The ride home-A Christmas Story

So, this is a long overdue post. Sorry for the hiatus, I was preparing for my candidacy advancement exams, which I'm happy to say I passed!!

So, after our wonderful trip, we had to come back to reality and head home. The first night we made it to a KOA in Nebraska. Now, I sure there are people who love Nebraska, but it was not my favorite state. Mostly because the region we drove thru was flat and mostly boring. Also, because of the seemingly constant threat of tornados. When we camped that night, the weather was bad and I was scared. As a result, we sat in the laundry room in the KOA until the storm passed. Thanks but no thanks Nebraska.

The next day we drove and made it to Indiana, right before we hit Ohio. After a bad night the previous night, we treated ourselves and got a hotel. We drove across the Michigan border, got ourselves some Chinese food and returned to the hotel to sleep in an actual bed.

Ok, so now, here's the fun part, for my husband anyway. My hubby is a big fan of the movie "A Christmas Story". He watches it every Christmas. Well, the actual house where the movie was filmed is in Cleveland, Ohio. I had promised him before the trip that if we went on this trip, we would stop and see the house. Well, we did, along with the museum and gift shop. I was thinking "How busy could this place possibly be? How many people actually like this movie to the extent they need to visit the house?"
The answer, apparently a lot.

The outside of the house.

Hubby posing with the Christmas tree inside.

Hubby and the well known leg lamp.

Hubby and I with the leg lamp.

I told hubby before this shot that he better pose because we were because he wanted to be and he was going to take lots of pictures.

After we were all done visiting, we drove the rest of the way home.

Well, it was great remembering the fun we had on that trip. Now that I'm not stressing over super important tests, I can hopefully write more. Also, this summer should be good since hubby and I plan to do a lot of camping, with a big trip planned to Acadia National Park.

Day 10-Road Trip to Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Park

Well, it is been over a month since I've written. It's been a busy time. I'm happy to say I've submitted my

first scientific manuscript. Also, my wonderful hubby successfully defended his PhD this week, yay!!

Ok, so finally our last day in the park.

After our night in Canyon Village, we woke up to explore the area before we headed down to Grant Village. Of course, we had to start with the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. It was absolutely stunning.

At the top of the falls.

My hubby and the river that feeds the falls.

Looking over at the top of the falls.

A great view of the canyon.

The side of the canyon.

A pretty little cliff swallow.

After checking out the canyon, we headed down on the road towards Grant Village. It was a great drive that followed the Yellowstone River. This was actually one our favorite drives that we had in the park.

This picture has a heard of buffalo in the distance.

More buffalo in the distance.

A buffalo staring us down.

Elk in the distance.

This guy decided to walk out onto the road right in front of our car.

He did not want to move and cars coming from the other direction kept slowing down to look at him, so we couldn't go around him for a good 10 minutes.

We stopped at the sulphur caldron and mud volcano area.

This was my favorite geyser. I forget the name, but I like how it is a cave.

Yellowstone Lake-America's highest altitude lake.

There is a hike directly across from the West Thumb Geyser Basin to get a great view of the lake.

When we first approached the trail, we came across a small heard of elk.

Along the way came across some bones. This a vertebral column and pelvis.

A separated pelvis.

The view from the top of our hike.

Hubby and I on our hike.

On the way down from our hike, we came across this little pockets of hot water.

A miniature waterfall.

After our hike, we checked out the West Thumb Geyser area.

This geyser is called Fishing Cone. Apparently, when fisherman fished in the area, they would catch a fish and then put it directly into this hot geyser to cook the fish instantly.

This is our campsite at Grant Village.

We had an anniversary dinner that evening at the Grant Village Lake House Restaurant. 

So, that was our last day. I'll tell you about our trip home in the next post.