Back in Pennsylvania for now...

After driving back to Minnesota and flying back to Pennsylvania, we are officially back in Huntingdon for now. Our cats, Jupiter and Callie, were happy to see us! We are going to be moving to Minnesota on June 30th. We had a great trip all over the West for our wedding and honeymoon. It was really nice to see everyone and we enjoyed the whole experience. We will be getting our photos from the photographers here in the next few weeks and we will post more wedding pictures then.
We'll update as the move approaches!

Black Hills, South Dakota

After spending a few days in Cody visiting with family and relaxing, we left Wyoming and started heading back toward the East. We are currently in Rapid City, South Dakota. On our way to Rapid City we stopped in Deadwood and played a few hands of blackjack. It was fun. Today we explored the Black Hills. First, we went to Mount Rushmore. It was interesting and worth seeing for the most part, although it is a bit over commercialized and over the top. We then went to Crazy Horse Monument. This monument is a bit more culturally sensitive and does a better job of attending to the history of the Native American population in the area. We enjoyed seeing the Native Americans selling their hand made crafts and jewelry. We then went on a drive through Custer State Park. We enjoyed this part of the day the most. There were less people and more opportunities to see unaltered mountains and native wildlife. We also encountered some non-native "wildlife" in the form of donkeys that also live in the park. They are used to humans feeding them, although they aren't supposed to, so they surrounded our car almost immediately. It was pretty funny!
Tomorrow we are headed out for our long drive back to Minnesota in preparation of flying back to Pennsylvania. The honeymoon is almost over but it has been fun to see all of the sites.

Jackson, Wyoming

After leaving Cooke City, we drove through Yellowstone National Park and arrived in Jackson, Wyoming. It was a great day in Yellowstone, with many animals out and not very many people. We saw a grizzly, wolves, a coyote, buffalo, and elk. Being from Wyoming, I love the mountains, especially when it is quiet because the tourists haven't arrived yet. In Jackson we stayed in a cute cabin, that we called the "honeymoon cabin." We took a tram ride up to the top of the Tetons at Teton Village ski resort. We also walked around town and took in the sites. It was a nice trip. After our time in Jackson we drove back through Yellowstone and arrived back in Cody for a few days. The highlights of the second Yellowstone day were a grizzly bear with her cubs and seeing Old Faithful erupt. We are now in Cody at a bed and breakfast. Today we went rock hunting with my dad. We found some neat fossils. So, overall it has been a nice honeymoon and lots of western site seeing. We will post pictures soon!