When we had mentioned to friends that we planned to visit all 48 states in the continental US, quite a few people (all Americans) had responded that we could probably skip a few! When Michael had been researching the trip, North Dakota was one of the states that we realized we'd not be spending time […]
After an unbearably hot night sleeping in the RV, worried about Sheila getting heatstroke, our first stop was Walmart and Home Depot to find some insulation for the RV, which we ended up getting at Home Depot. We measured all our windows, bought a roll of insulation, and cut it up to fit each window, […]
It was another early morning start to try and beat the heat! We went into Badlands one more time to do our last two treks. The first was one we stopped briefly at yesterday call the Fossil Exhibit Trail. This trail had a short out-and-back boardwalk with displays of the different fossils they have found […]
We knew we needed to get up early to explore Badlands National Park ahead of the sweltering heat, and Lisette woke up at 5am (without an alarm!), and we were at the Park before 7am. The Visitor Center didn't open until 8am, so we went straight to the Cliff Shelf Trailhead, a short, paved walk […]
One thing that was rapid when we were at Rapid City: the heat! It didn't take long for us to be uncomfortably sweaty in the morning, with temperatures rising quickly to the mid 30s Celsius (around 95 degrees Fahrenheit). Storybook Island: A Fun and Free Park for Families One of the most adorable places we […]
We'd slept at a gas station in Newcastle, Wyoming (news to us there was also a Newcastle here, much smaller than the one in Australia or the UK though!). Fortunately compared to other times we'd slept at a gas station, there was much less noise and the street lights weren't as bright overhead. Initially our […]
Sheila was sick all night, constantly needing to go to the toilet and try to purge her body from whatever bug was in her body. We'd both had a poor nights' sleep (Michael faring much worse as the lighter sleeper, Lisette can doze through anything), to take her outside at all hours of the night […]
We were still within Hot Springs State Park, and the only thing left for us to check out was the road where we could potentially spot bison. We'd been told yesterday at the Visitor Center that the bison gave birth the previous month, so the park now had a total of about 30 bison, including […]
Lisette's love of tea means that she has amassed a lot (but perhaps for her, still room for more) types of tea in the RV. This morning, she realized that one of the loose leaf packets of chai from Aussie brand T2 was almost finished, which she'd bought over a year ago. Because Michael likes […]
In the haste to make sure the guys in the car were not breaking into Harry's truck he was a little heavy handed opening our side door and happened to break off the door handle. His luck continued.... The sun is up before 6am these days, so we were up early the next morning to […]