Patriot Inn Hemingford

... ended up being on the left followed by Jefferson (our 3rd), Roosevelt (our 23rd), and Lincoln (our 16th). The monument was completed in 1941 after 14 years of construction and a 400 hundred man crew who blasted through the Harney granite rock with dynamite and 30 to 60 lb. jackhammers to create their masterpiece (surprisingly there were no casualties). Unfortunately, Borglum died before seeing his project complete. Mt. Rushmore is important to the American ...

... where we camped. We did not light fire, because they were afraid of people using firewood from out-of state, because of possible insect infestation. Here, it was very pretty, not as cold and wet as Missouri. The sun setted nicely behind the black hills. We weren't too sure how far away we were. In the evening, we stared up into the bright sky filled with the milky way and star people. Every now and then we caught a falling star.

-Spiral Journey

... next morning we took a horse ride up into the buttes, which was a great way to see these land forms up close.

In the evening we drove to the top of some other buttes and took turns riding our bikes down a continuous slope to the camp site, we measured the distance as 5 miles riding though fields with Bison wandering the around was a great experience. That evening we went to a rodeo, put on by the local people and some of the workers of the fort.

... at the hospital. Needless to say, this was our first and last visit to an oxygen bar. It felt creepy to have one of those devices on our faces and the slinky bar atmosphere and relaxing vibe of the place didn’t help the distracting feeling that someone would be coming soon to change my bed pan.

On to Denver! Memories of our AP English teacher Carol Billig, flooded our memories because she really looked like John Denver. Downtown is not a vibrant place on the ...

... see them in a negative light.  Some of the people on the trip I knew before, most I didn't.  Hearing from the people closest to them allowed me to connect better and feel a little more comfortable opening up to them.  After hearing all the letters, we had the opportunity to write letters to someone we want to share something with that we have been to afraid to tell them in the past. When everyone was done, we closed with yeah buddies and ate ice cream.  I played the card ...

... it is gorgeous! There are (in the summer) Kids games, trail-walks, Hiking, Fishing, Canoing and includes 300 miles of off road trails for AT V's and Horses. Pressing for time, we went on through to Alliance, NE. We just had to see "it." By "It" I mean Car henge. This whimsical slice of "Americana" is truly a sight! A replica of England's Stonehenge, it has been classified and debated as both art, and ...

... was going to Carhenge. well, that was really out of the way. could probably spit on it from Mt Rushmore. guess NE doesn't have any major roads cutting diagonally. had EV-DO coverage on I-80 all the way across NE. saw that snow was enroute. was hoping to make it down to CO ahead of all of it.

The only thing I remember about the drive from South Dakota to New Orleans was carhenge. A replica-like of stone henge but made out of old cars. Ben and I both said we wanted to stop at those random tourist attractions that we might pass along the way. This was one of the few that I remember.

... of brochures on the area and after looking at a few of them we decided that we would spend the morning seeing the local historical sights. The Oregon Trail is only a stones throw from here and they say the wagon ruts are still visible! I will tell you what we decided to see in tomorrows report. I think that we will try to make it to Sidney (and Cabela's National Headquarters) tomorrow afternoon. Stay tuned!

... marked and so a lot of them are just somewhere and the other reason is traveling like I was and using a sketchbook they got somewhat beat up and rained on a couple of times. But the ones from here I can recognize and I will try to scan them and upload them later. Now to the ironies. As people traveled west along the Oregon Trail these places were landmarks showing the way, and people wanted to commemorate thier passing an there ...