Originally published at Information Echo . Please leave any comments there. After departing Wisconsin Dells we took the following day to trek to Gurnee Illinois, home of a Six Flags theme park that...it a month before. We unpacked the trailer in record time and I went and parked it. Returning home was nice, but I’d do it all over again in a heartbeat. :-) (Pics, followup and such to follow…)

Originally published at Information Echo . Please leave any comments there. We departed the Mount Rushmore area on Monday shortly before lunch. The poor weather from the night before had washed...day without lineups and frustration. We opted to boondock for this entire section of the trip - no campgrounds, no hookups - just us, the RV, the generator when we needed power, and the road ahead.

Originally published at Information Echo . Please leave any comments there. Our luck with the weather had started to wear thin - we received the brunt end of a storm through the night that was loud... Our good weather stretch was officially over, and our decision earlier in the day to go visit Mount Rushmore in the daytime hours (instead of the evening) was now turning out to be a very wise one.

Originally published at Information Echo . Please leave any comments there. We slept in, but as the sunlight bathed the mountains and cleared out the deer, cars once again ventured up and down the... water slides, and a large variety of activities. We checked in for two nights and crashed for the rest of the day while the kids played. We would save the tour of Mount Rushmore itself for tomorrow.

Originally published at Information Echo . Please leave any comments there. Despite a good effort to get up early, I slept in. I had slept like a log, but still didn’t feel well rested when I got... for that matter) to be found on the dial. Instead we ended up watching “The bucket list” on DVD. We headed off to bed, but I forgot to set the furnace beforehand. Ooops - a cool night was ahead.

Originally published at Information Echo . Please leave any comments there. Yep, Beautiful weather, again. The only moisture to be seen was what the RV parks sprinkler system had deposited on the... We chowed down and the kids took off the play while me and Christie flaked out. I was still utterly exhausted and took the opportunity to head to bed shortly after 9PM. This time, I got to sleep.

Originally published at Information Echo . Please leave any comments there. For fear of sounding like a broken record, the weather was once again perfect. Our luck continues. We slept in and even... We did some grocery shopping and browsed around town a bit, and then retired to the campsite for the rest of the day. I had a bad feeling about tomorrow. I think this is going to be expensive.

Originally published at Information Echo . Please leave any comments there. Again, nice and sunny. Our luck has been excellent from a weather front. After breakfast the kids took the opportunity...and reaching for the furnace controls. It was too late to bother actually going into Yellowstone park today, so we opted to simply enjoy dinner, enjoy the RV park, and then retire for the evening.

Originally published at Information Echo . Please leave any comments there. The alarm went off at 7AM. The generator was still humming away despite my concerns that it might run out of fuel through...retired for the evening. Me and Christie enjoyed the parks cable TV service and watched TV for an hour, and since I had WiFi internet for the first time in days I caught up on my blogging and surfing.

...everything short of crawl around underneath (He was curious why it was so “wet looking” underneath? My rust prevention spray I would guess?) and finally waved us through. Four hours after we left Vancouver, we were finally on the interstate. This seriously screwed up our plans to be into the campground early in the afternoon - with about 400 Kilometers still ahead of us, allowing for a few rest...