Category Archives: Yellowstone

We wondered last night when the wind came up in the evening if there would be a change in the weather. We woke to an early morning thunderstorm and much cooler, cloudier weather along with wet chairs etc. We haven’t had to worry about rain so far on this trip. The cooler weather is welcomeContinue reading “Day 12 | Custer SD to Devils Tower Monument, WY”

Another gorgeous morning. The heat wave seems to have broken. More rearranging of the camper for the next part of the trip and laundry. A group of our fellow neighbors gathered at one unit to watch virtual church services… one thing Covid-19 has offered up. People can attend services wherever they are and it’s aContinue reading “Day 11 | Mount Rushmore”

We spent a little time this morning rearranging things after 10 days out. Now we know what we use the most that need easier access. We have also decreased the amount of food we are carrying having eaten a lot of what we brought from home. The freezer only has homemade bread dough in itContinue reading “Day 10 | Custer SD and surroundings”

Today started off as a repeat of yesterday, running the Badlands loop again, breakfast at the same beautiful location and photos of more prairie dogs and bison. It is very hot (anywhere between 90 F and 100 F) and the air quality has changed for the worse as the wind has gone down. Heat hazeContinue reading “Day 9| Badlands NP to Custer, SD”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”