After Michigan, it was off to Wisconsin, where we had a great campsite with a view of the lake at the Neshonoc Lakeside Camping Resort. Of course, we went in search of cheese! I haven’t decided which is better, Vermont Cheese or Wisconsin cheese. Do you have an opinion?
Next up was a night in Minnesota. This state has one of the best welcome signs of the many states we have been in.
In Iowa, our campsite in Legends State park was very nice. It was way out in the country, so internet was a bit of a challenge!
Iowa was another trip down memory lane. We owned a house in the Ames area where Ed lived for a short stint, so we checked out our old house and some of the places that we used to go when he was living there.
In Nebraska, we had another great campsite at Victorian Acres Campground in Nebraska City.
As their welcome sign says, this is the home of Arbor Farms and where Arbor day began. From the Arborday.org website we learn that ‘J. Sterling Morton, a resident of Nebraska City, had an enthusiasm for trees and advocated strongly for individuals and civic groups to plant them. Once he became secretary of the Nebraska Territory, he further spread his message of the value of trees. And on January 4, 1872, Morton first proposed a tree planting holiday to be called โArbor Dayโ’ Nebraska was the first state to celebrate Arbor Day, but now all 50 states partake in the annual event.
In Kansas, I saw a beautiful sunrise and we found a huge dog park for Cole to run around in.
On our way across Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas, we saw plenty of these!
We were doing a lot of driving, so Cole wanted Ed to know that he was ready to take over if he needed a rest.
We are off for more adventures. See you in the next post!
All your pictures look beautiful. Glad you were able to find a nice dog park! Rupert dog park open Monday after being closed for a month. New grass, but still holes!
Enjoy every mile you 3 drive! Glad to see Cole could help out! I guess he thought if he was in the driver’s seat you wouldn’t leave him somewhere!
Miss you and Cole! Safe travels!๐พ๐๐๐
Before you ask, yes, it was hot. But hey, it was summer time. Death Valley was more than I expected, the most interesting part was the diversity of the park. I thought that it was just a big, hot valley, but not so much. There is actually a lot of diversity to the terrain.
We checked out several different areas including; Zabriskie Point, that reminded us of the Badlands, the Mesquite Flat...
After beautiful Bryce Canyon, we headed to the last of the 'mighty five' National Parks in Utah, Zion National Park. This park is a little different from many of the ones that we have been to so far. Most of the parks have a scenic route with various pullouts and...
So we thought we had seen the best that Utah National Parks had to offer, and then we went to Bryce Canyon. I can not even begin to describe the beauty in this National Park. The park has an 18 mile scenic drive, with the first 3 miles of the drive called the Bryce...
We continued our journey through southern Utah over to Capital Reef NP. Looking at the map below, our travels took us north of Arches and Canyonlands up to Interstate 70. We headed south and traveled along the western side of Canyonlands NP.
On our way ov...
Very cool about arbor day! I assume Cole is driving for the last legs of the trip? Hahaha
Some great camping areas. Beautiful pictures
All your pictures look beautiful. Glad you were able to find a nice dog park! Rupert dog park open Monday after being closed for a month. New grass, but still holes!
Enjoy every mile you 3 drive! Glad to see Cole could help out! I guess he thought if he was in the driver’s seat you wouldn’t leave him somewhere!
Miss you and Cole! Safe travels!๐พ๐๐๐
Loving all the pictures!