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Monday, July 4 Today we arrived after an uneventful drive in Casselton, ND near Fargo. Tomorrow we are heading towards Minneapolis and stay another night at a KOA. Wednesday then we plan to arrive in Westby WI. This will conclude our trip “The Gang of Three is Heading West”. We were 17 Continue reading at: » » »The Gang of Three is Heading East (cont. X) 
Sunday, July 3 After leaving the mountains the journey through North Montana in direction east was nothing to mention, other than long, very long. It took us two days, Montana is a huge state. Also we drove through a lot of tribal areas all with the well known problems, even in the Continue reading at: » » »The Gang of Three is Heading East (cont. IX) 
Friday, July 1 Yesterday we reached our most western point. From now on we drive again east through Northeastern Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota back to the West Fork Kickapoo Valley. The main road was still closed because of snow and it was raining so hard we decided to Continue reading at: » » »The Gang of Three is Heading West (cont. VIII) 
Wednesday, June 29 Yesterday we drove through the Grand Teton National Park with the most beautiful weather possible. We had to pass three times the Continental Divide (Continental Divide of the Americas ) to get there. A special event was the grizzly mom (not Palin) with her cups roaming next to Continue reading at: » » »The Gang of Three is Heading West (cont. VII) 
Monday, June 27 The drive yesterday through the Rockies was spectacular. It still took us a while to get to our West Yellowstone KOA campground. And here we are, the Gang of Three arrived.. Even though also expensive and in a highly touristic area like Mt. Rushmore KOA, we Continue reading at: » » »The Gang of Three is Heading West (cont. VI) 
Sunday, June 26 Yesterday the drive to Greybull was not difficult but still long. We had the Bighorn Mountain Range in front uf us and the Avalanche had to climb to an elevation of 9’666 feet up to the Powder River Pass. Not a problem for the 8,1l engine, but pulling 8’000# Continue reading at: » » »The Gang of Three is Heading West (cont. V) 
Saturday, June 25 The train ride on Thursday was fun and smokey and brought us trough a beautiful landscape you normally wouldn’t see by car. Even the boys, even though their face expression could lead you to believe different, enjoyed the slow pace of this steam train. The tshutshu ride Continue reading at: » » »The Gang of Three is Heading West (cont. IV) 
Thursday, June 23 Yesterday was the first really 100% beautiful day and the right setup for visiting Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Attached the pictures with the dinner at the end of the day. Today I plan to ride the vintage steam engine train of the Black Hills Central Railroad. The two Continue reading at: » » »The Gang of Three is Heading West (cont. III) 
Wednesday, June 22 The drive yesterday from the Badlands to the Black Hills was very difficult, only 80 miles but it took me about three hours. Even for a 3/4 ton Chevy Avalanche a 31 foot, about 8’000 pound travel trailer is a problem with strong winds from the side and super heavy rain. On Continue reading at: » » »The Gang of Three is Heading West (cont. II) |
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