Monthly Archives: July 2011

We left the Custer KOA in South Dakota at the crack of dawn on Tuesday and drove the 800+ miles to the Rock Island KOA in Illinois.  Rock Island is one of the Quad Cities.  The Quad City Region is comprised of four cities that border the Mississippi River – Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa andContinue reading “Splish, Splash”

We arrived at Custer/Mount Rushmore KOA in South Dakota early afternoon on Sunday, July 24th.  The kids were very excited because this campground had both a swimming pool and a bounce pillow.  We spent the afternoon bouncing and swimming.   Monday morning we took the RV to Leo’s Auto in Custer because we had aContinue reading “Spelunking and Dead Presidents”

After talking to some people about the drive from Jackson Hole, Wyoming to Gardiner, Montana, we  altered our route.  We had planned to take the 162 mile route through Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, but heard  the road was winding and that people often blocked the road looking at wildlife, so we took a routeContinue reading “Finding Wildlife, Fish and Fun”

We spent our first night in Jackson Hole, Wyoming visiting Teton Village.  We found out that there was a concert in the square and took the kids over to see what it was all about.  We sat and watched the sun set over the Teton Mountains.  There was snow on the peaks but as itContinue reading “Escaping the Heat at 10,000 Feet”

Our last day in San Francisco started early for Jeff and Colin. They went out to do some surf fishing off of a nearby pier. While they had a bite or two, they didn’t manage to catch anything, but had fun nonetheless. We packed a picnic lunch and got ready to head out. After returningContinue reading “More Fog and Fun”

We arrived early afternoon at the San Francisco RV Resort and settled into our ocean-front spot, high on a 60 ft. bluff overlooking the Pacific. It was a beautiful view, but the advertisement of “beach access” was highly exaggerated. We ended up scaling down a rope over rocks to dip our toes in the ocean-notContinue reading “Foggy and Fun Filled Days”

We just wanted to take a minute to thank everyone who is following us on our journey and for the terrific comments we have received. We appreciate hearing from each and every one of you and while we’d love to respond to them all, time wise, it’s just not possible. We have been eagerly readingContinue reading “A Word of Thanks”

We left Las Vegas around lunchtime and reached the High Sierra RV Park in Oakhurst, California around dusk. It was refreshing to feel the cool, mountain air and we slept with the windows open for the first time in our trip. The following morning, Jeff and Colin spent some time fishing in the stream thatContinue reading “Cool Mountain Air and Really BIG Trees”

When we left the Grand Canyon for Las Vegas, we decided with the miles we’d put behind us, it was time for a pit stop. We stopped in Hurricane, Utah for an oil and filter change and to stock up on food and supplies at the local Wal-Mart.  We arrived in Las Vegas late afternoonContinue reading “Leaving Las Vegas (early)”

We left Durango bright and early before the kids woke up to get to our next stop, The North Rim of The Grand Canyon. Meghan, however, had a mini stop planned that she had to see. We stopped to see Four Corners, the only place in the United States where you can stand in fourContinue reading “Grand Canyon – On the Edge”