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West Trip 2011 - Overview

Changde Wu    2020-03-15


This is the expanded family travel in year 2011. This was a fast moving scenic tour across many states, but mostly Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and South Dakota.

(1) Travel Itinerary


     Date      Itinerary Place for Night
08/25 Th 11:45 PM Arrive Denver CO, Pick up rental car with last shuttle bus Denver, CO
08/26 F Colorado State Capitol, Air Force Academy
Great Sand Dunes National Park
South Fork,CO
08/27 Sa Mesa Verde National Park Mexico Hat, UT
08/28 Su Monument Valley, Mexico Hat, Utah Goosnecks State Park, Muley Point Overlook
Natural Bridge National Monument
Canyonlands National Park (Needles part)
Moab, UT
08/29 M Arches National Park
Canyonlands National Park(Island in the Sky)
Orem, UTah
08/30 Tu Utah Lake State Park, Utah State Capital, Temple Square
Antelope Island State Park
Logan, Utah
08/31 W Grand Teton National Park
Yellow Stone National Park SW portion
Grant Village, Wy
09/01 Th Yellow Stone National Park(Old Faith, Norris)
Grant Village, Wy
09/02 F Yellow Stone National Park
Bear Tooth Mountain Highway, Cody MT
Sheridan, Wy
09/03 Sa Devils Tower
Mount Rushmore National Monument
Rapid City, SD
09/04 Su Badlands National Park Fort Collins, CO
09/05 M Rocky Mountain National Park Airplane

(2) Photos of daily highlight

Travel photos are listed in chronological order.

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P1 US Air Force Adedemy, Colorado Springs
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P2 Great Sand Dunes National Park
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P3 The Country Side of Colorado
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P4 The valley at the western foothill of Continent Divide on Colorado Rt. 160
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P5 Overview of the Chimney Rock
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P6 Mesa Verde National Park
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P7 Another Chimney Rock around Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park Visitor Center
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P8 Monument Valley
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P9 Mexico Hat
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P10 Utah Goosnecks State Park
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P11 View from Moki Dugway Lookout
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P12 Natural Bridge National Monument
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P13 Canyonlands National Park (Needles part)
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P14 Arches National Park
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P15 Mesa Arch at Canyonlands National Park
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P16 Stormy Sky at Canyonlands National Park
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P17 Utah Lake State Park, Provo, UT
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P18 Temple Square, Salt Lake City
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P19 Antelope Island State Park, Utah
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P20 The evening of Antelope Island State Park
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P21 Grand Teton National Park
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P22 Jackson Lake, Grand Teton National Park
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P23 The early night at old faithful geyser, Yellow Stone National Park
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P24 Yellow Stone National Park
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P25 Sunset at Norris Geyser Basin, Yellow Stone National Park
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P26 Hot spring in the Lake, West Thumb, Yellow Stone National Park
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P27 Morning at West Thumb, Yellow Stone National Park
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P28 Great Gray Owl, the first owl saw ever in my life
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P29 Yellow Stone Falls
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P30 The top of Bear Tooth Mountain Highway
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P31 Devils's Tower
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P32 Mountain Rushmore, SD
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P33 Badlands National Park
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P34 Rocky Mountain National Park
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P35 Shadow Mountain Lake to the South of Rocky Mountain National Park

West Trip 2010 - Summary
My 2013 Colorado Plateau Trip Overview