Salt Lake City, UT

We learned a ton about Salt Lake City and The Great Salt Lake! We learned what a hub was, why a capital city is important, and about the history of the city. What a wild story!

Mining booms and the construction of the first transcontinental railroad initially brought economic growth, and the city became nicknamed the Crossroads of the West. In the 21st century the city has developed a strong outdoor recreation tourism industry (skiing and biking), become the industrial banking center of the U.S, and served as host to the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Reno, Nevada

We learned about rocks and why we shouldn't go to the casino tonight!

Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 180,480, making it the second-largest city in Nevada. Current census estimates, however, show the city's population has grown to approximately 214,000 but the city is now the third largest in the state, following Las Vegas and Henderson. Reno lies 26 miles north of the Nevada state capital, Carson City, and 22 miles northeast of Lake Tahoe in the high desert. The area of western Nevada and the California Sierra Nevada anchored by Reno has a population of approximately 650,000. Reno shares its eastern border with the city of Sparks. Reno, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World", is famous for its casinos, and is the birthplace of the gaming corporation Harrah's Entertainment. Reno residents are referred to as "Renoites."

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!

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.

Missoula, MT

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!

Glacier National Park!

Ranger Julia told us about Glacier National Park today. WOW! We learned about Glaciers, endangered animals, global warming and much much more!

This is an amazing place!! Talk about beauty and wonder!! It has been a while since I have been here and I am glad to be back!!

Glacier National Park is dominated by mountains which were carved into their present shapes by the huge glaciers of the last ice age. Evidence of widespread glacial action is found throughout the park in the form of U-shaped valleys, glacial cirques,arêtes and large outflow lakes radiating like fingers from the base of the highest peaks.

Spokane, WA

Beautiful city with tons to do! I learned so much about Spokane that I didn't know! Every city in the US has so many wonderful secrets! 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! We got to try Washington apples! It is the state fruit and they are delicious!

Seattle, WA

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.

There are some similarities between San Francisco and Seattle, they deal with earthquakes and they had their own gold rush.

The Space Needle was awesome. We ate lunch up there today!