The trip is now officially over, and we are finely home. I am sad but also happy to get home.We left the hotel about 9:00 and got here around 7:00 so we made good time. When we got home we were looking through our big stack of mail and found the pictures of us white water rafting (which we picked out and they sent them to us). I hope you enjoy looking at these last pictures. Thank you so much for reading our blog. I was very encouraged by your comments. We all had a great time. Hope you all have a good rest of the day!:-)

Us white water rafting with our guide Nelson

Us white water rafting again

Well this is probably one of my last posts. We have had a great time but we will be glad to get home. I have appreciated all of your thoughts and prayers. We went to the Henry Doorly and then went to Kansas City, Kansas to spend the night. Today we drove for about ten hours and are now here in Nashville, TN. We went to dinner at a restaurant called "The Cock of the Walk" it had probably the best catfish I have ever had. Tomorrow we will have about a 10 hour drive and then we will be home! I will post tomorrow to say that we got home.

Us at my Aunt's and Uncle's house (my cousin Lauren was at camp)

A gorilla(that was Carters favorite thing)

A white tiger

Carter with an Onion Ring on his head

Hi! It is very hard to believe that we will be back home on Saturday. We have had a great time. In the last few days we have gone to North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Nebraska. I don't have time to say what all we did but I will show you about a few things that were highlights for me. Today we will be going to the Henry Dorley Zoo in Omaha Nebraska, and then will be driving to Kansas City, Kansas. We will be staying with my Aunt Karen and Uncle Glen. I will try to post pictures of the zoo in the next day or two.

Mount Rushmore

The Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD

Bison in the road!

Sarah, my Dad, and I doing karaoke at the camp ground

We made it to North Dakota yesterday! We went 5 hours out of our way to visit the only state in this region we've not been to so far. Mom and Dad questioned themselves several times as we drove and the temperatures climbed to 104 degrees! We decided to stay in a hotel last night because of the heat. We visited Theodore Roosevelt National Park last night - also called the North Dakota Badlands. They were beautiful. It was worth the long drive. Today we head south to Custer, South Dakota.

The internet connection is slow at the hotel - so I'll try to post some pictures from the campground tonight.

Thanks for checking in. If you haven't looked at the last couple of posts, scroll down. I've posted pictures of Yellowstone, Glacier and Tetons.

Here are our pictures of Glacier National Park. It was the most beautiful place we've been so far. The views were absolutely incredible - glaciers, waterfalls, mountains. It was unlike any place we've been. We all felt very sad to drive away. It was SO worth all the driving. We are already talking of when we can come back.

Make sure you look below for pictures of Tetons and Yellowstone.

A big horned sheep we saw in a tunnel in the park. It was so close you could see it breathing. We couldn't tell if it was scared or relaxed.

A baby mountain goat (doesn't it look like a lamb Mary?)

The boys paddle boating on Cameron Lake in Waterton Lakes National Park (the Canadian part of Glacier). This was funny! We went way too far away from the dock and it took FOREVER to get back. Dad's leg cramped up and he was having a hard time paddling. We finally made it back.

The Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton, Canada

Sarah and I at Waterton Lake in Canada

The Bayshore Inn - the place we stayed in Waterton. It was very cute.

A view from on "Going to the Sun Road"

The Many Glacier Hotel

The sign for Glacier National Park

Here are a few pictures of Yellowstone. Make sure you look at the post below for some pictures of Grand Tetons. We finally have a reliable internet connection - yeah!

The campground we stayed out in West Yellowstone has been our favorite so far. It had a nice indoor pool (although it was a bit too crowded. Sarah, Campbell, Carter, Mom and I rented bikes. Mom and I pedaled a 2 person bicycle cart which was not nearly as fun as it looked (and a lot of work).

We had 2 days in Yellowstone. It was beautiful to see the mountains, canyons, geysers, hot springs, mud pots and the animals. We saw a mother grizzley bear cross the road with 2 cubs. You are supposed to stay 200 yards away from bear in the park, but this lady was getting out of her car right next to the bear. We all thought she was crazy.

Oh well, here are a few pictures...

A bison

Old Faithful(that was Campbells favorite thing)

A hot spring

The sign for Yellowstone National Park

Finally I am posting pictures! Our internet connection has been very flakey at the past 2 campgounds. Tonight we are in Billings, MT - and the internet connection is much better. Probably because there are not mountains all around. The drawback is that we've gone from temperatures in the 70s to near 100!

I am going to make several posts with pictures. This first set is of Grand Teton National Park. Our favorite thing here was a boat ride across Jenny Lake that included a hike up to Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point (thank you Mr. Regalado for the recommdation!). The hike to Hidden Falls wasn't too bad - but got much harder up to Inspiration Point. It took a while - but it was worth it. It was beautiful. Dad even made it with Carter on his back in a backpack.

Hope you enjoy our pictures.

A view of the Teton range

Inspiration Point

Hidden Falls

Us in front of the Grand Teton National Park sign