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Lots of small adventures add up to big fun

7/19/2016

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​Lots of small adventures today that added up to a lot of fun. We started with a short drive from Riverton to Lander, WY for a visit to Sinks Canyon State Park. We had a really neat (and short) hike down to where Popo Agie River drops through a cave and disappears. And then, after taking a another short hike we could see where the river re-emerges in a pool filled with huge trout. The boys could purchase fish food for a quarter and managed to add a pound to each of the waiting trout. It was a really beautiful park and a nice find. We had lunch in Lander and then started our drive toward Dubois.
 
Along the way we stopped at a Native American cemetery that includes the gravesite of Sacajawea, the Native American who helped guide Lewis & Clark in their explorations of the West. The boys were fascinated by the gravesite and the memorial. Sacajawea’s grave was covered with all kids of small trinkets that people left as a tribute.
 
We returned to Lander for lunch and then continued the drive to Dubois for our night’s stay. Before checking into the hotel we visited the National Bighorn Sheep Center where we had a docent waiting to give us an introduction. After her intro and a video, the boys toured the museum and of course, visited the gift shop.
 
We checked into the Stagecoach Motor Inn and made arrangements for dinner. A crew of leaders scouted out restaurants that could handle us and we ended up with a nice place right across the street. We got their menu, took orders, and then boys got to swim or use the hot tub until time to go over for dinner.
 
There was free-choice time after dinner. Some boys went swimming and using the hot tub, others played basketball, a handful chilled in their rooms, and some loved making a dam in the Wind River right behind our motel.
 
It was a great day. Lots of boy fun. I can’t believe we’re down to our last handful of days.

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At Sinks Canyon State Park near Lander, Wyoming.
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    Mark Levin

    I never imagined that when I started taking kids on travel trips in 1978 that I would still be taking trips today! It has been a great ride and I'm looking forward to more.

    Over the years I've had the fortune to travel across the US several times, visit Canada several times, experienced Alaska, the Bahamas, Mexico, and Europe several times. 

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