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Crazy Horse Memorial

Next we drove over to the Crazy Horse Memorial.  This was actually something we hadn’t planned on going to, but once we got here, decided that it was worth stopping at.  I honestly knew NOTHING about who Crazy Horse was or anything about this memorial prior but it also proved to be really interesting. A …

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Jewel Cave

Tuesday we left around noon and headed up north.  Our trip up was pretty uneventful – which is probably a good thing.  We arrived in Hill City, South Dakota a little after six that evening and found a little restaurant to eat at.  We got all checked-in and settled in our hotel for the night. …

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ARIZONA

Our first Berning Family Vacation was to the Grand Canyon State and it was awesome and beautiful and we would TOTALLY do it again! This was our first year doing what I know will become one of my favorite traditions ever! Arizona is one of those states where I feel like we could do at …

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Grand Canyon

We woke up early and drove up to Grand Canyon National Park.  Mark had never been there before and I hadn’t been to the South Rim before – and it was ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!  It was in the 60’s both days we were there and it was PERFECT!  We took so many pictures of tons of different …

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Arizona Diamondbacks

After the temple we changed in the visitor’s center back into our regular clothes, stopped and ate at IN- N-OUT and then drove back into Phoenix to go to an Arizona Diamondback‘s game.  I had never been to an actual “professional” baseball game.  But I LOVED IT!  I spent the majority of my time figuring …

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Phoenix Zoo

Apparently the Phoenix Zoo is one of the top five zoo’s in the nation for kids and it REALLY was fun!  We didn’t really take any pictures of us at the zoo, but we took lots of the animals.  I love that Mark likes to read all of the information with me and so neither …