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Places I Visited On My Road Trip of Awesomeness Earlier This Summer

  • Mount Rushmore
  • Wall Drug (Wall, South Dakota)
  • Gillette, Wyoming
  • Missoula, Montana (including dinner with 2 college roommates)
  • Spokane, Washington
  • Idaho (a gas station somewhere along I-90)
  • Columbia River Gorge
  • Horsetail & Multnomah Falls (Hood River, Oregon)
  • Portland, Oregon
  • Crescent City, California
  • Redwoods National Forest
  • A beach somewhere along the California coast
  • Trinidad Bay & Memorial Lighthouse (Trinidad, California)
  • Redding, California
  • Reno, Nevada (visit with the Lewis family)
  • Virginia City, Nevada
  • Lake Tahoe Overlook
  • Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah)
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Casa Bonita (Denver, Colorado, with another college friend)
  • State Capitol Building, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Huxley, Iowa (Aunt & Uncle’s house)

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Columbia River Gorge

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Multnomah Falls

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State Line

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Wyoming

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Salt Flats

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Casa Bonita

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Things I Did in July

  • Flew into Houston, Texas
  • Drove down to Galveston
  • Beach time
  • Dolphin watching tour
  • Watched 4th of July fireworks over the Gulf of Mexico
  • Had a visit from my parents and my nephew
  • Said goodbye at work to one of the most impressive leaders I’ve ever worked for
  • Conducted outdoor swim lessons for my first time
  • Kleindolph Family Reunion
  • Achieved Team Leader certification for the YMCA
  • Reunited with my high school BFF!
  • Spent lots of pool time
  • Read a bunch of books

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My Sister Michelle (In honor of her birthday today!)

  • Brilliant
  • Generous
  • Attentive
  • Loving
  • Quiet until you get to know her
  • Gracious
  • Thoughtful
  • Thought provoking
  • Mathematical genius
  • Puzzle solver
  • Actress (at least in murder mystery dinners)
  • Baby sister
  • Adoring Aunt
  • Youngest daughter
  • Soft spoken
  • Adventuresome
  • Funny
  • Sweetly silly
  • Gentle
  • Determined
  • Role Model
  • Marvelous
  • Magnificent
  • Michelle!