Hawthorn Inn & Suites Baxter

... outdoor waterpark I have ever seen and it’s attached to their Rec Center! If Driggs could afford to do something like that, we would draw in Jackson residents and maybe even pull in more families during the summer from all around the region. If you are ever passing through Spearfish or simply going to Devils Tower, I think it would be well worth it to stop at this ...

... took the time out for her to get to go see it. That made her really happy. My cell phone has gradually been picking up on missed calls and voice mails etc. After all I found out that despite Mammoth Hot Springs has a cell tower, it was not working for the AT&T phones so and with all the traveling today in and out of towns through ranges and ranches. Tonight we are having Papa Johns, oh has this been a long time since I have had Papa Johns ...

... it out just to get to the suitcases), taking the dogs out to the kennel, finishing some laundry, cleaning and getting a haircut, we finally left. A very uneventful day as far as sights are concerned, did some major driving, that is I did it and just now arrived at the hotel at approx 11:30 EDT. I'm just happy to be here and get to stretch out. Tomorrow involves some 900 miles to drive ...

... who have read my travel journal let me explain geocaching and caching. It is a game of high tech hide and seek where people hide objects and post the coordinates on the geocaching.com website and you take the coordinates and try to find these objects. It has been described as using multi-million dollar military satellites to find Tupperware hidden in the woods. Any way, they are hidden all over the globe and we ...

... and his family put together a really great dinner for us with roast beef, homemade mashed potatoes, green beans from someone's garden, and one of the best apple crisps i've ever had. after dinner, i spent more time tweaking my bike (with the pastor's kids for an audience...they were really interested in learning more about the bike), and after a few hours of that, it was time to turn in and get ready for another day.

I actually slept pretty well and woke up around 8 am. Quick wash pee and flee. Coffee. Need COFFEE! Drove all the way(almost)to the Minnesota border and listening to the radio news talking about all the flooding still going on in Iowa (right on my route) I decided to hang a left at Rapid City and head north. Looking at my GPS I saw that Fargo was RIGHT on the MN border. Cool. Off I went. On my way ...

... they were better than corn dogs (dagwood dogs). We took a bit of a walk around the town. It was pretty cute, but it seemed very touristy. My highlight was the biggest dog I've ever seen... Major the Saint Bernard. Next we drove to Nisswa to check out the turtle races and the pioneer village. The turtle races are held at 2 o'clock on Wednesday throughout summer. You can race one ...

... Andrew's was named Gracie. At first we just did a slow walk but by the end of the ride we made it to a canter. I must say that I enjoyed cantering much more than trotting and I think my horse did too (it was much smoother). For dinner we went to Big Trout Lodge, a place on a lake with nice sunsets. While we were waiting for our meals a few deer appeared out ...

... up, he pulled it out of the snow to discover it was an ox, blue with the cold. He named the ox Babe and it became his pet. Babe and Paul traveled the country, when Paul was tired of carrying his axe he let it drag along the ground creating the canyons and the rivers and Babe would dig at the ground creating the lakes all over America. Wildlife spotted: one chipmunk ...

... to get up and over the ridge before the rain hit, but even if I capable of moving at full speed, we couldn't have made it. When the rain hit us, I had a full on anxiety attack. Maybe even a panic attack. Standing on that ridge, with the wind hitting us, and the rain, and still miles to go the top, I froze. I couldn't breath and I couldn't see straight. Andrew and Benji stopped with me and we waited for the rain to slow down. I told them that they should go on and that I would ...