September 23, 2020 After packing up camp, it was only a 15 minute drive to the town of Keystone. We stopped and bought a few t-shirts for the grandkids and then drove another 5 minutes to Mount Rushmore. We arrived pretty early in the day, so it was not too crowded. We have decided that …
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The Badlands are the Good Lands
September 22, 2020 The night at Cabela’s was okay. All of our neighbors were quiet, but we could occasionally hear semi trucks on the freeway. We left Rapid City around 8:30 am and drove east for about 100 miles. Our first stop was in Wall, SD to visit the world famous Wall Drugstore. This drugstore …
Deadwood Shootout
September 21, 2020 We woke up to a nice sunny morning with beautiful blue skies. It was sure nice after a week of smoke filled skies. After breakfast we drove down the mountain to the town of Deadwood. We spent the day walking around town, reading the historic stories and stopping in the shops and …
The Devil’s Tower
Sept 19, 2020 We drove out of the Bighorn mountains into the town of Buffalo. From there we drove onto I-90 and headed east. As we left the Bighorn mountains, the terrain became more rolling hills and grassland. We even passed a cowboy cattle drive on our way out of the mountains. We stopped in …
The World’s Largest Hot Spring
Thermopolis, Wyoming Sept 18, 2020 From our campsite it was about an hour drive down highway 120 to Thermopolis. Thermopolis promotes itself as having the World’s Largest Mineral Hot Spring. I’m not sure how they measure that. The ride was through the flat desert and rolling hills. Eva was commenting that she didn’t realize that …
Buffalo Bill Country
Cody, Wyoming September 16, 2020 The next morning we left the Grand Teton area and continued into Yellowstone. It seemed like there was even more smoke in the air. It was difficult to see anything in the distance. We stopped at a few scenic overviews, but there was not much to see with all the …
Granite Creek Hot Springs
Sept 14, 2020 We got a late start leaving from home, but were out of the house around 10 am. The first day was all driving as we traveled on I-80 out of Utah and through Evanston, WY. A few miles past Evanston we turn north on the highway 189 and continued through Kemmerer, WY, …
Soda Springs and Lava Hot Springs
June 30, 2020 It was another rainy night and a muddy drive our of our campsite. We followed the Gros Ventre river back down into the valley into the national park. From there we headed south to Jackson, WY. Once in Jackson we parked near the town square. The rain continued off and on through …
Grand Teton National Park
June 28, 2020 Today was Sunday so we took it easy. We woke up later than normal and took our time getting ready. It was a rainy night and rained off and on all day long. After breakfast we lowered the top and left the campground. We drove south on the highway out of Yellowstone. …
Old Faithful
June 27, 2020 We left camp early, around 6 am, so we could avoid the crowds at Old Faithful. It was about a 40 minute drive from Bridge Bay campground to the Old Faithful area. It was a good choice to leave early. The next Old Faithful geyser prediction was about 20 minutes after we …
