Our first stop after two nights at Tie City Campground was at the Love's in Laramie to get gas and use the dump station. They had a great dog run, which dusty and Sandy enjoyed. They even had some company to play with for a bit before we hit the road for the long trip to the Black Hills in South Dakota. If you zoom in, you can see our R·Pod at the dump station on the far side of the lot.
We arrived at Comanche Park Campground around mid-afternoon. The kids stopped at a laundromat to wash some clothes, so although they got an earlier start than we did, we arrived first.
We set up the visor to keep the sun off the trailer. We had rain for two nights, so the visor was handy.
We're also getting some use out of the awning for the picnic table. We mostly used the camp stove to cook, and then we ate together at the table, which was covered with our two tablecloths.
We had a nice hike from Sidekick lake. There was a bit of elevation gain, where we were rewarded with lovely views.
This is the view of the lake.
The dogs liked to keep up with whoever was in front.
After the hike, some of the family took advantage of the lake. Dogs were not allowed on the beach or in the water.
We took a drive through the Custer State Park wildlife loop and saw some buffalo.
They had some youngsters with them.
There is also a herd of wild burros.
They had some babies, too.
Johan has been collecting rocks. He carried them in his backpack, but the collection was getting heavy. I don't know how much of this pile will end up going home with him, and this is just a fraction of what he has picked up.
We had three nights in this lovely campground before we broke camp and split up after nine days of camping together.
Charlie, the pups and I continued east. We stopped at The Oasis RV Campground in Oacoma, South Dakota.
All along the roads, there were motorcycles everywhere. We didn't go to Sturgis, but I can only imagine what it was like there.
We continued across Minnesota and arrived in Onalaska, Wisconsin, to visit Karen and her family, arriving about 5:30 PM. Saturday, we took a walk along the trail along the Mississippi River.
This is a fairly new sculpture close to the trail.
The Sunfish statue has been there for a long time. We had to include it in a photo. Zachary came along with us.
While we were doing that, Daphne was at a birthday party at a place where you can paint your own picture.
Ah, the adventures in knitting! I had finished all the decreases needed for the sleeve and looked––belatedly––at the instructions. Oops! I discovered that the border pattern was supposed to be repeated at the bottom of the sleeve. I had to frog back to where the border pattern was supposed to start and start again. I'm now a few rounds into the pale grey and blue pattern above the orange motif. It's worked upside-down, like the rest of the sleeve.
Taking this trip has caused us to miss most of the Paris Olympics, which is too bad, but being in Wisconsin in an actual home with TV and internet, is a nice break, with the added opportunity to watch some Olympic events.
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