190628 Yellowstone Steamboat Geyser
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National Park Road Trip: Yellowstone Day 1 (Part 7)

A year of planning. Advanced reservations months ahead of the trip. The day had finally come when we were heading into the big daddy and where the National Park Service first got its start, Yellowstone National Park. To say we were excited was an understatement. For a family that normally gets excited for a new…

190627 Shell Falls Interpretive Site
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National Park Road Trip: Devils Tower and Onto Cody, WY (Part 6)

After our first couple days of being in the parks, we were excited for just how much grand the scenery ahead of our journey would be for the next couple weeks. We got up early from our hotel in Keystone and headed out towards Devil’s Tour. The journey would take us over two hours to…

190626 Needles Highway Needles Eye Tunnel
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National Park Road Trip: Mt. Rushmore, Mammoth Site & Needles Highway (Part 5)

After a spectacular day in the Badlands, our next journey was fortunately not to far at less than an hour and a half to the Mt. Rushmore area. Our first stop of the day was of course Mt. Rushmore. As eluded in Part 1 of this trip report, our family received a free National Park…