by admin | Jul 22, 2011 | OUT WEST TRIP
After viewing Old Faithful, I figured that we had time to travel to the Northern part of the park. This would require 3-4 hours traveling round trip. The first memorable thing that we came to was Gibbons Falls. It was beautiful and with the lovely woman sitting on...
by admin | Jul 21, 2011 | OUT WEST TRIP
Our destination for today was supposed to be Old Faithful. But before we got there, we took a driving tour of some of the geysers. Here are some pictures. When we arrived at Old Faithful, we got a good parking spot right up front. Hundreds of people were already...
by admin | Jul 20, 2011 | OUT WEST TRIP
We headed out of Cody WY about 10:30. By the time that we got out of town, it was 1:30. We had to get gas, Walmart for supplies, and lunch. It was fifty miles from Cody to the East Gate of Yellowstone. On the way, we had to go through a couple of tunnels. After...
by admin | Jul 20, 2011 | OUT WEST TRIP
Bear Tooth Highway was an incredible road to ride. The views kept getting better but the road became more challenging. There were many lakes on top of the mountains. Below are a few. Sometimes, the road was a little too close to the edge for our comfort, but we...
by admin | Jul 19, 2011 | OUT WEST TRIP
All winter while planning this trip, I kept hearing and reading about 2 highways in Wyoming that was a must ride. Chief Joseph Highway and Bear Tooth Highway. Bear Tooth Highway was voted the number 1 rode in the nation by motorcyclist to ride on. I couldn’t...
by admin | Jul 19, 2011 | OUT WEST TRIP
After leaving Deadwood, we headed to Cody WY. We crossed the state line and ran into the most beautiful nothingness that we have ever seen or hope to see. It was just miles and miles of blah. In order to get to Cody, we had to cross the Big Horn Mountains. It was a...
by admin | Jul 17, 2011 | OUT WEST TRIP
After breaking camp at Mt. Rushmore KOA, we decided to head up to Rapid City to buy a camera. My sister had bought a new one just prior to our meeting in the Smokies and we fell in love with it. As luck would have it, we found the exact one and bought it. After...
by admin | Jul 16, 2011 | OUT WEST TRIP
After viewing Mt. Rushmore, we took a ride into Custer State Park. See if you can guess what song we are thinking of by looking at the next three pictures. Plus this. Did you guess the song? While on our tour, we found the buffalo. It was neat to see so many...
by admin | Jul 15, 2011 | OUT WEST TRIP
The KOA at Mt. Rushmore is one of the prettiest and largest campgrounds that we have stayed in. This is looking out of our camper on Wednesday morning at the surrounding hills. Here is our home away from home. There were many activities for the kids to do, rent...
by admin | Jul 13, 2011 | OUT WEST TRIP
Of all things to wake me up this morning, an owl. Whooo Whooo! And then from a distance, another, Whooo Whooo!. They kept this up and it was hardly light. I wanted to holler,”Meeee Meee, that’s Whoooo your keeping up. I knew that it wouldn’t do...
by admin | Jul 12, 2011 | OUT WEST TRIP
What a great night sleep I had last night. That NyQuil put me out like a lark doris, like a lark. I had very little drainage today and felt better than I had in a few days. Judy on the other hand is still having problems with her neck. We stopped at a pharmacy...
by admin | Jul 10, 2011 | OUT WEST TRIP
If ever there was a night for perfect sleeping, it was last night. The weather was perfect. All of the windows in the camper were open and the freshest breeze that you could imagine. Unfortunately, Judy’s neck hurt her all night and I was up quite often with...
by admin | Jul 10, 2011 | OUT WEST TRIP
It has been my dream for some time to explore the West. My gracious and lovely wife consented to go along with me. Together, we are on an adventure that will take us to who knows where? We had a great send off this morning, Saturday July 9, from McDonalds. What...
by admin | Jun 17, 2011 | Florida
The excitement is building as we prepare to set out on a journey that started many years ago. A journey that will bring the siblings of Lilbern and Juanita Collins, and their spouses together to reminisce and lie about all of the good and bad things that happened to...
by admin | Jun 17, 2011 | Florida
Judy’s last day of school was fun and also emotional. Below is a picture of Judy picking up the kids from the bus. Judy’s last day was filled with hugs and goodbyes from her associates and friends. But still it was a school day and school must go on. This...
by admin | Jun 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Moms Retirement Party and Last Day of School.
by admin | Mar 16, 2011 | Florida
Today is Wednesday, March 16 and we are starting to prepare for our trip to Florida. The anticipation is starting to boil over as we drool over the fact that we might be able to see warm weather in just a few days. We got up early on Thurday, March 17. I had gotten...
