California to Minnesota

This is our longest trip so far in miles driven and length of time. It covered 7,000 miles, 2 months, and included 13 stops. Stop 1:...

Annual Bash at Huntington Again

We started the trip up at Huntington Lake in the Sierra Nevada on our annual trip with a group of friends. We usually spend 10 to 14 days...

1st Trip to Laramie

We took 4 days driving to Laramie Wyoming to visit our grandson who is going to school there. We made stops in Bakersfield, Las Vegas,...

Three Days in Badlands NP

We stopped here as part of a road trip. To see the start of the trip click HERE Badlands National Park is an area of beautiful pinnacles...

Base Camp in Custer State Park

It is a short 100-mile long drive to Custer State Park from the Badlands. The park is in the Black Hills of South Dakota and covers...

Tour of the Wind Cave

Wind Cave National Park is adjacent to Custer State Park and sits in a natural mixed-grass prairie. We also saw a herd of bison here....

Mount Rushmore

We also used our stay at Custer State Park to visit Mount Rushmore National Monument. We took 16A to the Monument which is a 37-mile-long...

Around Devils Tower

Devils Tower National Monument is a butte in the Black Hills in Wyoming. There are many native American Tribes with oral history stories...

Theodore Roosevelt NP

It was a 230-mile, 4-and-a-half-hour drive to Buffalo Gap Resort, North Dakota where we stayed. We couldn’t get reservations in the park...

Itasca State Park MN

Itasca State Park is the home of Lake Itasca and the headwaters of the Mississippi River We stopped here to see where the Mighty...

Paddling Around Voyageurs NP

We took 3 days driving to Voyageurs National Park. We stayed the first night at the Lakeside Campground in Jamestown North Dakota. It was...

Interstate, 2 Parks in 1

Interstate State Park This park straddles the St. Croix River with campgrounds on both sides of the river in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The...

Tourists in Minneapolis

It was a 55-mile drive to Minneapolis. There were 3 places we wanted to see while here. The Ford Street Bridge over the Mississippi...

2nd Time to Grand Mesa Co.

We took 4 days driving to Grand Mesa with overnight stops in Oxford, Iowa, Doniphan, Nebraska, and Strasburg, Colorado. When we made our...