Day 3: After fueling up at WM, we got off at about 8:30. Drove about 9 hours to Artesia, NM. Checked into a nice campground that appears to be filled mostly with oil field workers. I bet we saw hundreds of oil well pumps, they were everywhere in NM and as far as the eye could see. Saw several hundred really tall wind turbines south and west of Sweetwater, TX. At one stop at a rest area, Gena took Milo for a walk and returned with Milo coated with sand spurs. Took about twenty minutes to pick them off of him - - fortunately they were NOT as hard as the ones we have in FL near the salt water. Temperatures in the 90's prompted us to stop at a DQ for some ice cream. We ... read more

Day 1: Got off from DFS at 8:00 AM. Stopped in Magee, MS to have lunch under the canopy of an out of business gas station in a shopping center parking lot. Nice breeze. Arrived at Vicksburg National Military Park at about 3:00. After a quick visit to the visitors center (stamps & patches) we took the auto tour of the park. It included a visit to the USS Cairo (a union civil war ironclad that was sunk by the Confederates using the first electrically detonated mine). Took only 12 minutes to sink. Got our first view of the Mississippi River. The park was nicely maintained and very interesting. It was just about 4 miles from there to our campground (Ameristar RV Park - - a glorified parking lot for the rigs used by the gamblers ... read more

Bob and I are sitting in the lobby of the Casino Queen in East St. Louis. We traveled through lots of farm land today, some was under water, which will make it very difficult for the farmer to gather it in. It's no wonder it's underwater, as it's rained every day since we've been in the area. All we did was drive today. We did get in touch with Dorothea Hebebrand, a dear friend of Bob's mother. Dorothea lives in St. Louis, and we're going to go see her tomorrow at her place at 3pm. So, from our camper, we can see the Arch in St. Louis, it's so pretty. We're going to walk over there tomorrow morning after breakfast, and take the train back. The train cost $2.25 one way per person---which we think is ... read more

On the way out of Grand Teton NP, we had to stop to take some more pictures of the Teton Range. What a beautiful mountain range! Then up over a 9600+ft pass on the way to Riverton, WY where we stopped to provision. Then down through the Wind River Canyon on the way to Ten Sleep. After Ten Sleep, we climbed up another spectacular canyon to another 9600+ ft pass before making it to Buffalo, WY where we stayed the night. The climb up the second canyon was in 90+ degree heat and the Jeep tried to overheat - - had to turn on the heater full blast, and stop a couple times to let it cool - - BUT, it made it. Gena was too concerned about the engine temperature to take pictures going up, ... read more

We've been out of internet access range since Bozeman Mt. We spent three nights in Yellowstone NP, two nights in Grand Teton NP, and are now sitting in Buffalo, WY. I'll include a few of the best photos of the last 6 days.... read more