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Agate Fossil Beds and Scotts Bluff National Monuments (Leg 5 of Summer Vacation)

October 15, 2019 P-TParaD Comments 2 comments

Greetings! This is Leg 5 of our #ptparadsummer2019 (catch up on Leg 4, Leg 3, Leg 2, and Leg 1). In this leg of the story, we explore Agate Fossil Beds, Scotts Bluff National Monuments, and Fort Laramie National Historic Site on our way to Medicine-Bow National Forest outside of Laramie, Wyoming. Day 8 – 05 July 2019 – Agate Fossil Beds National Monument to Scotts Bluff National Monument to Fort Laramie National Historic Site Erin and I struggled to…

Failing to Escape the Rain via Devil’s Tower and Nebraska (Summer Vacation Leg 4)

September 20, 2019 P-TParaD Comments 0 Comment

Hey everyone. This is Leg 4 of our #ptparadsummer2019 trip. In our last post on Leg 3, we spent several days in the Black Hills of South Dakota enjoying all scenery and nearly getting head butted by some bison! (catch up on Leg 2 and Leg 1). On this leg of our vacation we decided to leave the Black Hills a day early to avoid a large storm (and completely failed) and travel to Devil’s Tower National Monument and spend…

Home to the Badlands (Summer 2019 Vacation Leg 1)

July 28, 2019 P-TParaD Comments 2 comments

Part-Time Paradise Summer 2019! What a trip we had. We traveled for 16 days across South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and back through Kansas to home base. This post takes us through the first two days of the trip from home to our campground at Badlands National Park. Day 1 – 28 June 2019 – Kansas City to Missouri National Recreational River to Valentine, Nebraska We had Patty all packed and ready to rock the night before. We set…