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Six-a-half hour drive today to Cheyenne, Wyoming. We just missed Frontier Days. 

We could see forever with only faint mountains in the distance from time to time to break the horizon.

We had lunch in Laramie. Noone said "Howdy, partner" to me. Tricia reminded this is where they killed that boy a number of years ago for being gay. Hopefully, like the new pope, people here are beginning to outgrow their old selves.

Sunday - Monday: Salt Lake City

SLC is a surprisingly cool town. We ate at some fun places, checked out the temple complex, and walked around downtown. There's a lot of cyclist around town. You can even rent "green bikes" to get from one bike station to another.

A number of people have moved there from California. There's also a number of recent immigrants and refugees. For this reason Mormons make up less than half of the population.

Friday & Saturday - San Francisco

Chilly, foggy, and lots of traffic. Still, San Francisco is an interesting place with an endless supply of great restaurants. We visited the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, and watched a Giants game. Ainsley was so excited about Chinatown. She had been saving her money to buy a dress.

And two videos...

Friday - Thursday, Hoover Dam/Las Vegas/Yosemite

We've had dead phones and/or no 4G for quite some time (which was not bad at all). I can only post pics taken from my phone, which were not that many.

The high Sierras in Yosemite are amazingly beautiful. We'll go back! Tricia and I talked about hiking the John Muir trail. Mayne for our 50th birthdays?

The kids climbed up to the snow and played in it. They also stripped down to their underwear and jumped in a snow-fed lake at 10,000 feet elevation. I did too. It was FREEZING!

Argh, now i can't seem to transfer most of my pics to Blogger. You'll just have to trust me that they were really very cool!

Wednesday and Thursday: Grand Canyon