A photographic journey of a family road trip to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National parks and back again.
Day 1
Schoepfle Garden, Birmingham OH
Thomas Edison birthplace, Milan OH
Indiana Dunes National Park
Day 2
Illinois Capital Building and home of Abraham Lincoln, Springfield IL
Old Courthouse and Gateway Arch National Park, St. Louis MO
Harry Truman home, Independence MO
Dinner on the Missouri River at LaBenite Park, Sugar Creek MO
Day 3
Buffalo Bill Ranch State Park, North Platte Nebraska
Golden Spike Tower, North Platte Nebraska
Vedauwoo, Buford WY
Day 4
Sinks Canyon State Park, Lander WY
We arrive at Grand Teton National Park!
Day 5
Crossing Jenny Lake and hiking to Hidden Falls, Inspiration Point, and Cascade Canyon
Kayaking on Jackson Lake
Day 6
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Lunch stop in Jackson Hole
Float trip down the Snake River
Day 7
Sunrise at Oxbow Bend in Grand Teton National Park
View from atop Signal Mountain, Grand Teton National Park
Mormon Row, Grand Teton National Park
Schwabacher Landing, Grand Teton National Park
Snake River Overlook, Grand Teton National Park
Day 8
More kayaking on Jackson Lake, Grand Teton National Park
Hiking, swimming, kayaking, and picnicking at String and Leigh Lakes, Grand Teton National Park
Day 9
We enter Yellowstone National Park and visit Moose and Lewis Falls
Checking out Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park
Fairy Falls hike, Yellowstone National Park
Terrace Spring, a special thermal feature from our 2015 trip.
Arriving in Mammoth for the night.
Day 10
Rafting on the Yellowstone river!
Roosevelt Arch
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Upper Yellowstone Falls, and Lower Yellowstone Falls
Sunset in Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park
Day 11
Bison and Osprey as we leave Yellowstone
Beartooth Highway
Our first look at Devil’s Tower National Monument
Day 12
Devil’s Tower National Monument
Quick drive through Deadwood
Belle Fourche South Dakota, the geographic center of the nation.
Arriving in North Dakota through the storm
Arrival in Medora, ND and putting Jamestown NY on the map!
Day 13
Theodore Roosevelt National Park-South Unit
Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers
Theodore Roosevelt National Park-North Unit
Day 14
A lot of driving across North Dakota and Minnesota, making stops along the way.
Day 15
Duluth Minnesota
Potato River Falls, Gurney Wisconsin
Porcupine Mountains State Park, Ontonagon Michigan
Day 16
Kayaking Pictured Rocks Lakeshore
Munising Falls, Michigan
A glimpse of Lake Michigan
A tower with nostalgic value.
Our first glimpse of Lake Huron
Day 17
Ice Cream and mini golf in Bay City Michigan
We touch Lake Huron!
A milestone and an ending.