Retirement Travels

A staple view on our drive from Idaho to Washington is Mt. Hood.  Eric and family had a great fireworks display on the 4th of July along with an aboundance of food including his famous smoked tri-tips. This was on his neighbors roof. Fireworks Our granddaughter Di-Adra and her husband Cameron and our great-grandson Wayne were visiting from Oregon. Wayne was only 6 mos the last time we saw him. We got to spend the day at the Oregon Zoo, we were pretty impressed by this zoo. The animals were active and we saw animal activities we hadn't seen before. Bears Relaxing in a hammock A Ruddy Duck The condor was really interested in this little girl We got to see a baby elephant cooling off and playing in the water and then watch  him/her throw dirt over their body. A pretty bird - Coracias A Desert Tortoise  A Bongo We got to watch this giraffe play with a ball suspended from a pole. These pair of tigers were pouncing and playing with each other. We spent a day at Seaside OR and E...

We spent 2 weeks in Mountain Home, it was very heavy on all our minds that Casen was missing from our precious times together. But, we talked about him and reminisced about past memories which had us laughing and crying. Our first weekend in Mountain Home we drove to Hailey, ID to pick Clay up from camp. We stopped at the Snow Bunny Drive-in for lunch. After lunch DeHanna and Daniel took us rock hounding. We were up in the mountains with some amazing views. We went to the Emmet Cherry festival in Emmett, ID. Ernie and I shared a delicious piece of cherry cheesecake. We also drove to Silver City, ID. Silver City is a historic ghost town and mining camp. Visiting the city is like going back into history. There is no gas, electricity, or reliable cell service and you have to pack in your own water and supplies. The drive to Silver City is a remote drive up winding dirt roads. You can only visit from Memorial Day weekend through mid-October due to snow cover.  The boys wanted to go rol...

We stayed in Rangely CO to go to the Dinosaur National Monument. We didn't spend a lot of time in the Dinosaur CO location but we drove through the park. I didn't take any pictures inside the park but here are some pictures from Dinosaur CO. I took these pictures in Rangely, this was parked at a WCS a construction company. We spent most of our time at the Jensen, UT, west side of Dinosaur National Monument. We started at the Quarry Visitor Center to see the Quarry Exhibit Hall. Visitors are allowed to view the wall of approximately 1,500 dinosaur bones  that are 150 million years old. There is a section at the end that has fossils you can touch. From the visitor center we took drove the scenic drive to Swelter Shelter where there are quite a few petroglyphs. Next, we drove out to the Josie Morris Homestead. At nearing 40 years of age, divorced with children grown, she wanted a place of her own. She chose this place for its plentiful water and good pasture. Josie made this her h...