June 9 Picked up the kids at their mother's, camped out at Gros Ventre campground GTNP
June 10 Cody rock-climbed w/boy scouts. Camped out @ Lizard Creek, GTNP, had s'mores! :)
June 11 Camped at Bridge Bay YNP. Attended the ranger program on the Nez Perce indians
June 12 Camped at Bridge Bay YNP. Went on a ranger-led hike at Indian Pond to Storm Point, attended ranger led program on the fires of 1988.
June 13 Went to Riverton via Cody. climbed rocks at a rest area along the way. Stayed at great grandma's house
June 14 Went to Sinks Canyon and fed the fish, visited Russell (cousin)
June 15 Drove to Colorado. Climbed rocks at Split Rock. Went to RMNP. Drove over trail ridge road. Camped out in RMNP. Got snowed on.
June 16 Panned for gold at Argo gold mine. Saw the dinosaur footprints at Morrison. Went to my dad's house.
June 17 Went to waterworld and Chuck E. Cheese's
June 18 Went to Casa Bonita for dinner, had homemade peanut butter pie for dinner
June 19 Barn Party with Brenn Hill headlining
June 20 Left Colorado. visited Capulin Volcano National Monument
June 21 Arrived Austin, TX. Met up w/Marsha. Went to the bat bridge at sunset and Cody and Marsha saw the bats while Kegan and I went to the restroom. Went to Toy Joy (awesome toy store)
June 22 Schlitterbahn!!
June 23 Barton Springs, panic mode @ whole foods, Book People and sunset from Mt. Bonnell.
June 24 San Antonio River Walk and The Alamo
June 25 Galveston Island. Kegan got to swim in the ocean for the very first time. Saw the historic district called "The Strand"
June 26 Went to Marsha's mom's house. Saw an alligator. Picked up Marsha's dog (Fergus). Started driving towards Wisconsin
June 27 Drove across Oklahoma. Thankfully it didn't take long. Stopped in Joplin, MO (along historic Route 66) saw the movie "Cars" which romanticized Route 66.
June 28 visited the St. Louis Arch. Arrived Wisconsin Dells.
June 29 Noah's Ark waterpark!!
June 30 House on the Rock, arrived @ Brian's house
July 1 Relax
July 2 Cave Point in Lake Michigan
July 3 Party!
July 4 BBQ with friends of Brians. Cody & Kegan went to fireworks
July 5 start home. stayed the night in Worthington, MN
July 6 Wall Drug. Started having fuel pump trouble with my truck. Spent the night in Wall, SD
July 7 Devil's Tower camped for the night in Red Lodge, MT
July 8 YNP. Firehole Canyon swimming hole was closed :( :( :( BASTARDS! Fuel pump broke for good *&%$^@@#!!! :(:(:( Towed the truck to West Yellowstone, MT
July 9 removed fuel pump from truck. no auto parts stores open (Sunday) rented a car. Drove to I.F. got a fuel pump there, took kids back to their mother's, drove back to West Yellowstone, replaced fuel pump.
July 10 Drove to Jackson. End of journey
7/13/06
finally got it figured out!
O.K. more notes to myself, I have hesitated in writing much here because I had trouble figuring it out...I dunno, but it works now!
Tomorrow, or sometime, I will write up about the road trip I took with my kids...maybe first I should write a long introduction post about who I am and stuff...
Tomorrow, or sometime, I will write up about the road trip I took with my kids...maybe first I should write a long introduction post about who I am and stuff...
Road Trip: Completed!!!
My kids and I just got back from a roadtrip that traversed 12 states, 4 national parks, 3 national monuments, 3 waterparks, 2 time zones, 1 break down and 0 speeding tickets.
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