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After the battlefield we made our way over to Gillette,Wy to visit some family. I haven't seen my Aunt Carolle and Uncle Duane in a couple of decades and was thrilled to visit.. My Cousin Mike and his Wife Sarah and their children were also in town for a ball tournament so seeing them was a big plus. Always enjoy family visits whether it's been decades or just weeks. Uncle Duane had Brody to show all his toys and things to so I think everyone involved enjoyed the visit. Watched Nick play ball on Wednesday night and Thursday morning breakfast was excellent. Them Blume boys sure know how to cook b-fast. From Gillette this morning we were headed to Devils Tower Wyoming. Beautiful drive over plenty of Antelope and rural farm America. I could look at ... read more

Beautiful day in the mountains today. Started the morning by driving 15 mi. up in the Bighorns and taking a marked hike back into a mountain lake. Should have brought a couple of fishing poles. It's amazing how 2 hours west of here in Yellowstone there are 2 million people and we only ran into 4 or 5 small groups on a five mile hike here in the bighorns. Yeah you don't get the guysers but you get all the beauty with some solitude. Someday Sondra and I will go to Yellowstone when the crowds aren't so big in the fall or spring but not in the hieght of tourist season. The west breads a different kind of people. They are polite kind and very friendly. Sondra can't get over how nice they are. We ran ... read more

Well we took off from Grand Rapids, Mi. yesterday @ 6:37am. Hopped in the car and away we went. Car is way overpacked and not much room left for the 3 of us. This didn't keep my 12yr old grandson Brody from falling right back to sleep though. 1st stop was Micky D's for breakfast sandwich.. Still cool at this time but 4 hours later when we stopped in Central Iowa it was 104 degrees. Hope the whole week isn't going to be this hot? No issues traveling except for the ton of traffic around Des Moines. Was cool to see all the windmills in Western Iowa though. Stopped in Blair NE, just across the border from Iowa for an Ice Cream at the DQ. nice break after 11 hours of driving. Drove for another hour ... read more