After our busy day yesterday we take a leisurely drive out to the Great Salt Lake, stopping at Mrs. Cavanaugh’s Chocolates and Ice Cream factory along the way, we had hoped to take a tour but didn’t manage to do that. The Great Salt Lake is vast with sea monkey’s (brine shrimp) the only thing living in the […]

Had a good night at the KOA, enjoyed the pool & hot tub before heading off to bed, very quiet except for a couple of trains passing thru. Turns out the shuttle from the KOA is run by the Mormons so we get a bit of history & orientation to Temple Square on the ride down. […]

Across from Cabela’s in Farmington is Station Park Mall – an upscale shopping area. In the center of the mall is an awesome multimedia fountain – it’s water fountains are synced to music and a cool light show would be awesome to see at night. Before heading to the KOA we make a stop at Hill […]

With the weather getting colder we have decided to head down to Salt Lake for warmer weather and the chance to check out Zion before heading for home. A long day of driving today, near Douglas the hills are dusted with snow but the roads are clear. We make our way down I80 to Rawlings. […]

The weather has improved a bit, so we take a chance and head out to Mt. Rushmore again and it’s clear when we get there HURRAH!!! We spend most of the morning walking around and viewing all the exhibits, it’s quite an achievement what they were able to do using only dynamite and jackhammers, very impressive, particularly the […]

It’s a dreary day but we decide to risk it and head to Mt. Rushmore 30 miles away, the closer we get the worse the weather gets and on arrival, there is dense fog completely hiding it, so we head back to Rapid City with a quick stop for lunch at a tourist shop selling nice expensive […]

The winds picked up at our campsite starting in the early morning and got steadily worse as we headed back to Rapid City. Driving back in we were constantly buffeted and pushed around and halfway back our ABS/Traction Control lights came on, rig still drove fine but on arrival to Rapid City we took it in […]

Cabela’s was quite noisy due to the party going on at the restaurant next door and it’s proximity to the highway but free is free, today we’re off to check out Wall Drug Store. We have seen billboards for Wall since Rapid City, they are everywhere so we are heading out to check them out on our […]

Today we are heading to Devil’s Tower first, then on to Rapid City with stops at Deadwood and Sturgis along the way. Devil’s Tower is a large “igneous intrusion”  it stands 867 feet tall and pushes up from a pine/spruce forest above the grasslands, there are no other rock formations around it looks rather odd […]

Off to Greybull this morning to the rest stop off Highway 14, at this rest stop is the Museum of Flight & Aerial Firefighting. A nice little stop – lots of planes to see, as well as some planes being stored way off in the distant. Next, we head to Sheridan through the Bighorn Scenic […]