Our Travels
The zoo is in the Palm Desert. It is a zoo and botanical garden. They have over 500 animals with 150 species. Many of the enclosures are several acres in size giving the animals plenty of room to wonder. The wallabies are in an enclosure which allows them to interface with visitors. There was also a model railroad demonstration covering about a half an acre.
On August 12 we went to the Shedd Aquarium.
Bixler Lake Campground: Kendallville, IN
We relaxed, and did laundry on the 6th. On Sunday the 7th Dave smoked a tri tip. On 8th we went to my adopted sister’s and her husband’s house for dinner (bringing the tri tip and potato salad. Monday, the 8th they visited us and saw our motorhome. We drove around Kendallville, saw where family lived. We went to the Mid-America Windmill Museum. Wednesday and Thursday we visited them and their extended family, We saw miniature donkeys.
On the 4th, we had a delightful lunch at a restaurant called The Gratetful Crow. Good food and ambience. We then visited with Dave’s cousin Laurel Federbush. She came to the campground and saw our new Motor home. Laurel plays harp professionally. On the 5th we went to Grand Traverse Pie Company and saw her perform for a couple of hours. We had a wonderful lunch. The pies are great! They have over forty different pies.
Today was very frustrating! Our GPS took us on a shortcut that looked okay on the map. WRONG! There were no warnings about road work including detours or gravel roads. The shortcut state highway detours took us on county roads. It took us an extra hour! Once on I-90 things went smoothly. We are still in South Dakota.
Time zone changed from CDT to MDT. We are at a very nice KOA. Belvidere/Exit 170 KOA near Midland, SD. There is a beautiful stream.
Tomorrow we go to Buffalo, Wyoming. We will spend the weekend. Sunday we will go to Devil’s Tower.
We left Columbia, Missouri at about 8:00 a.m. Today was the longest drive for all summer, 427 mi!es. We usually like to keep our daily mileage to between 250 and 350 miles. We traveled from Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa to South Dakota.
We arrived at our destination at about 4:30 p.m. We are staying at Sioux City North KOA in North Sioux City, South Dakota.
We ate dinner at a place called Sugar Daddy’s. It is a bar and grill. We both had French Dip sandwiches and onion rings. Beef was tender and the onion rings were great.
Tomorrow we go to Midland, South Dakota. It is about 300 miles.
Boomer had a bad night because of thunder. Tonight he has to suffer through a fireworks display. At least the fireworks will be over before his pull wears off.
More tomorrow.
We left Goreville, Illinois at about 8:30 a.m. We crossed the Mississippi River on I-70. The bridge was beautiful. We are now at Cedar Creek Resort and RV Park in Columbia, Missouri. We went into town to buy a new white fresh water hose. We ate at Bandanas BBQ. It was excellent!
We left Waverly, Tennessee this morning about 10:30 this morning. We arrived in Goreville, Illinois at 2:30. We are at Hilltop Campgrounds. We are on our way to Gillette, Wyoming.
