Friday, January 27, 2023

The Great Western Journey Part 6--A Jewel in the NPS

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 The next morning we drove to Jewel Cave. We had planned to arrive early to get in line for tickets but had a small delay in some roadwork b...
Friday, January 20, 2023

The Great Western Journey Part 5--The Devil is in the Details

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After leaving Fort Laramie we headed to Devils Tower (cue the Close Encounters theme music). It is truly amazing how much that tower dominat...
Friday, January 13, 2023

The Great Western Journey Part 4--Which Came First?

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The title for this week's post is a little tongue-in-cheek (well, aren't they all) because the last few photos I had for the Fort we...
Friday, January 6, 2023

The Great Western Journey Part 3--All in the Family

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 Remember the big white building from last week's pages? This is the inside. There are several floors to visit. You cannot go into the r...
Friday, December 30, 2022

Great Western Journey Part 2--Home on the Range

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The calvary barracks included the bunks, tack, and prep kitchen. They could house over a hundred soldiers at once in several different units...
Friday, December 23, 2022

Great Western Journey Part 1--Fort Laramie

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Our first park stop on the trip was Fort Laramie. We had quite an adventure GETTING there (just remember to follow the directions on the par...
Friday, December 16, 2022

Is it a Loop or a Journey?

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 Our next few months will follow the journey Jim and I took in the summer of 2017 to the NPTC convention in the Rocky Mountain Region (the h...