Pillar by William Clark, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. "Pomp" was the nickname that he gave to the little son of Sacajawea, the young Indian woman who guided them on their trip. I am going to repost the photo of the statue of Sacajawea and her baby that is on the grounds of the North Dakota capital, so you can see him. Pomp was also the son of Charbonneau, a French-Canadian fur trader to whom Sacajawea was sold at the age of 14. The baby accompanied the Expedition.<br />
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What is so special about Pompey's Pillar is, in my opinion, that it is a celebrated early form of graffiti. That's not what they call it, but technically, that's what it is. My sister used to say, "Peoples' names, like monkeys' faces, always shine in public places," when she would see that people couldn't resist writing their names or initials on trees, benches or bathroom walls.<br />
Apparently this is an old 'art form', as William Clark, famous expedition leader, wrote his name on this enormous sandstone rock formation. We climbed a wooden staircase to see the name etched in the stone. It is protected by a framed covering, so it will not erode. <br />
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We also climbed another 200-some steps up to the top of the "pillar,"another name for this formation, to see the view of the Yellowstone River below. The wind was blowing very strongly up there, and the tree leaves by the river were rustling. It was an amazing place to be on a sunny, windy afternoon.<br />
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A small museum is at Pompey's Pillar, and I tried on a deerskin dress just to see how it would feel to carry that around. It was heavy and hot, but quite soft.<br />
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In the gift shop I was delighted to see a book about the Lewis and Clark Expedition by James Ronda, a former neighbor of mine. He and his wife and daughter lived across the street from me when I lived in Boardman, Ohio. James was a professor at Youngstown State University back then. During the time we were neighbors, he took off, one summer, to follow the trail of Lewis and Clark, and was gone doing his research for many weeks. He came home and wrote this book, for which he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. I last saw him at the book signing in 1984 when it was published. <br />
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We continued driving the rest of the afternoon, listening to our audio book. (It has 16 discs.........and we're still liking it.) We drove by exit ramps leading to the site of The Battle of the Little Bighorn, reminding each other of how much fun we had there several years ago. <br />
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We are in a Comfort Inn in Livingston, which is a medium-sized town nestled in the mountains over which lies Yellowstone National Park. We are two miles from the park entrance, but that's not our "plan" this time, as we were there in 2007. Instead, tomorrow we will head north.<br />
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Livingston is a lovely town with a western flair to it. There is an old theatre, some vintage saloons, many eating places, a steakhouse that people come great distances for dinner, and a Native American store that I need to visit in the morning. The people we've met have been friendly and welcoming.<br />
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Dinner tonight was at 2nd Street Bistro, which attracted us because of shiny lights on the al fresco dining area. We were given the "chef's table," a coveted place to sit, as we could watch the chef and the cooks preparing food in the kitchen. There is only this one table where like this, and it was really fun to see them working systematically and in an organized way. We were impressed. Randy had a huge bowl of mussels in garlic and butter, served with a heaping portion of French fries. I thoroughly enjoyed a beet and goat cheese salad with champagne vinaigrette and fresh salad greens. First we watched the chef prepare all of this, and then they watched us as we ate it! <br />
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The 2nd Street Bistro says it serves "S.O.L.E. Food," which means Sustainable, Organic, Local, and Ethical. We'd go back in a heartbeat. <a href="http://www.secondstreetbistro.com/">www.secondstreetbistro.com</a><br />
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My dad used to sing "When You Come to the End of a Perfect Day," as he drove. This was <em>nearly</em> a perfect day. We're certainly in a perfect location tonight.<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright: KPG</div>Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03650289143254845440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457377341848212127.post-44801687407912750382013-09-09T01:19:00.002-04:002013-09-09T01:19:59.775-04:00The Theodore Roosevelt National ParkI am writing tonight from our motel in Miles City, Montana. We've had a full day of sightseeing and then driving. It is Sunday, and even a travel blogger needs a rest now and again, so Sunday's a good day to let my photographs speak for the day.<br />
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After a drive across some of the booming oil fields, and a quick lunch in Medora, North Dakota, we entered the Theodore Roosevelt National Park.<br />
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For thirty-six miles, at 25 miles per hour, we took in the beautiful scenery, the badlands, the wildlife, the colors and the enormity of nature.<br />
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The rest of the afternoon was a drive across western North Dakota and eastern Montana.<br />
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I said I was going to let the photos speak, so please enjoy them. Let's just say I am speechless........for a change. <br />
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