Tales from Rohan

On the way up to Missoula, we spent a day at the Old Faithful area of Yellowstone.

Old Faithful doing its thing

One of our favorite continuous geysers

Oooohh!

The name says it all

Another tourist grabbing a good shot of “The Grotto”

I think this one is Morning Glory Pool

Punch Bowl


Two more beautiful blue pools

Riverside Geyser erupting


Too close?

Daisy Geyser with a view of the Old Faithful Lodge

This photo should explain why you don’t want to fall asleep and roll your car on I-80 in Nevada. That’s a medivac helicopter taking off from the freeway. The back of the car looked even worse than the front.

Since Alex drove most of the afternoon in Wyoming, I was able to take some photos from the (moving) car. The scenery was fantastic, but I was surprised how many of these came out.

Great Clouds

Coming in Grand Teton

After North Carolina, we stopped for a quick visit with Christian and Janene and their kids Emma and Audrey in Des Moines. As always, Christian was generous to a fault. We had a blast swimming!

After visiting the Renaud’s in Des Moines, we stayed with our cousins in Boulder. Logan and Connor are just a bit younger than Alex.

Obviously this room is setup for teenagers. Connor was playing Alex’s guitar in the first picture.

Logan and Alex are demonstrating professional modeling poses. By all means, look off in random directions and look uninterested.

Melinda and Walt’s dog Olivia has a summer haircut

We also went to Greeley (Colorado) one afternoon to see my cousin Bethany and see Krista and clan on their home turf.

Finally, we went to Denver to have lunch with Heather, Mike, and Sophie

We drove up to Missoula to see our friends Bobby, Patty, Coby, and Katie. Katie (11) is in a kids singing group called the Missoula Coyote Choir. We arrived just in time to see the Coyotes open for Ani DiFranco (sorry no pictures yet).

Bobby jamming with Alex. He showed Alex how to play lap guitar.

The next day, Bobby, Coby, Alex, and I went up to Glacier National Park and just over the border to Waterton National Park in Alberta.

Playing piano at the lodge on Lake McDonald

Going-to-the-Sun Road is carved out of the side of a very steep gorge. It may be hard to maintain, but it has some awesome views.

mountain goat at Logan Pass

There was still lots of snow at the pass

Looking out at Sherburne Lake at Many Glacier on the east side of the park

On the way to Canada. The longest “friendly” border in the world. That term must have been coined before the Department of Homeland Security…

The lodge at Waterton

Looking down at Waterton Lake