Where are we?

We got up early but we left about 1/2 hour late. "Oh Well. We'll make it up." Then we went to Martin's Cove. We the cabin, visitor center, museum, pushed handcarts around, and the blacksmith shop where each of the kids got a "prairie diamond ring". After that we found out about the 20 min. hike to the actual cove. We didn't have time any more so we left. We were sad we didn't see more but what do you do? Aaron and I hope to go on a Trek with the youth or our kids or somebody one day.
We were out of time so we didn't stop at Devil's Gate. Boo Hoo!! We did stop at Independence Rock. We had about 15 min. to spend there. We spent 45 min. Oh well. Everyone had fun there. I spent a lot of the time pondering not only the pioneers but the Oregon trail people, pony express, and all the many people that went on those trails.
We then went to Casper and bought a new camera. We had been taking pictures today with our camcorder, but we don't know how to take them off of there. I just couldn't see going this whole trip without a camera. It was less than $100, thank goodness.
Now we were suppose to leave Casper at 1:30 and no later. We decided at about 1:25 to make lunch. We did that and instead of eating in the car we ate on the grass. OOOPS!!! We didn't leave Casper until 1:50. Now we were playing the catch up game big time. We had reservations for Jewel Caves at 5:20 and needed to pick up those tickets at 5. On our way we followed Rita (our GPS) and sometimes we wondered if she wasn't lost. Once we were stopped for road construction. We would turn Rita off so not to run her battery. When we'd turn her on we had passed the turn already. Sometimes Rita wanted us to turn around when there wasn't even a road. We were in the middle of NOWHERE. I tried to call Jewel Cave but there is no reception anywhere. AAAAHHHHH!!! Rita kept telling us that we weren't going to be to the cave until 5:30. That was irritating too.
After speeding about 10 miles (which I seldom if ever do) we made it to the Jewel Cave at 5:25. I ran to the ticket lady and asked if we could move our already paid for tickets to tomorrow. She said yes and I started to cry with relief. It's sad that we didn't see more of what we wanted to see (Devil's Gate, Martin's actual cove, etc.)and tomorrow is busier, but we do get to go to the cave. It all works out in the end. Busy Busy. Isn't that what vacation is all about?
We didn't get a picture at the state line because we were so late. We plan to get one when we leave the state. That's not really cheating? Geremy keeps asking if we are in St. George yet. All the other children keep saying "NO!!" Geremy is the one that has to go to the bathroom every 30 min and we don't dare make him wait. When we pulled into the town he was complaining he needed a drink. He had drank everyone's drink and we had nothing left. He'll have to figure out how to do this traveling thing.
We found an old restaurant with the Flintstones as the theme. The kids have never heard of the Flintstones. How sad.
Tonight we went exploring while waiting for our pizza. I found a place on Rita and went. It was some kind of memorial for the Berlin Wall. It was cool. We are happy to have Rita.
After we got back to the hotel we went swimming. We all had a blast. The pool was small, but oh well. It was warm and fun. Now hopefully for a good night sleep. We could use it. I'm glad all of us were happy today. Even with being late it wasn't too bad. I'm going to bed now. You'll get pictures tomorrow after we've figured out how to get them on here. It's too late to mess with it now.