Along life's highway

Here are a few more photos of things we've seen along the way. Beautiful nature, critters of all kinds, and even some wildlife in our own Jeep.

Keep in mind these were mostly all taken from the Jeep as we move along. Not all are of the greatest quality and none were taken within a national park or refuge. Those are still to come.

I do want to clear up any confusion and say that we came to South Dakota for fun, not for another Residency interview. I'd never seen Mount Rushmore and since we were so close (and had a couple days to kill between interviews) we figured we should.

And on a side note, for those keeping tabs, we've completed six interviews as of today (12/7). We have another Tuesday morning in Cheyenne and another Friday in Alaska. After that we'll take a break for visiting family and the holidays. January we'll be in Fort Collins for Benjamin's family medicine rotation and will complete the ninth and final interview during our time there.

But that's later, for tonight here are a smattering of photos from our days on the road in Idaho (we had an interview in Pocatello), Utah, Colorado (we had an interview in Grand Junction), Wyoming and South Dakota.

Did you notice how alert the dogs (in their Christmas collars, I may add) are in their first photo, but by the end they're bored? That's not your imagination at work; I really do think they're over all this coming and going. But come Wednesday, Grandpa is taking them back down to Texas (along with our Jeep) while we go to Alaska. They'll have some good quality time with him and all my family while we're up checking out life outside the Lower 48.  Think he'll let them sleep in the bed with him and Grandma?