We drove through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and into Wisconsin on Sunday, and stayed overnight at my aunt and uncle's house. They own a fantastically gorgeous old house, beautifully furnished, complete with stained glass and woodwork and nooks and crannies. I couldn't take very many pictures at all, because my stupid new camera holds only five pictures in its internal memory and I didn't have a memory card at the time I was having trouble with my camera. But here are a few:
Monday we drove through Wisconsin, Minnesota, and into South Dakota, where we stayed for the night. Minnesota has grass so green and lakes so blue that I will have to search very hard to find their like. There was a very lovely sunset that evening. It was that kind of sunset where the sky seems to be like one large rainbow, only its colors are pastel pinks and purples, blues and greens. Baby colors.
Today we drove through South Dakota and into Wyoming. Big sky country.
We decided to take a longer route through South Dakota and drive through the Bad Lands. I have never seen such stark, desolate, haunting beauty.
We also drove past Mount Rushmore, and took lots of wonderful pictures, but I can't upload them right now because they are on my parents' camera. My camera was *ahem* giving me technical difficulties again. (Besides, I was the one driving past Mt. Rushmore, so I couldn't very well have taken any pictures.) But of course, everyone has seen pictures of Mt. Rushmore, so perhaps it's not such a big deal. It was incredible, though, to see it "in real life".
These are all the pictures I have right now, but hopefully I will upload more soon. Something I wish I had snapped: while we were in South Dakota, I saw a hotel sign that read, "Imaginary Friends Stay For Free!"
It made my day.
Pax,
Clare
3 comments:
Those pictures were so beautiful! They make my heart sing with joy! In fact, thinking of you makes my heart scream with joy... I loved the last quote from the hotel. It proves that you are deep in the west, with the rawness of God's creation, and the beauty of things untouched by man. I am so happy for you!
ahhhhhhhhh....big sky....how that ministers to my heart.....peace, darling....
ROAD TRIP! I always end up singing "Movin' Right Along" from The Muppet Movie on road trips. And I love rock structures...
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