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Our travelling has been curtailed this spring, summer and fall because we purchased property last fall with a "teardown" house on it and have been working on our new house after tearing down the old one. It's been quite an experience, but we finally moved in November 4th. Today we expect the last of our new furniture to arrive for our bedroom, and then we have window coverings and interior decorating to complete. Mother visited us from Virginia for 2 weeks and "roughed it" until our furniture was delivered. She was here for the "move in" day and then Phil came to take her back to Va. and then halfway to Florida to meet Lois. We will move out via RV on December 5, heading to N.C. for RV maintenance and then to our winter location ... read more

Greetings to One and All, It seems like ages since I last blogged (maybe it was) but thought it may be time to catch up on our activity. We left Ohio October 17 after going to church and getting a slow start toward Marion, N.C. where we were going to have some RV work done. We stopped below Cincinnati, Ohio our first night and then meandered into Tom Johnson's Camping and RV Center in the early afternoon on Monday. We had our work done on Tuesday and on Wed Judy's brother and wife brought her mother to us so we could transport her to Fla and to the park model we bought for her. We got started after lunch and made two night stops before arriving here at Sunshine RV Resort, Lake Placid, Fla. It felt ... read more

This blog will be ongoing as we are winding down our travels so that we can spend some time with our kids and other friends in Ohio. I will add some things as we continue to have new experiences. The travel blog “Tripping Through the West” will officially end when we arrive at Sunshine RV Resort, our winter home. After that my blog may appear as interesting things happen such as our winter cruise in January, or other spontaneous excursions. But for now, let me continue on our current road trip comments. De Smet, South Dakota, or the “Little Town on the Prairie”, is the home of the Laura Ingalls Wilder museum. Remember her? If not, do you remember the books like “The Little House on the Prairie” or “On the Banks of Plum Creek” or ... read more

Decided to retreat west and see the Little Bighorn Battlefield Nat'l Monument. Took a few pictures, listened to two lectures, and watched a film. The battlefield is out in the country and there is not much excitement around the area, but we got to see it and get a feel for what happened. The visitors center is rather small with a few artifacts. They had a fire in the area a couple of years ago and what may have been devastating turned out to be a benefit, as suddenly they found bones and other things that gave more insight to what had taken place. Digs are still going on today and more artifacts are showing up with each dig. Just a few photos to show. A quick blog today.... read more

Arrived in Custer, S.D. to a lovely campground called Custer Gulch RV Resort. We were surprised to find that the sites looked to have almost a quarter acre and lots of nice space for picnics, lawn chairs, and extras like boats, bikes, 4 wheelers. The next day we decided to see Mt. Rushmore Nat’l Park and Crazy Horse Monument. It had been years since Bill had seen Mt. Rushmore and when he saw it memories flooded back from his first visit. It still looks great and is still impressive! When the sculptor Gutzon Borglum looked at the knobby, cracked face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of south Dakota, he saw a vision of four U.S. presidents carved into the mountain. In 1927, with the help of over 400 workers and several influential politicians Borglum ... read more