Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - cleaned up camp and drove to see Saratoga National Historical Park (and Bennington, Vermont ?) - (did we drive via MA-2 and US-202 to I-495 ?) - (home late in the evening ?)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - spent day swimming in lake (Great Sacandag ?) - camping again]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - left Rochester - drove into Ontario (crossed at Windsor ?) - viewed Niagara Falls from the Canadian side (and then the New York side ?) - continued east on I-90 - eventually made it into Adirondack State Park (where did we camp ?)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - visiting with Aunt Frances & Uncle Peirce - Leslie and Lynne (and John ?) - watched Tigers playing a game (Jack Morris vs. A's ?) - got dark very late...]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - drove over to University of Notre Dame campus - visited Brother Theodore (Grammy's friend) - then drove to Rochester, Michigan, for the night - stayed with Uncle Peirce and Aunt Frances]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - (started day in Minnesota ?) - crossed Mississippi near La Crosse, Wisconsin (got out and dipped feet in River) - continued I-90 into Illinois and Indiana - (stayed the night near South Bend (?)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - (did we explore any of Rapid City ? - Mount Rushmore driveby ?) - stopped at Wall Drug (Dad excited) - Mitchell Corn Palace in evening - (into Minnesota on I-90) - (camping ?)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - visited Devil's Tower National Monument (used US-14 ?) - back on I-90 into South Dakota - explored Deadwood - got campsite near Black Hills Passion Play (Spearfish) - (dinner in Rapid City ?) - Passion Play after dark]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - up early - stopped (in morning ?) at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Custer's Last Stand) - continued into Wyoming - (probably stayed the night near Gillette) - (camp ?)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - up early - continued east (stopped rarely) - near Billings, continued I-90 (vice I-94) - stopped for the night west of Little Bighorn...]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - (probably WA-174 to US-2) - used I-90 through Spokane and into Idaho - didn't stop often - through Lookout Pass into Montana - stopped (for night ?) at Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site (camp ?)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - got up early and drove north to Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument - drove east to Yakima - (probably drove on I-90, WA-283, WA-155 - stopped at Grand Coulee Dam on Columbia River (took tour) - (probably spent night nearby)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - spent the day in Portland (Washington Park Zoo) - late in the afternoon tried to waterski on Columbia River - one more night with Dad's friend (?)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - first stop was Sea Lion Caves (morning - had fight with Mom - waited while everyone else went through caves...) - later drove north on US-101 - (quoits with Dad on beach ?) - (probably switched to OR-18 and drove east) - stayed the night with Dad's friend in Portland]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - drove around University of Oregon - swimming at (Fern Ridge Reservoir ?) - after lunch, continued on OR-126 to coast - (probably stayed the night near Florence ?)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - visited Crater Lake National Park - (probably) took OR-138 to US-97 and then OR-58 towards Eugene - stopped at Salt Creek Falls (near Willamette Pass) - arrived in Eugene in the evening - dinner with friend of Mom & Dad (from college) - (hotel for the night ?)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - (Redwood National Park) - crossed border into Oregon (on US-199) - drove over to visit Oregon Caves National Monument (near Cave Junction) - continued to Grants Pass and on to town of Trail - visited Cole Rivers Fish Hatchery - (camped nearby for the night ?)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - left Castro Valley - (probably) followed US-101 - visited Redwood National Park (Avenue of the Giants) - (camped for the night ?)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - church - staying in Castro Valley with Aunt Judy & Uncle Jim]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - visited Golden Gate Bridge (?) - staying in Castro Valley with Aunt Judy & Uncle Jim]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - visited San Francisco (?) - took Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) - staying in Castro Valley with Aunt Judy & Uncle Jim]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - visiting Aunt Judy & Uncle Jim in Castro Valley]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - left Solvang - (used Pacific Coast Highway ?) - drove to San Francisco area (Castro Valley)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - visiting - staying with Aunt Nelle & Uncle Terry (Solvang)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - visiting - staying with Aunt Nelle & Uncle Terry (Solvang)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - visiting - staying with Aunt Nelle & Uncle Terry (Solvang)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - visiting - staying with Aunt Nelle & Uncle Terry (Solvang)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - visited Solvang (?) - staying with Aunt Nelle & Uncle Terry]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - church - staying with Aunt Nelle & Uncle Terry (Solvang)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - visiting - staying with Aunt Nelle & Uncle Terry (Solvang)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - visiting - staying with Aunt Nelle & Uncle Terry (Solvang)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - visiting - staying with Aunt Nelle & Uncle Terry (Solvang)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - visiting - staying with Aunt Nelle & Uncle Terry (Solvang)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - visiting - staying with Aunt Nelle & Uncle Terry (Solvang)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - drove from San Fernando Valley to Solvang - staying with Aunt Nelle & Uncle Terry]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[church with family - visiting - staying in San Fernando Valley (Granada Hills)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - visiting - (Disneyland?) - staying in San Fernando Valley (Granada Hills)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - early start - (drove around on the Strip) - (visited Hoover Dam ?) - left Las Vegas area in the afternoon - drove (via I-15 and I-10) to San Fernando Valley (Grenada Hills), CA - (stayed with Tammie and Alan ?)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - up early - continued on I-15 south until we were able to use back roads to visit Cedar Breaks National Monument - then made our way to Zion National Park - stayed there for a short time - next, left Utah and crossed a corner of Arizona - continued into Nevada - arrived in Las Vegas in the late afternoon - staying with Shorty and Charlene (cousins: Joy, Mary and John) - my parents went out to the Strip in the evening and I played strategy games (with dice) with John]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - left early and drove across Utah (on I-70 and I-15) - ended up at a campground with horseback riding (Beaver, UT, on I-15)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - left Rocky Mountain NP in the morning - drove over to Grand Junction (I-70 ?) - visited Colorado National Monument - filming for the movie "American Flyers" going on while we were there (couldn't see the whole park) - (likely continued into Utah and there camped)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - spent day in Rocky Mountain National Park]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - spent day in Rocky Mountain National Park - (possible Elitch Gardens - amusement park)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - up early - drove over to Wray *another town where Mom's family had lived - an old man on bicycle gives us tour of old museum with painting of family home - used US-34 (and I-76 ?) all the way to the northern suburbs of Denver - entered Rocky Mountains (camped ?)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - somehow we survived the night - drove west on US-6, paralleling Republican River - stopped at Massacre Canyon near McCook - changed to US-34 and crossed the NE/CO border near Wray (CO) - (hotel ?)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - left campground and made our way towards Nebraska (US-183 ?) - drove into Orleans, where Mom's family used to live - spent some time there before heading west again - camped in Swanson Res. State Recreation Area (Stratton, NE) - (HUGE storm clouds in distance) - scary night as a (tornado ?) hit the camp - didn't sleep very much at all]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - spent the day driving across the state (towards Kansas City) - stopped (late) at Harry S. Truman Home (Independence) - crossed into Kansas late (I-70) - KOA campground near Salina]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - visited Lincoln's birthplace (in Hodgenville) before getting on the road again - (drove up into Indiana - more Lincoln sites ?) - (probably used I-64) to Saint Louis - spent the night in that area (?)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - Kentucky Horse Park - drove over (Bluegrass Parkway ?) to visit Abraham Lincoln's boyhood home (Hodgenville) - (probably camping in same area)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - woke up to sunrise in "Hidden Valley" (mountains all around) - Cass Scenic Railroad - National Radio Astronomical Observatory - drove through West Virginia to Kentucky (I-64) - (hotel near Lexington ?)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - Harpers Ferry - Seneca Rocks - camping in Monongahela National Forest (very remote site...)]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - explored Amish Country (railroad museum) - (drove to) Gettysburg - overnight at ______]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - visited Sesame Place in Langhorne (PA) - drove out to Lancaster County in the evening - camped in big field]

Summer Family Vacation - Day X

[date uncertain - left Cape Cod and drove (via I-95) down to Pennsylvania - (hotel ?)]

Boston, MA (USA)

[field trip to Boston ("City Experience") with Architectural Drafting Class - spent all day exploring in Boston - we had an architecture project to do: find examples of different styles, take photos and (later) write a report]