Day 9

Today we road a train for Quantico, VA. to Washington DC. It was hot, no rain. First we went to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Eric and Hunter really enjoyed it.

We are waiting for the museum to open.

 

 

Next we went about 8 blocks up and 2 over to the International Spy Museum. That was really neat, we all liked it. The museum is huge it took us several hours to go through it.

This is Hunter testing out is spy strength. You try to see if you can hold onto the bar for 60 seconds, while it blows air at you, the bar vibrates, and/or turns. Hunter was able to hold on for 53 seconds. The lady working it said that was the longest she had seen today.

Last we walked about 6 blocks down to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum to see the Hall of Human Origins exhibit.  This was Baileys favorite.

She loved looking at all the skulls and other bones.

 

By the time we got to the train station to catch the train back to Quantico, my feet hurt so bad I thought I wouldn't be able to walk for a week. Bailey was the only one who said her feet didn't hurt. All in all we enjoyed our trip to DC.

 

Tomorrow we are off to Kings Dominion.  





Day 5-8

Day 5
We left camp about 7:00am and headed off to Mt. Rushmore. It was the perfect time to get there, almost no people.

Then we headed east again. We detoured through the Badlands and took some beautiful pictures.

After that we drove and drove, I didn't think we would ever get out of South Dakota. We were on the road for about 14 hours and finally stop at a rest area near Missouri Valley, Iowa. Hunter and Bailey were so excited when we saw fireflies in the trees. We decided to sleep there for the night.

Next stop Indiana.

Day 6

Eric and I woke up about 3:00am to thunder and lightning. A few of the booms were right above us and shook the bus. Hunter and Bailey slept right through it all. Today was a long day of driving. We drove down the west side of Iowa, into Missouri. When we got to Kanas City we headed west all the way across Missouri and through the lower part of Illinois. We finally stop about way through Indiana at a truck stop, to sleep. Our generator worked GREAT, it ran all night long with our air conditioner and frig going.

Next stop Stafford, VA.

Day 7
We were up and go by 5:30am. There was a rest area about a mile for where stayed, so stopped there to uses there bathrooms. As we drove the rest of the way through Indiana and into Kentucky we hit a massive thunder, lightning and heavy rain storm. Bailey again slept through it all. Traffic wasn't bad until we got to Fredericksburg, VA. It was a lot of stop and go, cars weaving in and out but we finally made it to our campground.

Aquia Pine Camp Resort

Day 8
We were lazy today. The kids and I didn't get out of bed until about 9:30. We were awake but we laid in bed watching tv. It started to rain then it poured and poured. Hunter helped me put up our screened cover and some tarps over the picnic table. Then I was able to cook breakfast. Then we head off to King Gorge to meet family of Eric's (Sandy and Tommy Berry and Kids). They were all very nice people. We stayed with them all day and then they took us out to dinner. We got back to camp about 10:00pm.

Tomorrow we head to Washington DC.

Day 3 and 4

On our way out of Yellowstone we saw Bison. We saw a few big daddies close to the road and several mamas and babies down in a valley. Then we stopped at the Mud Volcanos.

 It wasn't a very warm day today. When we stopped for lunch we could hear thunder booming in the distances. We made a couple more  stops along Hwy 14. Once we exited Yellowstone it became Shoshone National Forest. The area is very pretty, with lots of forest service campgrounds off the highway.

When we got to the Bighorn Mountains we started out at about 4800 ft. elevation. When we reached the top we were at 9330, that was a huge climb for the little bus.
That night we stayed at a forest service campground Sibley Lake, about 21 west of Dayton, Wy.

It was raining hard when we got there and continued to rain for at least and hour. Hunter rigged a tarp over the picnic table so I could cook dinner. Tomorrow we head for Custer, SD.

Day 4
We didn't make any stop but stay in a really nice campground in Custer, SD.

Day 2 cross country

Today's first stop was old Montana prison and car museum in Deerlodge MT.

 

Then we head to Yellowstone's north entrance.

 



 

 

We stayed at Canyon Ville Campground. I was very glad I made reservations because all campgrounds in the whole park were full. Here is the bus at our site.

 

Next we are headed east through Wyoming.

 

 

1st Day

We made it from Long Beach to Deerlodge, MT. It was about 700 miles. We left Long Beach at 4:30 am and arrived in Deerlodge at 7:30pm. Unfortunately the fuel tank on the bus is small, so we had to stop for fuel 6 times. The route we took had us climbing MANY steep mountain passes. We stayed the night at a truck stop and got to try out our generator. It worked great we were able to run the refrigerator, tv, and air conditioner. Everyone slept well. Next stop is Yellowstone Canyon Ville Campground.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Neglected

We explored neglected buildings in the ghost town of Bodie, WA. 

 

Signs of Spring 

Spring flowers ready to bloom.

 

Last Thing you Bought

I just bought a canvas print of this picture. It turned out beautiful. 

 

 Shadow

I like the play of shadows from clouds on land.

 

Four Things

Four things I love, my husband, my daughter, my son and old buildings.

 

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Monkeys and Lions Mmmmm!

My daughter and I like to have fun with cupcakes. Here are the homemade cupcakes we made for my nephew's second birthday.

 

Miss B showing off our handy work.

Lions-Vanilla cupcakes with vanilla cream cheese frosting. The mane is Carmel corn, whiskers are pretzels, and the ears are Cheerios. 

Monkeys-Vanilla Cupcakes with chocolate cream cheese frosting. The ears are Junior Mints and white of the eyes are mini marshmallows. The eyes and mouth on both is melted chocolate chips.

 

 

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