West Glacier NP, MT to Banff NP, Alberta Canada

West Glacier NP, MT to Banff, Alberta Canada
25 July 2005
375 Miles

This was a fun drive. Theresa short cut turned out to be a dirt road. The dirt road was north of Rt 2 where it turned North before Del Bonita. Not the whole road but about 10 miles or so. It was fun. Stopped in Lethbridge and visited the gardens.

Yellowstone NP, WY to West Glacier, MT

Yellowstone NP, WY to West Glacier, MT
22 July 2005
470.5 Miles

Long day. Some road construction. Spent a few days in Yellowstone.

Teton NP, WY to Yellowstone NP, WY

Teton NP to Yellowstone NP, Madison Junction Campground
15 July 2005
74 miles

Another hard day of driving. Great views.

Dubois to Teton

Dubois, WY to Teton NP, WY (Lizzard Creek)
73 Miles
13 July 2005

This was an easy day. We stopped at a couple camp sites, selected Lizzard Creek. Had views of Jackson Lake. Very pretty. Dry Camping. Spent 2 nights. Bugs weren't bad at all. Did a raft trip.
Road our bikes. Great views. See pictures.

Buffalo to Dubois

Buffalo to Dubois

12 July 2005

255 Miles

This was done on secondary roads. Stopped at Thermopolis they have hot spings. Very nice. The problem is that the springs were 104 and the temp was 98. So it was from hot to hot. Had the oil changed at Riverton WalMart. Did some grocery shopping. Good roads and nice scenery.

Hill City, SD to Buffalo WY.
250.2 Miles
Good roads for the most part. Small towns. See our pict of Aladian.

Day 5

Day 5 (9 July 2005)

Black Hills Area (Mt Rushmore, Custer State Park, Crazy Horse Monument)

95 Miles

This was to be our down day. We needed the rest. Good night sleep. Cleaned up the truck and camper. In the afternoon we went to Mt. Rushmore. (#4) Then to Custer State Park (#6, 7, 8) Saw wild Buffalo, mules, prairy dogs and deer. The roads and views are incredable. Crazy Horse monument was very cool at night, laser light show and presentation.

Day 4 Salem, SD (Camp America) to Hill City, SD (Rafter J Bar Ranch Resort)

Day 4 (8 July 2005)

Salem, SD (Camp America) to Hill City, SD (Rafter J Bar Ranch Resort)

340.7 Miles

Camp America was very nice. Woke up had plenty of hot water. Great people there. Weather looked bad going east. Big storm. Good thing we went as far as we did. We were just on the edge of the storm. Good wind to keep the bugs down. Didn't get much sleep. Rebuilding computer.

Kinda long and boring drive on highway. Planned to stay at Ellesworth AFB, but it didn't work out. So stayed at RJBRS. It was a very nice place. No internet. Quiet and Close to everything. Needed down time. Covered lots of miles.

Day 3 MPSP to Salem, SD

Day 3 (7 July 2005)
Mississippi Palisades State Park, IL to Salem, SD (Camp America)
482.4 Miles

MPSP was a really nice place we drove up and hit Wisconsin. Point #2. Point #3 was Iowa then up to Minnisota. (point 5)
Camp America was a really nice park. Had internet access. Life was great. Good Clean park.

Day 2 Milan, OH to Mississippi Palisades State Park

Day 2 (6 July 2005)
Milan, OH to Mississippi Palisades State Park, IL
482.9 Miles

Rule #2 The early camper gets the Hot Shower. We learned this one the hard way when leaving Milan OH. Darn that was cold.

Great Camping at MPSP. Heard our first coyotes. Saw racoons and bats. Site 114 is very nice and sorta private. Cost was only $18. What a beautiful country.

Oh forgot to add my Explorer hit a mile stone.

Coventry, RI to Milan, OH

Day 1 (5 July 2005)
Coventry, RI to Milan, OH (Milan Travel Park)
667.5 Miles

One little hickup in NY getting gas. It was a crazy place and I backed into someone. No damage. It was very stupid.
Rule #1 Never back up with out a spotter.