our house
Friday, July 6, 2012
Stop 10: Home!!!
After a 12 hour drive we finally got home!!!! just in time for 4th of july! This is what we've been doing:
lounging on the deck
too much computer time
napping
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Stop 9:Canada and Niagra falls
We crossed the border and drove through Sudbury, driving past the North channel and the Georgian Bay. We saw a dead baby black bear on the road, not exactly how I wanted to see a bear. We stopped at our last MVF restaurant in Niagra Falls. Then we saw Niagra Falls! Almost home!
The menu
The food we got
Gavin's favorite MVF restaurant
A rainbow over Niagra Falls
The Maiden of the Mist
Niagra Falls
top of falls
Gavin
Me, Mom, and Gavin
Me and dad
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Stop 8:Au Train, Michigan
We stopped on the upper peninsula of Michigan near Lake Superior. We got to swim in Lake Superior which was warmer then CA water. We also visited the Soo Locks which connect Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. It's right near the Canada border. I can't wait to get home!
Michigan campground
Us swimming in Lake Superior
A beef pasty (a Cornish pastry) and a cheese curd (in Gavin's hand)
The Soo locks
More Soo locks with bridge to Canada in background
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Stop 7: Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
Boy am I glad I don't live in North Dakota! It was 90 degrees, but in the winter it gets to -40 degrees. It was flat and nothingness as far as you could see. We camped at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, which is part of the badlands - canyons the outlaws used to hide in. There are buffalo there. We didn't see them, but we heard hoofed animals in the night! In the morning we hiked the Caprock Coulee trail.
Dad with the tent
Cannon ball rocks
Canyon
Petrified wood
Hot in North Dakota
Dad wouldn't let us eat here
More canyon and cap rocks
Stop 6:Glacier National Park, Montana
We spent 2 days in Glacier National park. Driving in we saw 2 bighorn sheep! It was light until 11:00 pm. We camped in an area called grizzly alley by the rangers. In the morning we hiked to some falls and saw a moose. In the evening we did another hike to see Salamander Glacier and we crossed a swinging bridge! In some places there was still snow on the ground! We also had to clap and blow a whistle around all the turns to alert bears. Luckily we didn't see a bear.
A waterfall
A moose
An Elk
A bighorn sheep
And Bigfoot
A bear warning sign
on the hike
Gavin blowing the bear whistle
Flooded forest
Salamander Glacier
Me on the bridge
Us standing on snow
A mountain
our campsite
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Stop 5: Mt. Saint Helens, WA
We stopped at Mt. Saint Helens in Washington. It was rainy and cloudy, but we still got to see part of the volcano. It was huge.. We also drove through the Cascade Mountains and saw big cliffs and waterfalls. There was still snow on the ground there! We couldn't see Mt. Rainier because of the clouds.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Stop 4:Cape Perpetua State Park, Oregon
We stopped and saw some seals on the way there. After we set up camp we watched the sun set over the ocean. We camped in a temperate rain forest and it rained! In the morning we hiked to a 500 year old sitka spruce, and some tidal pools. We saw lots of urchins, anemones, and starfish.
Seals
Sunset at Cape Perpetua
Out tent almost got crushed by a tree!
Us under the 500 year old tree
Starfish
Green anemones
Starfish and anemones
Purple sea urchins
Mussels
Dad and Gavin on a tree
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