Interesting statistics from our summer: Number of nights on the trip: 61 (9 weeks) * Cost of gas: $2,789.33 * Cost of RV sites: $2,072.64 * Number of visits by the tooth fairy: 1 (although we ended the summer with a really loose one) * Number of states traveled through: 20 (NC, TN, AK, OK, TX, NM, CO, UT, ID, WY, MT, SD, MN, WI, IL, IN, OH, PA, WV, VA) * Number of states that we stopped in: 14 (NC, TN, AK, OK, TX, NM, CO, UT, WY, SD, WI, IN, OH, PA,) * Number of stops: 20 * Number [View Full Entry]

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Overall, or well to sum it up, this trip was great for the family and quite doable for my business. I must give a great deal of credit to Lori. She organized most of it and catered to my job. I was able to stay busy with calling on customers via email, the phone, or and visits. The only problem I experieinced with the cell card for email or the cell phone was in Yellowstone. For that, I just took my vacation during that time. With the great organization, it became quite balanced. I enjoyed going out to see customers during [View Full Entry]

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The irony is not lost on me as I sit here, 2 -3 hrs from home, finally finding the campsite experience I sought the length of the summer. With wine in my hand, my husband on my right, my best friend on my left, and a fire at my feet; I sit before a beautiful flowing bold river which makes that special kind of music that only rushing water can. If you are wondering where I stuffed the kids, the cable here works and they got a bit of that and then it was to bed while we enjoyed the night, [View Full Entry]

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It’s been awhile since the last update but we have been living in civilization quite normally which isn’t as bloggable as the rest of the summer has been. I am not sure that anyone cares as much as we are taking regular showers, eating at tables in kitchens, and shopping in places that actually have stuff. In fact, it has been two weeks of semi normal living (if you count the frequent trips out to the RV to get something we need that we forgot to bring in). We started this stretch in Columbus Ohio visiting with my cousin and her [View Full Entry]

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We pulled into the Wisconsin Dells in time to get the RV ready and dinner cooking. We were a little disappointed in the campground as I was going for scenic and got a cross between Myrtle Beach and Coney Island. It is a ways out of town which was the plan as I thought it would be quieter; I did not count on I-90 and the train that run right by it. We ate dinner and then the kids played in the pool. We are close to it and one of the benefits we did find was that we could relax [View Full Entry]

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There is not much to write about 10 hour drives that start at 2:30pm except that you can make it faster with Western speed limits. The scenery at the beginning was pretty and as we were driving on Saturday both of us could drive. That being said, we arrived in Hill City SD at 11:00pm on Saturday night. When we awoke, it was to an already very hot sunny morning at the J Bar Ranch Campground. We gave ourselves a break and just hung around the campground (most of my earlier catch up blogs that didn’t happen in the Virginian laundry [View Full Entry]

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This was the first time I pulled out without Ed so I took my time making sure I got most of it done correctly. It seemed to go well and before to long I was ready to roll. I drove down to the Virginian RV resort which was on the outskirts of Jackson and Nancy went to check out some things to do. I hooked up quickly and we soon met her for lunch at the organic bakery where we all had yummy stuff. It was to be a town day so we headed off to a kids maze and bungee [View Full Entry]

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We pulled into Colter Bay by 11am. Ed and I had a really nice quiet drive as we let the kids sleep in our bed when we pulled out. We have done this periodically over the summer and it works out nicely as we get a few quiet hours to enjoy the scenery and they get the extra sleep which they seem to need. We saw lots of wildlife but didn’t choose to stop. The coolest was when we saw an entire herd of buffalo in a valley, dozens if not up to a hundred. The views on the way down [View Full Entry]

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I had been wondering when I posted the last one where all of the pictures were. I did find them, but a little late so here is the final Yellowstone wrapup. We also have an additional blog entry from Ed as he had not been with us to add to the talk until recently. Photos: Danielle and Nicole in their Rock Shop at the Canyon Village Campground Getting the Junior Ranger Badges at Yellowstone A friend who joined us for breakfast at Canyon Village Quiet…. Junior Artists at work Roosevelt Country Cookout (Chuckwagon and horse rides) From Ed: After the great [View Full Entry]

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Our first day in Canyon village was a treat for me as Ed and Alan agreed to take the kids to a Junior Ranger program while Shannon, Nancy and I got to go hiking. We took off early and had the trails mostly to ourselves. We drove the North Rim of the Canyon and took hikes down to the waterfalls at all available spots. It was beautiful and magical and we all just enjoyed the scenery, each other, the birds, the flowers and the morning. Yellowstone Canyon and Falls is definitely my favorite place in the park and it was great [View Full Entry]

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