16 days, 11 states, and 5,749.2 miles!
What a fabulous, wonderful road trip to Yellowstone National Park, and many other National Park Service sites! We created memories and stories to last a lifetime. On this trip, we canvassed 11 states (not including Pennsylvania), and traveled a total of 5,749.2 miles over 16 days (not quite the feat we achieved with the Grand Canyon Road Trip in August 2013, but close enough for me).
Thank you to the National Park Service for the incredible and indispensable work it does for all of us. And thank you again for the Interstate Highway System, without which this road trip would not have been possible.
Thank you to Clare and Conor for being such good sports throughout the trip. It was stressful at times, we got on each other's nerves, I acted a bit odd on occasion, I was obsessed at times with the travel blog, but all in all they weathered the ups and downs and seemed to enjoy most of the stops, road side attractions, and quirky museums (the out of the way and small town museums that attract just a few visitors but what I kept calling "classic" road trip stops), except perhaps for the Greyhound Bus Museum in Hibbing, Minnesota, and the Range Riders Museum in Miles City, Montana. And thank you to Suzanne for joining us on the trip in Billings, Montana, and providing Clare and Conor some needed respite from their insufferable father.
Thank you to the National Park Service for the incredible and indispensable work it does for all of us. And thank you again for the Interstate Highway System, without which this road trip would not have been possible.
Thank you to Clare and Conor for being such good sports throughout the trip. It was stressful at times, we got on each other's nerves, I acted a bit odd on occasion, I was obsessed at times with the travel blog, but all in all they weathered the ups and downs and seemed to enjoy most of the stops, road side attractions, and quirky museums (the out of the way and small town museums that attract just a few visitors but what I kept calling "classic" road trip stops), except perhaps for the Greyhound Bus Museum in Hibbing, Minnesota, and the Range Riders Museum in Miles City, Montana. And thank you to Suzanne for joining us on the trip in Billings, Montana, and providing Clare and Conor some needed respite from their insufferable father.
In the year of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, we visited four of the 58 national parks - Theodore Roosevelt, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Badlands - each of which could have been a destination in and of itself. Theodore Roosevelt was #5 on the New York Times list of places to go in the world in 2016, and it lived up to its advance billing. Yellowstone may receive close to four million visitors this year, yet the facilities there were maintained in excellent fashion. The rangers in all of the National Parks were professional and knowledgable and extremely helpful. The parks were clean and well-run.
We also stopped at assorted other NPS attractions, such as Pictured Rocks in Michigan, Little Bighorn Battlefield in Montana, and Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. These were just as well-run as the large and more well-known national parks.
Here are some more photos of the trip and my happy companions, at various times and places during our trip.
Here are some more photos of the trip and my happy companions, at various times and places during our trip.
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