We have been away from the internet for the last few days and thus unable to update you on our sojourns. Basically this is a teaser blog just to let you know that we are a) alive+well b) planning on updating with more relevant info soon. Its just a little tough without the net close at hand. Basically, we are in Vedauwoo WY (fat crack country to those who climb) and its really nice. Wyoming has been, over all, however, a disappointment due to the fact that the people who live here seem to be mostly rednecks of the less than [View Full Entry]

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We've been staying in the Grand Teton National Park the last four nights without internet access, so we've been out of touch with getting updates on the blog.We stayed two nights at Flagg Ranch and two nights at Colter Bay. The second campground was right near Jackson Lake with fantastic views of the Teton's. The Tetons are just breath-taking, and unlike any mountains we've ever seen! We've done a lot of hiking and sightseeing the last four days, but the highlight was definitely Jenny Lake. We took a ferry across the lake and hiked up to Hidden Falls, then on to [View Full Entry]

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Camping I the Big Horn Mountains We loved the campsite and the lake in the mountains. The site was at 8332 feet, you gain app 5000ft of it in the last 30 miles going to the camp ground. [View Full Entry]

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Devils Tower National Landmark We arrived here about 4pm, after settig up the trailer went up to the tower. We ate a picnic lunch that Misti made and then hiked around the tower. Laurel was pushed in her stroller and Adam hiked the whole way by himself. Quite a feat for a five year old in 100F temperatures. We all were impressed by devils tower, but Adam almost seemed drawn to it. The night ended with a thunderstorm, very cool to see with Devils tower light up by the lightning. [View Full Entry]

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Today I had to work from 7am until 3. I came all the way to West Yellowstone to update this and I’ll probably walk around town afterwards. I took a lot of pictures of the area where I live and the drive to West Yellowstone. [View Full Entry]

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This is the first chance I have had to update the blog. As it is horribly slow I am going to do just a single entry. Oddly I have cell service at our campground. I am sitting next to Jackson Lake in the Lizard Creek Campground within Grand Teton National Park. I am connected using my cell phone as a modem. Photos are being troublesome. I have tons to upload and I as I get them, they will be here: http://picasaweb.google.com/theo.macris/2008_PortlandNY?authkey=LHJ1f2zaPfs Friday 7/11 We finished running errands and packing the van and hit the road about 11am. We intend to enter [View Full Entry]

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Hello! So again a quick update, time is so limited always and i'm trying to get my photos up. Anyone who's texted me lately i have no signal i'm afraid and may not have for over a week. Since my last entry I spent a day in Chicago, went up the Sears tower, did a boat ride, saw Navy Pier and a few parks, watched a crazy australian acrobatic show, went up the John Hancock observation deck and saw the nightly fireworks and then went to an Irish bar, it was fun and very packed. The next day was our biggest [View Full Entry]

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We took a cruise and that was about it. The mosquitos were very active again. [View Full Entry]

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July 17th Today was an awesome day. It was employee appreciation day! On Employee Appreciation Day Xanterra (the company we work for) does all sorts of nice stuff for us. On EA Day the company doesn’t charge us for room and board. They also serve us a fancy dinner. The dinner was prime rib, chicken, shrimp, etc, etc, and CHEESECAKE! Yay! When I got off work I went to the Employee Appreciation Dance at the pub and it was soooo much fun. We danced for hours and no one was awkward about how they were dancing. It was just a bunch [View Full Entry]

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Wednesday was my 2nd day off. I was supposed to go to Bozeman (the nearest large city) with Britani and Brian but Britani was detained in West Yellowstone. Brian and I decided to go on anyway because we both wanted to see Wall-E! We had to leave pretty early (8am haha) so we could make it to town and back in time for the Yellowstone Talent Show. The drive took almost 2 hours because of the speed limit and the curvy roads. Along the way you can see tons of white water rafters in the river. Our first stop was at [View Full Entry]

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