Mt Rushmore, Crazy Horse in South Dakota

Fri, Sept 24  Today we went to Mt Rushmore and said hello to George, Tom, Teddy, and Abe. Then we moved on to Crazy Horse Memorial. These 2 sights were really something to see. We're camping out tonight in Custer State Park at a place called Blue Bell campgrounds. Really nice facility for a state park. Lots of wildlife roaming around. Saw a deer, buffalo, lots of squirrels. Will probably see a lot more when we drive the second half of the park tomorrow morning on our way to the Badlands.

Montana at Yellowstone RV Edge Camprounds

Papa Rudy taking a breather outside the RV

We arrived late yesterday at 8:00 p.m. after a long day at Yellowstone Park and finding out that all campgrounds were full so we just kept on driving.  We went the wrong way due to our ace navigator, Mama Janet.  She fell asleep while navigating and we ended up in Montana.  The facilities at this RV campgrounds are excellent with all amenities except TV hookups.  It costs $44 dollars a day and we will be staying another day due to the cleanliness of the park.  We are right next to the Yellowstone River with wonderful mountain views.  Night temperature is 39 degrees. Lucky we get heater.

Start in Vegas

We arrived in Las Vegas late Saturday, early Sunday, September 12, 2010. When we picked up our RV on Sunday, we discovered the air wasn't working. It was blowing hot air. Instead of starting our road trip on Tues, we had to wait for the air to be fixed. We finally got going on Thurs.

Sept 16 - Finally left Vegas about 1 pm and officially started our road trip. We drove to Zion, took about 3 hrs to drive. Spent the night at Zion Canyon Campground. Decent place to stay.

Sept 17 - Went to Zion National Park. Very beautiful. This was a good park for mom & day because they had a shuttle that ran through the whole park. Joe wasn't up to doing any hikes, so we had lunch and starting driving towards Wyoming. Camped at East Bay RV Park in Springville, Utah. Very nice park w/ clean bathrooms and had handicap showers.

Sept 19 - Today we arrived at Grand Teton National Park, saw the Teton range which was awesome and camped out. Tomorrow we'll do Yellowstone.