Welcome to the West Coast

We made it. Finally. We made a stop in Portland, Oregon and then continued down the coast. We are currently in California, about 2 hours away from San Francisco. On our way down through California we drove through the Redwoods : )









-Two Biddies

Montana, Where We Became Old Ladies.

Now, I'm not saying that being an old lady is a bad thing, I mean they get to do cool things: dye their hair that funky bluish color, get discounts wherever they damn well please, have people carry their groceries, and most importantly TOUR MANSIONS AT 2 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON! WOO!

Our purpose for going to Montana (other than all the amazing and enlightening billboards, my personal favorite: "Today is a good day to keep all of your fingers", a great reminder to all of the people working in Montana) was to visit Glacier National Park. Unfortunately when we arrived at the park, the road and view to the glacier was blocked. Since we had some time to kill we decided to visit The Conrad Mansion in Kalispell.



This place was pretty wild for being built in 1895. Built in water coolers, call bells, elevators, and even good ol' FDR stayed here.





Just relaxin'.

Although it wasn't what we planned to do, we did have a good time.

Oh, and we found a store that was covered wall-to-wall in cowboy boots. God Bless the West.



-Two Biddies

Taurus Update: Linda's Soul Sistas

For any of you who actually know Amie, you obviously know about her beautiful ride, AKA Linda. We've been keeping tabs on how many Taurus' we've seen on the road since Maine (Soul Sistas).

So far the count is:

52 Old School
1 Transformed Gracefully into a Cop Car
1 New Model Taurus (who would actually choose this as a brand new vehicle?)

-Two Biddies

Wyoming: Land of Cowboys, Bears, and Bugling Elk

This is by far the most amazing shot from Yellowstone, if you only have time to look at one thing, look above, please. Look at how amazingly well the creator of this warning did: The little guy thinking he's pulling a fast one by sneaking off the path, the girl acting shocked, and my favorite part, the adult blatantly walking away (they caught me in etch drawing).


Wyoming seemed to take forever to get through, but it was well worth it when we arrived to Yellowstone National Park. It was by far one of the most beautiful places around, and it was also a pro that we were not ripped apart by a grizzly bear.





This big fella was our greeting to the park, he was just walking down the road when we pulled in.





The "Grand Canyon" of Yellowstone.








One of our favorite things that we did in Yellowstone was the walk through West Thumb on Lake Yellowstone. There were a ton of geysers. This geyser was known for visitors catching fish and then cooking them without taking them off the line...how ingenious.









It's mating season for elk, not only did we hear them bugling at night to impress the ladies, but we saw these two doing a little dance in the middle of one of the villages in the Park. The one on the left was dueling for the five or six lady elk that we was chilling with, what a stud.






Fittingly, on our way out of the park, we were again greeted by bison, lots and lots of bison.










See you on the West Coast.


-Two Biddies

Mount Rushmore or Bust...Total Bust

After gathering up our belongings from the Badlands and checking into a hotel, we awoke the next morning to go and see the handsome mugs of our Prez's at Mount Rushmore. Mother Nature had opposing thoughts; it was freezing and rainy outside...boo.



How beautiful is that fog?!



This is the closest we came to scoping out the men in the mountain - on a gosh darn soda machine outside of the bathroom.



Almost made us donate, but then we remembered that we didn't actually see Mount Rushmore; we aren't suckers.

Hopefully one day we make it back to see the American beauty.

-Two Biddies

Badlands, SD: Beward of Bison, Rattlesnakes, & Wild Winds

Our plan was to camp out in Badlands National Park, but we decided that we would rather have a tent in the morning and pay up for a hotel. The winds were wicked, so we packed up and drove towards our next stop, Mount Rushmore.





Other than not being able to camp in the park, The Badlands were insane, the pictures do not do it justice. At all. Driving from Minnesota to the park, all there was were billboards for the largest pharmacy on planet earth (Wall Drug) and this:





And then BAM:







They didn't charge at us, but we saw one of our friends take a poo.


Overall, great day.




-Two Biddies

A Note to the Parental Units, AKA GG and Wild Bill

1. We are safe: there are no other campers around us, literally.



2. Just for you Wild "Dad" Bill: we can handle the rain, and we know you wanted everyone to laugh/see our tarp. Thanks for the wise choice in color, it screams "Biddy Alert!".



We love ya.

-Two Daughters