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Whether you are heading to Yellowstone National Park or leaving its wonders behind, be sure to schedule a visit at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, located only 50 miles from the park’s east entrance. The … Continue reading
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Real vacations are for free adventurers at heart who live by the Tolkien quote, “Not all who wander are lost.” Those of us who are single desire those Instagram-worthy locations to share our wanderings with the world. Our family-oriented counterparts … Continue reading
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The Meeteetse Museums will be hosting two events over the Labor Day weekend: the annual Chatelaine Quilt Guild Show (August 31 – September 3) and a September 3 signing of the new book The Wyoming Blizzard of 1949: Surviving the … Continue reading
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Located on Interstate 80 in central Nebraska, North Platte is best known as the birthplace of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody. Two attractions in North Platte that have earned Buffalo Bill’s “Buffalo of Approval” are the Golden Spike Tower and … Continue reading
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Boondocking, also known as “dispersed camping”, means living off the grid far from the comforts and baggage of civilization. Boondocking community members live in RVs, cars or tents without electricity, water or sewer hookups. But in return they gain access … Continue reading
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For many years after the gold mines closed, Cripple Creek was not much more than a quaint but decaying historic town, perhaps worthy of a brief stop for a few photos and lunch. In 1991, Colorado voters allowed Cripple Creek … Continue reading
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Mere miles away from Mount Rushmore, near Keystone, South Dakota, is the Crazy Horse Memorial. (crazyhorsememorial.org/) In 1939, Oglala Lakota chief Standing Bear asked sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, who had assisted (briefly) Gutzon Borglum on the Mount Rushmore sculptures, to carve a monument … Continue reading
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The Mammoth Site, located in Hot Springs, South Dakota, is a working paleontological excavation. Visitors during weekdays will be able to watch excavators at work, and there are programs where volunteers can actually get in to the site, with toothbrushes … Continue reading
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I recently returned from a trip that started in Cheyenne, went up to Hot Springs, South Dakota and then a ranch near a tiny town called Milesville, then through the Badlands, then got onto 83 South down into Nebraska, through … Continue reading
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Some of my autumnal journeys are far-flung, but often a jaunt to nearby Rocky Mountain National Park satisfies a “let’s hit the road while the weather is still nice” urge. Here are the top reasons I visit Rocky Mountain National … Continue reading
