kathyv

As we were camping, we went to Ben & Jerry's, which was about an hour away from us. Been there before. We did not take the tour. I know how ice cream is made and had no desire to pay to see it made. Our first stop was the cemetery. The cemetery was revamped. I told my nephew that we were going to their cemetery and he thought it was a cemetery for dead workers. I told him, it was a cemetery of dead flavors. Some of the flavors sound DISGUSTING. Some sounded real good. Some didn't live that long. The last time we were there, Dean ordered coffee-coffee, buzz-buzz. We then walked to the graveyard and saw its headstone. Dean felt like he was ripped-off, because he got a dead flavor. It's no longer a ... read more

We spent the day in Seattle before embarking on a ship to Alaska. Two things that must be seen, that are not part of the normal sight-seeing adventures, are the Bubblegum Wall and the Troll Under the Bridge, aka the Freemont Troll. After landing, we took the Light Link to our hotel. That, in itself, is very different than anything I have ever experienced. First, you have to prepay you trip, then we got off, had to walk about a block to catch a bus, and that dropped us off about 1 block from the hotel. After all was said and done, it cost only $5 for both of us, as opposed to $40 for each to catch a shuttle bus. After that, we were off to see some sights. First stop, the Space Needle. It ... read more

Dean & I spent our 11th anniversary camping in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. We've never been here. We had a great site for camping. We arrived Thursday night and left Sunday morning. Our first full day, we stayed in Pennsylvania. We went to Dingsman Falls. On our way to this waterfall, we meandered along the walkway where we saw Silverthread Falls first. What a pretty waterfall. Then we continued our meandering along the walkway until we finally reached Dingsman Falls. It was much bigger than Silverthread. We walked to the end of the walkway, where you're at it's base. Then we saw a staircase, so of course, we walk up it. Half way up is probably the best viewing of this waterfall. After we were done here, we went to Grey Towers in Milford, ... read more

On our first full day in West Yellowstone, we drove into Yellowstone National Park and headed to Old Faithful. Stopped along the way to see the amazing sights. We stopped at Black Sand Geyser, saw some animals - not sure if it was a mule deer or a female moose. We also stopped at Midway Geyser Basin. That received its name because it's midway between the West Entrance and Old Faithful. While at Black Sand Geyser, there was a very big crow, I think it could be called a raven, and he was sitting right in the parking lot and Dean fell in love with this bird. He took about a minute worth of video of it while talking to the bird. We stopped at everything! I took so many photos that I filled up my ... read more

I woke up at 3:15 EDT, hopped in the shower and then loaded the car with my suitcase. Then I woke up Dean & Nathan. My sister was at my place early (at least for her). She arrived just on time between 4 - 4:15 am, to take us to the airport. I took some neat pictures of The Badlands (at least I'm pretty sure it was the Badlands). Of course, taking pics through a window don't always come out clear, but I've uploaded a couple. The other pictures are of Utah, Idaho, & Montana scenery. We also stopped at the Golden Spike National Historic Site; this is where the final spike was hammered into place for the Transcontinental Railroad. Not a big place, but it is part of our history. We made it to West ... read more