We were in Yellowstone a week before they opened all the roads so we were only able to use one of the main roads to view the hot springs and some of the wildlife. It was a little disappointing, but we were able to still see some nice areas in the park.
After we left Yellowstone we headed to Battle of Little Big Horn. My husband could have spent hours there reading everything while I sat in the car watching all the prairie dogs pop out of their holes. We also saw Devil's Tower that night before heading to Rapid City, South Dakota. Again, Devil's Tower was also a week from opening. Good thing it is big enough to be viewable from the road ha ha.
The day we planned for Crazy Horse and Mount Rushmore ended up being a snow storm and the visibility wasn't great. We stayed at the hotel that day instead and hung out. We were worried it would put us behind schedule, but the next morning we got up earlier than planned and went to both before hitting the road to Wisconsin. Mount Rushmore is such an amazing sight! I went as a child, but because of the visibility that day it wasn't viewable on deck. We both really loved it and it had us more interested than the other monument that day (Sorry Crazy Horse!).
Then we fell behind schedule and didn't make it all the way to Wisconsin before having to just call it a night in Minnesota. At this point I couldn't wait to get to my parents house because we had been living in hotels since the 28th of March and this one was by far the worst when it came to cleanliness. Ewww...
The next day we arrived in Michigan just in time for dinner. Eight days on the road, eight states, three Canadian territories, four monuments and 4,300 miles! :)
We spent two weeks in Michigan being with family and starting an exciting future chapter in our life! Nope, no babies! We are in the process of purchasing a piece of land to build our future home on when Jason gets out of the Army. We spent most of our days searching for the right area and with a ton of listings from our real estate agent we found this place on accident when we went to turn around. :) Now it is just matter of all the fine details and paperwork!
That now puts us in Georgia where exciting things are happening! We have our own HOUSE. No more attached home/condo/duplex/apartment like we have always had. We have a three bedroom two and a half bath stand alone home. So far we love it and the backyard is fenced in making the dogs happy too. One of them loves the sun and being able to be outside now and the other one cries at the door to come in. He must miss Alaska and the cold weather ha ha.
Jason is working looong hours and six days a week as of right now. It is a little hard to adjust to, but slowly I am. I just have to continue to be thankful that his days are spent safely across the street (literally) and not in a foreign country. :)
Ohhh yes and exciting things are still happening to the blog. It is in the works and I can't wait to reveal it to you all. I will say that the blog will no longer be titled Across the Ocean, but will have a new name. :) Stay tuned...
24 May 2010
12 May 2010
Rewind ---->
Does anyone update this thing on their phone?! I just cant find the patience to do so. Now that we are finally starting to get settled in our new home and the cable man came I am connected back to the world I love oh so much...online. :)
I promise to make this a two part series because it would be super long in one AND I have been begging my husband to upload the pictures off his new camera so I can share them...and he hasn't yet.
We spent eight days on the road traveling from Alaska to Michigan. The first day we ended up leaving later than planned and had agreed on not driving at night on the Alaska Highway so we drove close to 450 miles and we ended up stopping 50 miles out of our goal destination of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. That was my first real experience with the wilderness ha ha. Jason pulled over at a rest stop (think dirt side road with a wooden cabin restroom) and we brushed our teeth and walked the dogs before trying to sleep for the night. J did well as I laid on the floor in the backseat of the truck listening the wolves howling and my dogs growling. I was so uncomfortable and couldn't wait until morning. We had to turn the truck on and then off every hour or so to keep warm. The northern lights were out and I was able to watch them from the back of the truck around 3am. They were absolutely beautiful!
As the sun came up we made our way into Whitehorse and drove towards Fort Nelson for the night. That day we stopped at The Sign Forest That was by far the coolest thing I think we saw in Canada. That day we also saw a bunch of stubborn buffalo crossing the road or more like standing in it. There was so many buffalo that it got to the point my dogs were spotting them before we did. We also saw caribou, deer, moose, bald eagles, a fox and surprisingly no wolves or bear.
We made it to Fort Nelson on the 1st just as it was getting dark and I was going to ask Jason if we could possibly get a hotel room as the thought of another night listening to wolves howl really didn't sound delightful to me. Instead as we were feeding the dogs Jason suggested he would drive as I slept and we could switch in the night. I gave in to the idea and had to take a xanax...no really, I had to. The road was dark and no one was on it during the night but us. Around 4am we stopped and switched. As we made our way into Edmonton the northern lights were again dancing in the sky and as I drove I could see them ahead of me. It was just an amazing sight and one I already miss from Alaska.
We were out of Canada in less than three days totaling over 2,000 miles. Phew! We were ahead of schedule at that point and ended up stopping in Great Falls, Montana for the night. We were exhausted!
The next day we took our time getting up and heading towards Yellowstone. We took lots of pictures (insert no pictures) and drove through a lot of country. Think no cellphone service and prairie dogs ha ha. We had reservations in Gardiner, MT and little did we know that nothing is really in Gardiner except the entrance to Yellowstone. When we got there and checked in at the hotel we found out someone stole our credit card AND that it had been shut off. Always a bump in the road, right?
So the next few days were spent in humble Montana. They had a gas station, two restaurants, a bunch of souvenirs and our hotel ha ha. It was then that I decided the country life just wasn't for me...
I promise to make this a two part series because it would be super long in one AND I have been begging my husband to upload the pictures off his new camera so I can share them...and he hasn't yet.
We spent eight days on the road traveling from Alaska to Michigan. The first day we ended up leaving later than planned and had agreed on not driving at night on the Alaska Highway so we drove close to 450 miles and we ended up stopping 50 miles out of our goal destination of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. That was my first real experience with the wilderness ha ha. Jason pulled over at a rest stop (think dirt side road with a wooden cabin restroom) and we brushed our teeth and walked the dogs before trying to sleep for the night. J did well as I laid on the floor in the backseat of the truck listening the wolves howling and my dogs growling. I was so uncomfortable and couldn't wait until morning. We had to turn the truck on and then off every hour or so to keep warm. The northern lights were out and I was able to watch them from the back of the truck around 3am. They were absolutely beautiful!
As the sun came up we made our way into Whitehorse and drove towards Fort Nelson for the night. That day we stopped at The Sign Forest That was by far the coolest thing I think we saw in Canada. That day we also saw a bunch of stubborn buffalo crossing the road or more like standing in it. There was so many buffalo that it got to the point my dogs were spotting them before we did. We also saw caribou, deer, moose, bald eagles, a fox and surprisingly no wolves or bear.
We made it to Fort Nelson on the 1st just as it was getting dark and I was going to ask Jason if we could possibly get a hotel room as the thought of another night listening to wolves howl really didn't sound delightful to me. Instead as we were feeding the dogs Jason suggested he would drive as I slept and we could switch in the night. I gave in to the idea and had to take a xanax...no really, I had to. The road was dark and no one was on it during the night but us. Around 4am we stopped and switched. As we made our way into Edmonton the northern lights were again dancing in the sky and as I drove I could see them ahead of me. It was just an amazing sight and one I already miss from Alaska.
We were out of Canada in less than three days totaling over 2,000 miles. Phew! We were ahead of schedule at that point and ended up stopping in Great Falls, Montana for the night. We were exhausted!
The next day we took our time getting up and heading towards Yellowstone. We took lots of pictures (insert no pictures) and drove through a lot of country. Think no cellphone service and prairie dogs ha ha. We had reservations in Gardiner, MT and little did we know that nothing is really in Gardiner except the entrance to Yellowstone. When we got there and checked in at the hotel we found out someone stole our credit card AND that it had been shut off. Always a bump in the road, right?
So the next few days were spent in humble Montana. They had a gas station, two restaurants, a bunch of souvenirs and our hotel ha ha. It was then that I decided the country life just wasn't for me...
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