Here are pictures from our trip to Madison, WI.

   

 

On our way...
         
First night at Santa Fe, NM...    
         
Second night visit with relatives in Denver, CO...   Saying good bye to great Aunt Marlene & Uncle Dave...
         
With Shari, Kelsey's first occupational therapist...   With Shari, Shaina and Koby...
         
Third night visit with relatives in Ft. Collins, CO...   Posing with great Aunt Judy and Uncle Don...
         
The next day we drove to South Dakota and saw buffalo in Custer State Park, SD...   And deer, too...
         
And some more buffalo...    
         
And some more buffalo...    
         
Lots of buffalo!!!
         
There were so many buffalo...   ...that there was a traffic jam of cars stopped to let the buffalo cross the road!!!
         
We had to go through four tunnels carved into the mountain...    
         
Mt. Rushmore on the other side of the tunnel...   We had to cross several wooden bridges to get to Mt. Rushmore...
         
Mt. Rushmore with Daddy...   Mt. Rushmore with Mommy...
         
     
         
     
         
     
         
We even saw a Mountain Goat in the parking lot at Mt. Rushmore...      
         
Fourth night stay in Spearfish, SD.   Morning at the hotel...
         
A little bit of Fall foliage...   One last bit of foliage before we drive to Sioux Falls, SD...
         
A short stop in Rapid City, SD to visit Reptile Gardens...    
         
Petting a Galapagos tortoise...    
         
Waiting for the elevator...   Making friends with some Prairie Dogs...
         
     
         
Visiting the Sertoma Butterfly House in Sioux Falls, SD the next morning...
         
Marielle found a butterfly....   Here are some of the butterfly pictures we took while we were inside... (There were lots of other butterflies we did not get any pictures of)
         
       
A couple of huge, blue butterflies zoomed by...
         
Where did they go???   A nice visit at the butterfly house...
         

Marielle playing "shred the Kleenex®" along the way...

Visiting with more relatives in Beaver Dam, WI...
         
Marielle giving great Aunt Lois a back rub... Giving great Uncle John a "High Five"...
         
On the plane home to Tucson...