[17 August, Tanju] If you are not into gambling or don’t find kitsch imitations of historical artifacts, monuments or even whole cities interesting, the heat and the crowds of Las Vegas are turn offs. But our main objective was to…
Grand Canyon after 20 years
[15-16 Aug, Tanju] We left Grand Teton hotel after witnessing the sunrise reflecting on the mountains. We had about 12 hour to drive to Grand Canyon so we left quickly around 7 am. We crossed Wyoming mountains and forests, Utah…
Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks
[14 August, Tanju] Grand Teton and Yellowstone are two neighboring national parks, Yellowstone is on the north. We arrived at our hotel on the evening of August 13th after an eight-hour drive. Our hotel, Jackson Lake Lodge, was situated in…
America: Grand Canyon Day 1
It’s been a while since I posted anything, but whenever I tried to write the internet went “NOPE!”! So yeah…. Anyway, we went to the Grand Canyon, saw lot of views, couldn’t make it to the sunset (it would have…
Bring Heavy Clothing and Gas Masks
We’ve just set out from our lodgings by the Jackson Lake, but I already miss the two national parks, Yellowstone and Teton, we visited in Wyoming. Home to a plethora of North American wildlife, including the majestic buffalo, and filled…
Where the buffalo roams
on Zehra’s suggestion we made brief early morning visit to the Badlands National Park when we left Wall for Mt. Rushmore. We were very lucky to see a few buffalo who are being reintroduced to the prairie after hunted to…
Mt. Rushmore
[13 August, Tanju] Elevation 1601 m. Black Hills National Forest. The monuments are 18 m in height.
On the way to Mt. Rushmore
We slept at Wall, SD after a 14 hour drive. Thank God for cruise control! After Wisconsin, light traffic, hundreds of miles of straight highway, and 75 mph limit made cruise control very attractive. We passed Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and…
Chicago Impressions
[11 August, Tanju] We arrived at Chicago at Sunday night. Our hotel was centrally located and family oriented. When I attempted to post my Niagara notes before down, I spilled water on my laptop’s keyboard. Thus we had to start…
Niagara notes
[9-10 August, Tanju] I’m delayed in writing but managed to update our Niagara picture gallery in the mean time. We left Boston with delay due to the slowness in the car rental place, then ran into some unexpected slow traffic…