Sunday, July 24, 2016

Journey from Seattle to Saint Louis


Our first stop on the way home was in Cle Elum at Daniel's friend's ranch.  We spent the afternoon there and stayed the night.  The kids had fun checking out the baby pigs and other animals.




 
 
Idaho
 
 
Montana. I loved driving through Montana, it is beautiful!
 

 
Old faithful

Picnic in Yellowstone

We saw bison, elk, and bighorn sheep...unfortunately no bears or wolves

 
Andrew spent most of the trip listening to Harry Potter.  We didn't have any screen time until the last day when we allowed them to use their devices for a couple of hours. 

 
Mt Rushmore was cooler to see than I thought it would be
 


I wanted to find hot springs in South Dakota but these were only "barely warm" springs :)

It was about 95 degrees and this was at about 8:00 at night.  So fun!




 
We went to Chimney Rock in Nebraska and this was at a Mormon pioneer graveyard right next to it.

Chimney Rock...another super hot day
After driving 5,400 miles on this trip we made it home safely.  The kids were such good road trippers!  When we got home they were still being super sweet to each other (It lasted a few days before fading back to normal). During that time of sweetness Andrew said "I love my siblings, I think the trip made us closer together." We are so grateful for this experience.

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