Friday, August 15, 1975

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.

Monday, August 14, 1972

California and points in between

This was a three-week family road trip extravaganza. Dena, Bob, Jean, Heather, Dean, and Bryce in a two-tone brown station wagon. Disneyland, Yosemite, Rocky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Badlands, and much more.