Leaving the Black Hills on Saturday, July 17th, we traveled through the Thunder Basin Natural Grasslands to Caspar, Wyoming.  At Caspar, we traveled on the Oregon Trail route up the North Platte River, past Independence Rock, a significant milestone on the trail, to Rawlins, WY, on Interstate 80.  We spent the night at the Western […]

Rafter J Bar Ranch – Black Hills – Hill City, South Dakota – Week Two On Sunday, July 11th, we went back to Wind Cave National Park (www.nps.gov/wica/index.htm), arriving at 7:00 AM and we were about the 15th party in line.  3rd time was the charm, well 4th time if you count Walt’s family’s visit back in 1968.  Wind Cave is one of

Rafter J Bar Ranch – Black Hills – Hill City, South Dakota – Week One We arrived in the Black Hills of South Dakota on Thursday, July 1st.   The Black Hills are an uplifting of the earth in the western part of South Dakota and the eastern part of Wyoming.  The hills tower in the west from

Leaving Up A Creek Campground, we drove for 4 of the next 5 days to start the 2nd half of our trip in the Black Hills of South Dakota.  When we envisioned this 7 month trip (Jesup to Tucson), we planned the 2nd half – July to November (Rafter J Bar in the Black Hills

On Sunday, June 13th, we traveled the easy 205 miles from Marquette, Michigan, to Bayfield, Wisconsin.  We also traveled from Eastern Daylight Time to Central Daylight Time, and most importantly to the next year of our journey together. Yes, June 13th is our wedding anniversary – and more important, this was our 40th anniversary.  This

We arrived at Up A Creek campground in Fifty Lakes, Minnesota on Sunday, June 20th.  This campground is in the Brainerd Lakes district of Minnesota and is a very active summer home location. People from the Twin Cities, St. Cloud and other cities own cabins on the lakes. On Monday, June 21st, we stayed at

OK, so it’s been over a month since we posted anything to our blog. We have been busy almost every day, seeing all the sites we can at all our stops. I have been taking so many pictures, as you’ll see in the Gallery that Walt is writing the posts now. His posts are probably

We arrived at Lake Leelanau (LEE-lah-now) RV Park, Lake Leelanau, MI, on Monday, 5/31/2021. The park is right on the lake and has swimming and boating. We had a nice large site close to the water. It was time for the dogs and the car to have a bath. On Tuesday, we were able to

Leaving Ohio we made our way into Michigan and stayed at another Harvest Host site, Cherry Creek Winery, for one night. We had another wine tasting which included a cheese and meat board and a New Orleans Muffuletta sandwich. We also tasted some of their hard ciders and really liked the Root Beer Cider and

After DC, visiting family came to an end. We are now headed west. Unfortunately, we are not quite sure when we may see family again, at least through the end of the year. We stopped one night at Glades Pike Winery in Somerset, PA. We belong to a group called Harvest Hosts that has a