Vacation 2007

Who would have thought that I would come up with an idea like this? Camping!!! Me??? Well, when you consider the great opportunity for our family to be together, the whole camping idea just made more and more sense. Here's our schedule for the week. I'll be posting updates and pics daily. Good or bad, you will know how the week is going. Please email or post your comments. We'd love to hear from you. Sunday, June 3 - Depart Dubuque for Watertown, SD where we will meet our good friends, Earl and Sandy Benson. We'll be at the Casino Raceway that evening for the races. Earl owns the track. Monday, June 4 - The trip to the Black Hills now truly begins. We drive from Watertown to Piedmont, SD. Along the way, we have a stop scheduled at Wall Drug, the world's largest drug store. At Piedmont, we will be staying the night in the travel trailer we've rented. Tuesday, June 5 - Travel from Piedmont, SD to Hill City, SD. After being checked out by the rental company mechanics that our Suburban is okay for hauling, we will drive the 45 miles to the Mt. Rushmore KOA. The day will be exploring the KOA and perhaps seeing the evening lighting of Mt. Rushmore. Wednesday, June 6 - No real plans. More to come. Thursday, June 7 - Ditto Friday, June 8 - Reservations on the 1880 Train that runs from Hill City to Hayward, SD. Chaz is really excited about this. Saturday, June 9 - No plans Sunday, June 10 - No plans. Monday, June 11 - Return the trailer to Piedmont and drive to Sioux City, IA. Tuesday, June 12 - Day trips around the Sioux City area. Lewis and Clarke will be a main topic of discussion. Spend time with our good friend Ann and her kids. Wednesday, June 13 - After a visit to the Jolly Time popcorn factory, we depart Sioux City for Dubuque, IA with a brief stop at Loring Hospital in Sac City, IA to see our good friends there.

Monday, June 11, 2007

Custer State Park

Custer State Park is this really awesome park that is home to 1500 Bison. They could have more but the park can't sustain a herd bigger than that. The bison roam the park freely so you have to constantly be on the lookout for them and the hundreds of burros that roam the park.





On Saturday, we set off to explore the park. Noah and I packed a picnic lunch and we set off. On the way, we drove past Crazy Horse Mountain. It's not done yet nor do I think it will be done in my lifetime.

Here's a burro coming up great us:


The kids climb up on top of the suburban to get a better view of a herd of buffalo:

Here's part of the herd on the road. The one in front actually blocked us from continuing for a few minutes. We had a staredown and if it wasn't for some loud motorcycles, I think we'd still be there staring at each other.We stopped for our picnic at beautiful spot with a pond and plenty of room for the kids to play and burn off some energy.The kids spent most the time making up games with this ball on a string. Its amazing how their creativity has blossomed this week by being away from the television and movies.Upon our return to our campsite, I took the kids swimming. We grilled hamburgers and then went to a movie. Another fire at our camp and it was lights out by 10:30.
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