The Great Plains

From Rapid City, SD near Mt. Rushmore, we continue East toward the Forest River factory in Indiana. We spent one week in Mitchell, SD, home of the Corn Palace then one week in Welcome, MN. Both RV parks were on I90 in the middle of farm fields, mostly corn and soy. At both locations, we were there for the harvest meaning lots of dust and bugs. We tried to ride our dirt bikes in Mitchell but the roads were too straight and flat to offer any challenge or interest. Two days ago we arrived in Wisconsin Dells, WI where we will stay until the last leg of our journey to the Forest River factory. Wisconsin Dells is gorgeous. The RV park is heavily wooded with lots of (walking) trails (no dirt biking allowed on the RV park's trails) and this is peak leaf changing time. Wisconsin Dells is a resort town with lots of activities that we will start exploring today.

South Dakota Air and Space Museum

Yesterday we went to the South Dakota Air and Space Museum. It was small but interesting.

MT Rushmore

We visited Mt Rushmore yesterday.

Yellowstone Park North Loop

Yesterday we drove Yellowstone's North Loop in our Jeep. The scenery was stunning and varied. Yesterday was smokey; smoke from far away wild fires. Today we leave for Hardin, MT in route to Rapid City, SD.

Yellowstone Park South Loop

Yesterday drove the south loop of Yellowstone park about 122 miles. Scenery was varied Old Faithful went off while we were driving in. It goes off about every 1 1/2 hours so we missed it but we may try again today. Our $80 National Park Pass has more than paid for itself at this point.

One Year Later - The Great Bastrop, Texas Wildfire

On 9/4/11, our Bastrop, TX forest, home and property were taken by fire. We continue to live in our Motorhome while exploring the U.S.' most stunning scenery and dirt bike trails.

West Yellowstone

We walked around West Yellowstone this morning and took some photos. The first is our RV in Grizzly RV Park.

Deer Lodge, MT

Thursday we went to the museum in Deer Lodge. Here are a couple of photos.