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We left for our trip east 9 Sept . Our route took us through Wells,Nv.where we spent the night at Angel Creek camp ground.Than through Yellowstone for a couple days of fishing and animal viewing.Mostly bison,the weather was warm and the elk were out in the forest. Next stop was the Sitting Bull camp ground above the Ten Sleep canyon area,had a moose in camp,only one night there as we needed to get to Aberdeen SD.Took a side trip to Devils Tower lots of people but a beautiful area with nice color.After the stop in Aberdeen we headed to our friends in Wanona Minnesota,than with them up to the north shore of Lake Superior for a week of camping at their favorite places.
We had nice weather except for the wind the last couple days,which kept us from using the canoe in some of the lakes.
Our return home part of the trip took us into Hibbing,Minnesota where my grandfather,back in 1913 was a miner there,very interesting to see the open pit mines on the "Range".We spent a night on a lake near the head waters of the Mississippi,had the area all to ourselves.
Heading west on I 94 we stopped for the night at Teddy Roosevelt NP south unit,hadn't heard of the place before but was one of the nicest places we camped.The sites are along the Little Missouri river and there were bison and wild horses roaming the camp ground.
Our next stop was to the Custer Battlefield,this place is awesome,very simple but you get the feeling for the place as you walk and drive through the hills.
We took the back way to Yellowstone and camped two nights at Madison than got lucky and spent a night at Slough Creek,I now see why it's hard to get a site there the place is great.We have always camped at Pebble Creek due to Slough being full.
After Slough we needed to see some moose so headed south to Grand Teton and Gros Ventre camp ground where the moose didn't let us down.A nice bull and mate hanging around the camp.
With our trip coming to an end we had hoped to stay at Angel Creek again but it was hunting season and all sites were full.Since it was getting late we had to motel it.
Back into the Sierras on hwy 4 and one last night at the new camp ground on Union Lake,which we had watched being improved this summer.
We had a great trip all 6,000 miles of it.The new to us Tundra was such a ease to drive it was hard not to stop during the days drives.We met some great people,saw wonderful places,and just had an all round good time. Frank
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| mom moose at Sitting Bull camp |
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| Devils Tower with some nice color |
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| Northern Harrier Hawk at Hawks Ridge,Two Harbours ,Minnesota |
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| Iron ore loading,Two Harbours |
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| last of the "Yellowstone class" locomotives that hauled iron ore from the Mesabi Range |
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| Temperance River Falls |
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| Lake Superior was like camping next to the ocean |
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| color was too grand to capture |
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| camp at Two Island Lake |
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| a photo with Paul was a must |
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the northern bad lands at Teddy Roosevelt Np are a must see |
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| Custer Battlefield where the native Americans were defending their way of life |
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| back to Yellowstone at Slough Creek,harvest moon |
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| Arco Idaho |
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| last night out.we finally got to use the canoe after taking it for a 6,000 mile ride |
