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 Today is my last day in Bozeman and at International! Kinda a bittersweet moment, Im glad because we are going to Glacier but yet there are some awesome people I have had a chance to meet while being here and i dont want to leave because Im going to miss them! I havent really taken many pictures because there isnt much to take shots of, so this blog is not going to have much! We are off to Glacier in the morning, and then Im going to have some pictures! Keep watching the blog, and there will be more updates!


Laura

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 Once again, Im sorry it took so long to get on here and update the blog. We went to Yellowstone and White Water rafting and thoes were both full day activties. 


But before all of that, we had a small get-to-gether at Dads trailer. Here are some pictures from it.





And Michael and Miss Rivette 2008




Then there was also the VAC parade....





I also helped Michael at his booth



The next day we were heading to Yellowston National Park.


But first Dad and I both wanted to go to Idaho. This was a new state for both of us, and it was only about 5 miles out of the way.



First we went to Yellowstone, we couldnt ask for a better day of weather. I took a ton of pictures!



From the second we got in we could see the damage still present from the 1988 fire which burned over 500,000 acers.



We saw some Elk.



It was such a pretty sight!

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IT'S HOT!!!!




Because everyone was telling me there wasnt enough pictures of Dad, you will see that on this post there are many pictures of him!









I saw this burnt tree and thought it was so cool!



Dad in front of Old Faithful.



Me in front of Old Faithful.



It was so cool to see how high the water went, it kept teasing us, some water would come up about 5 feet, than it would stop.
 

76 Degrees and Snow on the ground, I love it!





The Continental Divide!





West Thumb lake.



Yellowstone Lake







Buffalo


I was about 10 feet from this one!



Crossing the road, it took about 30 minutes for them to deside what side they wanted to be one and then they stoped right in the road! It was so cool though!!!




The Upper Falls


A Moose!



I got about 2 feet away from these ones, they walked right next to us, it was to cool.


And yesterday we went White Water Rafting, this is the only picture I got!




Overall its been a good week, the next three days are just enjoying the rally and meeting more people. I'll try to get some more pictures of the rally, keep watching, its easier to update it now that we arnt leaving the rally for the whole day!


ENJOY!


Laura

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Sorry for taking so long! I only get WiFi in the main building, so it takes longer to get this up! Ill try to keep up.



Day 3 started with us leaving Sturgis, SD, heading West towards Wyoming.  

 

We saw a couple Airstreams heading the same direction, Im guessing they were heading to the rally, didnt get many pictures, but I got one!




While we were in Wyoming we saw some snow capped mountians, even if it was 89 degrees!





Then we got into Montana!




Then I was looking at something I had bought at Mt. Rushmore. Its called a passport to your national parks. Its a neat little book that has almost, if not all of the National Parks in it, and what you do, is when you go to a park, you get a stamp to prove you have been there. While we were driving I saw that the Little Bighorn Battlefield was on there. I asked dad if we could stop so I could get it stamped, after thinking a little while about the battle, Dad said that it was the same date as the battle happened. June 25th! HOW COOL!! So we stoped and got into the park for free because it was the same date. There were a TON of people and we spent about an hour walking around and seeing where Custer had his last stand! So much history in one place! We had a great time!





Entering the National Monument.



Most of the headstones dont have names.







The Airstream from on top of the Hill!





It was sunny!!










More pretty mountains!






So now we are in Bozeman. We get to the Bull Pen here at the rally, and we happend to miss a minor detail. They stop parking at 4:00pm and we got there at 6:00pm. So we spent the night in the Bull Pen our first night at the rally. By 8:00am the next more we were being parked and and setting up. What a good feeling it was to get to our things unpacked and be able to know we are staying there for more than a couple days. 

We talked to the Dometic guys, and we got our new door that was shipped to Hank, a forums member that allowed us to get our new door sent to him! THANKS HANK!! And the Dometic guy was awesome, he got the new door up in 30 minutes!

We are glad to be here and are having a good time!

Stay tuned for more pictures later, the only problem is, I have to come to the main building to get Wifi and thats why it took me so long!

                                                                                                Day 2:

           After going back to the Harley Shop to pick up some more goodies, we were heading towards Rushmore.                
                                                       

We happen to go threw the small Western town of Deadwood, SD. This little town had a lot of kick, so we desided to stay for lunch!

                                                        


But before we could even make it to the resturant, we stoped at a few shops and I saw this Flamingo shirt that I almost had to get...but didnt!

                                                                         

                            Stockade, this amazine place was able to get our food out to his in less than 10 minutes, it was great!
                                                                        
I saw this hat and almost had to get it just to wear at the We Can Tow It Rally, it was pink, and had a crown on it, it was so Miss Rivette material!

                                                                        
This is the Main Strip of Deadwood, its a really neat Western, valley town that had so much to offer.. including slot machines which I hated!

                                                                         


                                                               The Deadwood water tower, it just happen to be on the side of a cliff!

                                                                            
             
              We were leaving when this sign happen to stop us from going anywhere.. I was thinking to myself "Oh this should be good!"

                                                                           

                        Only one person was shot, its funny, I saw him later, and there was no blood! These people in S.D. heal really fast!
                                                                          

                                                                              
                    We left Deadwood and headed to Mt Rushmore, these were the first shots I got from insde the car as we were still driving!

                                                                             
                                                         Yet, another shot from the car, I didnt think it could get much better, but it did!


                                                                              

                                                                         A close up, the weather was great too, couldnt ask for a better day!

                                                                                      
                                                              Me standing right after we entered the park, I couldnt believe all the people, it was nuts!

                                                                                         
                                            Im thinking one more face wouldnt hurt! Maybe I'll talk to the National Park Service, see what they think!

                                                                                       
This is Crazy Horse, I didnt think that I was going to like this better than Mt Rushmore, but funny enough, I did! Its not even done, and I liked it more. I learned so much about this project to build Crazy Horse Memorial. The head alone of Crazy Horse (His face is already done) is going to be bigger than Mt Rushmore and all the 4 faces on it! The horses' head is going to be 22 stores high! This project is completly funded by tourists! It has been going for 60 years, and they have no idea when its going to be done!
 

                                                                              
I thought this place was SO neat! I couldnt believe how big it was, and having some Native American Blood in me, it was great to see that the Native Americans were going to have something to be proud of like this!


                                                                     
This is what the Carving will look like when it is done! What is so cool, is that it is going to be 3-D, all around. Which mean both sides of this is going to look the same!




                                                                      

After we left Crazy Horse we were ready to get something to eat! So we desided to go to a small town near Deadwood called Lead. This is the only picture I got of Lead because....well frankly it was BORING!! We didnt even find a place to eat, so we left and went back to Deadwood to eat dinner, good choice on our part!
   


                                                                     

When I was at the Saloon in Deadwood this Outlaw walked by, and we started chatting. This guy looked just like Jeff Daniels, and I asked him about it, turns out, this guy has been in over 300 TV shows and Movies in the past few years. He just started in a movie with Clint Eastwood and it turns out, he lived in Michigan a few years back! His name it J. T. Rockwell! Super nice guy!


Well after all said and done, we put in 12 hours day! It was a lot of fun, and we got to see and meet some great people! I can see why people love it out here so much, its so diffrent, but I can tell you, I wouldnt be able to live out here, as pretty and quite as it is, I would go NUTS!

Off to Bozeman in the morning, cant wait to get to International! Keep watching for more updates. 

Well, we are in Sturgis, SD! We are at the first stop of our trip, but before I get to that, why dont I tell you it all from the start.

We left at 6:40am EST heading west! Leaving behind our other Airstream's    :(




On the road!











 We went to Indiana, then Illinois, then to my first new state, Iowa. As you can see, I took some pictures!





Iowa is more of a happenin' than I thought. First I saw the World's Largest Truckstop. It was HUGE!!! Then I saw a Casino that looked like a barn! This was so funny, sorry for the bad picture, I didnt know what it was until I was right next to it!



We also went by where all the flooding was in Iowa. On Cedar River, these are the only pictures I was able to get, but it seemed like everything was black from where the water was.





Then all this fun had to come to an end, or so the Devil thought! While we were getting gas, Dad was trying to open the fridge, and he couldnt get it, so I tried, and this is what happend. Who knew this small plastic peice that fell off was going to cost us almost 300 dollars? Well turns out, we need a whole new door now!



 

As we kept driving along, we kept seeing these HUGE windmills, they were so cool, and then, here comes MN!



 
Although MN was kinda boring, it did give us a chance to see a great Sunset!





Finally at 11:00pm Central Time we stoped for the night at a rest area! We had been in the truck driving for 16 hours, only stoping for gas. We drove 860 miles in ONE DAY!!!! We stoped 20 miles away from the SD boarder!




     YAY, we made it....almost!



                                                                I thought this thing was just too cool to not take a picture of.!
                                                                    

Wall Drug........That is all I have to say, after about 400 miles with signs like this almost every mile, it was almost sick to see them over and over again!
                                                                 


                                                                                               Finally, no more signs, I hope!!!
 
                                                                    
    
                                                          


                                                                     Our new backyard for the next couple days! Sturgis, SD

                                                                   

               This is our campground from the other side of the road, can you see the Airstream?............Dont worry, I cant either!

                                                                   
        Had to stop and get some Harley goodies, considering this is the home of one of the Largest Bike Week's in the world!!!

                                                                    

Then we stoped and had some dinner at this great place right on main street of Sturgis, where all the Bike Week Events take place.




                                                              

So what is next you ask.............................................





MT. RUSHMORE!!!!!!!!!!


stay tuned for update on tommarrows trip to Mt. Rushmore!





Laura








 

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