• Mary Frye
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A 189-day adventure by Mary Read more
  • My kind of buffet

    October 30, 2015 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 3 °C

    I impressed both Jon and Jared. After waiting 45 minutes to be seated, I found out that not only did they have crab legs, they had crawfish! I ate and ate and ate. Four plate fulls and then I started on dessert.Read more

  • Beginning Halloween early

    October 30, 2015 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 3 °C

    We started bar hopping and it was super fun to see everyone completely into Halloween and starting the celebration earlier. I just I would have known and had an extra costume to wear. Loved it.

  • Me and the guys at Deadweird

    October 31, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

    We spent the whole day at Deadweird. I dressed up as Cruella Deville, John was the guy from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Jared was a hops sheriff. These guys were a blast and I hope to see them on the road again.Read more

  • Costume time

    October 31, 2015 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 9 °C

    Walking around for as long as I could. It was so cold out there. These were some of my favorite costumes of the night.

  • Beer break

    October 31, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C

    The guys needed a food break, I got a shake break. Yummy yummy. They were so impressed by how much I could eat and let everyone know 😊

  • Gouling pianos

    October 31, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C

    Jon and I got there a bit late, but we were very entertained by the piano show and costumes. Fun times.

  • Passenger seat

    November 1, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    I let Jon drive us back to Rapid City. It was a nice change of pace in my car. I dropped him off and headed to meet my host in Wyoming, Adrian and his wife, where I was having the whole place to myself.Read more

  • Devil's tower

    November 2, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    I got to the monument and hiked two of the trails. I got to see a bunch of deer and a few prairie dogs. The monument looked cool. I couldn't see them, but I did hear some climbers going up and hopefully one day I can return and climb up too.Read more

  • Coal mining

    November 2, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    My hosts suggested I check out the coal mining industry. I was only able to go to this outlook. I had no idea what I was looking at so I left pretty fast. I also saw a few oil drilling spots along my drive.Read more

  • Theodore Roosevelt

    November 4, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C

    I left my host, Grant, house and headed over to the park. I wasn't that impressed because the weather was kinda blah. I did a little hiking, but it was a bit muddy and cold. I'll visit again when the weather is nicer.Read more

  • Animals

    November 4, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C

    Driving through the first animals I saw are prairie dogs. Then I finally saw wild horses. I didn't get good pictures, but I met Pam and she should be emailing me some awesome shots. I also got to see a bunch of buffalo and some turkeys.Read more

  • Billings

    November 5, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C

    I got an early start to the day, but I finally made it to my host, Adrian and Erikka, house. They have really nice kids too. I haven't explored yet, but I went trail running with Erikka and her friend. They pushed me and in 43 degree weather I took a minute off my 5k time. Great workout.Read more

  • Rim rocks

    November 6, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 2 °C

    I started my day walking the path along this mountain range right next to the airport. A few miles in the cold just taking in the view.

  • Local museum

    November 6, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C

    I wandered into this free museum and they had the most random collections. Stuffed animal heads, a two headed calf, Indian shoes, and a huge collection of pocket knife. Definitely entertaining.

  • Over the tapas

    November 7, 2015 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 1 °C

    I met up with my host, Julie, for a little while and talked. We both left the house to meet up with people for dinner. I met up with Matt, who I met early that day. We had delicious appetizers. Goat cheese, bacon, dessert. It was fantastic.Read more

  • Cold outside

    November 8, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 1 °C

    I woke up to see the snow in full view and frosty on my car. Getting used to it again.

  • Yellowstone

    November 8, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ -2 °C

    I met up with Matt again and we visited Yellowstone National Park. I was so happy I got the year pass. The parks are starting to get expensive towards the west coast. We walked the trail at Mammoth springs. We drove through the northern area of the park that was open and it took us through two states. I was also having fun asking just about everyone where they were from.Read more

  • Elk

    November 8, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C

    Finally got to see the mysterious elk. Matt was laughing every time I walked up as close as I thought I could without scaring them to get a better picture.

  • Boiling river

    November 8, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C

    I found out about boiling river, the natural hour spring in the park. I decided it was on my bucket list one I heard about it. And a reason to use my new bikini. Yes there was snow out, but that was nothing compared to the freezing cold water and then the scorching hot water. Thank goodness for Matt because I think the current might have taken me away my feet were so frozen. I just plain old love my uggs. We headed out and had delicious cookies and cream beverage from a gas station that made everything better.Read more

  • Drive back

    November 8, 2015 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 7 °C

    I let Matt drive and I attempted to take pictures of the beautiful sunset. No such luck, but it was pretty.

  • Puppy

    November 8, 2015 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 5 °C

    I went over to Matt's house to hang out for pizza and movies. We watched Roadhouse for the first time. We mocked it the whole time. And he has the cutest dogs.

  • Drinking horse

    November 9, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C

    I was delayed a day to my next host, so I stick around and did a local hiking trail. I wasn't thinking and went out in my uggs. They had no traction on that muddy path. I did the slip and slide a few times. Still pretty to look at.Read more

  • Stuck

    November 10, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ❄️ 0 °C

    I woke up and it was snowing like crazy. It only took a few minutes for Matt, Angel and Rich to convince me that this was not the day to leave. And then all I wanted to do was eat everything.

  • Matt's last night

    November 10, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ -2 °C

    We went out to celebrate Matt leaving. He got super drunk, but it was a fun night. I also got to Ben and he was telling me how he's going to Madagascar with the Peace Corps.