July 24, 2007 Yesterday it was 102 in Sioux Falls, and today it reached 106 in the Badlands. Holy cow, it is really hot! I wasn’t sure our poor van was going to be able to pull the camper in that kind of heat, but someone we made it. Yesterday, we stayed in Sioux Falls the whole day. Luckily, there was a camper dealer next door who very happily kept our van for most of the day to add the cables to run the camper brakes. We stayed at a KOA right off the highway, but were lucky that it had [View Full Entry]

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Hello, We were off to grand slow start today....we aimed for 10am takeoff and I think we left at 1:15. It was sad to leave our house....all of our kids were born in that house. We have so many wonderful memories and friends that it was difficult to leave. I'm finding myself finally feeling sad....the last week has been filled with details and more details. After leaving Minneapolis, we went to visit Joe's dad Dwight in Stewartville. We were all glad that we saw him and his partner Patti before we left. He is moving into a nursing home tomorrow. [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, We have had just the nicest sendoff in Minneapolis. We had a few parties and were able to say goodbye to all the people we care about here. I only hope that we can make the same connections in California as well. We will really miss everyone. Here is our route leave minneapolis 7/23 Badlands 7/23/-7/25 Mt Rushmore/Wall Drug 7/25-7/26 Cody Wyoming 7/27-7/28 Yellowstone 7/28-8/1 Flaming Gorge 8/1-8/3 Rocky mt national park 8/3-8/6 Moab 8/6-8/9 Glen Canyon/lake powell 8/9-8/12 Bryce 8/12-8/14/07 Grand Canyon 8/14-8/17 Zion National Park 8/17-8/19 yosemite 8/19-8/23 [View Full Entry]

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