Favorites and Best Of list:
As we traveled across the country, some elements we encountered over and over. So then we had to pick the “Best”. Here is the last wrap up of the 60-60-60 trip!
- Most surprising state on the trip
Ruth - Nebraska, Cheryl - Idaho
- Favorite Trees - Redwood National and State Parks, CA
- Favorite Rocks - Arches National Park, UT
- Favorite Scenic drive - Beartooth Scenic Byway, MT
- Favorite Crops - winter wheat and rapeseed
- Favorite Lava - Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, ID
- Favorite Indian Trading Post - Fort Union Trading Post NHS, ND
- Favorite Fort -
Ruth - Fort Larned NHS, KS
Cheryl- Fort Smith NHS, OK/AR
- Favorite Walk - John Day Fossil Beds NM, OR - blue cliffs
- Favorite Bird - orange headed grosbeak, in Rose Creek Preserve outside Pullman, WA
- Favorite Animal -
large - moose in Rocky Mountain NP, CO & Idaho
Small - marmot - in Beartooth, MT
- Favorite Ruins - Aztec Ruins NHS, NM
- Favorite Mounds - Hopewell Culture NHP, OH
- Favorite Volcano - Newberry Volcano, LaPine,OR
- Favorite Civil rights - Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home NM, MS
- Favorite Native American site - Nez Perce NHP, ID
- Favorite Ice Age - Palouse Falls State Park Heritage Site, WA
- Favorite Historic or Scenic trail - Oregon National Historic Trail, ID, KS, NE, OR, WA, WY
- Favorite Visitor Center - California Trail Center BLM site, NV
- second place, Wyoming state visitors center
- Favorite Park Ranger - Leon at Fort Union Trading Post, ND
- Favorite National Park overall - Theodore Roosevelt NP, ND
- Favorite Beach - Olympic NP, WA
- Favorite Sand Dunes - Great Sand Dunes NP & Preserve, CO
- Favorite Civil War site - Wilson's Creek NB, MO
- Favorite Quilt - Lincoln Log Cabin State Park, IL
- Favorite Living History - Nicodemus NHS, KS
- Favorite Engineering site - Gateway Arch NP, MO, and Golden Spike Tower, NE
- Favorite Mural - Cuba, MO
- Favorite Roadside art - Bronze statues, Raymond, WA
- Favorite BnB - Clinton, OK
- Favorite Hotel - Econolodge, all over
- Favorite Restaurant Meal - Belle Fourche, SD Mexican dinner
- Favorite Fossils -
Animals - Agate Fossil Beds NM, NE
Trees and insects - Florissant Fossil Beds NM (and Night sky, CO
- Favorite Battlefield - Little Big Horn NM, MT
- Favorite Rainbow - driving from Wy to Scotts Bluff NM, NE
