IN AND AROUND DENVER

At our campground

Empower Field,  the home field of the Denver Broncos

Empower Field

The Unsinkable Molly Brown's  House

At the Performing Arts Center

Grilled trout and eggs for brunch

Monument to Crazy Horse, work in progress

The Scovel Johnson Tunnel (10'9" X 11')

The  view of Mt. Rushmore coming out of the Johnson Tunnel

The Gideon Tunnel  (11'6" X  10'9")

View of Mt. Rushmore from inside the Doane Robinson Tunnel (12'  x 11'4")

How part of the road looked on the GPS

Mt. Rushmore

South Dakota is the 14th State/Province that we've been in on this trip.

We had to drive the Wind Cave National Park area to get to Custer State Park

This will be our 3rd visit to Custer State Park.  Our first one was in Sept,  2016

Pronghorn

A Pronghorn family on our evening cruise around Curt Gowdy State Park

The end of a wonderful Wyoming day.

"Day is done

 Gone the sun"

Front Entrance to Wyoming State Capitol At Cheyenne

Front Entrance to Wyoming State Capitol At Cheyenne

One of only 10 gold leaf domes on state capitols in US. It is 146 ft tall from grade level to top of spire and 50 ft in diameter.

In the Rotunda

Looking up into the dome

Looking up into the dome

We took a "back road" from Utah to Wyoming and passed Mirror Lake, appropriately named.

Seeing our first traffic jam in WY

Seeing our 2nd traffic jam in WY.  Glad we weren't going that direction.  It was caused by construction.  

Entering Curt Gowdy State Park

The edge of the Great Salt Lake.  Water level very low due to drought and lack of snow this past winter.

Utah's Governor's Mansion

Utah State Capitol

Looking at the Perrine Bridge, completed in 1976.  It is 1,500 ft. long rising 486 ft. above the Snake River

The Perrine Coulee Falls is 200  feet tall, over 30 ft. taller than Niagara Falls. We are able to see if from several locations,  at the top, at the bottom, and from a distance.  Quite impressive.

The Perrine-Coulee Falls and the road going from the top to the level of the Snake River

The Snake River, looking toward the place were Evil Knievel tried to jump from rim to rim on a motorcycle in 1974.

The massive valley around the Snake River Canyon

Shoshone Falls

We spent of 3 hours here and didn't see it all.

We were able to attend an hour long, very interesting program about owls

The star of the  program was Oliver, a 9 year old Verreaux's Eagle Owl, also called a Milky Eagle Ow.

Oliver, the male Milky Eagle Owl

Oliver was untethered and free flying over the area but would come back to the handler for treats (meeses pieces)

The Center is part of a California Condor Breeding Program.  The Condor is one of the world's rarest bird species.

Idaho State Capitol in Boise

In the rotunda looking up into the dome

Idaho Senate Chamber

Idaho House of Representative Chamber

House Chamber Skylight

Huge statue of George Washington carved from a single tree

World's largest Pringle Potato Chip.  It is 25 inches long and over 14 inches wide.

Big Sky Resort, Big Sky, Montana

near Big Sky, MT

Paintbrushes in bloom

Bald Eagle near our campsite

Construction to replace the Copper on the Dome