60-60-60: “Best of” list

​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