College Tour to Bozeman MT

 Amazing old railroad car diner - a breakfast stop in Spokane en route to Montana State University in Bozeman. Franks Diner - as delicious as it is picturesque

  Spokane Falls From under the bridge

 A mandatory stop in Spokane at Craven Coffee roasting plant (Morgan's favorite coffee roaster!)

 Big beautiful skies and snow covered mountains outside of Missoula MT

 Stunning views along the entire drive through Montana. This is just east of Butte.

While the guys are up hiking in the snow, I'm checking out Main Street Bozeman. Beautiful art galleries, healthful restaurants and very very friendly people! 

 Literally Mountain hikes from Main Street! This building is the Bozeman Public Library.

The view within a 10 minute (slow, photo taking speed) walk out of town... More mountains on the other side, give me another 5 minutes for an entirely different view to the mountain range bordering the southern edge of Bozeman. 

Shooting into the sun with dark clouds hovering over the mountains... But still a magnificent view. From this hill above Bozeman I have a 360 degree view of mountains. Beyond breathtaking! 

On the MSU campus with, yes, mountains all around 

The boys went hiking and ended up in lots of snow. Here is a photo of Jerry (taken by Morgan). 

And a photo of Morgan taken by Jerry. 

Good bye Montana! Hello Idaho! 

We traveled over 6 passes today including blizzard, rain, ice and now home to rain, wind, power outages! What a day for traveling 

College Tours - Colorado Boulder and Oregon State

When I was a graduating senior - it never occurred to me to look outside of my state for colleges.
Not so with this generation - the world is their playing field and within each of the universities we looked at, are opportunities to study abroad.

Here is a snapshot of our whirlwind tour of University of Colorado Boulder and Oregon State University (my hubby's alma mater):

Sunset and mountains out our hotel window in Boulder CO

Can't beat a city bus from college campus to ski resort! Eldora mtn only 18 miles out of Boulder!

 Fabulous restaurants along Pearl Street in downtown Boulder. Loving the food and decor in this one: Wild Standard

 Tough to beat this outdoor eating area! Dining hall on CU campus.

 Early morning walk along Pearl Street (downtown Boulder) before the crowds

 

Farewell to the stunning Flat Irons! Photo from downtown Boulder bus station. (The boys hiked up to the dip between the 2 on the right)

Hello to Oregon State University!

Oooo aaahhhh! The engineering building using sustainable design

Can you find him?!

 Another gorgeous campus with a top notch mechanical engineering school and close to campus outdoor activities! Oh the choices!