8 great iPhotos Badlands SD and WY

Bridal Veil Falls in the Black Hills Forest scenic by way.

DSC05664

 

Many trees and rocky mountains in the Badlands National Forest

DSC05667

 

Beautiful house behind the trees.  Sign says, A LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN. 

DSC05668

 

DSC05670

 

Wyoming  landscapes and red soil

DSC05671

 

DSC05672

 

Wy farmland

DSC05673

 

Not so green WY

DSC05674

 

8 great iPhotos

September 9, 2016

Hi all,

I said I would not write again but we did more sightseeing.  So I will send a couple of letters with pictures.  Anyone who does not think there is anything to see in the Dakotas are sadly mistaken.  There are some beautiful places to see.  We sure enjoyed out time there with family.  We missed Brittney who lives in Sacramento, CA.

Next pictures will include the Badlands in SD and Wy. 

Take care, 

Ric and Jan(ice)

Courtney, 22, Brent 16, and Chelsey 20. 

DSC05643

 

Sharon and us-no ages needed!!

DSC05645

 

Harvester  on  a big farm on our way out of Bismarck, south.

DSC05647

 

North Dakota is not flat. 

DSC05652

 

Another big farmer in ND

DSC05654

 

Sunflower fields in northern, South Dakota.  There are many beautiful acres of them

DSC05661

 

Following a two trailer full of hay bales.  

DSC05663

 

Brent on his first day of his junior year at Bismarck High School. 

DSC05638

 

12 great iPhotos Yellowstone and Big Sky Montana

DSC05611

 

Rain as we leave the Tetons.

DSC05612

 

DSC05613

 

Lake Yellowstone

DSC05616

 

Steam in the basin

DSC05618

 

More basins

DSC05623

 

Leaving Yellowstone

DSC05626

 

Farn in Montana

DSC05627

 

Big Sky and clouds

DSC05631

 

DSC05633

 

DSC05634

 

Leaving Big Sky

DSC05635

 

Our last day sight seeing.  We  arrived in Bismarck in the rain and somewhat cold.   But we are enjoying our daughter, Sharon, and 3 grandkids.  

This will be my final letter of this trip.  We will arrive back in CA the first part of Oct.  We are going through Colorado and then Arizona to visit friends and family and  LaVerne and Lancaster to visit friends 

Here is to your health and enjoying life.  Thanks to you who have responded to my e mails.  I appreciate hearing from you. With Facebook it is harder to keep in touch via e mail. But I will try as many of you are not on Facebook. Do keep in touch.  Blessings to each and everyone. 

Ric and Jan(ice)

8 great iPhotos Wyoming and Jackson Hole

Goi

DSC05578

 

The whole valley where we were headed is shrouded in clouds. 

DSC05580

 

Far upper left was where I took the previous picture of the cloud cover.

DSC05582

 

Lots of horns in Jackson Hole

DSC05585

 

Middle of town

DSC05586

 

Outside the Visitor's Center

DSC05587

 

DSC05590

 

buffalo preserve

DSC05592

 

8 great iPhotos Grand Tetons

  Heart Six Guest Ranch in the heart of the Tetons. 

DSC05593

 

Where we stayed

DSC05594

 

DSC05597

 

 Mt Moran- see the glacier

DSC05599

 

Jackson Lake which is very large. 

DSC05602

 

DSC05604

 

DSC05606

 

you can several glaciers on Mt. Moran in this picture. 

DSC05608

 

August 22, 2011

This was 2 days ago after we left Idaho and  the Craters of the Moon Park.  We first drove through Jackson Hole. WY which is the south end of Teton Nat'l Park.  They also had a very informational Visitor's Center in Jackson.  I had no idea they were so close to each other.  John D Rockefeller Jr. made many contributions to the Park, in fact 24,000 acres.  The scenery was magnificent in all of its glory.  I am so happy we decided to visit there this year. 

We stayed at the Heart 6 Guest Ranch in a rustic cabin in the middle of the park with no TV, Microwave, Refrigerator and no good reading lamp but we read a lot anyway. There was also no phone service or wi fi.  You do get used to those things.  About 8:00 PM it started to rain and it sounded wonderful on the tin roof.  It was still raining in the morning and we had a dirt path down to our car and it was not easy for me to navigate.  Oh the fun we have on some of our adventures.  Ric went to the car and brought me the umbrella so I survived.   After breakfast in another rustic building, we headed north to Yellowstone National Park just up the road.  More about that in next letter 

love to all, 

Ric and Jan

13 great iPhotos Idaho

DSC05543

 

Back road and interesting cloud formations

DSC05549

 

Sawtooth Mountains (can you tell?)

DSC05551

 

Lava rock coming into the park

DSC05552

 

DSC05554

 

An obviously healthy tree rising out of the lava

DSC05557

 

DSC05559

 

White flowers-not rock

DSC05561

 

DSC05562

 

Upper part looks so smooth=tiny rocks

DSC05563

 

Cones

DSC05565

 

In the town of Avon

DSC05569

 

Driving through Avon

DSC05570