We left on July 6 and traveled for 5 1/2 hours arriving in Keystone, South Dakota. It was raining, but we thought to visit Mount Rushmore anyway. Very surreal with the grey clouds and the grey faces blending together. The next morning, just as we thought, beautiful weather and crisp blue skies. Definitely a worthwhile trip. we also went through bear country, which I highly recommend. About a 2 Hour drive through an open wilderness Park with guaranteed sightings of many different wild animals.
We continued on through Minnesota, staying the night and continuing along I 90 in to Wisconsin and then entered Illinois from the north.
We were able to stay west of Chicago and miss the five o'clock traffic. Rather than spending the night and taking an extra day, we decided to press on and arrived in Rockford Michigan, north of Grand Rapids at almost midnight. We were all glad that we continued on and finished up the drive. We stayed four days at Scott and Mary's Lake House where we did a lot of tubing, airplane flights and barbecue parties.
After our visit, we headed off to Texas for Premier Designs National Rally and the boys stayed behind to return to Colorado along with Todd, Carli and Mary driving. They were able to take a more central Route than our northern Route and got to see the St. Louis Arch. The crew of four kids along with Mary also pressed on to make the drive and arrived back home in Colorado late that night.
So much more to share, but I will have to save all that and all the other pictures for another day.
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