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.

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Day 2 - Watertown to Rapid City via Wall Drug

Its Monday morning and again, we are off to a slightly later start than I was hoping. I was shooting for 9 at again at 10 we left the Holiday Inn Express in Watertown. We were still talking a lot about the races the night before. We can't wait until our first opportunity to go to the races in Dubuque.





Teri drove the first leg of the day. I read a book and the kids watched a movie. Pretty uneventful. Lunch was at Casey's Cafe in Chamberlain, SD right on the Missouri River. That is a beautiful spot of the world.





I took over the driving and of course we were immediately hit by rain, again. Our break came at Wall Drug, the World's Largest Drug Store. I don't know where the drug part was, but we found the boot store, the shooting gallery and the "backyard." Here's some pictures:

Following Wall Drug, we headed to Piedmont, SD and to Jack's Campers. We got there about 6:30 pm and only the skeleton crew was working. They got us set up in our camper for the night...a 29 ft. trailer that is very nice. We then went to dinner at Outback and turned in early as we knew the next day was going to be a big one.

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