We spent a long few days driving from Minneapolis to Yellowstone...10-14 hour drives both days! There was not much to see in South Dakota, except for beautiful night skies and beautiful sunrises!
South Dakota did offer one beautiful sight...Mt Rushmore. It's crazy to be driving along, turn a corner, and BOOM- there's Washington's head!
After South Dakota we ended up doing a crazy zig-zag through the northwest. We drove from Wyoming to Montana to Wyoming to Idaho to Montana to Idaho to Washington to Idaho to Washington to Oregon. Whew!
We decided that Yellowstone is a place that you have to see once in your life, but probably not the first national park we'll go back to. It's geographically fascinating, but kind of ugly!
And of course the famous "Old Faithful"...
This was the only place on the entire road trip that the Stanza gave us any problems. At the very top of Yellowstone we got out to see the thermal water and when we came back the car wouldn't start! There was no cell phone service and no where to go, so we were just praying it would start again. When it finally started we kept it running for a while, added some fuel injector cleaner and a few tanks of high octane gas, and she's back on the road...running strong!
After driving through Grand Teton National Park we stopped for the night in Idaho Falls and visited some good friends. Jesse and Mallory put us up for the night, took us for a good walk, and made us a delicious fresh apple pie! Thanks guys!
(We forgot to take a pic before Jesse left for work, so we added him in by ourselves!)
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