Cross Country

Hello everyone! I apologize for not getting to everyones email, I will get to them very soon I promise. I mentioned before how busy I was and didn’t really adlib. I was busy working on my finals and getting ready for our big trip. We are driving from central Illinois to Washington state making a stop in South Dakota at Mount Rushmore (thats where we are today) and also stopping in Montana to see my sister. I will be posting pictures as our trip progresses. I tried to bring my sewing machine, but Jason said it wouldn’t fit in the car I am already having withdrawls ;) 

Mount Rushmore was gorgeous, I had seen photos before but to to see it in person was amazing! Then we went to Rushmore Cave, we were actually inside the black hills. Now that was cool, literally, it was 58 degrees. The whole cave is made out of limestone. Very interesting. 

From there we went to Deadwood which was a thorough disappointment. We loved the show on HBO, and were soooo excited to see a very old historic town. NOT! it was a complete modernized version with nothing but casinos. Totally ridiculous and a complete waste of time. 

To make up for it we made it back to town in time to go to Bear Country! We got to drive through a wildlife preserve where bears, buffalo, reindeer, wolves, among many others run free. There must have been atleast 30 bears in one part, and they walked right up and rubbed against the side of our car. It was amazing. And just when I thought it was over, we got to see walk through a zoo type exhibit where there were baby bears! Now I hate to see animals caged up, but these were wild rescues. I think it is wonderful what they are doing. Here are some photos of Rushmore and the baby bears. I didn’t take any of the cave, it is so dark they don’t really turn out. 

This is Mount Rushmore… hahah Obviously. 

This is me with the Four Presidents way up there. 

 

These are two tiny cubs hugging.. okay they were wrestling but isn’t it cute! They were so adorable! Their little growls were so cute, there were about 15 of them and they were rowdy!! I wanted to pick them up and cuddle. The caretaker came in and they ran over to her climbing up on her legs. She picked up the runt and kissed her. I want her job!

Another one of the baby cubs, aren’t they just adorable!

Well I am off to bed. 5am tomorrow we are off to Montana. I haven’t seen my nieces in 3 years and I can’t wait! We will be camping, well we are in a cabin, but still we are at a campground. I will be sure and post pictures. Hope everyone is doing well!

xoxo

Hannah

 

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Playing Hookie!

   

 

Yes those are my feet. LOL. I woke up with a long list of things to do yesterday, but Jason had different plans. Our car had to go into the shop for some repairs before our big trip to Washington in two weeks and Jason wanted to drive the rental car…. *shaking my head* men! The truth is lately I have been feeling kind of down, I miss home. Home for me is on the west coast. I miss Washington and Oregon, the midwest is sometimes very difficult for me. Jason knows that I have a love for historical towns and the “feel” that they have, so he did his research and told me “we’re playing hookie”. What? I have purses to make, websites to finish, I have important things to do… nope not today. He surprised me by taking me to St. Charles Missouri a two hundred year old town right on the Mississippi. Oh my, it was adorable. Ten blocks of unique boutiques, overflowing flower pots, brick buildings covered in ivy, brick roads, gas lamp posts, verandas filled with people eating, the smell of hyacinths mixed with incense, I was in heaven. I didn’t want to come home, but he made me ;) 

xoxo 

Hannah

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