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I am writing this as we are driving down highway 50 going from Utah toNevada. It's so empty here it feels like it's only us and the mountains desert and sage brush. It make me anxious almost while in awe at the same time. There is no cell phone reception at all and that makes me nervous knowing that if something were to happen our only hope would be that there was another soul on this road besides us. This is the most lonely and isolated I have felt this whole tripn We have always either had cell reception or around other people even if it was just a farm here or there. But here we lack all connections with the world. There ARE cars every now and then, but not enough to take away the isolated feeling. Don't get me wrong it's AMAZING!!!

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Natural bridge

Canyon in yellowstone

Brink of the waterfall

Waterfall

Geothermal pool

Grand Tetons

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July 6, 2011 18:37

p.S. I am sorry about all the spelling mistakes. I am doing these entries from a mobile device and it sometimes spell checks my words and turns them into completely different word. So bare with me. Also because I am doing this on a mobile device I can only post one picture at a time.

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A quick catch up

July 6, 2011 18:15

I have only had wifi once since my last post, however we were so worn out when we got to the hotel that we didn't have a chance to do anything, in addition, that morning, due to another time change, we were again so tired that when we woke up we had to hurry and leave. We have covered many of our trip highlights have been covered in the last few days. We spent a day and a half at yellowstone where we tried to see a little of everything. We walked to a few waterfalls, saw many geothermal pools and saw Old faithful geyser in addition to some small geysers. The thermal pooka were my favorite because it is something unique that you cant really see many places. The pools ranged from crystal clear turquoise pools that were anywhere from a foot deep to seemingly bottomless to boiling pits of mud or simmering shallow puddles. After yellowstone, we drove for a day and the next day we saw devils tower (a giant tower of volcanic rock socking up randomly in the middle on nowhere) and mount Rushmore. I also had my first encounter with wild prairie dogs which have become my new favorite animal. Which reminds me, in yellow stone we had the unique opportunity to see a wild grizzly and two baby cubs cross the road. We were very close, close enough to make me a little nervous that the grizzly might get scared and maul us. Anyway, after devils tower we saw mount Rushmore today we made it to our final destination, wadena MN. We will be here till the reunion is over. Kiley is getting on the plane Sunday in Minneapolis because she has summer classes, but the rest of us will drive home together.

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July 2, 2011 20:39

Today we left riverside at 9am and drove to bear lake, a beautiful clear, blue lake. We were trying to visit some caves in idaho right by bear lake, but when we got there all the tours were booked for hours so we had to move on. We drove and drove and drove, without many stops until we reached our final destination, pinedale, Wyoming. My cousin Kiley's father lives here and her and Maddi's grandmother also lives here. So they got to do some visiting. Tomorrow we will wake up early and head to yellowstone.

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July 1, 2011 22:07

Kiley and I didn't sleep well last night because we spent the night on the bus. Our bus arrived to Reno at 6 am whereby cousin Maddi and my grandpa picked us up and we got on the road to Utah without stopping at my grandparents house. We fought up on some much needed sleep through the nevada desert. The scenery changed only slightly and ver gradually. So it seemed like we drove forever through the middle of nowhere. However there were some beautiful scenes of some mountains, unique terrain and the pale white salt desert in the distance. Now we are about to get some sleep in a small farm town called riverside Utah. It's a very rural town but cute none the less. We will head into Wyoming in the morning. We did make a quick stop on the Idaho boarder just to take a picture by the sign. So far a good trip, but the best part of the day is going to be avoid night sleep in a real bed.