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Day 4 - Today was busy. We woke up early, actually I just moved the kids to the back bed and started driving around 7 AM. We got the Craters of the Moon National Park, and it was fantastic. It was like traversing an alien planet. We hiked about a mile and a half to some caves. My son took awhile to warm up to the whole idea of spelunking, but eventually he was eager to clamber over the rocks. The Indian Cave was his favorite, it wasn't too dark, and you could hike all the way through and then come up deep in the lava fields. Then we hiked overland to get back to the trail, it was great. We finished up around noon, ate lunch, and then booked it to West Yellowstone. There we rented a car and ended up at a nice pub for dinner. I finally got some decent craft beer. That is an Elk Burger. It was delicious.

My son is totally team Iron Man. But that has more to do with the shooting rockets than politics.

Day 3 - Bit of a rest day in Idaho. The park we are at has mini golf and a waterslide, so we have been enjoying that. I went on a run and saw miles of farmland. Yesterday we crossed over Snake River Canyon, which was massive, but didnt snap a picture. Tomorrow is an early start to get to Crater of the Moon park, so pictures will resume.

It is hard to imagine that not being a headline for the Onion.

I just roll through PoE in story mode. No more complaints.

PoE is awesome and anyone who thinks otherwise is a bad person.

Those hills are actually a fairly popular motorcross area. My uncle takes his dirt bike out there regularly, and they have one of the big races every year in the area. Day 2 - We had a long travel day today, leaving Reno by 8:30 AM and getting to Twin Falls, Idaho by 7:30. We covered about 460 miles, I think. We passed some epic truck stops, with pretty much any service you can imagine. The drive went smoothly, I even got an hour nap while my wife took over the wheel. We made some time to stop at an amazing California Interpretive Trail Center. It was in the middle of nowhere, but it was huge and filled with all the history of the pioneers who came over in covered wagons. Very cool, and it was free! I'm sure someone will grumble about tax dollars

I was a bit worried that this trip would not happen. We had some major work to do on the RV, about $3000 total, and I had no idea where that would come from. But thankfully, we received a retroactive cost of living increase right before the summer, and it was enough to cover the expense. So with the RV running smoothly, I was able to book a 3 week trip for the summer. I will try and post a picture a day, depending on data availability. Day 1 - Our first stop is Reno, Nevada. We are staying at my Uncle's place for the night. They are serving pozole for dinner, score. We head off to Idaho tomorrow. I checked my previous year's threads, and it looks like the images are all broken. Please let me know if you can't see this pictures.

I relied heavily on the wiki page when playing Dead State. It was the only way I could keep track of all those people.

Thanks guys, I don't know if you remember but you both recommended a few books to me some months back. I enjoyed the Red Cloud book, and have been working my way through one called Empire of the Shadows. I'll be visiting Rushmore and Crazy horse on the same day as part of a tour. I'm not sure if they will touch on the conflicting history of the two, but I will be sure to discuss it with my kids. edit: I'll probably read a few of these after the trip too. I love reading about a place after a visit when I can really picture the landscape in my head. Reading Empire of the Shadows has been a slog because I do not really know what these places are like. Pictures don't do it justice.

T-minus 1 day until the big summer trip. We are heading up to Idaho, Yellowstone, South Dakota, and then down into Denver before we head back home. I've been packing the RV for days, I would have hit the road earlier but we needed to wait for my daughter's summer camp to end. As luck would have it, I poured the last beer in the keg tonight, so I've started in on the cleaning process. That way it will be ready for a new keg when we get home. Cleaning out the lines is crazy, I always find some new way to make a mess.

Yeah, I think that was the big difference between this and Dead State. I ended up caring about the people in Dead State. AoD is filled with jerks.

Origin. I rarely start it up, but when I do, they always seem to have some free game available. Peggle, Jade Empire, I think even Crusader: No Remorse was going at one point. Honestly it is less intrusive and runs better than Steam, but there isn't much reason for me to use it often.

That was well said, WoD.

My apologies, I did not realize this is about slavery.

I just don't see the tangible benefits to leaving. The EU may have a tremendous amount of problems, but does this fix any of them? But honestly I'm just parroting John Oliver here, it is hard to develop a real personal opinion when I am so far separated from it all. Good luck!

So many absolutes.

As long as he doesn't start to hate the passengers.

The no fly list is a complete violation of due process. It's a major problem.

The NRA would never let that get through. They don't even let the CDC do research on anything related to gun violence.

Trump is unlikable as well, so it's not much of a factor in this election.

That doesn't sound anything like the Disney version!

I just watched the Pirates send their backup catcher in to pitch and inning, and he struck out the Giant's best hitter this year. I love baseball.

So how did the government refer to David Koresh and Jim Jones? Radical Christians?

Rest assured the other girls will be ostracizing Jane after putting up those types of numbers. I've watched enough "Real Housewives" to know that.