Quick update [updated]
8/06/2007 08:53:00 AM
For those of you who are worried at our e-absence, we've been out of town on vacation. I wanted to get a post up before we left, but was swamped trying to get all my work done before leaving.
Quick bullet-list of our vacation:
- Drove from Steamboat to Custer, SD on day 1,
- Saw Mt. Rushmore, then drove to Fargo, ND on day 2,
- Also stopped at Wall Drug and the Mitchell Corn palace on our way through SD. Don't bother with the Corn Palace,
- Did some [maternity clothes] shopping in Fargo before heading to Detroit Lakes, MN on day 3,
- Stayed in "the DL" for about 3 days, before heading to Bismarck, ND to visit Missy and DJ (and their kids, Edy and Betsy),
- Drove to Red Lodge, MT after a couple nights in Bismarck,
- Drove through Yellowstone (it's a Supervolcano, in case you didn't know) on our way to Jackson Hole, WY,
- Ate at the Jackson brewpub (Snake River Brewery) - yum!
- Took the 'scenic' route through Rock Springs, WY (really, no reason to ever bother) back to Steamboat.
Destroyed misconceptions:
- Parts of WY are really pretty,
- (Few) parts of SD are really pretty (think: the extreme SW),
- Parts of ND are really pretty (think: the west, near Teddy Roosevelt National Park,
- Billings, Montana is a real dump. Think: Gary, Indiana (no, really. They have the same 'steel mill mixed with garbage dump' smell).
- Jackson Hole isn't great to visit. It's just gotten way too overdeveloped in the last 15 years. Kind of gross. Great microbrewery, though. Next time we might just camp at the Grand Teton National Park, about 45 minutes to an hour north.
[UPDATE]: Here's a link to a Google Maps version of the route we took.
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7 Comments:
Wow, that's alot of driving! I have been to Billings, MT and it is a dump. I recommend camping in the Tetons National Park, very pretty and much better than Jackson Hole. Yellowstone is one of my favorite places, but maybe that's because I am a geologist and a nerd.
Glad you guys had a good time!
posted at 9:59 AM
I know what you mean about non-wedding trips. Jeff and I will be taking our first next summer - we will have only been married seven years then. Oh well, the weddings have been great fun. Glad to hear the trip was fun and we hope that the mama clothes fit!!!
posted at 2:54 PM
You drove through Pinedale, WY. We spent a summer about 45 min. from there when I was a kid working for the forest service. That would be a great place to stop over Jackson Hole. I loved that place!
posted at 5:53 PM
Sounds like a great trip! We went to Wall Drug, Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone when we drove out west for three weeks when I was about 10 years. I just remember that my whole family bought shirts that said "I dug Wall Drug." We were total nerds! Welcome Back!!
posted at 7:14 PM
Bummer the Corn Palace isn't made of Real Ears of Corn anymore. I've been to Montana & Yellowstone Park and I thought Helena, MT was a bigger dump than Billings. Did you have any Hamms Beer while in Big Sky Country?
posted at 11:51 AM
Tee hee. Glad you guys had a nice time. The other morning, all concerned, D asked if you guys were okay. Surprised me. Guess he is a silent blog reader after all. Perhaps he is keeping tabs on us all. Big brother Dan.
posted at 11:04 PM
Wow - thats quite a trip! Sounds like you guys had fun!
You forgot to mention that you turned 30 since your previous post! ;)
Happy Belated Birthay! (again!)
posted at 2:23 PM
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