Dear Family and Friends,
Chuck and I have just about exhausted ourselves out.
I decided I needed a vacation from our vacation....some time out without taking pictures or posting to the blog.
After we took Matt back home, Chuck and I drove to Seattle. We visited with family, turned in the rental car and split up.
Yes, we did split up.....Chuck flew back to Minnesota. This time was for a week long "guy trip" with the two grandsons.
I flew to Texas to see my brother and sister-in-law. We had a fun week together. It was a relaxing time.
Chuck and I met back up in Atlanta at the Alamo car rental counter. We rented a car and drove back to Columbus to dump some stuff and visit with friends and family. My sister and brother-in-law are the best! They have made us feel so welcome and comfortable at their home.
We headed north on Monday and are now in Asheville, North Carolina.
Tomorrow, I will start posting pictures again....the rest period is over. Got to get back to sightseeing. We really don't know what all we are going to do this week...we are planning as we go.
Love,
Nancy
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Friday, June 6, 2014
FOTO FRIDAY - 6/06/14
Dear Family and Friends,
This picture was taken in 2005. Chuck and I went to Paris to help our brother-in-law celebrate his 70th birthday.
We went to see the Eiffel tower at night. Beautiful!
Love,
Nancy
This picture was taken in 2005. Chuck and I went to Paris to help our brother-in-law celebrate his 70th birthday.
We went to see the Eiffel tower at night. Beautiful!
Love,
Nancy
Friday, May 30, 2014
FOTO FRIDAY - 5/30/14
Dear Family and Friends,
I took this picture recently in South Dakota. We stopped to view the scenery and some tourists were feeding the chipmunks sunflower seeds.
The picture is adorable. The down side though is that we should never feed wildlife. This makes them unafraid of humans and that is not a good thing.
Love,
Nancy
I took this picture recently in South Dakota. We stopped to view the scenery and some tourists were feeding the chipmunks sunflower seeds.
The picture is adorable. The down side though is that we should never feed wildlife. This makes them unafraid of humans and that is not a good thing.
Love,
Nancy
Sunday, May 25, 2014
South Dakota Prairie
Dear Family and Friends,
We drove from Mt. Rushmore across the prairie of South Dakota. It was a long ride with little to break up the ride. The grasslands and the flat terrain have their beauty, but we had our fill after about two hours.
The sights are many miles apart but they are there and we found them!
First we drove through the town of Sturgis. We now have that checked off the bucket list. It is a quiet town unless you happen to hit it in August during the motorcycle rally.
Here is a picture of downtown Sturgis.
We continued down the freeway seeing many signs advertising Wall Drug store. We had to stop and see it. This is the front of it, but this picture is deceiving. It is huge and covers a whole city block. It is a lot more than a drug store...almost a whole city inside.
Further down the road we came to Mitchell, home of the only Corn Palace on earth. This is a picture of this year's design. Each year they take down the corn and put up a new corn exterior.
We detoured off the freeway and went to the town of De Smet. This was a fun place because this is the part of South Dakota that Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote about growing up on the prairie.
The school
This is the last house that Pa built.
We bought one of her books on CD and listened to it all the way to Minnesota.
We are now hugging grandkids again.
Heading back to Washington state tomorrow.
Love,
Nancy
We drove from Mt. Rushmore across the prairie of South Dakota. It was a long ride with little to break up the ride. The grasslands and the flat terrain have their beauty, but we had our fill after about two hours.
The sights are many miles apart but they are there and we found them!
First we drove through the town of Sturgis. We now have that checked off the bucket list. It is a quiet town unless you happen to hit it in August during the motorcycle rally.
Here is a picture of downtown Sturgis.
We continued down the freeway seeing many signs advertising Wall Drug store. We had to stop and see it. This is the front of it, but this picture is deceiving. It is huge and covers a whole city block. It is a lot more than a drug store...almost a whole city inside.
Further down the road we came to Mitchell, home of the only Corn Palace on earth. This is a picture of this year's design. Each year they take down the corn and put up a new corn exterior.
We detoured off the freeway and went to the town of De Smet. This was a fun place because this is the part of South Dakota that Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote about growing up on the prairie.
The school
This is the last house that Pa built.
We are now hugging grandkids again.
Heading back to Washington state tomorrow.
Love,
Nancy
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Mt Rushmore and beyond.
Dear Family and Friends,
After enjoying Deadwood, we headed out to see Mt. Rushmore. The main purpose of this trip was so that Matt could see this monument. Mt. Rushmore was on his bucket list.
We couldn't have asked for a nicer day weather wise.
We were fortunate because Nick Clifford, the sole surviving worker on the monument, was in the bookstore signing books. He started working on Mt. Rushmore when he was 17 years old. He is now 92 years old.
When we were leaving Mt Rushmore we found a place on the highway where you can see George Washington's profile.
Custer State Park is very close to Mt. Rushmore. If you go to Mt. Rushmore be sure to drive through this park as well. It is awesome.
http://gfp.sd.gov/state-parks/directory/custer
The drive through the park included beautiful granite outcroppings. They reminded me a little of sand castles you build at the beach by dripping sand and water.
There were tunnels so small that only one car could go through at a time. No big RV's on this road.
The most awesome tunnel we went through had a view of Mt Rushmore as you came out the other end. How cool is that?
You can see from this picture that the Custer State Park is not that far from Mt. Rushmore.
After enjoying Deadwood, we headed out to see Mt. Rushmore. The main purpose of this trip was so that Matt could see this monument. Mt. Rushmore was on his bucket list.
We couldn't have asked for a nicer day weather wise.
Here we are posing in front of the monument.
They have audio guides that you can rent. You learn about the man who designed and supervised the carving of the monument and that 90% was carved with controlled amounts of dynamite. Also about how it was for the 400 workers.
Here are Matt and Chuck listening to the audio guide while looking at the monument.
We were fortunate because Nick Clifford, the sole surviving worker on the monument, was in the bookstore signing books. He started working on Mt. Rushmore when he was 17 years old. He is now 92 years old.
When we were leaving Mt Rushmore we found a place on the highway where you can see George Washington's profile.
Custer State Park is very close to Mt. Rushmore. If you go to Mt. Rushmore be sure to drive through this park as well. It is awesome.
http://gfp.sd.gov/state-parks/directory/custer
The drive through the park included beautiful granite outcroppings. They reminded me a little of sand castles you build at the beach by dripping sand and water.
There were tunnels so small that only one car could go through at a time. No big RV's on this road.
The most awesome tunnel we went through had a view of Mt Rushmore as you came out the other end. How cool is that?
You can see from this picture that the Custer State Park is not that far from Mt. Rushmore.
Another awesome day of touring.
Love,
Nancy
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