Friday, February 24, 2023

The Great Western Journey Part 10--North by Northeast actually

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When I think about Mount Rushmore, I always think about the Hitchcock film "North by Northwest". Since we came from Custer State P...
Friday, February 17, 2023

The Great Western Journey part 9--Deep Thoughts

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 Friday was an ALL-DAY bus trip. And I do mean all day. We left around 8:00 in the morning and got back to the hotel after 10:00 PM. Our clu...
Friday, February 10, 2023

The Great Western Journey part 8--A Star is Born

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Friday morning I was up EARLY. Like O-Dark-Thirty early. But for a good cause. Our press release about the convention had been picked up by ...
Friday, February 3, 2023

The Great Western Journey part 7--Dinner with Teddy Roosevelt

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 We arrived at our host hotel on Thursday afternoon and picked up our registration bags for the conference. Our first event was that evening...
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...