We have been on the road since Monday the 29th of September and are having a great time.
Our first stop was in Spokane for the night where we visited with Dick's son Jack and his family. We took the grandkids (David and Michaela) to Wonderland for pizza. games and go cart riding. Annie and Michaela drove one go cart and Jack and David drove another. They had a great time. After dinner we went to their new house in Spokane to play Apples to Apples until it was time for the kids to go to bed so they could get up for school.
Tuesday prior to leaving for Missoula for two nights to visit friends of Dick's, we had breakfast with Ethel, Dick's 90 + year old cousin. We spent two nights at Ken and Carol Brett's house. The first night dinner was at Charlie and Shirley Tiernan's house where Ian and JoAnn Lange joined us as well. The next day we went with the Brett's to the college campus for Dick to check out where he worked for many years. After lunch at the Iron Horse, we went down to the river front to see the carousel, the new development on the river and the Monte Dolack art gallery since we own several of his posters.
Early Thursday we had breakfast in Missoula with Dick's daughter Jana, her husband Steven and granddaughter Sade at The Shack. It was so great of them to come our way since we weren't going by way of Big Fork this trip. After breakfast we set off for West Yellowstone Park where we spent the night. After arriving at our destination, we walked the town and had dinner. The drive through the park was great the next morning. The bison and elk didn't seem to mind that we were on their road and the fire damage from several years ago was very apparent.
Friday we arrived in Rapid City, SD after ten hours on the road. What beautiful country we saw. Today we went to Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse to see the stone sculptures. They aren't the same unless you've seen them in person. What great ideas the artists had. Maybe we'll get back some day to see Crazy Horse completed!!! After listening to the audio as we walked through the park, maybe politicians should have listened to previous presidents.
We're off to bed early after washing clothes since we have a long drive to Lincoln, Nebraska tomorrow.
