Keystone to Yellowstone

Wednesday, May 11 — Day 19: Keystone, South Dakota to Yellowstone National Park, which is mostly in Wyoming with a little bit in Montana and Idaho (continuing on the Passage Across America)

Even though it was still snowing, we went back to Mt. Rushmore in hopes that visibility may be better. This first picture is at the entrance to the park. If you look at the trees in this morning’s photo versus the photo taken yesterday evening at the same location, you’ll get a sense of just how hard it was snowing.

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Visibility was better. There was still cloud cover and most of the time the faces were completely obscured, but as the clouds moved, you could occasionally catch a glimpse.

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We got back on the highway and went to Devil’ Tower National Monument in Wyoming, where visibility was Continue reading

Plain to Keystone

Monday, May 10 — Day 17: Plain, Wisconsin to Worthington, Minnesota (continuing on the Passage Across America)

Visit to Taliesin, famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s personal estate, in Spring Green, Wisconsin. The second photo is his school, one of his earliest designs that he constantly revised over the years. The first is the only restaurant Wright ever designed, near the end of his life.

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Dayton House Bed & Breakfast in Worthington, Minnesota Continue reading

Schenectady to Chicago

Thursday, May 6 — Day 13: Schenectady, New York, USA to Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Historic Schenectady

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The Eerie Canal

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Niagara Falls, the most powerful waterfalls in North America, located in Niagara Falls, New York.

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The Cave of the Winds attraction at Niagara Falls. Don’t let the name fool you. There is no Continue reading