We camped on an island near Coeur d' Alene, Idaho! We had so much fun being isolated from other campers and the girls enjoyed canoeing around the shallow waters!
Our tent site
We explored the Custer Battlefield in Montana for a few hours. This was the highlight of the trip for Chris as it's been on his list of must see places since he was a kid!
This is a fish hatchery that we visited in South Dakota and was the nicest fish hatchery I have ever been to!
We had the opportunity to visit Mt Rushmore and drive through the Black Hills of South Dakota... I had no idea that that South Dakota was so beautiful!
We stopped in the town of Deadwood in South Dakota... There are some super cute towns hidden in the Black Hills! We toured an old gold mine and enjoyed the cooler temperatures of SD!
We camped by a creek in the middle of a super cute town called Spearfish!
We drove through a huge storm while traveling through Wyoming and into South Dakota. It's amazing how much the weather changes from one part of the state to the next!
While traveling through Wyoming we spotted a calf branding in the middle of nothing. It was amazing to see such a large family working together to get the job done. There were kids that looked barley 10 years old that were riding horses and roping calves! Incredible!
Beautiful sunsets in Wyoming! We were going to camp in Wyoming but we discovered that we had forgotten the tent! We ended up staying in some run down prison town! (We didn't know that until the next morning!)
Ava taking some of the drive time so Chris and I can relax.... hahahaha Kidding of course!
We saw wild mustangs in Wyoming in the town of Green River! Absolutely amazing!
The girls enjoyed eating these HUGE milkshakes in Utah!
We enjoyed some delicious German food in the town of Salt Lake City!
We visited temple square and it was so impeccably maintained and gorgeous!
After driving through the salt flats in Utah we all decided that we will not run out of salt any time soon!
Crossing the road into Nevada!
Oh my goodness.... I was driving through some boring roads in Nevada and noticed debris all over the roads... at one point I thought I saw something moving and then I noticed this blood stained road! What the heck?!?!?! We stopped and saw GIANT crickets all over the road!!!Apparently infestations of Mormon crickets is not all that unheard of. When one cricket dies other crickets will come feast on the dead one... and suddenly you have millions all over the roads! YUCK!
