We;ve spent the last couple of days in Oregon and tonight are just over the border in Walla Walla, Washington. I’m posting a few photos today. The first is of Devil’s Tower, which is in South Dakota. We had our first snake sighting here. It slithered across the path in front of us.
Mr. Munro and I missed checking out the Million Dollar Cowboy bar last time we visited Jackson Hole. This time we made sure we visited. Here’s a photo of me sitting at the bar.
We both really enjoyed our visit to the Oregon Trail Center near Baker City. The displays were excellent and very interesting. Despite the passing of the years it is still possible to see the ruts made by the wagon trains. I don’t envy the people their long trip from Independence, Missouri to Oregon. It wasn’t an easy one.
They also had a man talking about birds of prey while we were there and he had two different owls plus a hawk with him. His talk was fascinating and it was great seeing these birds at close range. Unfortunately we couldn’t take photos. For some reason they had masses of mosquitoes at the Oregon Trail center. They were the size of small birds and very active. I hate mosquitoes! Here’s a photo of one of the wagons in the outside display.
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August 25th, 2008 at 12:04 pm · Link
Have a fun trip in the USA Shelley. Soon I’ll ask you about NZ as we try to organize our next year trip to Australia and NZ.
August 25th, 2008 at 1:29 pm · Link
Hi Shelley!
Glad you’re having a wonderful vacation. I’ve been MIA because this last class was super hard and took more time than I had anticipated. I haven’t even had a chance to read the new Middle March book yet- GASP! But as the class is now over I’m going to squeeze it in before I even look at my new courses. (The things I must do to read one of my favorite authors.) Oh, and did I thank you for my goodies? They are so fabulous! THANK YOU!! I need to write you an actual thank you note but as previously stated- Super Hard Class, threw my whole life out of whack for the past month. (Plus you’re out of the country so it’d have just sat in your mail box anywho.) Looked at your back log of blog posts and seen that you’ve had a lovely tour of the US. I love the Devil’s Tower, it’s so cool! Talk to you soon and take care!
Hugs,
-Amy
August 26th, 2008 at 10:53 am · Link
That Devil’s Tower should have a castle on top.
Btw, you blog doesn’t seem to hate me any longer. *knocks on wood*
August 27th, 2008 at 6:18 am · Link
How Cool!! It looks like you’re having lots of fun.
August 27th, 2008 at 8:11 am · Link
It’s been a great trip. We’re heading into Canada today. We’re not sure if we’ll explore a little of Vancouver. It depnds on time. Tomorrow we catch the ferry to Vancouver Island.
Gabriele – it definitely needs a castle on top!!