I haven't had any comments on my blog for about six months, but I'll update a bit anyway for anyone out there who is interested. We had a great summer visiting family and getting to see the Pacific Northwest! No matter where we roam, we're still Idahonians at heart!
While in Boise, we vegged with Loriann in the coach (this is Andy's favorite spot!) We also got to take a trip to Idaho City with Loriann before we left the area. It was really got to visit with Mom and Kathy and Jane & Fred while we were in the Boise area and we're looking forward to visiting again next summer and getting ready for the BIG reunion!
This is one shot of Idaho City, it's the Boise Basin Museum. The Boise Basin was at one time the biggest city in Idaho with LOTS of mining in the area. With the gold rush in the 1860s, Idaho was made a territory so the Union Army could have the revenue from the gold mines.
When we left Idaho we drove through Wyoming. Wyoming is a lot of antelope (but you really have to look or you'll miss seeing them!)
Lots of open country and lots of snow fences. (When you see this many snow fences, you know you don't want to be anywhere near this area when its snowing and blowing!!!)
Lots of windmills (usually means lots of wind!)
Lots of hills and changing colors. (We crossed the Continental Divide at 8000 + feet and there had already been a frost in September!)
And lots of trains! Our first stop after Wyoming was Denver, CO where we visited with my cousin Thom. We tried to remember when we last saw each other and figured it was probably in 1968! That left us a little catching up to do!! At Denver, we left any mountains and headed east through east Colorado and Kansas. Kansas is flat! We spent General Conference weekend in Neveda, MO where the P.E.O. Cotty College is located. It's a larger campus than I thought it would be and very pretty!
After Nevada, we headed to Branson where we'll be until 14 October. This is a view of Branson from one of its many hills. Lots of hills (one of them had a sign at the bottom saying 15% grade!!!) It's a really challenging town to drive in and because it is so hilly, it's spread out over a large area to accommodate the hills.
The first concert we went to was a Chuck wagon concert with the Sons of the Pioneers. They were great and the food was really good too! Other concerts we'll go to while we're here are the Osmonds, Don Williams, and the Showboat tour. Should be a fun few days!
While driving to Branson Landing (the shopping area) we got behind this pickup truck and I had to take a picture! That's a pumpkin in the bed of his pickup!! (The license plate says Illinois.) We'd never seen a pumpkin this big before!!!!! Bye for now.
While in Boise, we vegged with Loriann in the coach (this is Andy's favorite spot!) We also got to take a trip to Idaho City with Loriann before we left the area. It was really got to visit with Mom and Kathy and Jane & Fred while we were in the Boise area and we're looking forward to visiting again next summer and getting ready for the BIG reunion!
This is one shot of Idaho City, it's the Boise Basin Museum. The Boise Basin was at one time the biggest city in Idaho with LOTS of mining in the area. With the gold rush in the 1860s, Idaho was made a territory so the Union Army could have the revenue from the gold mines.
When we left Idaho we drove through Wyoming. Wyoming is a lot of antelope (but you really have to look or you'll miss seeing them!)
Lots of open country and lots of snow fences. (When you see this many snow fences, you know you don't want to be anywhere near this area when its snowing and blowing!!!)
Lots of windmills (usually means lots of wind!)
Lots of hills and changing colors. (We crossed the Continental Divide at 8000 + feet and there had already been a frost in September!)
And lots of trains! Our first stop after Wyoming was Denver, CO where we visited with my cousin Thom. We tried to remember when we last saw each other and figured it was probably in 1968! That left us a little catching up to do!! At Denver, we left any mountains and headed east through east Colorado and Kansas. Kansas is flat! We spent General Conference weekend in Neveda, MO where the P.E.O. Cotty College is located. It's a larger campus than I thought it would be and very pretty!
After Nevada, we headed to Branson where we'll be until 14 October. This is a view of Branson from one of its many hills. Lots of hills (one of them had a sign at the bottom saying 15% grade!!!) It's a really challenging town to drive in and because it is so hilly, it's spread out over a large area to accommodate the hills.
The first concert we went to was a Chuck wagon concert with the Sons of the Pioneers. They were great and the food was really good too! Other concerts we'll go to while we're here are the Osmonds, Don Williams, and the Showboat tour. Should be a fun few days!
While driving to Branson Landing (the shopping area) we got behind this pickup truck and I had to take a picture! That's a pumpkin in the bed of his pickup!! (The license plate says Illinois.) We'd never seen a pumpkin this big before!!!!! Bye for now.
3 comments:
I promise we love looking at your blog-- so keep posting even if it's just for me :0)!!!! Looks like you're having a great time in Branson!!!
Oh and I can't believe the size of that pumpkin--I'll have to show the kids-- they'll think that's really cool!
So I do look at your blog...I just don't comment...kind of like a spy...looking in on your adventures. :) Looks like fun in Branson. Yes... S. Idaho and Wyoming are lacking the beauty of N. Idaho huh? Keep blogging!
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