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  Packed up from Big Pine Campground this morning and headed out around 11 am.  We had a blast in the Black Hills area the last several days-  there is enough stuff to do in this corner of South Dakota to spend a week.  We look forward to coming back.  We added a stop this … Continue reading »

We started off early today.  We had to make the drive to Custer State Park near the Sylvan Lake area for rock climbing school for V & T that started at 8 am.  We had enrolled them in a half day introductory climbing class with Sylvan Rocks Climbing School since they have enjoyed climbing (scampering … Continue reading »

We headed out this morning with the intention of actually stopping and visiting the massive Crazy Horse Memorial but decided last minute to just view it from the site outside parking lot.  The sculpture of the American Indian hero on a horse was begun in 1948 and only the face is visibly finished.  We likely … Continue reading »

We got an early start leaving Medora and began our 7 hour drive south.  The drive was pretty uneventful and we had decided to take a little detour back into the NE corner of Wyoming to Devils Tower National Monument (DTNM) on the way down.  DTNM was the first national monument and is an imposing site … Continue reading »

We headed over to TRNP late morning and it was quite a bit different than the other national parks we have been to.  Much less crowded.  We are at the South Unit of TRNP.  There is a North Unit, South Unit, and the Elkhorn Ranch (that Roosevelt once owned) that constitutes the TRN Park.  The North … Continue reading »

Long, Long drive day of over 600 miles ahead!  We left the KOA before 8 am and made our way to Highway 2.  The Going to the Sun Road is quicker than Highway 2 but no vehicles longer than 21 feet are allowed on the road.  To get our 60′ rig through G to S … Continue reading »

  We took the morning off and just rested after yesterday’s long travels through Glacier and Canada.  We headed off to the historic Lake McDonald Lodge and brought our own picnic food and enjoyed a nice late lunch in the shade of a tree near the waterfront. V&T enjoyed playing in a creek (cold!) that … Continue reading »

Today was to be our most ambitious driving/touring day in the car- nearly 265 miles through the mountains of the US and Cananda!  We headed out early from the KOA campground in West Glacier and entered Glacier Nat Park (GNP).  GNP had 150 named glaciers in 1850 but only 26 remain today- they are forecasting … Continue reading »

We said goodbye to Missoula and headed north to Glacier.  We had wanted to stop overnight at Flathead Lake State Park- but either could not fit our camper or they were already booked.  Flathead Lake is a beautiful large lake (largest lake west of the Mississippi in the lower 48) about an hour south of … Continue reading »

We packed up and left for Missoula, Montana- our stopping point on the way to Glacier National Park.  We picked a route out of Yellowstone and got in the biggest bison-jam we had seen yet- probably a twenty minute wait for them all to cross.  V&T were dissapointed they missed it since they were still … Continue reading »