Cincinnati - Mitchell, SD
August 13th, 2016

Badlands, SD
August 14th, 2016

Hill City, SD
August 15th, 2016
August 16th, 2016

West Yellowstone, MT
August 18th, 2016
August 19th, 2016
August 20th, 2016
August 21st, 2016


Glacier National Park
August 22nd, 2016
August 23rd, 2016
August 24th, 2016
August 25th, 2016


Seattle, WA
August 28th, 2016
August 29th, 2016

Silver Creek, WA
August 31st, 2016
September 1st, 2016
September 2nd, 2016

Crescent City, CA
September 4th, 2016
September 5th, 2016

Diamond Lake, OR
September 7th, 2016
September 8th, 2016

Twin Falls, ID
September 10th, 2016

Moab, UT
September 12th, 2016
September 13th, 2016

September 14th, 2016
September 15th, 2016


Manitou Springs, CO
September 17th, 2016
September 18th, 2016
September 19th, 2016

Yellowstone day 4 consisted of a drive out to Mammoth Hot Springs, Fort Yellowstone and then back through Norris Geyser Basin.

Elk in Madison River



Roaring Mountain





At the Albright Visitor Center at Fort Yellowstone, the kids got to do a ranger program and get their Junior Ranger Patch and 100th NPS Anniversary Badge for completing their booklet this week. Here they are taking their pledge as Junior Rangers from Ranger Anna.



Junior Ranger!



Mammoth Hot Springs
(travertine terraces created by the minerals as hot spring water pushes up through limestone; colors come from thermophile bacteria that lives in the hot water)














Norris Geyser Basin





We ended our stop at Yellowstone how most people probably begin theirs!