{"id":1727,"date":"2026-08-05T13:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/texasace.org\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2026-09-11T19:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T19:08:14","slug":"2026-august-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/texasace.org\/?p=1727","title":{"rendered":"2026 August Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(320deg,rgb(255,245,203) 0%,rgb(182,227,212) 43%,rgb(51,167,181) 92%)\">Wed, Aug 5 &#8211; Fri, Aug 21<br>Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana<br>5,028.4 Miles (896 EV) 96:41 Moving Time <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tpwd.texas.gov\/state-parks\/palo-duro-canyon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palo Duro Canyon State Park<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cadillac_Ranch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cadillac Ranch<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/yell\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Yellowstone National Park<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonhole.com\/summer-activities\/summer-tram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jackson Hole Tram &amp; Overlook<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explore <a href=\"https:\/\/helenamt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Helena, MT<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visit friends in Billings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mooshfest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mooshfest<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Boulder, MT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Red Rocks &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpr.org\/2026\/08\/20\/concert-review-nathaniel-rateliff-brings-the-colorado-symphony-to-red-rocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Nathaniel Rateliff with Lucius and CO Symphony Orchestra<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2026\/08\/24\/styx-chicago-the-cynthia-woods-mitchell-pavilion-the-woodlands-tx-aug-20-2026-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Styx\/Chicago<\/strong><\/a> at the Woodlands Pavilion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We began with a leisurely 4 day-3 night trip to West Yellowstone MT, stopping the first night in Amarillo, TX. Before continuing on, the next morning we checked out the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cadillac_Ranch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cadillac Ranch<\/a><\/strong> and &nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tpwd.texas.gov\/state-parks\/palo-duro-canyon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palo Duro Canyon State Park<\/a><\/strong>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_174855772.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"1802\" src=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_174855772-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_174855772-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_174855772-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_174855772-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_174855772-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_174855772-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8060028-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1803\" src=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8060028-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8060028-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8060028-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8060028-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8060028-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8060028-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_144827095.MP_-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"1804\" src=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_144827095.MP_-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_144827095.MP_-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_144827095.MP_-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_144827095.MP_-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_144827095.MP_-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_144827095.MP_-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_144351830-EDIT.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" data-id=\"1801\" src=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_144351830-EDIT-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_144351830-EDIT-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_144351830-EDIT-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_144351830-EDIT-767x431.jpg 767w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_144351830-EDIT-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260806_144351830-EDIT-2048x1151.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then it&#8217;s on the road again &#8211; stopping for the night in Colorado City, CO, and Buffalo, WY before <br>arriving at the cool <a href=\"https:\/\/theevergreenmotel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Evergreen Motel<\/strong><\/a> in West Yellowstone, MT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8080047-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1811\" src=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8080047-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8080047-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8080047-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8080047-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8080047-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8080047-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260811_165206383.MP-2-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1685\" data-id=\"1818\" src=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260811_165206383.MP-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260811_165206383.MP-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260811_165206383.MP-2-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260811_165206383.MP-2-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260811_165206383.MP-2-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260811_165206383.MP-2-1536x1011.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20260811_165206383.MP-2-2048x1348.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8080048-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1810\" src=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8080048-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8080048-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8080048-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8080048-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8080048-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/texasace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P8080048-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We got an early start Sunday morning (to beat the crowds) and packed breakfast\/lunch to save time, and headed to Yellowstone via the West Entrance. Such an amazing place. We saw a lot, including bison, elk, Grand Prismatic Spring, walk the Midway Geyser Basin, the Visitor Education Center, the historic Old Faithful Inn, and get our spot to watch Old Faithful blow, all before lunch, a great morning! Beautiful weather too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">Will finish later, until then:<br><strong>Photo Album:  <a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/uzUqXdyxS7JRt2FH8\">https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/uzUqXdyxS7JRt2FH8<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wed, Aug 5 &#8211; Fri, Aug 21Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana5,028.4 Miles (896 EV) 96:41 Moving Time Highlights: We began with a leisurely 4 day-3 night trip to West Yellowstone MT, stopping the first night in Amarillo, TX. Before continuing on, the next morning we checked out the Cadillac Ranch and &nbsp;Palo Duro Canyon State Park. Then it&#8217;s&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-memories","category-music","category-travels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/texasace.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/texasace.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/texasace.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texasace.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texasace.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1727"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/texasace.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1831,"href":"https:\/\/texasace.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions\/1831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texasace.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/texasace.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texasace.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texasace.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}