by Will | Sep 16, 2010 | Vacation Update
Got up and had a liesurely breakfast in the hotel dining room overlooking a marina on Lake Erie. Gorgeous! Headed up to Niagara Falls. I figured at first that we would take a couple of hours to look the place over and then move on to Philadelphia. But after reading...
by Will | Sep 15, 2010 | Vacation Update
We left the motel in Ottawa, Illinois at about 10 this morning. Before we left town, we went downtown to the site of the first Lincoln-Douglas Debate, which actually took place in August of 1858 and was for the Senate seat for Illinois. There is a memorial on the...
by Will | Sep 14, 2010 | Vacation Update
I wasn’t able to update the blog last night due to no internet, so this update will be for both yesterday and today. We got up fairly early at Kadoka, and found that there were three churches in town: a Lutheran church that started at 10, and a Presbyterian and...
by Will | Sep 12, 2010 | Vacation Update
Got to Mt. Rushmore at about 11 a.m., under gorgeous blue skies and very light winds; totally marvelous weather! We spent some time in the Visitor Center learning about how and why the monument was made (something that I think every American should see). It was...
by Will | Sep 11, 2010 | Vacation Update
Left Greybull, Wyoming at about 10:30 a.m. headed to Devil’s Tower. Our route took us through Worland, Wyoming, where my mom used to live, so I called her and let her know that I was there. From there we headed up into the Bighorn Mountains, the pass over...
by Will | Sep 10, 2010 | Vacation Update
Went back into Yellowstone this morning at about 10 a.m., passing a small herd of elk right outside the gates. The weather was a little iffy, quite a few clouds, and we needed to wear our Soul’s Harbor sweatshirts, but the sun was out, so we took an umbrella and...
