Nashville, Tennessee

We visited the home of country music, Nashville, Tennessee. We ate some AMAZING soul food! Then we visited the Grand Ole Opry and spent an hour in the gift shop. Nashville has so many country stations, and lots of artist that are new country singers. I am very tempted to go Vanderbilt, because the city is so interesting. This trip really can open up your horizons for the future.

Follow up

If anyone one wants to listen to the show you can listen to it on www.kffa.com. It is the show for 11-28-12. Apparently my new name is Sophia Loren!

King Biscuit Flour

Ok so I was on a internationally broadcasted blues show. Yep, I am pretty amazed by that fact. Let me start from the beginning.
So we decided to visit Helena, Arkansas just to check it off our list. Little did we know that it was the blues capitol of the South! King Biscuit Flour has been broadcasted in Helena for a looong time.
We toured the Delta Cultural Center and loved all their displays. The lady behind the front desk told us that Sonny ( Deejay of the station) broadcasted at the museum everyday at 12:15. So we hung around and came back at 12:15 of course.
We were invited on the show by the nice elderly man who runs it. It was his 16,627th show!! We answered his questions and I read an ad perfectly! We thanked him tremendously, then ate some amazing soul food. Who knew what could happen in a small town like Helena, Arkansas?

Grand Canyon

We went to the Grand Canyon!! Just a check off my bucket list.
We went to the North Rim. It was a two hour drive to any civilization, so it was very secluded! We met a nice park ranger who told us so much about the Canyon. Did anyone know that the river bottom is 277 miles long! That is a two week long rafting trip!
We stood at a tip of a rock and took tons of pictures. If anyone hasn't see the photo of the girl pretending to fall off the cliff, it is a must see. It was an amazing experience and I am definitely coming back!

Yosemite

This place is sooooo amazing!! No words can describe how pretty this place is! There are forests, tunnels, mountains, and waterfalls. The park is huge. We only saw a fourth of it in about 3 hours.
Sadly we parked far away from the visitors center, then we got lost in Yosemite Village. It has a whole town!! The ride down the mountain in the dark was a great nail biting experience. Gotta love California!

Sin City

To begin I am so sorry that none of my posts have come through. I will try to remember to check up on the published status.
So we drove through Sin City or otherwise know as Las Vegas. We saw so many people and it was Thanksgiving! Anyways everyone there was very eccentric. We saw tons of people in costume. I got to see lots of casinos( no worries we stayed in the car). All we really wanted to do was drive around and take pictures.
I have never seen such odd ways of advertising. Some people literally rent a truck to drive up and down the street with a sign! Saw some pretty gaudy casinos and people. Only in Vegas, baby.

Where It All Began

This spot is where the first fleck of gold was found. The men were building a saw mill and one of them stumbled upon a piece of gold. This led to all the 49ers and the Gold Tush.
I climbed out into the river and almost took a dip!

Lake Tahoe

No one can describe how beautiful this place is! It was windy and cloudy, but nothing could diminish it's natural beauty. We took some pictures on a beach, and far off in the distance you could see snow tipped mountains. It was like a mini ocean. Hopefully I can come back this summer!

Lemhi Pass

Today we decided to follow Lewis and Clark. On our way we went through an old mining town with very old buildings.
It was a leap of faith to go to Lemhi Pass because of snow and ice around the area. Being up at high altitudes does not help. We made it though and it was awe inspiring to stand where Sacajawea stood and showed the way.We walked around in the snow and stood on the Continental Divide.
Made it down and had a great dinner with an old friend.

O' Christmas Tree

Hehe! Today we found our Christmas tree!! We drove around Iron Mountain in Idaho till we found "the one". It is sort of a tradition to go cut down our trees. It is a fun way to tie Christmas together, and a good way to show teamwork when you heave the tree onto the car!

Utah!!

So sorry I haven't posted in a while. We were in Utah last Monday and this is what happened.
We visited Salt Lake City, and of course the Great Salt Lake. We saw the Mormon Tabernacle and the burial site of Brigham Young.
We also visited the Golden Spike National Monument. We walked a trail that showed us where the two railroads competed to get a government contract. We were lucky enough to have a tour of the two locomotives they keep at the park yearly. We watched volunteers work on the trains, and the amount of work was astounding.
We stayed in a small town that had an amazing cafe next door. Their version of a scone took up a whole plate!
Everywhere we went we saw snow and deer. Had fun in Utah!!

Snow and Freezing Temperatures

So for the past few days we have been trying to avoid the really bad cold front in Montana. We made it to Wyoming, but still had to keep going south. On Friday night we hunkered down in Laramie, Wyoming. When we woke up the next morning it was freezing and there was snow everywhere.I actually had to go by a heavier coat.
The snow began to melt, then we reached a new problem: ice. Last night there was a wind chill of 8 degrees! Today we have a windchill of -7 degrees! We have to go to Utah, because this afternoon Laramie is getting winds up to 45 miles per hour. Still trying to escape the cold and bad weather.

Wyoming Pistol Pete🔫

Lets just say this guy creeped me out a little. Ok, a lot. I had to go get a program and I literally had to sneak behind him, because he was grabbing random people and hugging them. I was able to made it back to my seat safely. I was show my dad a picture on my phone, when I got this odd feeling. I turned around and this mascot was behind me looking at my phone. He hugged me then walked on. When he was out of earshot we both bursted out laugh.
The volleyball game was really fun to watch. Some of those girls make you feel like a midget. All of them had some great spikes and serves. The whole time we watched there was only 1 service error! Had a really fun night!

Little Big Horn

This place had an amazing visual representation of the battle. Honestly before I didn't think the battle was a big deal. But after driving around and seeing the way the U. S. Army and the Natives moved was so complex and eye opening. Seeing the graves all over the valleys and the place where Custer last battle was truly astounding. Sadly in one spot there was over 28 graves. You never know the true loss until you see it.