Here is an overview of our National Parks trip itinerary
Well, ya’ll, we are just about ready to leave on our long anticipated retirement trip out west.
Thought we’d let everyone know our plans.
We plan to leave on Friday, May 23rd and go to Alexandria, LA., to celebrate David’s mother’s 90th birthday. His whole family will be there for the party. We’re going to have a crawfish boil/ birthday party for Clara.
From there we leave to our cabin in Arkansas to spend the next week. We will meet my daughter, Kristy, her husband Chad and daughter, Anna the next weekend (May 29th –June 1st). We’ll do some hiking, sightseeing and playing with our grandbaby (Anna).
On Monday, June 2nd, we leave for South Dakota. We are allowing 2 days to get to Badlands National Park. We will be there briefly and then move over to Horse Thief Lake Campground near Mt. Rushmore. We will be there June 5th and leave on June 7th.
Then it’s off to Glacier National Park (Montana) where we will stay from June 9th to June 14th. We are really excited about this stop. We have reservations at St. Mary Lake Campground in the Park. It has no hookups so we will be doing some primitive camping there. Everything I have read says that lake is beautiful. Part of Glacier Park is in Canada, It is known as Waterton Lakes National Park and we are also planning to make a day trip up there.
We’ll then move on down to Yellowstone National Park. We will be there from June 16th to June 20th. We will celebrate our 13th anniversary there and we have reservations for dinner at Old Faithful Inn on June 17th. We have camping reservations at Fishing Bridge RV Park in Yellowstone. If someone needs to get in touch with us there the campground number is 307-344-7901.
After we leave Yellowstone we head to the Grand Tetons. We will be there June 22nd until at least June 27th. We will be camping at Colter Bay RV Campground in the park. The number at the campground is 307-543-2811. You will find a map at this link:......... Map_US_Route.doc
After that, we have left time to go visit some people we met at Lake Fausse Point Campground a few weeks ago. They are from Montana and invited us to come see their place. We are looking forward to seeing them.
Then we start heading back home. We are not on any timetables so we are just going to go wherever we feel led.
When we get started I will be updating this blog and let you know what we are seeing and doing. David will also be posting pictures along the way. We recommend you subscribe (note block in left-hand corner). This will alert you via email as I post additional entries.
We look forward to your comments and any communication along the way.
If you need to get us along the way, my cell phone is (225) 324-6274 and David now has a cell phone (225) 955-0875 and we will be checking email as we are able.
Very Cool Blog. I look forward to your postings.
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I hope I did this right. You 2 have a great time! If ever any one deservied this it is you 2! Love you and come home safe and sound. Love& Blessings, Toni
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Hi Toni, sorry it took so long to respond, hope all is well....miss you all! God Bless!
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What a GREAT retirement trip! Enjoy, Enjoy, Enjoy! As my father would remind me--- "Leslie, this is when you will use the D1 & D2, so---DOWN shift! Don't burn up your breeeeaaakkkks!!!" (I do know u have lots of experience on mountain driving.) We will be home, waiting on your slide show, presentation, power point, or full length motion picture. What a awesome way to feel, see, & touch the Spirit of God in thankfullness! Love you! Leslie & Warren
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Finally made it to the mts yesterday...thanks for the reminder! Love to all....God Bless!
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Hey David, Is that a picture of your cabin Arkansas? Looks like. I hope you and Ms. Jeanie have fun! It was great seeing you the other day! It must be the year for 90th birthdays! We celebrated Brent's grandmother's 90th birthday this past Sunday! Enjoy your time off and celebrate the time with your family!
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Hi Dawn, yes the picture on the right is our AR cabin.
Great to hear all is well with you all, hope we can make it to 90 and still be going strong, enjoying this great country!
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Hi from Holland guys,
What a great trip! You are hitting basically all of our most favorite "out West" destinations. We love Fishing Bridge and Coulter Bay.
Truly hope we are able to catch up with you in Glacier.
Via con Dios!
Your brother in Christ, Tony P
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Thanks Tony, yes we are planning on hooking up with you in Glacier!
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We will be praying for traveling mercies. Sounds like both of you will be having a fantastic trip. We will miss you.
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thanks for your prayers, have been praying for Richie's surgery and the situation with the X.
God Bless!
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David and Jeanie,It's 6 a.m. monday morning. I wanted to write before you left on your highly anticipated trip.I wish you both a safe and fascinating journey and hopefully you will discover all of nature's wonders in that part of the country, plus record them on your camera in order to share them with everyone. Our prayers are with you both.
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Thanks old bud, good to hear from you.....
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Hope you all have a safe and very happy journey. I was hoping your trip would bring you a little further west towards Lake Tahoe.
Take care,
Richard and Sue
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The devotional you shared was very timely for me. I appreciate so much your witness to devotionals and the words from it were right on the spot for me! Mary
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There is no doubt we are connected by more than we know....it was a great devotion for us and felt it needed to be passed on! God Bless!
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Hi Richard and Sue, yes we were hoping to make a swing south down your way, but the "price of gas" has somewhat limited the scope of the trip. Hope to make a trip over your way and the southern end of the West next time. Great to hear from you....God Bless!
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David:
Looks like a great trip with some wonderful pictures. Thanks for keep us in your thoughts - you will always be in ours.
Best Regards,
Bernie
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