South Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado

Yay!! I found Anthony on the side of the road swatting mosquitoes at the junction where we had planned to meet, so that was perfect. There was a store there and he could have gone in, but he was afraid that I would miss him, so he was standing there waving at me as I was driving up, getting eat up by mosquitoes.

Can we just talk about the usefulness of mosquitoes for a bit??

Okay, that's enough.

Let me reiterate that Spearfish is just a jewel of a town. The parks were so clean and plentiful. An interesting fact about Spearfish is that the Spearfish Creek runs south to north year round, and it freezes from the bottom up. Yup.

Anthony wanted to take this lovely picture of me eating breakfast, so here you go. I am at our campsite and this was about 6:00 a.m. So please don't judge. Thankfully, for you, the picture is blurry.

We headed south and had told Hannah we would try to make it to The Long Scraggy Ranch in Conifer, CO, where she is, so we zoomed through Wyoming to get there. On the way, though, I learned something about Anthony that I didn't know before. He knows the complete first verse of The Devil Went Down To Georgia!

Seems if Colorado was so colorful, then what's up with their sign? Maybe you are supposed to be focused on the beauty that is everywhere else, because it is so beautiful.

We made it to the camp where Hannah is for the summer working with one of Cru's summer projects, Urban Summit Adventures. This is her second year working with this project. And we got to meet everyone this morning, which was wonderful, and Hannah put Anthony to work looking at the approximately 20 bikes that are there for the campers/staff to use while they are there.

So, how at home does he look? Being able to be outside, working on bikes, enjoying the beauty that is everywhere. So cool.

The camp is about in the middle of nowhere, so no cell phone service or internet unless we drive 30 minutes away, just FYI, to my mom and dad. 

We are staying here to celebrate Hannah's 24th birthday on the 28th. And are planning to leave on Sunday heading to Yellowstone, and whatever awaits us in Montana. 

Until next time . . .