Wed., June 21st, we left Babler State Park and headed through St. Louis and over the Mississippi River into Illinois, then Indiana, and then into Kentucky. It was very busy through St. Louis but then quieted down after that. We traveled through more farmland (corn), cattle grazing, and we thought Kentucky was reminiscent of New…

We had another late night or I should say early morning of storms… thunder, lightening, and sheets of rain. We never heard rain like that. It was as if God turned on the faucet and let ‘er rip. Went on and on. It eventually stopped and then started up again a few hours later but…

We left Custer State Park on Wednesday, June 14th, and spent the entire day traversing South Dakota from west to east. A far cry from our New England states where you can go through four states in as many hours. Traffic was non existent with wide open fields of crops and cattle grazing. We saw…