16 June 2008
Happy Fathers Day!
Cory said all he wanted to do for Fathers Day was watch golf and go out to dinner. Kaylynn said she wanted to go to the Rec Center to swim and go down the water slides. We did all of those things, and took naps...I would say the day was a success!
12 June 2008
The life of DINKs
While Kaylynn was in MT at Grandpa and Grandma's house last week (see Aunie's blog for more pictures about what they did!) Cory and I headed up to the Black Hills for a long weekend. We took our time getting up there and stopped at Jailhouse and Courthouse Rocks in NE.
They have a golf course at the base of them, which is what Cory wants to do next - now that his first dream came true: CARHENGE! We finally had a chance to go to Alliance, NE and see the infamous tourist trap that people flock to. It is old cars stacked to replicate Stonehenge. I am glad we got to see it - now we never have to go back!
Once we got to the Black Hills our first stop was to Wind Cave National Park. This is a picture of the hole where they first discovered it back in 1881. They have since discovered about 125 miles of cave, which is the fourth largest in the world. The only spelunking we got to do was a guided tour that brought us down 200 feet below ground to a cool and constant 53 degrees. It was pretty interesting.
Of course we saw the standard wildlife...buffalo, deer, prairie dogs, wild turkey. According to Cory, this buffalo was just about to charge right after I took this photo (from the car window!).
We got to see this antelope with her new fawn, who's legs were quite wobbly and looked to be only a day or two old.
We were also lucky enough to see two coyotes. They spooked out a deer when they were running up the hillside, but they didn't go take it down. We thought that would make a better picture, but no such luck.
We then drove up Needles Hwy to Sylvan Lake. It was a great drive and the lake was beautiful to hike around.
Finally, we made the required stop in at Mount Rushmore. Here is Cory doing his best "Presidential Pose".
We got to get together with some friends for lunch in Rapid City and stayed at some great Bed and Breakfasts. It was a fun trip and we are looking forward to taking K back in a few years.
They have a golf course at the base of them, which is what Cory wants to do next - now that his first dream came true: CARHENGE! We finally had a chance to go to Alliance, NE and see the infamous tourist trap that people flock to. It is old cars stacked to replicate Stonehenge. I am glad we got to see it - now we never have to go back!
Once we got to the Black Hills our first stop was to Wind Cave National Park. This is a picture of the hole where they first discovered it back in 1881. They have since discovered about 125 miles of cave, which is the fourth largest in the world. The only spelunking we got to do was a guided tour that brought us down 200 feet below ground to a cool and constant 53 degrees. It was pretty interesting.
Of course we saw the standard wildlife...buffalo, deer, prairie dogs, wild turkey. According to Cory, this buffalo was just about to charge right after I took this photo (from the car window!).
We got to see this antelope with her new fawn, who's legs were quite wobbly and looked to be only a day or two old.
We were also lucky enough to see two coyotes. They spooked out a deer when they were running up the hillside, but they didn't go take it down. We thought that would make a better picture, but no such luck.
We then drove up Needles Hwy to Sylvan Lake. It was a great drive and the lake was beautiful to hike around.
Finally, we made the required stop in at Mount Rushmore. Here is Cory doing his best "Presidential Pose".
We got to get together with some friends for lunch in Rapid City and stayed at some great Bed and Breakfasts. It was a fun trip and we are looking forward to taking K back in a few years.
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