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This was previously posted at http://www.RomanceRoundtable.com
Have you all been waiting to hear about my trip? It was one of those “slice of America” things that covered enough ground to make you realize what a big place a single country can be.
We started off in Montana.
It only takes about seven hours to get from close to the boarder with Idaho to Wyoming if you drive straight through. We would have made it easily if we’d started at a reasonable hour, and hadn’t had an ear infection sending us off to a hospital. The hospitals in Billings are really pretty, but there was no soap for hand-washing in the bathroom.
When I think of Wyoming and South Dakota, what I think of is this:
From what other’s have said, I suspect they think something more like this:
If so, then we are both right. Wyoming and South Dakota both have places where the glaciers scraped off everything interesting, and places where the ancient mountains remain. We hurried on down the road to Minnesota, where I was surprised to see so many electricity generating windmills.
They weren’t there ten years ago. Now they are everywhere.
We soon arrived in Madison Wisconsin,
Where we were rained out
And attacked by voracious mosquitoes
We camped – mostly at KOA campgrounds – for most of the trip. The second worst campground was the one near Madison. The mosquitoes were awful, and the attendant completely unrepentant about them. I counted over thirty bites on one knee alone. We high-tailed it back to Montana with brief stops at the Spam museum in Minnesota,
And the Corn Palace in South Dakota,
and The Badlands
We climbed to the top of Harney Peak
At well over 6,000 feet, it’s the highest peak in South Dakota. From there, everything was down hill.
We went straight back to Montana.
Home sweet home.
Wow those are some mosquito bites i tell ya. Beautiful country all the way along. OOOO I so love spam. I would love to see that. Thanks for sharing
Hope the bites are all gone 
I would love to get back out to The Badlands and Black Hills some day. Beautiful country! Sorry you got wet, but we really did need the rain, as we hadn’t had any in almost two weeks. As for the mosquitos…they really have been viscious this year. I won’t go near the garden without hosing myself down in bug spray.
It’s fun to go away, but better to get home. Nasty bites.
Well, that was quite the whirlwind photo-tour!
Actually, the reason I reposted it here as well as over on Romance Roundtable is because I’m planning to expand on it a bit. For instance, I’m sure you’re all just dieing to know more about the Spam museum.
sounds like a wonderful trip, all ear aches aside lol beautiful photo!
Navy brat that I am, I am woefully unaware what lies in the middle of the country. My first thought was – Huh, Idaho is next to Wyoming?
But great pictures – and oh, that poor bitten-back!
LOL. I don’t think most people realize that from end to end Montana runs for over 600 miles. To get anything bigger in the USA you have to go down to Texas or up to Alaska. The only reason we didn’t have to drive for longer is because I90 drops down into Wyoming before we get all the way to the end of Montana.
Wow. What a trip. Some really fantastic scenery. Misquotes are evil.