YellowStone/South Dakota Road Trip

We packed up our trailer's and hit the road with Mike and Shelly on Friday June 26 and headed for Yellowstone! The drive to Yellowstone is so pretty...except once we got into Jackson it pretty much rained. Finally we found our campground at Flagg Ranch which is in the Teton's and 2 miles from Yellowstone....nice campground except for the ragging river that flowed through Gordon and I's spot but once it stopped raining the water drained and it was perfect!! I do have to say the mesquites were out of control!! OMG bring a serious supply of bug stray if going to Yellowstone!!! We stayed here for 3 nights and on Monday morning packed it all up and headed to Sheridan, Wyoming once in Sheridan we unhitched and got back into the truck and headed for Montana to see Custer's Last Stand!! Super neat!! Tuesday morning pack it up and off to our final destination...South Dakota! Long drive!!! Very Pretty!!! Very green!!! So after driving all day we got into Rapid City, South Dakota about 4ish and unhitched and set up our stuff made some dinner and basically chilled out...oh yeah did I mention it was raining again!! So Shelly and I decided to get some laundry done and sit in the hot tub while out clothes were washing!! The RV campground had all the amenities...!! We went nonstop once we got to S.D. so we could get all the sites in as much as possible!! S.D has a lot to see and I recommend it as a must see!!! Lots of great history to see!!! Amazing!!!! Loved it!!! Thanks Mike and Shelly for 9 days of amazing memories!!! Here are some pictures.......

Elk having a nap in the sun at Mammoth

Yellowstone River



One of the HOT springs




Old Faithful


The buffalo are enormous in Yellowstone!!!

more pictures to come........

Brandy

Brooke

Whitney

We had Gordon's girls over for a BBQ. It was nice to have all three of his girls over at the same time.

More....

Top of the Rock (Rockefeller Towers) looking
at Central Park amazing view!!!


Taking a ride thru Central Park



Can't remember why I took this picture.




Fountain at Rockefeller Center





Of course we had to go to the Museum of Sex!

And more NYC pictures

For the life of me I can not remember
the name of this church that was right
behind the twin towers on 911 and it
sustained NO damage!!! They brought
the wounded here. It was very emotional
for me...I fought back the tears!!!

Taking the Staten Island Ferry

This statue is in Battery Park.

More NYC Picutures

I had to take my picture with New York's finest.
I asked if they would handcuff me but they said
they couldn't there....!!!!



Shelly just had to poke the bull!! hee hee




The Twin Towers used to be right here! We were
on the Staten Island ferry looking back at Manhattan.




The streets are so narrow and lined
with buildings. That's one of many
churches. So Beautiful inside.





Wax museum. Debbie thought I was done taking
her picture and it looks like she really is being
grabbed by the Hulk!

~NeW YoRk CiTy~

New York Stock Exchange Building

Statue of Liberty

Waiting for the subway

Time Square

I had a super fun opportunity to go to New York City for 4 days and I had a great time! I went with Shelly, Debbie Walker, Sarah Bates, Sandi Bates (Sarah's mother-in-law), Melissa, Kristin and Gina who are Sarah's friends.

We all flew out at 11:59pm Wednesday night and got to NY at 6:30am Thursday hopped in a cab and OMG!!! what an experience that was!! I'm still confused why they even have painted lines in the streets cuz they don't even stay in there lane!! WOW!! So we get to the hotel and check our bags and headed out to explore the city!! There are people every where and the noise of cars honking which by the way is a $350.00 fine for HONKING!! The smell of food being cooked on the street and the air blowing up from the subway is something I really can't put into words. It's something you have to experience and the diversity of people is nuts!

We had to of walked 300 miles while in NY!! We took the subway and it actually was not as scary as the movies make it out to be! I really never felt in danger or scared. I think every city should have a subway...great way to get around. Oh ya when we got into Manhattan we did not see one gas station or grocery store!!! No Wal-mart or Costco either!!

More later........;)

Lovers Quarral

Curtis - I wanted to be your partner in Washers

JR - Why you gotta go and get a new partner I was coming right back out!!