2023 attractions, part 4

Concluding the summary of some of the attractions we visited in 2023. With some sneak peeks of places we visited recently that haven’t been posted about yet!

This is part four of four, covering October through December, inclusive. Start with part one, or check out part two or part three, if you haven’t already.

October 2023

Yellowstone Lake area:

Sylvan Lake

Yellowstone Grant area:

West Thumb Geyser Basin

Yellowstone Old Faithful area:

Geyser

Yellowstone Madison area:

Grand Prismatic Spring

Yellowstone Norris area:

Norris Geyser Basin

Yellowstone Mammoth area:

Mammoth

Yellowstone Tower-Roosevelt area:

Tower Fall

Yellowstone Canyon area:

Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Yellowstone old west cookout and wagon ride:

Horses and wagons

Chief Joseph Scenic Byway:

Interesting landscape

Buffalo Bill Dam:

Dam

Buffalo Bill Center of the West:

Buffalo Bill museum

Bighorn scenic drive:

Bighorn Canyon

Crazy Woman Canyon:

Crazy Woman Canyon

Devils Tower National Monument:

View from West Road

November 2023

Theodore Roosevelt National Park North Unit:

Scenery

Theodore Roosevelt National Park South Unit:

Wild horses

Pitchfork Steak Fondue and Medora Musical:

Medora Musical

Black Hills area:

Spearfish Canyon Highway

Jewel Cave National Monument:

Cave formations

Crazy Horse Memorial:

Crazy Horse Memorial

Mount Rushmore National Memorial:

Mount Rushmore

Badlands National Park:

Badlands

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site:

Delta-01 Launch Control Center

Wall Drug:

Wall Drug

Wind Cave National Park:

Bison

Custer State Park:

Cathedral Spires Trail hike

Iron Mountain Road:

Tunnels

December 2023

Kansas rocks:

Monument Rocks

Route 66 in Tucumcari, New Mexico:

Route 66 in Tucumcari, New Mexico

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta morning sessions:

Balloons

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta evening sessions:

Balloons

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta flight:

Aerial view

Annular solar eclipse:

Eclipse

Cadillac Ranch:

Cadillac Ranch

Palo Duro Canyon State Park:

Canyon view

Hot Springs National Park (blog post coming in January):

Ozark

Garvan Woodland Gardens (post coming in January):

Anthony Chapel

Graceland (post coming in January):

Graceland mansion

Natchez Trace Parkway (post coming in February):

Laurel Hill Road

New Orleans (post coming in February):

French Quarter

New Orleans airboat swamp tour (post coming in February):

Alligator

New Orleans Oak Alley Plantation (post coming in February):

Big house

New Orleans Steamboat Natchez Sunday Brunch Jazz Cruise (post coming in February):

Steamboat Natchez

The National WWII Museum (post coming in February):

WWII museum

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve (post coming in February):

Chalmette Battlefield

New Orleans St Louis Cemetery Number 1 (post coming in February):

Cemetery tombs

New Orleans Celebration in the Oaks:

Holiday lights

Lambert’s Cafe (post coming in February):

Fried okra

Fort Morgan State Historic Site (post coming in February):

Fort

USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park (post coming in February):

USS Alabama

Lots of fun activities!