Geo: 17.4977, -88.1867It's always hard to start these entries in a way that not only let's you know what we are up to, but is also interesting for you to read. So I will skip through quickly. Morning in the hotel, free breakfast, uneventful flight, land in Belize airport with still no idea where we want to go first. I quickly learned, no one will hassle you when you keep saying, I don't know. Even the Belize immigration officers told us, well you have to pick somewhere. We ended up changing course in the taxi to the bus terminal and went to the water taxi. We took a 45 minuted high speed boat ride and ended up at an awesome island called Caye Caulker. ( or something like that. It is more of a beach village ... read more

Geo: 27.8715, -82.6542After a nice dinner of spaghetti with the kids, the bags are packed and final preparations are being made for our departure tomorrow on the MEGABUS, :)This blog entry is more of a test run than anything else. With that said, I will keep this short and sweet. ... read more

Geo: 29.652, -82.3232What a day of travel. I had strategically driven further yesterday thinking it would benefit me today. Well it did, but not in the way I thought. We drove through rain in Tennessee for a few hours. Water was actually washing across the road. The Jeep was not designed for fast travel through wind. After blowing all over the road in the mountains, we made it through Ga to the Fl border. Welcome to the tropics said the clouds. Torrential downfalls with near 0 visibility followed by bouts of total sunshine. Great experience driving with people who put their flashers on while still driving so you cant see their brake lights. To break some of the monotony, we watched a movie that was so bad, Alex fell asleep.Well we finally made it to Laran's ... read more

Geo: 43.7094, -98.0294Yay for me. The one place I have been waiting to visit and look for rocks. (Cause anything else is illegal, so all I was hoping to find were rocks ;))We travelled on a dirt road for many miles out intro some rock beds known for producing beautiful agates and many fossils. Unfortunately, a nasty storm was brewing and we had to cut it short. But we didn't leave without a large chunk of dinosaur bone and some cool rocks. Another visit is a must.After we left we went into the Badlands National Park. I imagine it being like a miniature Grand Canyon. Beautiful layers of history. It was awe inspiring. Of course we climbed and explored.From there we headed further East and stayed at a camp at Mitchell lake in the town of ... read more

Geo: 44.3767, -103.729Well, I almost didn't even bother posting a blog for yesterday, just because it was a rest and recoup from vacation day. We arrived early in the town of Deadwood, South Dakota. Talk about Wild Wild West. We found a small cabin for the night that had a loft for Alex. We walked the town and had some lunch. We went back to the cabin, played some cribbage, watched some tv, then went to a go cart track where Alex raced the other tourists, then we plays putt putt. I lost $4 in the casino while Alex played in the arcade.I have minimalized our visit, but it was actually historically significant. We saw the spot where Wild Bill Hickock was shot in the back. Also, calamity Jane was buried up the hill.I did some ... read more