Home Again
Day 23: 6/24/24From: Chatham, Ontario, CanadaTo: Reading, PADistance: 514 miles This post isn’t worth much. Our final day is a long drive, and we’re on the road by 7:15 a.m. Border crossing at Buffalo, NY this time and the border guard is unimpressed with us, which is, of course, always a good thing. We smuggled…
Family is Family
Day 22: 6/23/24From: Chatham, Ontario, CanadaTo: Wallaceburg, Ontario, CanadaDistance: 21 miles We sleep in. Husband and I wake one kid at 9 for breakfast. The other refuses to wake and says they’ll eat later. So it’s a breakfast at the hotel for 3 of us, but we’re shocked to find the dining room packed. Apparently…
Cross-Country (International Version)
Day 21: 6/22/24From: Fort Atkinson, WITo: Chatham, Ontario, CanadaDistance: 472 miles Another long drive today, but one that crosses an international border. Our passports have been waiting patiently for this day in the trip. (Too bad they don’t get a stamp…) We wake shortly after 7 and are on the road by 8:30. The skies…
Out of the Rain and into…More Rain
Day 20: 6/21/24From: Garretson, SD (Palisades State Park)To: Fort Atkinson, WIDistance: 469 miles I wake after 4 hours of sleep and see a message that came through on my phone an hour or so after we left the campground. (I should still be sleeping right now, I’m exhausted, but my body says no, apparently. Adrenaline…
Palisades State Monsoon
Day 19: 6/20/24From: Badlands National Park, SD (Cedar Pass Campground)To: Garretson, SD (Palisades State Park)Distance: 290 miles We “sleep in” today. Though we wake often in the tent, we manage to ignore the daylight until 8:30. It’s been raining on and off all night, too, but the tent has held up well. Fog covers the…
Wind, Clouds, and Highway Marketing
Day 18: 6/19/24From: Sheridan, WYTo: Badlands National Park, SD (Cedar Pass Campground)Distance: 322 miles Up at 8:30, showers again whoo! 2 in 12 hours and I relish every drop of hot water. We mosey out of the hotel and head to Perkins for breakfast. Bad news. They don’t have gluten-free pancakes so Older Child goes…
Change of Plans
Day 17: 6/18/24From: Yellowstone National Park, WY (Grant Village Campground)To: We’ll know when we get there (Sheridan, WY by way of the Bighorn Scenic Byway, by way of Cody, WY by way of Cooke City, MTDistance: 316 miles There’s an inch of snow on the ground when we wake up. The sleeping bags were warm…
In Spite of the Weather
Day 16: 6/17/24From: Grand Teton National Park, WY (Colter Bay Campground)To: Yellowstone National Park, WY (Grant Village Campground)Distance: 33 miles (+ many miles of mindless park driving) It’s cold. But nowhere near as cold as it will be tonight. At least we were toasty warm in our sleeping bags and blankets last night. And our…
Potatoes, Rocks, and Knuckleheads
Day 15: 6/16/24From: Boise, IDTo: Grand Teton National Park, WY (Colter Bay Campground) by way of Craters of the Moon National Monument, IDDistance: 403 miles Up at 7. Maybe the first time an alarm has actually woken us up. Showers, breakfast, and off we go, leaving exciting Boise behind us. Did breakfast include Idaho potatoes?…
Oregon – the Land of Many Climates
Day 14: 6/15/24From: Crater Lake, ORTo: Boise, IDDistance: 418 miles (+ some) Um, it’s snowing. In mid-June. We’re out the door by 8 am and the cloud cover above us is thick. But snow? I guess it *is* 32 degrees, so it’s not unprecedented. But also not exactly expected either. We’re east-coasters. June means warmth.…
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