As some of you know, my husband and I are on a mission to see all 50 states as a married couple. We have been married since May 30, 2015, and we will have 11 states checked off by May 30, 2016.

Our first trip was to Wyoming, Nebraska, and South Dakota. I didn't get any pictures with my camera in Wyoming, so I'm only highlighting Nebraska and South Dakota.

When deciding to take a road trip to Mount Rushmore, Reid and I came up with our 50 States idea. Reid traveled all over in his childhood, but I have only been to a handful of states myself. That's why we decided to start from scratch and see all 50 states as a married couple instead.

Cheyenne, Wyoming & Scottsbluff, Nebraska

August 16, 2015

We left at 9am for Scottsbluff, Nebraska. We passed through Cheyenne on our way.

Side note: about half of these trip pictures are from my iPhone - when I know I'm just going to print these as 4x6 or smaller, I take out my iPhone. If there's a chance these will end up being bigger I pull out my DSLR. Because my DSLR is so big and heavy I tend to limit when I use it on vacation.

Scottsbluff National Park was beautiful, here's my favorites from there:

August 17, 2015

We left early on the 17th to head to South Dakota. It was a cold and foggy day, so we made a detour to get me a sweater from the Target in Rapid City (I was not thinking about sweaters in August!).

At Mount Rushmore I talked to a retired professional wedding photographer from Oregon who offered to take our picture together. One of my favorite things about these 50 States travels have been all the neat people we have had the pleasure of meeting.

We then headed back to Keystone where we had dinner and stayed the night.

The next morning we checked out the profile view of Mount Rushmore, went to The Purple Pie Place in Custer, and took the scenic route home (aka got a little lost). We saw buffalo on the way out of South Dakota which seemed like the perfect ending to our trip.

Our first road trip together was a successful one. We saw family, checked off our first 3 states, and had fun adventuring together.