Yellowstone National Park

Did you know that this was the first National Park in the world? What an amazing place with so much to see! We could spend a week here! Briana showed us all around and it was great!

Yellowstone National Park, set aside as a national park on March 1, 1872, is located mostly in the U.S. state of Wyoming, though it also extends into Montana and Idaho. The park was the first of its kind, and is known for its wildlife and geothermal features, especially Old Faithful Geyser, one of the most popular areas in the park.

We talked about how "Old Faithful" is an icon of Yellowstone. We watched a video on how geysers work. We also saw the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and a lot of different wild life.





We talked about the rain shadow, the water cycle and The Great Salt Lake.

Missoula, MT

Whitney showed us around town and she brought us some elk to taste! We talked about the food chain and why the DNR has to keep in check with the help of hunters.

This is a great town!! SO much to see and do!! I would have loved to go to college here! They loved bikes too!!

Did you know that Missoula has a city wide read in once a year! This town loves to read and it shops up in their community! The Clark Fork River was filthy, so what did they do? Blame others? No! They cleaned it up as a group. They think on their feet. The river front is beautiful with sculptures and views that warm the heart. What a completely awesome town! They have an International Choral Festival. They are proud of their gardens and want their produce to stay local. This is a progressive place with a college campus that is a "city within a city." I am going to hike up to the "Big M" tonight.

Glacier National Park, MT

What a great time and what a beautiful place. So much to see and learn!! Here is just a little of our visit with Ranger Tony! (We also had a 2EE first today by using Skype as part of the presentation!!)


Grandpa Vic joined us through video too!

Spokane, WA

Bob showed us around his beautiful city. There is a lot to see and do here! I learned so much about Spokane that I didn't know! Every city in the US has so many wonderful secrets! Did you know that Spokane is also call "The Lilac City?"

We also talked about supply and demand today!

The parks here are great and the sculptures bring the city to life. They even have a city clock that is still wound by hand!

Seattle, WA

Jenny showed us around the wonderful city of Seattle! The Fish Market was sooo fun and the Space Needle was really cool!

For all of the coffee drinkers out there, we are in the city where Starbucks started. It even smells like coffee here. It also smells like fish. We went to the fish market today, those guys are crazy. They love there job so much that they made a video about it called "Fish." They were very funny and very nice.

Portland, OR

We saw Crater Lake today.



What a cool place!! So beautiful and you are an hour from Mt. Hood and an hour from the Ocean! Portland has a great light rail system and is surrounded by 32 volcanoes! Thanks goodness none of them are active. We also read about Mt. St. Helens which doesn't seem like it is inactive at all!

Portland was wild! We went mountain biking and through the many rose gardens! The growing conditions are perfect in Portland and they grow giant vegetables.

We experienced a small tremor today!! Plate Tectonics!!

Redding, CA

We panned for gold too!!





We met James Blond today and he showed us around this beautiful part of California!

This is the second sunniest city in the US!! Lumber may have been the biggest industry but it is Tourism now! So much to see and do!!

Redding is a city in Northern California. It is the county seat of Shasta County, California, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 80,865.

Redding is the state's largest city north of Sacramento. It is the fourth largest city in the Sacramento Valley.

In 2004, the Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay was completed. The dramatic pedestrian span was designed by the noted Spanish architect-engineer-artist Santiago Calatrava and links the north and south campuses of the Turtle Bay Exploration Park. The pylon holds up the bridge support cables.

Turtle Bay Exploration Park, located along the banks of the Sacramento River, contains a museum and gardens. The campus features permanent and changing exhibitions hilighting art, history, horticulture, forestry and natural science.

Mt. Shasta seems like an amazing place with a lake and a river to boot! What fun! I think that we should rent a house boat tonight!!