Grand Tetons, WY

North West Mountain Peaks of the Tetons,

Driving through these mountains was so beautiful.....

Yellowstone National Park, WY

 

           Some beautiful views of God's world.

  
                                  

                                               Bee Hive Geyser   

This was by far the most impressive geyser.  We were quite surprised when it erupted.  We could feel the power and force even sitting at a distance. Old faithful is supposed to be the favorite of most people but we were more impressed with this one. It's interesting shape, in the form of a cocoon was  neat to see. It was well worth the wait.




Some of the sulfur areas.....

Where the buffalo roam......

Crators of the Moon, Idaho

Located in the Snake River Plain in central Idaho.  It's volcanic area represents one of the best preserved flood basalt areas in the continental United States.

We are walking out onto what was once fields of hot lava flows.

 These underground tunnels were left by the lava tubes. After cooling in places, some of the service areas collapsed leaving tunnels throughout the area.

It was pitch black in parts of these tunnels.   If you didn't have a flashlight you could not see a thing.

Glacier National Park, Montana

A very nice lady from Montana runs up to us and offers to take our picture.  This is Montana hospitality she said.

The roads up through the mountains were tight. We left our Rv and drove our car up through Logan's pass.  Parts of the road were under construction, with one lane roads in places.  It was quite thrilling seeing all the beautiful snow capped mountains.  With the snow melting it caused the waterfalls to overflow abundantly. The views were breathtaking.  There's a place atop the mountains called the Weeping Wall.  Water runs off the mountain's ledge at one point onto the road  and if you had your windows down, which we did, you were given a refreshing splash of the coolest water.

Naples, Idaho

 Blue Lake RV Resort

This little  hideaway is tucked in the woods and off the beaten path. I just had to mention this place. There's nothing historical here to see but  It was quite relaxing and nice. We stayed about a week.  The lake was stocked with trout and catfish. It was a catch and release lake.  Everyday we would head to the dock to see what would nibble at our hook. 

The kids loved playing on the giant chess board and Dave and I got to catch up on our ping pong matches, cough, cough, mom is winning.

Grand Coulee Dam, Idaho

 Grand Coulee Dam is the largest hydropower producer in the United States with a total generating  capacity of 6,809 megawatts.  It is the fourth largest producer in the world.

Coulee Dam contains enough concrete to wrap a four-foot sidewalk around the earth twice.

The total length of the  dam is 5,223 feet long, almost a mile.

Steamboat Rock State Park, WA

This was one of the most beautiful state parks we had been in and one of our most favorites. 

Kelly and David enjoying the beach

 It took us an hour and an a half to hike to the top of this huge basaltic rock.  At the top is 600 hundreds of beautiful meadows carpeted with wildflowers and awesome views that overlooked Banks Lake. 



These trails were not long, about 1 1/2 miles and they were steep. RESTING our legs.

Looking over the cliffs was neat

      Fields of pretty flowers were everywhere.