Cross Country Road Trip Aug-2021
driving from MD to WA over about a week to go to college!
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Day 1 Itinerary
Places visited: Westminster - Indianapolis
Westminster
leaving my family for my trip back to school!
Indianapolis
first overnight stop in indy! tracking the legos along the trip!
Day 2 Itinerary
Places visited: Illinois - Davenport - Fort Dodge
Illinois
passing into illinois this morning!
Davenport
crossed the Mississippi river and had lunch at the oldest brew pub in Iowa!
Fort Dodge
legos taking a rest in fort dodge iowa, also tried culver’s for the first time!
Day 3 Itinerary
Places visited: Badlands National Park
Badlands National Park
Badlands national park today! just a few of the many pictures! Tonight we are going back to the park for star gazing. Also I added some pictures from an app that makes them look like a film camera!
Day 4 Itinerary
Places visited: Badlands National Park - Rapid City - Mount Rushmore National Memorial - Powder House Restaurant
Badlands National Park
spent the morning walking and driving around the badlands!
Rapid City
super good gyro for lunch!
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
spent the afternoon in mount rushmore! The millennium falcon is doing a lot of travel!
Powder House Restaurant
elk for dinner last night! Also had some buffalo and venison.
Day 5 Itinerary
Places visited: Devils Tower National Monument - Buffalo Valley Ranch - Grand Teton National Park - Snake River Overlook - T.A. Moulton Barn - StillWest Brewery & Grill
Devils Tower National Monument
hiked around the base of devils tower during a thunderstorm!
Buffalo Valley Ranch
buffalo valley ranch was founded in the 19th century, and we stayed in a covered wagon which could sleep 6, and it had heat and electricity. This part of wyoming was a lot colder than we thought, in the 40s!
Grand Teton National Park
various views in the tetons! Han and the falcon are posing in front of Jenny Lake!
Snake River Overlook
took about a 3 hour scenic float down the snake river! Saw a few bald eagles.
T.A. Moulton Barn
the famous morman barn in front of the tetons!
StillWest Brewery & Grill
dinner in jackson wyoming!
Day 6 Itinerary
Places visited: Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park
only a quick trip to yellowstone on our way to glacier! Got to see Old Faithful though.
Day 7 Itinerary
Places visited: Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park
drove on going to the sun road through glacier national park! Such a pretty park with lots of great pictures opportunities.
Day 8 Itinerary
Places visited: Flathead Lake
Flathead Lake
last morning of han solos trip across the country, we stayed in Flathead lake montana!