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July 1. Peggy, Anne Kash and I drove east from Yellowstone, through Cody, Wy. then the Bighorn mountains with impressive views, including a siting of an antlered moose, to Eatons’ Ranch, with a stop at McGraws Paws in Sheridan. Eatons’ is the oldest continually operating dude ranch and the only one that allows you toContinue reading “Eatons’ Ranch”

June 30, 2023. We realized the night before we had seen just about everything we wanted to, so this would be a free day. Will, Colleen and Noel wanted to ride bikes, they hadn’t yet, and do some hikes. Anne Kash wanted to go out on the lake, I wanted to do some bird watching,Continue reading “Yellowstone, last day”

This was the day I picked for us to move to a different campground, just to see a different place, and to have electricity. We looked forward to the latter so that the space heater could be run in Rosie, it was in the low 40’s to the low ’30’s at night, pretty tough sleepingContinue reading “6/28 There was a Glitch*”

It’s difficult to over state the magnificence of this park: snow patched mountains, beautiful views, waterfalls, wild life, a picturesque mountain lake, historic lodges one of which had a daily string quartet playing in the lobby, and of course the thermal features….hot springs, geysers, mud pots and fumaroles. We spent 6/25, 26 and 27 seeingContinue reading “Yellowstone !!!!!”

The only hard driving day so far. It was a beautiful drive especially through the Big Horn mountains. There was quite a bit of difficulty navigating w/o internet. Arrived at Yellowstone around 3 PM, set up, Will left to get Colleen at the Jackson Hole airport. We took the kids to see Old Faithful, hadContinue reading “Will’s B’day”

About a 4 hr drive from Mt. Rushmore, we picked this site in the Big Horn mountains simply because it was on the way to Yellowstone. There’s a beautiful stream behind the van and Rosie in this picture…. You can see the Volvo in the next campsite and our dog run on the left. TheContinue reading “Middle Fork CG”

After 3 nights at Horsethief lake we drove a mere 2 hours to Belle Fourche campground at the base of Devil’s Tower on June 21. A first come first serve campground we were worried about getting a spot but there were two or three open. Devil’s Tower is hard to believe. A massive column ofContinue reading “Devil’s Tower”

We were very pleased with the campsite at Horse Thief Lake, just a few miles from Mt. Rushmore. Here are some pics… The long walkway to the Mt Rushmore viewing site is lined with flags from each state in order of their admittance to the union. Territory flags are there too. We walked the loopContinue reading “Rushmore / Crazy Horse”

Stalled in Mitchel, S.D., the girls wanted to swim in the hotel pool and dad just couldn’t say no. We didn’t leave until a little after 11 AM. Noel and I counted the Wall Drug billboards, 93! Having the dogs complicates the trip. It was hot out and Wall, S.D. has no trees, well almostContinue reading “Drive to Horse Thief Lake CG”

We put Indiana, Illinois and Iowa in the rear view mirror. Driving was easy, the girls are good travelers. First day, Wednesday June 15 was from Bloomington to Hidden Hills Vineyard and Winery. A little south of the quad cities it was a convenient place to stop. We set up, bought a bottle of wineContinue reading “The 3 I’s behind us”