Greetings Readers!!
First order of business is to outline our trip a little bit.
June 18 - leave home and travel to at least Pittsburgh to visit Betsy and family. Thanks to Jack and Mimi for house sitting....
June 19 - travel to West Liberty, IA and visit with more family - Uncle Jim, Aunt Peg and cousins. Big day here - need to cover over 600 mi....
June 20 - West Liberty to Yankton, SD. One night stay in Yankton along Missouri River - should be nice.
June 21 - Yankton to Interior, SD. Badlands NP
June 22 - spend a good part of the day in the Badlands then a short trip to Custer State Park to spend 3 nights.
June 25 - Custer SP to Yellowstone NP - another long day, but are staying 3 nights at Yellowstone.
June 28 - Yellowstone NP to Grand Tetons NP - short drive and another 3 night stay in a NP.
July 1 - Grand Teton NP to Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area - southwest WY/northeast UT
July 2 - Flaming Gorge to Steamboat Springs, CO - out of the trailer and into the condo... Plan on 3 nights here including Independence Day
July 5 - Steamboat to Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP - 2 nights here.
July 7 - Gunnison NP to Durango, CO - another 2 nights here...Durango to Silverton train ride planned.
July 9 - Durango to Great Sand Dunes NP - cool....sand dunes in the mountains!
July 10 - Head towards home!
July 14 - Arrive home!

Whew...27 days and over 5300 miles planned. Awesome!