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Sebastian at the Grotto of the Redemption in West Bend, Iowa. |
Arthur in the John Deere Pavilion. |
Xiuli and Maggie in the John Deere Pavilion. |
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Xiuli, Jeri, and Eric at the Grotto of the Redemption. |
Xiuli in the giftshop of the Blue Bunny store in LeMars, Iowa. |
Maggie and Xiuli in LeMars. |
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Arthur is amazed at how much ice cream Maggie has in front of her. |
Xiuli and Maggie at the Spirit Mound. |
Maggie in the windy prairie of South Dakota. |
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Eric at Spirit Mound. |
Arthur enjoying the wind atop Spirit Mound. |
Eric waves from atop Spirit Mound. |
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Here we are in the backcountry in Badlands National Park. |
The boys inside the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota (2005) |
Sebastian and Arthur back in the same Corn Palace in 2013. |
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Jeri at our campsite in Custer State Park (Center Lake Campground). |
Arthur has climbed up the hill behind the campground at Center Lake. |
Jeri on the lantern tour at Jewel Cave. |
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Xiuli in Jewel Cave. |
Arthur in Jewel Cave. |
Eric and Arthur in Jewel Cave. |
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Xiuli descending into Jewel Cave. |
Dino the dinosaur stands over Arthur and Sebastian. |
The Flintstone Drive In. |
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Jeri cooking over the campfire at Bridge View Campground in Yellowstone. |
Jeri and Xiuli by our tent at Bridge View Campground, with Yellowstone Lake in the background. |
Arthur and Sebastian at Dragon’s Mouth Spring. |
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Sebastian, Arthur, and Eric at Mud Volcano, with bison off in the distance behind us. |
Arthur at sunset on June 16th, by Yellowstone Lake. |
Arthur and Sebastian at Clepsydra Geyser. |
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The boys at the Continental Divide at Isa Lake, up at 2518 meters in elevation (2013). |
Here the boys are by the same sign in 2005. |
Eric at Old Faithful geyser. |
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Arthur, Jeri, Eric, and Sebastian in Paintbrush Canyon. |
Eric, Arthur, Jeri, Sebastian, Xiuli, and Maggie in Paintbrush Canyon. |
Virginia, Arthur, Jeri, Sebastian, and Eric with the Tetons behind us. |
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Mike and Eric in Mike‘s home. |
Two of Mike and Jean‘s friends in the Hong Kong Buffet in Laramie, Wyoming |
The Hadley-Ives family in Coyote Valley Trail along the Colorado River in Rocky Mountain National Park. |
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Jeri ascending Alpine Ridge Trail from the Alpine Visitor Center in Rocky Mountain National Park. |
Jeri and Eric on the Alpine Ridge Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. |
Sebastian with the Colorado River and a mother moose with a moose calf behind him. |
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Arthur and Sebastian at 3660 meters. |
The boys were glad to have made it up so high. |
Sebastian and Arthur in the mountains. |
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Arthur in the cab of the challenger steam locomotive in Cody Park, North Platte, NE |
Arthur and Sebastian in the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska |
Xiuli and Maggie. |
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Jake and Joe Kjeldgaard |
Logan and Lesa Kjeldgaard. Lesa is Eric’s first cousin. |
Eric and Jeri in the Henry Doorly Zoo. |
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Maggie, Jake, Logan, and Arthur in the Henry Doorly Zoo. |
Xiuli, Lesa, Maggie, Joe, Logan, and Jake in the Dairy Queen at 3835 South Street in Lincoln, NE. |
Here we all are in the Nebraska State Capitol Building in Lincoln, NE. |