Mid West Road trip, Vacation

 In July we went on a spontaneous drive in my husbands Nissan GTR, through the midwest.  It's always fun to take that car out, its a show stopper and people tend to react to it.. usually by taking pictures and hanging out of their cars for a closer look.

We went from Texas to Minnesota.  From Minnesota we decided to go to Devils Tower in Wyoming.  I love Wyoming, I lived there briefly when I was 9. I have quite a few fond memories of there.  I chose to go see Devils Tower again because when I was 9 we went there and I fell in love with it. There is truly something totally majestic and wonderful about Devils Tower.  We stayed in a little cabin in Hulett, Wyoming for the night.  On our way to the next leg on our trip we actually drove by the town I lived in when I was 9. Wright, Wyoming, pretty cool to see though we didn't stop to visit it. 

Devils Tower 

Where we stayed.

The next leg of our trip was to Estes Park, Colorado.  We decided to stay at The Stanley Hotel.  It's a beautiful hotel.  I was actually shocked with the area.  I was half expecting a grand hotel in the middle of the mountains with nothing any where near it. What I got was a grand hotel with Estes Park pretty much up to the hotels dooryard.  But the area was GORGEOUS and The Stanley is a beautiful hotel.

the grand staircase

our view from our room

morning view from our window

The Stanley Hotel

Just a view in Colorado

The next day we headed home, unfortunately no ghostly encounters were had at The Stanley.  We say a lot of abandoned buildings and many beautiful sites in our 3000 mile 9 states drive.  We'll need to do it again.. Ill do another post with some of the abandoned buildings and sites we saw.. It was a wonderful and fun trip with my best friend and husband, Craig.