This has been an amazing day. We had built an extra day into our itinerary at the end of the first week either for relaxation or spending more time in an interesting area. We decided to spend the extra night in Badlands NP so we could take the day to explore it properly. Rather thanContinue reading “Day 8 | Badlands National Park”
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Day 7 | Chamberlain SD to the Badlands NP
Another beautiful day, sunny, warm, cloudless. Chamberlain sits on the Missouri R. Of course on the Louis & Clarke Trail. We stopped at the Akta Lakota Museum In May of 1991, the Aktá Lakota Museum. Over the past 30-years, the museum’s collective memory has provided exceptional research, exhibit and educational services to scholars, the studentsContinue reading “Day 7 | Chamberlain SD to the Badlands NP”
Day 6 | Yankton SD to Chamberlain SD
The morning view of the river from the back of our camper welcomed us to a beautiful morning. We enjoyed our morning coffee sitting down by the river followed by a walk. Thus area is noted for bald eagles and we saw several in the distance over the water. Gavin’s Point Dam creates the beautifulContinue reading “Day 6 | Yankton SD to Chamberlain SD”
Day 5 | DesMoines to South Dakota
After a comfortable… and spacious… night in a hotel with a long hot shower, we started off to a cloudless day. We stopped at the local Fareway for fresh fruit and vegetables. Travelling north and west through Iowa presented more wind farms. A continuous landscape of them. Midamerica energy has pledged 30% renewable energy sources.Continue reading “Day 5 | DesMoines to South Dakota”
Day 4| Illinois to DesMoines, IA
A beautiful start to a hot cloudless day. Another day of straight driving. We crossed the Mississippi at Davenport into Iowa. Iowa is a beautiful farm state… sift rolling hills of corn, soybeans and wind towers. This state has committed itself to renewable energy resources. The wins towers blend with the landscape, lacy rotating turbinesContinue reading “Day 4| Illinois to DesMoines, IA”
Day 3 | Ohio to Illinois
Today was a long driving day so this post will be short. We packed the van and outdoor accessories up last night so we could move out quickly this morning. Armed with lattes and granola bars we left the campsite at 7:15 am. The drive through Ohio was uneventful with good highways recently repaved. IContinue reading “Day 3 | Ohio to Illinois”
Day 2 | Pennsylvania to Ohio
We woke up to a beautiful morning. Today’s travel is only 5 hours so we decided to pack up slowly and have a full breakfast. Having used the RoadTrek all summer, we have settled into a routine starting with lattes. We haven’t made breakfast inside yet so we decided today would be a good dayContinue reading “Day 2 | Pennsylvania to Ohio”
Starting the journey | Day 1
As mother nature would have it, she provided us with a little distraction the night before we were scheduled to leave… a tornado that swept through the neighborhood and almost 9″ of rain. It did provide proof that our newly installed generator does work. So the morning began with working with our neighbors to removeContinue reading “Starting the journey | Day 1”
Greetings from Brian and Louise
Welcome to our new adventure! With the advent of COVID-19 in early 2020, our approach to travel changed overnight. Our passion for international travel and wildlife photography was curtailed. In 2021, we decided to revert to our travel ‘roots’ .. camping and touring in the U.S. and Canada rather than flying to all the ‘exotic’Continue reading “Greetings from Brian and Louise”
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