Dave & Dean's Senior Trip 1982

Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Rocky Mountain National Parks and points between and beyond. Starring Dean & Dave, with Bryce, Bob, and Jean, among others. For the title characters, it was post-Creston, pre-Michigan.

Wall Drug, Mount Rushmore, and Devil's Tower were visited as well. Rocky Mountain cameo appearance by Doug & Patty.

Jean-Michel Jarre's “Arpegiator” from 1982's The Concerts in China provides the soundtrack.

Dean & Dave's '82 Senior Trip

My first trip to Yellowstone

The Baird clan loaded into the Blue Goose (1967 Buick Special Wagon) and drove to Yellowstone in the summer of 1975. We also had stops in/at Mitchell, Laura Ingalls Wilder's space, Wall Drug, Mount Rushmore, The Tetons, Rocky Mountain, and others. That's a Leica rangefinder I'm shooting, an Elton John's Greatest Hits T that I'm wearing, and a "raised by wolves" 'do that I'm owning.

I became enthralled with Yellowstone. It captivated me more than any other "out west" destination did before or since. It remains my single favorite national park to this day.

Jean's video