Kit and I have just completed a 2,512 mile road trip through Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Oregon. This is an annual custom for us around the time of our wedding anniversary. The October crowds are thin and the fall foliage is spectacular. We even drove through falling snow. Our country is magnificent.    

We cut through Yellowstone and Grand Tetons parks. Due to its shutdown, the government had instructed the Park Service personnel to basically abandon their posts.  They then left the gates to both parks wide open for visitors to come and go as they pleased. We saw a lot of wildlife including a herd of bighorn sheep. But the animal highlight was a bull elk bugling as he followed his harem of cows.   

Drew visited historic sites along Lewis and Clark’s journey from Missouri to the Pacific and the famous Oregon Trail. Kit enjoyed cute towns and restaurants. The picture shows Kit in Jackson Hole. The insert is Drew’s face as he took a selfie trying to take a photo of Kit. You’d look this way too while driving 2,512 miles.