Dad's Trip Photos: Devil's Tower 2

More pics of Devil's Tower.

This isn't readable, but dad said the Native America story about the tower involved a giant bear chasing a tribe up the mountain and you can still see the claw marks where he tried to climb up.

Dad's Trip Photos: Devil's Tower 1

I pulled some pictures off of dad's old phone (at his request).  He's got a bunch of interesting trip pictures.  Unfortunately, I can't identify all of them, but these are pretty easy to figure out.  

Card Show: Christmas 2023

I'm not sure why I keep posting greeting cards, but it's seasonally appropriate at the moment.

Up first is actually a photo from my Aunt Judy.  They're in Springfield, Missouri and this the main Bass Pro Shop store done up for Christmas.  

Here's her card.

Her dog, Tucker, also sent a card.  He's a great dog.

And I thought the envelope was cute.

These are a couple of cards from thoughtful co-workers.  

One of my other co-workers gave everyone in the department a pair of socks with pictures of her face on them.  They even came in the little plastic gift box.  She definitely "won" Christmas.  We're loosely planning on all wearing the socks for a meeting sometime.  I'll update the post if I get a group picture.  

And this is a card from my dad's neighbors, who had us over for lunch on Christmas.  That was very nice of them.  Their two dogs and their cat also signed the card, which was a nice touch.    

And these are from some various charity giveaways.  

Dad's Epic Road Trip 2023 Part 5 Royal Gorge and Albuquerque

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Dad drove by Royal Gorge in Colorado.  It is not open to car traffic, only foot traffic.

You can just barely see the tramway cars travelling over the gorge.  There's also a zipline.  Dad has been to this place before when he was younger.

Dad came back through Albuquerque to visit his friend, Joe.  They went to Petroglyph National Monument.  For some reason, he took pictures of the housing development right next to the park.  (And for some reason, the city allowed new construction right next to the monument.)

Here's Joe.

And here's dad.

Dad's Epic Road Trip 2023 Part 4 Badlands and Colorado

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A view from the road in the Badlands, South Dakota.

Dad took a few pictures from the road in Colorado.  The top and bottom pictures are of Pike's Peak in Colorado Springs.  He was frustrated that it was covered in clouds the whole time.

Dad at a traffic light somewhere in Colorado.  (The pictures can't all be scenic.)

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Dad's Epic Road Trip 2023 Part 3 Buffaloes and Rushmore

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This is a tunnel built into the mountain in the Black Hills.  

Here's another view from the road.

Here's a herd of buffalo at Custer State Park, South Dakota.

 

A close up of a buffalo.

Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.  Dad has been to this area before when he was younger.

Part 4