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Archive for October, 2008

Travel Challenge Answer October 2008

Filed under: Mystery Photo & Travel Challenge by Erin on 10/22/2008

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Congratulations to Bill who was the first person to correctly identify the animal hidden in the picture as an elk! We were fortunate to get up close and personal with a bull and his harem in Yellowstone National Park a few weeks back. Thankfully, the bull eventually came out from [...]

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Utah, Utah, Utah

Filed under: History & RV & Travel by Erin on 10/17/2008

Finally leaving Idaho after more than a month we continued on our way south, with our next stop in Provo, Utah. Originally known as Fort Utah, the town was settled by Mormon families just two short years after the arrival of the first Mormon pioneers in the Salt Lake Valley.

Here’s the backstory, briefly: in 1830 [...]

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Travel Challenge October 2008

Filed under: Mystery Photo & Travel Challenge by Erin on 10/15/2008

This month we have a mystery photo for you to decipher. The challenge is to identify the animal hidden somewhere in the image. Please be as specific as possible. Good luck!

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Instructions: When you think you have figured it out, enter your guess in the comment field below. Be sure to check [...]

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Idaho’s Oregon Trail

Filed under: History & RV & Travel by Erin on 10/8/2008

On Sunday we secured our belongings, stowing any items that might shift during travel, and left Ashton, Idaho driving south on Highway 20. After a quick 50 miles we joined I-15, the major thoroughfare that we will follow all the way through Idaho and into Utah. It was a short travel day for us since [...]

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Yellowstone in Action

Filed under: Video by Lance on 10/6/2008

To accompany Erin’s account of our visit to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, Wyoming’s Crown Jewels, here are four videos illustrating our time in these two beautiful parks.

First, see what a Moose or two can do to traffic on the main highway going from Grand Teton to Yellowstone. Just outside Jackson Lake Lodge, we [...]

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Wyoming’s Crown Jewels

Filed under: History & Outdoor Adventures & Travel by Erin on 10/2/2008

We had a weekend to explore Yellowstone, not nearly enough time but we were determined to make the most of it. Yellowstone, the first national park in the country, indeed the world, was created on March 1, 1872 when President Ulysses S. Grant signed The Act of Dedication. Primarily located in Wyoming, but also spilling [...]

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Friends

Filed under: From the Road by Erin on 10/1/2008

I came across this while wandering through the quaint streets of Wooster, Ohio, with my two dear cousins—who also happen to be good friends.

Obviously we don’t think this sign refers to all relatives…

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