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Flowers

Saturday, August 30th, 2014

We were thrilled with the many wild flowers that we saw while traveling the Northwest this summer.  We tried to identify some of the flowers but we could not find the names for all.  Maybe some of you can help us!

 

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Northwest U. S.

Thursday, August 14th, 2014

Past the urban area of Chicago, through farmland, woodland, rolling hills, flat ranching lands, sagebrush land to mountains covered in trees, waterfalls, clouds, and topped with snowy peaks. The U.S. is truly a land of varied scenery.

Our first main stop was Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the badlands of western North Dakota. We drove the 36-mile loop scenic drive.

On to Montana. As we approached Glacier National Park the skies were extremely cloudy with smoke floating in from the fires of Washington and Idaho. We found a lovely campsite in Two Medicine campground in the southeast corner of the park. Our first day was drizzly and cloudy so we drove the “Rising to the Sun” road. We know we missed great scenery because of the clouds but we still enjoyed the drive. On our three other days we enjoyed sunny beautiful hikes. One of those hikes began with a half hour boat ride across a lake.

 

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