On June 25th, Frank and Tom took off for a two month trip. These photos were taken on July 4th. The trailer is very roomy. We are expecting to travel a great deal more this spring and summer. You can keep up with our daily travels on our website under Our Travels  . On those pages you can find more detailed discussions of our day to day adventures.
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On this trip we stopped at the Eisenhower Museum and Library in Abilene Kansas. It was very interesting, and a very hot day. Here is President Eisenhower's family home, as well as his and Mamie's burial place. That evening we went to a great local restaurant that served only one choice on the menu...an excellent family style fried chicken meal.
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| Through Kansas we passed several very large windmill farms which generate electricity from the Kansas winds....which in the spring often become deadly tornadoes. |
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The first photo is of the interior of the Ford F-250 diesel truck which pulls our trailer. Frank has mounted a stand with a computer which has an interactive map of where we are, as well as an internet connection, e-mail and access to such programs as Google Earth. On our Travel pages Speaking of tornadoes, we camped at this site (photos 2-3), but spent part of the evening in the campground's store's basement with many other campers as a tornado was forecast to come nearby. Fortunately a tornado did not actually materialize. We got only heavy rains and some winds. The final 2 photos are of the trailer parked at a favorite campground in Golden, CO...near the Coor's beer factory. |
| Shown here are photos of the Rocky Mountains west of Denver, Co. and our trailer at a rest spot. |
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We have friends in Denver who have very large, well behaved dogs. First shown is Andy who is somewhat shy. Dawson is so laid back, he is asleep. Then the two of them with their best friend...Dave, who among other things is a published author. His books are available on another of Frank's websites, GoldenFeatherPress.com
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Slightly west of Denver is one of the many Denver Mountain Parks . The only city park system in the country that is 20 miles outside the city that owns it. Great scenery as well as the burial site of Buffalo Bill.
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A few weeks later we drove north to Grand Teton National Park. In the center of Jackson Hole is their famous park with elk horn arches and their Million Dollar Cowboy Bar . Nearby is a family singing group, the Bar J Wranglers , who serve a great evening meal while you listen to two hours of great cowboy classics. They have their food serving lines down to a science. They can feed approximately 1,000 people in under 25 minutes...with expedited serving lines. You can listen to some of their songs on our Cowboy Music page.
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| Here is the southern entrance of the Grand Tetons...one of the most beautiful national parks that the US has. Some of the land was quietly bought by John Rockefeller and then donated to the US Government. |
| While at the Grand Tetons, taking pictures is so easy. All you have to do is to point the camera and you will be guaranteed an excellent photo. The scenery is that magnificent. You can't go wrong. Even the bison ignore you and stand still for the photo session. The mountain range is capped in snow even in the middle of summer. |
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Here we are camping at Flagg Ranch , between Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. We were lucky to have a rain storm followed by a most unusual double rainbow. Terrific skies.
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| The next day we entered Yellowstone. These are the first of a series of photos from that great park. Shown here is Lake Yellowstone...the earth's magma actually makes some spots just below the surface of the lake. Many larva and specimens live all their lives near this heat and sulfur fumes. |
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More photos of Yellowstone and their famous log lodge at Old Faithful Inn Many of the sites at Yellowstone are of sulfur hot springs...mud pots, fumeroles and geysers. We also saw many wild elk. |
| While in Yellowstone, Frank had the chance to take a trail ride and went out on an escorted trip. He said the scenery was great, but was saddened that they do not allow photos during the ride. |
| The beautiful Yellowstone Falls is a wonder. It draws tons of tourists in the summer. We ”dry camped”once..meaning we had no utility hookups. The next morning a bison walked into the campground simply to graze and look around. |
| Mammoth Hot Springs is at the north end of Yellowstone. It has its own pristine ledges of limestone and sulfur water ways. Shown here are some of the Park Ranger homes in use. Originally they were Army barracks for the soldiers sent here to stop poachers and hunters within the park in its earlier days. Also shown here is our campsite right outside of Yellowstone in Gardiner, Montana. |
